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The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT

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The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT
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A comprehensive math review for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT. This math refresher workbook is designed to clearly and concisely state the basic math rules and principles of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry which a student needs to master. This is accomplished through a series of carefully sequenced practice sets designed to build a student's math skills step-by-step. The workbook emphasizes basic concepts and problem solving skills. Strategies for specific question types on the GRE, GMAT, and SAT are the focus of the Lighthouse Review self study programs.

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Great review of forgotten skills.......2007-06-27

I've been out of school for over 25 years and needed a refresher for the GRE. This book has been great. Everything just started coming back to me.
The authors show how to do each type of problem without assuming prior knowledge. I feel much more confident now.

I MUST HAVE!!!!.......2007-04-10

This book has been such a tremendous help in my preperation for the GMAT. I'm taking a $800 prep course but this book has taught me many tricks that even my instructor is unaware of. My score has gone up by 50 points because of this book. Buy it!

An English Teacher Having Fun With Math.......2007-04-06

I bought this book to prepare to take my GREs for a PhD program. I am an English teacher and all of my students know that I can't "do math." I didn't have to take math in college or grad school and I've been out of high school for 15 years, so I was panicked about the math section on the GREs. I bought this book and started working on it during downtimes at school, evenings, etc. It turned out to be a lot of fun. I enjoyed the problems and practice. The pages leave lots of room to work out the problems right beside them. It starts out with very basic math - fractions, percents, etc, but it was just what I needed. It was easy to understand and very helpful. My students even helped me with the hard ones!

if you don't remember any math from highschool.......2007-01-23

I use the customer reviews to make purchase decisions often but have never felt compelled to write one until now. I also have the Kaplan GRE Exam math workbook fifth edition and like most of the math prep books I found, they assume a very brief review of a concept will trigger your memory and you will be able to work practice problems. The Ultimate Math Refresher is for those who truly need to relearn the concepts. It doesn't have practice problems like you will find on the GRE but it has practice sections to demostrate the concepts and make sure you understand them. The sections are also short enough for people who find relearning math tedious. I suggest this book for the mathematically challenged and then move on to one of the typical prep books with GRE style problems.

I bought this and blew the GREs right out of the water!.......2007-01-15

It has been 20 years since i got my undergrad degree. I needed the GREs to get into grad school and was told I needed a 550 on each portion. I was most worried about the math section so I bought this book. Wow. I forgot how much I had forgotten. After cruising through this book, I destroyed the math section on the GREs! There were some problems that were identical to the ones I had practiced on. My only regret...that I did not buy the similar book on the Comprehensive/English/Reading portion. While I ended up doing ok on that section, the results of this book really made a huge difference on the math portion. A great investment!

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Painted lives
To the Lighthouse
This delicious emotion, this impure rhaspsody of which he was ashamed, but in which he revelled
The Essence of Things
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf , and Eudora Welty (Introduction)
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Subject of this extraordinary novel is the daily life of an English family in the Hebrides. “Radiant as [To the Lighthouse] is in its beauty, there could never be a mistake about it: here is a novel to the last degree severe and uncompromising. I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality.”-Eudora Welty, from her Introduction.

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Virginia Woolf is one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century, and To the Lighthouse is perhaps her crowning achievement. The story of the Ramsay family and the guests visiting their summer house in the Hebrides, Woolf?

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Painted lives.......2007-06-01

An extraordinary book, at once light as air and dense with meaning. From the smallest happenings (a family gathered at a seaside house) seen in two brief glimpses (a long summer afternoon before the first world war, and a single morning ten years later), Virginia Woolf distils a profound meditation on love and loss, hope and disappointment, and human relationships, especially the precarious and limiting balance between men and women. But it is impossible to summarize in a sentence what Woolf achieves in two hundred pages, so let me just pick on three specifics: art, thought, and time.

ART. The Harcourt Harvest Book paperback edition has a beautiful cover, apparently a tinted turn-of-the century photograph of a beach with the sea and a lighthouse beyond. It is a perfect evocation of the period and of lazy summers by the sea. Yet the credits say it is adapted from a photo by a much later artist, Herbert List; presumably the period air and the uncanny overtones of Seurat's "Grande Jatte" are the work of the designer, Liz Demeter. I mention this partly because a book's cover is like incidental music; it creates the context in which you start reading, and this is perfect. But also because visual art also plays an important part in the book. One of the guests of the owners of the house, the Ramsays, is Lily Briscoe, an unmarried woman in her thirties. We first see her as she is painting in the garden: "Lily's picture! Mrs. Ramsay smiled. With her little Chinese eyes and her puckered-up face, she would never marry; one could not take her painting very seriously." So of course we take her for a mere amateur; and Lily similarly puts herself down, conditioned by a climate which denied creativity to women except as wives and mothers. But when we get to look closer at Lily's picture we see that it is extremely advanced for its time, and her thought processes are as rigorous as anything we hear from the paterfamilias Mr. Ramsay, a once-celebrated philosopher. Indeed in the glorious closing chapters of the book, it is Lily, struggling to express balance and feeling in paint, who comes closest to giving meaning and permanency to the whole family history. One recalls that one of Virginia Woolf's closest friends in the Bloomsbury Group was the art critic Roger Fry, who coined the term post-impressionism. Lily, far from being a minor character, stands as the alter ego of Woolf herself, achieving in touches of paint a very close analogy to what the author manages so marvelously in words.

