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Employee Selection Forms and Disk (Human Resources Forms and Disk Ser)
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Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older. Then he was discovered by the recruiters for the Battle School.

For Earth was at war - a terrible war with an inscrutable alien enemy. A war that humanity was near to losing. But the long distances of interstellar space has given hope to the defenders of Earth - they had time to train military geniuses up from childhood, forging them into an irresistible force in the high-orbital facility called the Battle School. That story is told in two books, the beloved classic ENDER'S GAME, and its parallel, ENDER'S SHADOW.

Bean was the smallest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggins' right hand, Since then he has grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. Now he and his wife Petra yearn for a safe place to build a family - something he has never known - but there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies - old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps. They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look to the stars.

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Jeesh fans unite under the Free People Of Earth.......2007-07-10

A fine close to the Ender Saga. There are a few intended loose ends but I really enjoyed going back and filling in the blanks of how the Hegemon united Humanity back on earth.
I will admit that I am a huge fan of Enders Game but did not like the immediate follow ups with the Pequinos etc and was pretty damned happy when Mr. Card went back to the battle schoolers and hard sci fi.
By the by I really like the Indian Battle schoolers speech to the Caliph on there being no real muslims so long as they advocate the murder of those who dare to leave the religion or those who refuse to join. It was very well put. It doesn't spell it out but it does remind one of how barbaric Catholicism was a mere 400 years ago and forces you to sadness in terms of the fact thatt some people never learn from their mistakes or those of others, especially when they think they are on the true path. It was such a nice real world political statement that for that alone I would have bought the book.

couldn't put it down!.......2007-06-07

I loved the Ender series so I hesitated to read the Shadow series for fear that it wouldn't live up to the original source. I was so wrong! The books have been among the better Card books that I have read. If you loved Ender, you'll adore Bean!

excellent work.......2007-06-01

After reading john grisham's latest book and getting disappointed, since this is the latest of all shadow series, I thought card might have not done a good job in writing Shadow of the Giant; but the author hasnt disappointed me. Although it has similar plot as the previous book, Shadow Puppets, after reading this, I started wondering when would the next volume come out.

Bean, growing too big for earth, left into space with his "deformed" children, knowing he won't ever be coming back. And Petra later remarried to Peter, the Hegemon of earth, and help peter unite the world.
Well thats just part of the story and theres more about battle school grads and Ender's jeesh and, of course, about Achilles who get shot in the head by "the Giant."

For all the reader's of the series and fans of Card, this book will make you love his work more than ever.

Orson's Best Yet!!.......2007-04-03

This was an excellent book, couldn't put it down. My only complaint is he left a couple of loose ends. I just hope that means new books.....

A fine yarn, all tied up.......2007-03-09

Scott, has done it again! Amazingly, he has told a taut, plausible tale with memorable characters in a universe he created 2 decades ago. He also tied up many plot lines, as well as leaving opportunities for continued dreaming of what happens next. Excellent and you will enjoy this conclusion to the Shadow series.

Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn

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A Pale Orange Dot
interesting scientific work
Very good book on what we know now.
Titan And The Pursuit Of Science
Excellent!

Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn
Ralph Lorenz , and Jacqueline Mitton
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521793483

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Lifting Titan's Veil is a revealing account of the second largest moon in our solar system. This world in orbit around Saturn is the only body in the solar system with an atmosphere strikingly similar to Earth's. Titan is like a giant frozen laboratory that may help scientists understand the first chemical steps towards the origin of life. Beginning with its discovery in 1655, the authors describe our current knowledge of Titan, including observations made before the space age, results from the Voyager missions of the 1980s, and recent revelations from the world's most advanced telescopes. In Lifting Titan's Veil, Ralph Lorenz includes his personal experiences in preparing for the Cassini mission, which will reach Saturn in 2004 and release the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere in 2005. A splendid introduction to Titan, this book will appeal to anyone interested in astronomical discovery and space exploration. Ralph Lorenz trained as an engineer and worked for the European Space Agency at the very beginning of the Huygens project. Since obtaining a PhD at the University of Kent, England, he has worked as a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His research interests focus on Titan, but also include climatology, radar, impact dynamics and spacecraft and instrumentation design. He has been involved in NASA's largest planetary mission (Cassini) and its smallest (the DS-2 Mars Microprobes). Jacqueline Mitton obtained a Ph.D in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, and is now a full-time writer and media consultant specializing in astronomy. She has served as Press Officer for the Royal Astonomical Society since 1989, and was Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association 1989-1993. She has written or co-authored sixteen published astronomy books, the most recent, The Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy (2001).