THOUGHT. But fine as Virginia Woolf's visual descriptions are, her main medium is not sight but thought. The two days at the seaside are described entirely through the minds of various individual members of the family and their guests. There is occasional dialogue, but no third-person narrator. A paragraph may start with the thoughts of one person about another, switch smoothly to the mind of that other person, and then return to the first again. And often the thoughts of the first character will change significantly between one moment and the next. Affection can switch suddenly to anger and back again; Woolf knows that most emotions, especially given the complex ties that bind families, can seldom be contained by a single label; through her apparent contradictions, she builds up a truth that is richer than could have been attained by consistency alone. Again, I think of the visual arts and the multiple viewpoints of cubism, but though a modern writer, Woolf is not a modern-ist; her technique is concealed, not flaunted; she is not a "difficult" writer in the sense that Joyce or even Faulkner are. As a results, her portraits come through with great warmth, especially that of Mrs. Ramsay, willingly adopting a supporting role to her curmudgeonly husband (or almost willingly -- with Woolf that is important), but blessed with a radiance of personality that illuminates the entire book, even when she is not at the center of it.

TIME. Most novels tell a story that unfolds gradually over the course of time; this doesn't. The outer sections of the book take place virtually in real time; the action happens at about the same speed as it takes to read about it. But for all intents and purposes, these sections are static compared to the ten-year duration of the narrative as a whole. Only one thing happens in either of the outer sections that could really be called an event, and that involves two minor characters whose relationship to the Ramsays is never clearly specified. But that does not mean lack of movement. The rapidly shifting juxtapositions and viewpoints build up a dense texture of relationships and feelings that reach a certain stability at the close of the first (and longest) section, but leave you wanting more. In painting terms again, one might call this opening a still life -- except that the various figures in it are now linked by quasi-electrical charges, so that the balance between them is not static but dynamic, presently in equilibrium but capable of further motion. In effect, you could close the book at this moment and write your own narrative. Instead, Virginia Woolf does something quite extraordinary. In the ten short chapters of the twenty-page interlude entitled "Time Passes," she takes on the role of narrator for the first time, and tells what happens in the next few minutes, the remainder of that night, the ensuing nights, the changing seasons, the course of the War, and the passage of years. She writes of impersonal things -- the house, the garden, the wind, the sea -- throwing in small nuggets of personal information almost as afterthoughts. When the Ramsays finally return, much has changed, and the former golden days seem tarnished. But by the end of this marvelous novel, Virginia Woolf has burnished them to a new shine, less brilliant perhaps, but deeper and more lasting.

To the Lighthouse.......2007-05-31

The book is a poetic third person narration, that takes place on the Isle of Skye around WWI. The book begins as Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay take a summer trip to the Isle, along with their bevy of children. So, begins the story of a lives entwined,and told at a pace of varying rhythms and point of views. One might say that the pages hold a search for meaning in a world of chaos. Life cycles are central, to the themes of preservation and life. The ligthouse itself, sometimes seeming mysterious and ellusive, transitions by the story's end. James, taking note of the contrast in perspective recognizes that "nothing is one thing". In this story, even the wind and furnishings are given a haunting voice. As the house is being packed and cleared , the wind asks "Will you fade? will you perish?" The objects answer, "We will remain."

This delicious emotion, this impure rhaspsody of which he was ashamed, but in which he revelled.......2007-05-24

An excellent book.
It unrolls much like Mrs. Dalloway-- even the opening sentences have similar cadences-- an average day filled with the push and pull of emotional tides for an array of characters. The writing occasional sparkles (as in the title of the review from page 25, or the insults that 'bespatter her unrebuked' on page 32), but it is no better or worse than Mrs. Dalloway.

That changes on page 125, with "a downpouring of immense darkness" that lowers "a swaying mantle of silence" onto the house that formerly buzzed with life. This is the beginning of the astoundingly good 20 page interlude between the two sections. The seasons change, and the house hovers, teetering on the edge of the abyss, poised to "plunge to the depths to lie upon the sands of oblivion;" but the tide turns, and the house is "rescued from the pool of Time," and is reborn in the summer day of the 3rd section.

The final section has its moments (Mr. Ramsey's `heavy draperies of grief', burdened with the knowledge that `we perished. Each alone.'), yet still lacks a bit of the punch of the other two.

"What then was this terror, this hatred? Turning back among the many leaves which the past had folded in him, peering into the heart of that forest where light and shade so chequer each other that all shape is distorted, and one blunders, now with the sun in one's eyes, now with a dark shadow, he sought an image to cool and detach and round off his feelings in a concrete shape." 185

The Essence of Things.......2007-04-26

To the Lighthouse, published in 1927, is a landmark Modernist novel.

Written from multiple perspectives and shifting between time and characters, Woolf is not really concerned with plot. Instead, she paints a psychological portrait of the members of the Ramsay family and their friends, at their summerhouse in the Hebrides. To the Lighthouse is divided into three parts.

In the first section, (The Window), the character of Mrs. Ramsay is the lens through which most of the perspectives are focused, and her son's (James) desire to go "to the Lighthouse" is the catalyst from which the chapter takes shape.

In the next section, (Time Passes), told by an omniscient narrator, Woolf dramatises the decay of the summer house over a period of ten years, and the fate of various characters is divulged. This section has some powerful visual images that expound Woolf's skill as a writer.

In the third and final section, (The Lighthouse), the remaining family and friends finally get to the Lighthouse, and the novel becomes a meditation on love, loss, time and creativity.

To the Lighthouse is a difficult read. But if you can understand the nature of the stream-of-consciousness technique and Woolf's goal of representing the essence of experience, then you will be able to glean a better understanding of the narrative. To the Lighthouse creates internal landscapes, and the main technique is invoking memory and various associations on the thoughts and feelings of the characters.

This book will take time and patience. But if you keep working at it and savour ever word, then you will be in for a rewarding literary experience.

Who's Afraid.......2007-04-01

Though this is an incredibly difficult read, it's worth it if you have the time and patience. The story is in three parts, the first being a family planning a trip to a lighthouse, the second being a tragedy that occurs, and the third being the actual trip to the lighthouse. The story asks the questions, "Is man the sum of his experiences?" and "Is time the succession of a line of lampposts?" I won't tell you the answers that Woolf provides or that I agree with them (she was certifiable and reading this book gives a glimpse into that tragic mind), but I will tell you that in between the sometimes laborious but skillful symbolism there is often a passage of beautifully poetic stream-of-consciousness prose.
As the masterpiece it is, 5 stars are not enough.

J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore

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Wonderful new series by Ms. Macomber
Macomber creates a series classic
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Satisfying Introduction to Macomber's Cedar Cove Series

16 Lighthouse Road
Debbie Macomber
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Perennial favorite Debbie Macomber does what she does best in 16 Lighthouse Road, introducing fans to the scenic Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, Washington, and its panoply of characters, including family court judge Olivia Lockhart who makes news when she denies the divorce petition of Cecilia and Ian Randall. Decreeing that the young couple had not tried hard enough to make their relationship work following the tragic death of their newborn daughter, Olivia's decision brings her to the attention of recent Cedar Cove arrival, newspaper editor Jack Griffin. And Jack's attentions are not entirely unwelcome for the long-divorced Olivia. In addition to her continued involvement in Cecilia and Ian's ongoing negotiations, Olivia's life is further complicated by her mother, Charlotte, her daughter, Justine, and her best friend, Grace, as they struggle with the difficult situations life tosses their way. Charlotte becomes enmeshed in trying to solve a mystery left to her by a mute stroke victim she befriends just before he dies. Justine has found the perfect man for her, one who shares her ambitions and thoughts on relationships, but why does she keep thinking about the boy she knew in high school who has grown into quite a man? And Grace's husband, Dan, has disappeared--again--and Grace has no idea where he is and when or if he'll be back. The multiple story lines and numerous relationships make reading at times challenging, but Macomber fans, old and new, will stand up and cheer as the prolific author lodges her protest against the disposable personal relationships all too common today. --Alison Trinkle

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Olivia Lockhart

16 Lighthouse Road

Cedar Cove, Washington

Dear Reader,

You don't know me yet, but in a few hours that's going to change. You see, I'm inviting you to my home and my town of Cedar Cove because I want you to meet my family, friends, and neighbors. Come and hear their stories -- maybe even their secrets!