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A Pale Orange Dot.......2004-06-06

Rare is the work that meets the high publication standards within a given scientific discipline while being simultaneously accessible to the public at large. In particular, and notwithstanding its cachet and increasing multidisciplinary approach, the field of planetary sciences often offers up works that are either overspecialized to the point of alienating all but a very select readership or those works appealing to a broad audience but derisively dismissed by experts as popularizing and superficial. Bridging the wide chasm separating these two extremes requires talented writing. LIFTING TITAN'S VEIL: EXPLORING THE GIANT MOON OF SATURN, by Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton, is a book that accomplishes this with a professionally credible, yet highly readable, account of mankind's attempts to unravel the mysteries of Saturn's largest moon. Lorenz and Mitton succeed in this collaboration due in no small part to their highly impressive credentials. The former is one of today's most prolific planetary scientists, especially regarding the study of Titan, and also a participant in the current Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. The latter, with a Ph.D. in astrophysics, is a renowned science writer credited with authorship or co-authorship of sixteen astronomy-related works.

Answering, in the most basic way, the "why" question that often accompanies any discussion of planetary exploration, the authors write, "More than anything else, planetary exploration gives us a sense of perspective, a notion of who we are, where we came from and what our destiny might be. We can learn from all worlds. Each planet and moon in the solar system has its own unique history. Each is an experiment with a different set of conditions..." More specifically, they note that Titan, with its orange-tinted, nitrogen-rich 1.5 bar atmosphere containing traces of hydrocarbons and other organics, might represent an analogue, albeit a cyrogenic one, of the prebiotic atmosphere surrounding early Earth. Considering that mankind has yet to demonstrate time travel, studying Titan may be the only way (outside of modelling and laboratory experiments, both of which have obvious limitations) to explore this critical phase in Earth's history. It goes without saying that studying Titan, especially in situ, is exploration at the cutting edge.

Coming at an especially propitious moment, the book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the body of Titan-related science, which is placed into historical context. Starting with the moon's discovery in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer, LIFTING TITAN'S VEIL spans a time frame of three and a half centuries of astronomical observations leading up to the modern era of spacecraft reconnaissance and exploration. The book is organized topically, with a distinct narrative style (e.g., the unique "Ralph's Log" feature), and runs the gamut from astronomy to meterology to geology to speculation about future Titan exploration. I highly recommend LIFTING TITAN'S VEIL to all readers. Anyone interested in Titan, this "pale orange dot," will, I think, find something of worth in this work. Indeed, I personally feel that Chapter 3, "Titan's puzzling atmosphere," is alone worth the price of the book.

interesting scientific work.......2003-11-01

This book is fun for whoever loves science.Its an example of applying science to data gathered from earth telescopes and space probes,mainly through the eyes of Hubble and Voyager. Attempts at explaining theoretical models behind possible chemical and physical processes at work on this moon are made.It would be interesting to compare the current thinking with what Cassini will actually reveal in a years time!

Very good book on what we know now........2003-02-04

The authors do a good job in this book and it is a good read. What is interesting is how much we do not know about this amazing satellite. We have no idea about what the surface is like. In less than 5 years the Cassini mission w/ the Huygens lander will make this book obsolete. You have to wonder why this book was written so close to Cassini's arrival. Until then this book should be standard text in any amatuer astronomers library. The authors give too much credit to Carl Sagan and not enough to the real scientists who have contributed to our limited knowledge on the subject. Besides that this book almost gets my highest rating.

Titan And The Pursuit Of Science.......2002-12-31

This is an exciting time for planetary exploration, when after the solar system has been reconnoitered by spacecraft (except Pluto) and now spacecraft are being sent to specific planets and moons, etc., for closer examination. LIFTING TITAN'S VEIL covers the Cassini mission to Saturn and it's large moon Titan, known to possess a thick atmosphere and perhaps a hydrocarbon ocean, due to insert itself into Saturnian orbit in July, 2004, the attached Huygens probe should enter Titan's atmosphere January, 2005.

The authors include a lot of science in this volume, including background information concerning moons and planets across the solar system. Most of this book covers Titan of course, what we know about it and how we came about that knowledge, from early times to the present. Titan's atmosphere and surface and sub-surface conditions recieve the most attention, with the chemistry of the atmosphere discussed at length. Also, the authors debate the possibility of an ethane/methane ocean existing on Titan as the surface temperature, according to available evidence, is close to the triple point of methane. All of this science can of course, as the authors point out, shed light on the formation and evolution of the solar system and in turn give us clues to our own origins in the misty past. As a chemist I especially enjoyed the information on the chemistry of Titan, and the space-buff in me enjoyed all of it. In addition, the Cassini spacecraft is detailed, and there are lots of illustrations, many in color.