I have to admit that my own secrets are pretty open. My marriage failed some years ago, and I have a rather . . . difficult relationship with my daughter, Justine. Then there's my mother, Charlotte, who has plenty of opinions and is always willing to share them.

Here's an example: I'm a family court judge and she likes to drop in on my courtroom. Recently I was hearing a divorce petition. In Charlotte's view, young Cecilia and Ian Randall hadn't tried hard enough to make their marriage work -- and I agreed. So I rendered my judgement: Divorce Denied.

Well, you wouldn't believe the reaction! Thanks to an article by Jack Griffin, the editor of our local paper (and a man I wouldn't mind seeing more of!), everyone's talking.

Cedar Cove -- people love it and sometimes they leave it, but they never forget it!

See you soon . . .

Olivia

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Wonderful new series by Ms. Macomber.......2007-06-05

In this new series, Ms. Macomber introduces us to a new series. The series takes place in Cedar Cove, Washington, a scenic little town where the people are interesting and their stories could be real. The series follows the people who live in the title address and the characters they interact with. In this book we meet Olivia Lockhart, who lives at 16 Lighthouse Road. Olivia is a family court judge who makes news when she denies a prenuptial agreement dissolution for a couple, Cecilia and Ian Randall, who are seeking a divorce after the tragic death of their newborn daughter. We also meet Olivia's mother, Charlotte who makes friends with a stroke victim, Olivia's daughter Justine who is in a relationship with a much older man who is also drawn to an old schoolmate. We meet Grace, Olivia's best friend, who is dealing with the disappearance of her husband and the newly arrived newspaper editor Jack Griffin. Olivia finds herself drawn to Jack and they start to see one another. As they work through their relationship, we also get an inside view to many other relationships at work through the town.

Ms. Macomber draws us into a wonderful new world where the people jump off the page at you and are extremely likeable. I enjoyed the first book to the series and enjoyed meeting all the new characters. As Ms. Macomber leaves us wanting more with the other storylines, I am quite glad to say that Ms. Macomber continues with many more books in the series, including 74 Seaside Avenue, which releases in August of 2007. I have placed this book in my "keep library" with the rest of this series and would encourage anyone who enjoys a good, contemporary, series to pick this book, and the rest of the series, up.

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Macomber creates a series classic.......2006-11-23

As a relative newbie to the works of Debbie Macomber, i have to say, she has yet to disappoint me. With this novel, the first in her Ceder Cove series, she has made me a devoted fan for life. I literally sat down with this book, and was unable to put it down until i was finished.

"16 Lighthouse Rd" introduces us to some incredibly memorable characters.
Olvia: Family court judge, who's torn between her feelings for the new editor of the local newspaper, and her ex.
Charlotte: Olivia's mother, who goes in search of the family of a recently decesed friend.
Grace: Olivia's best friend, who is dealing with a pregnant daughter, and the mysterious disappearence of her husband of 35 years.
Cecilia & Ian: a young married couple who struggle to deal with their demons after the death of their newborn baby
Justine, Seth & Warren: an unusual love triangle, that will definitely have you rooting for her to make the right choice.

There are many more wonderful characters here, and their interweaving storylines mesh perfectly together. All i can say is that with the Ceder Cove series, Macomber has created a wonderful family that i can't wait to visit and spend time with again.

Easy and Heartwarming.......2006-11-14

In this first of the Cedar Cove series, easy-to-ready author Debbie Macomber introduces the reader to a Pacific Northwest town that sounds just about perfect. Cedar Cove, Washington, is a quirky blend of old-time Main Street and 21-st century real-life modern problems, in a combination that makes "16 Lighthouse Road" impossible to put down.

In this book, we meet family court judge Olivia -- whose unexpected ruling in the divorce trial of young navy couple Cecilia and Ian draws the reader right into the heart of the town. Then there is Olivia's irrascible mother Charlotte, who likes to sit in the courtroom and knit, and Olivia's dear friend Grace, whose husband is acting extremely strangely.

Just put up your feet, make a cup of tea, and try not to wish that real life had such easy solutions. This is just a delightful treat, nothing more, nothing less, just perfect.

Five Stars .......2006-11-03

A great beginning to the series. Judge Olivia Lockhart denies Ian and Cecelia Randall their divorce because she feels they're still in love and are making a terrible decision in haste she's also attracted to newspaper man Jack Griffin. Ian and Cecelia met and married quickly due to Cecelia's pregnancy but their baby girl died a few hours after being born. Cecelia was left to handle the birth and death alone Ian was away in the Navy and wasn't told of anything after their daughter was dead and buried. Charlotte Jefferson mets a stroke victum Tom Harding they become friends despite the fact Tom can't speak. Grace Sherman's dealing with husband who keeps disappearing on her and shutting her. Olivia's worries over her daughter Justine who's dating a man who's much older then her as much as Olivia tries to support her daughter living her own life Olivia feels Justine's making a mistake. The end left you wanting to read more.

Satisfying Introduction to Macomber's Cedar Cove Series.......2006-09-12

16 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD satisfies the soap-opera lover in us with a charming little town peopled with problem-ridden residents. If I had not known ahead of time this was a continuing series, I would have been disappointed that so many storylines were left dangling at the end, but knowing there are more books, I am eagerly anticipating the rest of the series.

Judge Olivia Lockhart resides in the title address and we first meet her as she denies the divorce of Cecilia and Ian Randall. The young couple, obviously deeply in love, has not dealt with their grief over losing their infant daughter and has rushed headlong into divorce proceedings. The Judge herself is a divorcee who knows what it means to lose a child and still love your ex-husband. Meanwhile, the town's new newspaper editor, a man with a secret to hide, is hotly pursuing her.

The lustiest part of the story involves Olivia's daughter Justine who is dating a man old enough to be her father while having deeply sexual feelings for a high school friend she becomes reacquainted with while planning their tenth reunion.

Olivia's friend, Grace Sherman, plays a pivotal role in the book, as the deserted wife who endures grief and humiliation before deciding life on her own is really quite pleasant.

Olivia's mother, Charlotte Jefferson, provides many comedic moments as she attempts to track down the grandson of a stroke victim she befriends.

All together, an inviting look into a friendly town where problems are encountered and overcome with the help of good neighbors and good friends.

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Masterfully Written
Lights Out!
Masterful Mystery of the Traditional Kind
A truly wonderful book
Character development! :-)

The Lighthouse
P.D. James
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A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders.

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. He is uncertain about his future with his girlfriend Emma Lavenham; his principle detective Kate Miskin is going through an emotional crisis; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is not happy about having a female boss. After a second brutal killing, the whole investigation is jeopardized, and Dalgliesh is faced with a danger even more insidious than murder.

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P. D. James is the author of 18 books, most of which have been filmed for television. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain’s Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honours, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. In 2000 she celebrated her 80th birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.

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Masterfully Written.......2007-06-01

I would have gone with 5 stars if not for the first 80 or so pages. If you get past the long drawn out introduction of the characters, the story is excellent, as is the writing & setting. A novel that grips you to the very end

Lights Out!.......2007-05-17

More cookie cutter PD James, with an antiquity threatened by an obnoxious person who goes around giving everyone reasons (convincing ot not) to kill him, with endless detail on everything under the sun, including the contents of people's pantries (James seems to take an increasing interest in food in her later books--everyone drinks fresh-squeezed orange juice and freshly ground coffee, by the way). Dalgelish, who has not beeen interesting in twenty years, continues to fret, in a dull way, over his tepid love affair with the lovely and brilliant Emma. Kate Miskin gets a love life of her own (she should be well into her forties by now), but it's dull too. The rest of the characters, from the high-born old lady to the young street waif and the various morose but well-spoken middle-agers are all types we've seen from James before, done this time with little energy. The mystery itself is not bad, but one loses interest as the pages go on and on and on. James has done much better in A Mind To Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower and A Taste for Death. Her last three books suggest an elderly author simply going through the motions. This may be good enough for the fawning print reviewers, but it you want the Great James, you must read her earlier work.

Masterful Mystery of the Traditional Kind.......2007-04-11

P.D. James, master of the traditional English mystery, is back again with "The Lighthouse," another in her Adam Dalgliesh mystery novels. While forensics, of course, is the latest fashion in whodunits, and while TV shows like "Cold Case" feature sympathetic victims whose fates make you tear up, Ms. James continues to do what she does best: the dogged Dalgliesh solves cases the old fashioned way; the victim is unsympathetic, and all the suspects have a reason to want out him of the way.

But Ms. James does pay homage to the "new" police procedural style by at least offering an explanation of why the CSIs (called SOCO's in Brit-speak, for I think Scene of Crime Officer) do not appear--the crime takes place on an isolated (fictional) "Combe Island," off the coast of Cornwall, and then . . . ah, but best not to say any more.

As always, the characters are expertly drawn (my favorite is the young woman, Millie, who Ms. James, now in her 80s, seems to understand very well), the scenes expertly set, the clues all there for you. But will you guess whodunit before Ms. James is ready to tell you? That, of course, is always the pleasure in a James novel. It's always a treat to play along, perhaps re-reading certain scenes when something comes to "AD's" mind. Or your own.