On a personal note, I remember being at the space center as a visitor just a few days before the launch of Cassini, in October, 1997, and thinking that here is this spacecraft sitting out there on the pad just a few hundred yards from the Atlantic beach, I wondered then, will Huygens, at the end of it's journey, find another beach? Space travel is cool!

Excellent!.......2002-06-28

In "Lifting Titan's Veil", Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton have written a lucid account of what we know about Titan, and how the Huygens probe which will parachute down to its surface in 2005 is designed to tell us more. As a research scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory whose doctoral thesis was on the topic, Ralph is well placed to sift through the various competing theories. In fact, he designed the probe's spear-like penetrometer which - if all goes to plan - will be the first human artefact to come into contact with this intriguing moon's surface. As an avid reader on the topic, I thoroughly recommend this book.

The Giant Planet Jupiter (Practical Astronomy Handbooks)

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A Jovian Trove! A Ticket to Jupiter!

The Giant Planet Jupiter (Practical Astronomy Handbooks)
John H. Rogers
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Jupiter is an extraordinarily colourful and dynamic planet. Over minutes, one can watch tiny shadows cast by its moons slide over its surface; over days and weeks parades of diverse, giant swirling storms can be seen to move and evolve. It is because of this richness of visual and physical properties that Jupiter has intrigued amateur and professional astronomers and has been the goal of several space missions. This highly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive and accessible account of Jupiter and its satellites, synthesising data from amateur and professional astronomers and space missions. It reviews systematic telescopic observations that have stretched over more than a hundred years, in addition to modern observations and theories, and the wealth of data from the Pioneer, Voyager and Ulysses space missions. Many of the hand-drawings and the images from Voyager are presented and analysed here for the first time. As well as a thorough survey of the planet’s atmosphere, this volume presents an up-to-date account of our present knowledge of Jupiter’s satellites and magnetosphere, at a level accessible to the non-specialist. As the first full account of Jupiter for thirty-five years, this volume provides the definitive account of Jupiter for advanced amateur astronomers, professional astronomers and planetary scientists.

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A Jovian Trove! A Ticket to Jupiter!.......2004-04-16

Hats off to John Rogers. This book is like a textbook on the planet Jupiter. You could take a semester course on the planet and still not get everything that this book has to offer. Starting with early observations of the planet (17th century and following), we explore the planet's bands and belts (each one getting its own chapter!), the forjmation of spots and storms, chemistry, atmospheric speeds and dynamics, theories about what's beneath the clouds, Jupiter's ring system (discovered by Voyager), the moons (several of them getting whole chapters), on and on and on... The tone is decidedly scientific, but often in a conversational, friendly way, a tone that encourages exploring its knowledge.

My sole complaint about this tome (it's not just a book, but a tome) is its paucity of color illustrations. For as much discussion as the book offers about chemistry and color-sources in the belts, more color would be useful. All the color photos (and there a fair number, I suppose) appear in a sort of color plate appendix at the end of the book, and they're excellent, but few. Anyway, that sums up my reservations.

Besides, the book is otherwise lavishly--and I mean lavishly--illustrated, and with a huge variety of (all black-and-white) material, an important matter for a book about this subject. We get charts, grahps, photos taken in the visible spectrum, under various color filters and also various radiation filters (but reduced to two colors, as I said). Fascinating are the photo sequences which show us spots emerging and developing, merging, evolving. It's mostly in black and white, but the wonderfully fine paper stock provides for great reproduction quality. I don't think there is asingle concept or heading that goe unillustrated. Rogers (the author) employs a great wealth of astronmer's detailed (you'll be surprised) sketches of the planet, in little strip maps that sort of unroll the planet before you. And by collecting these sketches from over the centuries, he offers a longterm history of how the planet has been behaving.

Published in 1995, the book can only mention that the comet (I've forgotten its name) will hit it; the book doesn;t cover that actual event, but I can't imagine a fuller account of the planet--or of many dngle subject s period, as this book offers. A great book to poke around in, too, when you have an extra few minutes here and there.

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Early environmental story for Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Terrance Dicks
Manufacturer: Carol Publishing Corporation
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Early environmental story for Doctor Who.......2000-10-11

As a general rule, people associate the era of the third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) with stories that make political comments about the real world. This book is based on a serial that was first broadcast in 1964 and looks at the possible dangers of insecticides.

The TARDIS arrives in 1964 and, due to an accident on landing, the ship and its crew are miniaturised. Much like the later "Land of the Giants" TV series, their adventures tend to centre on the threat of full-sized items to miniaturised people. As you can imagine, the insecticide DN6 becomes a major peril.