And, again as always, the novel is very cinematic--many of the books in the series have been seen on BBC television--and maybe you'll start casting the movie version in your head.

It gives away nothing to say that at the end of "The Lighthouse," Adam Dalgliesh and his associates Kate Miskin and Francis Benton-Smith leave the scene by helicopter. In your mind maybe you'll hear the noise of the chopper, as it "soars above a white tumble of clouds into the shining air."

Roll the credits.

A truly wonderful book.......2007-03-29

I like this author's work so much that I actually bought the hard cover since I couldn't wait for the pb to be issued. However, P. D. James' view of life as expressed by her characters can be very pessimistic at times (a contrast to her autobiography). In this one, there is still the feeling that the characters are going through the motions of living, never really feeling any joy--or often even happiness. However, when Adam and Emma come together at the end, there was a ray of hope. Please, Ms. James give us a new book ASAP!

Character development! :-).......2007-03-12

I've always enjoyed P.D. James Adam Dalgliesh mysteries, but have always wished for a little bit more information about the characters. I got my wish with "The Lighthouse"! Dalgliesh moves forward, and so does Kate, his loyal assistant. The end is more of a new beginning for the characters, instead of being just a mystery resolved.

I got the feeling that maybe P.D. James is trying to complete the cirlce in this book. Maybe it's the last AD mystery? I hope not, I love all of them.

The Ultimate Verbal and Vocabulary Builder for the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT and LSAT

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Well worth every penny
Place to start for SAT but not great for GRE
quite helpful, but not just by itself
Just a series of multiple choice tests
Good deal!

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The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT
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ASIN: 0967759412

Book Description

Standardized tests require extensive verbal and vocabulary skills. Questions are often answered incorrectly simply because the test-taker does not know the meaning of key words used in the question. This book provides a comprehensive verbal and vocabulary builder for the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT. Includes over 1,700 words commonly seen on these tests together with methods and tools designed to teach the meaning of words in context. Also includes 16 carefully designed exercises and 16 practice sets. These exercises and practice sets clearly and concisely increase vocabulary skills without the use of rote memorization. Book uses "self reference" antonyms, synonyms, and context to impact word meanings in a user-friendly, easy to learn manner.

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Well worth every penny.......2007-02-11

This book was amazing!

It is very simple and very straight-forward with the sole purpose of helping your improve your vocabulary...and it works. I got through the book in 8 days, completing two chapters a day. It took me approximately two or three hours of work per day to work with this book. It gives you the tools to really understand a word and remember it. Don't try to save time by not looking up the words and not finding antonyms and synonyms for the words. It will not work. You have to get down to the nitty-gritty and then you will see results. Words that would not stick, I wrote down on flashcards and reviewed them along with the 300 word list from Barron's Passkey to the GRE book.

Say the words out loud, repeatedly do the exercises at the end of each chapter and it will pay off on the GRE exam. I promise! By the way, it is a one-time use book....you will scribble on every page and no one else will be able to use it, but that is what it is....a work book. Buy it!

Place to start for SAT but not great for GRE.......2006-11-03

The words are very basic even for the SAT. Words included are things like "sever" and "enhance". I am studying for the GRE and am finding the Barron's GRE prep book much better for the vocabulary work.

The technique of giving a brief description and sample sentence is good but can be found in other places as well.
The other good point is the words are not in alphabetically order so you don't end up just learning words that start with "A" but never get to "V".

quite helpful, but not just by itself.......2004-06-14

The book takes a different approach on vocabulary building. Unlike the other test prepration of books I have seen, this book does not present you with list of words to memorize.

The best feature of this book is that it makes you work on each new word. I agree with the authors on the fact that this is an effective approach. However, the words listed in this book are not quite the standard of GRE/GMAT. This book would be helpful to those who might be writing the SATs or are just beginning their GMAT/GRE preparation with a very limited vocabulary.

I don't regret buying this book at all, since it isn't very expensive and also i can use the "strategy" of this book with more complex words.

Just a series of multiple choice tests.......2002-12-31

I found this book pretty useless. All it is is a series of 16 multiple choice tests in which you choose the answer that most closely approximates the word given. Sample question: amorphous means a) shapeless b) passionate c) property transfer d) vase-like e) parallel. Each test is preceded by very short definitions of the words plus each one used in a context sentence. It would be okay, I guess, as a superficial refresher, but I didn't find it challenging, and there was no discussion of strategy for the GMAT verbal/vocab section, which is more what I was hoping for.

Good deal!.......2002-11-15

I am a returning student (about to enter graduate school). We are required to take the GRE. This book was a very helpful refresher for me, and you can't beat the price. Service was quick and helpful too!

Reincarnation: The Missing Link in Christianity

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Effective in a negative way.
Fascinating and Spiritually Satisfying
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Validation

Reincarnation: The Missing Link in Christianity
Elizabeth Clare Prophet , and Erin L. Prophet
Manufacturer: Summit University Press
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ASIN: 0922729271

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This true story of a soul's life after death will change the way you look at A provocative work that makes the case that Jesus taught reincarnation. Using evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic texts, it argues persuasively that Jesus was a mystic who taught that our destiny is to unite with the God within.

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Effective in a negative way........2007-04-19

This book was only effective in forcing me to seek out any other book on the subject. The history she went over I have no problem with. It is everything else that I find quite annoying. She seems to ignore alternatives to how she interperets scripture and what one person says about reincarnation, being born again, life before this current one, etc.
She also ignores concepts, themes, and issues that today may shed light on the subject. She doesn't address or let the readers know of any other authority on the subject, which to me, makes me that much more skeptical of her credibility and ability to write on the topic.
I feel that I am alone in this and that is fine, each book affects each person differently. I guess I was just looking for more, and the author(s) didn't deliver.

Fascinating and Spiritually Satisfying .......2006-05-05

I was assigned a research paper for my English class and we were permitted to pick whatever topic we wished. Reincarnation is something that has always fascinated me, and since I am a Christian who believes in reincarnation, I decided to write my paper on reincarnation in early Christianity, the Bible, and its revival in modern society. I needed 15 sources, but this book could stand on its own! Prophet discusses historical justification for reincarnation in Christianity as it relates to Jesus' teachings, the Bible, and the Roman Empire. It discusses the lost years of Jesus, and the possibility of him visiting India, and employing mysticism in his teachings. The practicality of reincarnation as she argues it left me spellbound. I was a believer to begin with, but after reading this, I am even more convinced that reincarnation belongs in Christian theology. Did you know there are approximately 28 MILLION Christians who believe in reincarnation? This is only one of the amazing things you will discover if you read this amazing book! Its food for the mind and it quenches the soul that believes there is more out there than our beloved Christianity is telling us! Trust me, it is amazing!

Okay, to all of the skeptics!.......2005-08-14

Well, this book has definitely valitated my belief in reincarnation. The Christianity bible(King David) is WAY to black and white for me. And the whole concept of reincarnation brings forth a better understanding of what the WHOLE meaning of life is. I claim to be a Christian since I strive to emulate Jesus christ. Christ's teachings and his whole persona has always had an impact on me, especially his shed of blood on the cross, I cry almost every Christmas just thinking about it! I still believe he was that "special" person, the son of God, or even God in flesh because of all of his special supernatural powers and gifts that he had. I also have a great open mind to the way other religions practice like Kabbalah and Buddism because mediation, in my opinion, is also a missing link in the "belief" system of christianity. I don't like the fact that they believe it's a form of letting evil spirits come in. So, I love Christ he will always be in my heart, but also accept the way other religions like to practice AND what they believe even though some don't believe he was "the son of GOd" and believe he was just a teacher. I also have great respect for the Buddah too.

Finally relevant!.......2005-08-07

I cannot really add anything to the other positive reviews without being repetitive. One point however, and no small point I believe, is that the book actually makes Jesus relevant to those who have either given up Christianity or, like me, never related to it at all. Christianity without reincarnation simply makes no sense - with it, the pieces fall into place, and Elizabeth Clare Prophet spells out how.

Validation.......2002-09-09

... My biblethumping sisters and I are always debating the issue of reincarnation and this book provided validation for me. Reincarnation just makes sense all around..I have never believed in the "all or nothing christian dogma". ...this book has made me feel so much better about myself and my life.

Bay Beacons: Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay

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One of the Best on Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses

Bay Beacons: Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay
Linda Turbyville
Manufacturer: Eastwind Publishing
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ASIN: 1885457073

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One of the Best on Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses.......2000-11-20

This is an excellent book on the existing lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay, and a must-have for anyone interested in lighthouses.

A chapter is dedicated to each of the remaining lighthouses of the bay, and is teaming with historical facts surrounding the lighthouse in question. Along with wonderful, large color photographs of the lights as they presently exist, many chapters include additional black and white prints of the lighthouses in earlier days.

The introduction is very good and gives a nice overview of the lighthouses and their history in the Chesapeake Bay, and sets the stage for what follows in the book. A general map of the Chesapeake Bay showing the location of each of the lights is also included.