Running parallel with this story is one for the full-sized people. DN6 is under investigation, and its inventor will stop at nothing to prevent his own financial ruin if it is banned. While the actions of the full-sized people have consequences for the Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian, it is not towards the end of the stories do our travellers start to have an impact on them.

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This digital document is a journal article from Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This study was performed to evaluate the effects, if any, of aromatic nitroxides, namely, indolinic nitroxides, on membrane fluidity of rat epithelial cells using steady-state fluorescence. These nitroxides are being increasingly considered as new and versatile compounds to reduce oxidative stress in biological systems. Hence, the results obtained in this study will give more insights on the interaction of these compounds with biological structures which at present is lacking, especially in view of their possible application as antioxidant therapeutic agents. The probes DPH and Laurdan which give information on the hydrophobic and hydrophilic-hydrophobic regions of the membrane bilayer, respectively, showed that nitroxide 1 (1,2-dihydro-2-methyl-3H-indole-3-one-1-oxyl) significantly increases membrane fluidity, whereas the corresponding phenylimino nitroxide derivative 2 (1,2-dihydro-2-methyl-3H-indole-3-phenylimino-1-oxyl) leads to membrane rigidification. The aliphatic nitroxide TEMPO included in this study for comparison produced no modifications. Consequently, it appears that the structure of the heterocyclic rings (aromatic or aliphatic) and the substituents may affect membrane fluidity differently.

Partial oxidative-stress perturbs membrane permeability and fluidity of fish nucleated red blood cells [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]

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Partial oxidative-stress perturbs membrane permeability and fluidity of fish nucleated red blood cells [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]
R. Nagasaka , N. Okamoto , and H. Ushio
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR3850

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This digital document is a journal article from Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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We investigated the influence of partial oxidative stress on permeability and fluidity of nucleated fish red blood cells for simulating nucleated somatic cells. Peroxide value indicating lipid hydroperoxide level in nucleated red blood cells of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) increased with increasing body size. We detected that oxidation of nucleated red blood cells led to the degraded PUFA compositions and accelerated the permeability of calcein and ATP in the nucleated red blood cells restrictedly oxidized with 1 mM AAPH treatment for 30 min at 21 ^oC in the dark. Using fluorescence probes, PC"3P, we found that oxidative stress reduced the membrane fluidity of nucleated red blood cells. It was also observed that AAPH had no significant influence on the osmotic fragility and electrophoretic profiles of red blood cell proteins. These results suggest that partial oxidative-stress, even if failure to fragment the membrane, may affect membrane permeability of fish nucleated red blood cells for an important energy molecule, ATP.

Rhodamine 123 permeability through the catfish intestinal wall: Relationship to thermal acclimation and acute temperature change [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]

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Rhodamine 123 permeability through the catfish intestinal wall: Relationship to thermal acclimation and acute temperature change [An article from: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C]
K.M. Kleinow , B.D. Johnston , E.P. Holmes , and McCarrol
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Temperature is known to influence xenobiotic retention in fish. The effect of acute and acclimatory temperature change upon Rhodamine 123 (Rho123) permeability through an in vitro catfish multi-segment (3) everted sac intestinal wall model was examined in a 9 cell matrix of acclimation and assay temperatures (10, 20 and 30 ^oC). Changes in Rho123 permeability were examined in context with membrane fluidity, xenobiotic solubility and intestinal morphology. When assayed at the acclimation temperature greater Rho123 permeability was noted at warmer acclimation temperatures for the proximal and middle intestinal segments, while the distal segment exhibited little change and apparent compensation across temperatures. Rho123 permeability was increased as assay temperatures were elevated above the acclimation temperature for most comparisons. Cold acclimation significantly increased total intestinal length (43.2%) and proximal intestine weights while total body weights did not differ. Brush border membranes (BBM) increased fluidity with increased assay temperatures, however, composite anisotropy lines were not significantly different between acclimation treatments. In an additive manner, the membrane probe DPH exhibited increased solubility in BBM with increases in acclimation and assay temperatures. Compositely, these results suggest that acclimation and acute temperature change may differentially influence xenobiotic permeability among intestinal segments with interacting mechanisms.

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Extreme... Golf?!

My Dad Loved It

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Gift for Dad

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Extreme Golf: The World's Most Unusual, Fantastic And Bizarre Courses
Duncan Lennard
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ASIN: 1402203144

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Extreme Golf is a captivating journey through the world's most geographically extreme, climatically challenging, dangerous and uniquely designed courses.

From the sweltering courses of the desert to the freezing ice golf championships in Greenland, and from the erotically shaped bunkers in lush surroundings in France to the harsh surfaces in Kabul, golf is clearly no longer the elite sport it once was. Today's golfers (at least the ones not wearing plaid pants) are looking for the extreme-where the rough is patrolled by wild animals and the greens are sometimes white.

This lushly illustrated book features more than 200 breathtaking and often hilarious photographs capturing the true spirit of extreme golf, accompanied by light-hearted and engaging text. Including an appendix listing the unusual courses around the world (in case you'd like to make a tee time), Extreme Golf's chapters include:

€ Location, Location, Location (out of the way places in the world) € Courses for Concern (difficult due to geographic oddities) € Golf by Design (in which the course designer influences the extreme setup) € In the Rough (really hard courses in really strange places)

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Extreme... Golf?!.......2007-07-17

I bought this as a bit of a gag gift both for my husband and another friend of ours, and I must admit, it's really a fascinating look at some of the bizarre and unusual golf courses around the globe - from a course designed around the shapes of naked women (seen from above) to a course played amidst giraffes and other safari-type wildlife, the pictures, descriptions, and history are entertaining and well done.

My Dad Loved It.......2007-01-18

Bought this for my dad for Christmas. He loved it. Read the whole book and has picked out a couple of courses he plans to visit. I would definately recommend this to anyone who loves golf. Even if you don't, the pictures are fantastic.

defective book.......2007-01-10

I should be reimbursed for shipping because the book was warped, pages wavy and I returned it.

Gift for Dad.......2006-10-22

I don't get the review below, if you hate golf, why would you write a review on a golf book? My dad loves to golf and I understand that he probably won't be able to go to all the golf courses in this book; however, I know he'll enjoy reading and seeing the pictures of some of these extreme courses. I'm definitely going to buy this book for him.

A disgrace!.......2005-12-28

If I didn't like '50 Places to Play Golf Before You Die' I'm hardly likely to like this am I?. If Mr Lennard thinks I want to spend a small fortune playing a sport I hate in potentially hazardous conditions then he has another thing coming. The nerve!

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The comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and selling for the ever-expanding and always exciting children's market-now in a new and updated second edition.

Â€ Includes new chapters for illustrators, on submissions, portfolios, art directors, and more
Â€ In 2001, children's book publishing was a $1.8 billion market
Â€ Offers practical advice on getting started, plus the basics on writing-and selling-books that kids will love and parents will buy
Â€ Very few books on this topic provide specific information by experts
Â€ Covers picture book, juvenile, and young adult markets
Â€ Includes sample queries and proposals for most types of children's fiction

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books by Harold D. Underdown and Lynne Rominger invites novices into its pages with plenty of white space, clearly labeled sections and humorous line drawings. Sidebars offer ""Vocabulary List"" words with definitions of industry lingo (such as ISBNs); ""Stories from the Playground,"" with practical advice from published pros; and ""Can You Keep a Secret?,"" with hints on a range of topics, including how to approach an editor at a conference and how to ""write using active rather than passive constructions whenever you can."" Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Extremely helpful.......2007-09-09

Haven't finished reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books but, I have found it full of good and helpful hints and suggestions.

I would recommend it to any person trying to break into the field of writing books for children.

Publishing Children's Books.......2007-05-19

This book provides you with a step by step guide on how to publish children's books. It's a valuable resource for the children's writer, and gives some great ideas on how to ready your manuscript for publication.Woman Reclining

Detailed Info.......2006-08-28

Very detailed and necessary information for those interested in writing and publishing a childrens book. A wealth of information available at your fingertips 24/7. I would definitely recommend this book for those who are contemplating becoming involved in the childrens book industry.

Please don't speed-read his one........2006-03-17

This book answers questions we never thought to ask. No doubt editors everywhere will be pleased to read submissions that have followed these sugestions. Could be sub-titled "Reduce Rejction Slip Clutter". Please don't speed-read his one.

Good Idiot Book.......2006-03-09

Enjoyable reading, with great ideas, positive message that if you really want to publish, you can do it!

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For thousands of years, all around the world, people have seen shapes and pictures in the night sky and created stories to account for them. What one culture sees as a plow, another sees as a saucepan, another as a bear; what to one is a circle of chiefs sitting at powwow, another calls a bride's crown of flowers.

Starry Tales brings together fifteen of these myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries. Here you can read about how night was created, about the Giant who stole the sun, and about the "saucepan" in the sky...

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To most people in Tresserville, Montana, the contest to make a dress like that of silent star Sophy Worth means excitement and fame. To Linda it means trouble for her family and the town. Why then is she trying so hard to make it a success?

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