The text is very informative about each lighthouse covered, right down to the dollars spent on each light, the approval process for those monies, construction, light keepers, daily life at a lighthouse...and in some cases, the move of a lighthouse to another location in order to save the light from destruction or for posterity. Other facts are discussed as well, many unique in nature. Did you know that nuclear power was once used in a lighthouse? It was, and in the Chesapeake Bay.

A framed section with identification information on each lighthouse is also included in each chapter, detailing such items as date of establishment, lighthouse position, light characteristic, height, range, etc.

All in all, I don't think you could ask for more in a perfect book on Chesapeake Bay lighthouses. This book will make any "wickie" very happy.

Lighthouses!: A POP-UP Gallery of America's Most Beloved Beacons

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Lighthouses!: A POP-UP Gallery of America's Most Beloved Beacons
Linda Costello , Bruce Foster , and Al Mitchell
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ASIN: 1592236979

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From the busy Atlantic waters to the rugged Pacific coast, explore the country's most historic and beautiful lighthouses with amazing 3-D pop-ups. Lighthouses! A Pop-Up Gallery of America's Most Beloved Beacons features more than 25 color photographs and original illustrations showcasing America's coastal guardians.

From the historical to the technical, author Al Mitchell, a renowned expert in the field of lighthouse study, explains the important roles played by each beacon through the years.

This unique tribute includes 5 amazing, architecturally accurate 3-D pop-ups designed by acclaimed paper engineer Linda Costello.

Beautifully illustrated pop-ups stand approximately 9 1/2 inches tall and 5 inches in diameter and demonstrate each lighthouse's unique design and function.

Pop-ups include some of the most famous landmarks in the country: Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina's distinctive black-and-white barber pole; Old Point Loma Light, the beacon for California's Gold rush traffic; and Florida's prominent Ponce de Leon Inlet Light.

This is the ultimate book for admirers of lighthouses and architecture.

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Nice, but US centric
Home Again
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The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses
Samuel Willard Crompton , and Michael J. Rhein
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ASIN: 1592231020

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The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination. More than simply picturesque, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol of salvation, fortitude, and heroic folklore. The Ultimate Lighthouse Book is a panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of these legendary buildings and celebrates the rich heritage of our ancestors' courageous efforts to guide mariners through treacherous seas and storms. Over 200 color photographs are featured in this fully revised, expanded and updated edition.

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Nice, but US centric.......2005-07-26

Nice photography, nice text but too US-centric to deserve the title "Ultimate book" knowing that the worlds most interesting lighthouses are in Europe and this book only shows you US lighthouses (I have to admit, they are kinda nice too).

If you are looking for a more comprehensive book there are other options.

Home Again.......2000-09-13

The cover picture of the West Point Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island, Canada was of particular interest to me since my Grandfather Capt Michael Howard sailed his schooners out of Brae Harbor and used the light as his guide. The lighthouse is now a hotel and restaurant and reservations are a year in advance. I stay nearby several times yearly and have breakfast there regularly. it is a beautiful spot ad you have to be there to appreciate it. When I first saw the text I was so pleasantly surprised that of all the lighthouses in USA & Canada they picked the home area of my Mom & Dad!!

Home Again.......2000-09-13

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge: Restored Edition

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Great book
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The Little Red Lighthose and the Great Gray Bridge
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The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge: Restored Edition
Hildegarde H. Swift
Manufacturer: Voyager Books
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ASIN: 0152045732

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Lighting up readers' hearts and imaginations since it was first published in 1942.

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Great book.......2007-05-07

This is beautiful book with a fun story that my almost 4-year-old son really enjoys.

What a great story for little guys and girls.......2007-03-09

I was given this book by a friend at my shower. My little boy is now 2 1/2 and this book is in the regular rotation of stories. I chose to read this book to my sons class and gave each of them a copy for their libraries. It is a great story about how size doesn't matter and that even the littlest lighthouse has a very important job. Some fo the language is a bit dated, but otherwise, the story is current for today. By the way, we will be touring this little light house under the George Washington Bridge this coming Spring -as testament to its importance, it still stand there today.

The Little Red Lighthose and the Great Gray Bridge.......2005-09-29

Anyone who loves lighthouses will love this book. I Love the way the author makes the Lighthouse, Bridge, and boats come to life as though they are talking to each other, and how important Lighthouses are to navigation.

"A Great Book" Said Josh.......2005-04-24

I don't normally read picture books unless I'm hanging out with little kids but Josh (aka Bradley Whitford) mentioned this one on The West Wing as "a great book" so of course I had to read it. The story is in the same vein as The Little Engine That Could but is about a little red lighthouse who guides the ships on the Hudson River. One day, a great gray bridge is built over the little red lighthouse and he starts to feel useless and unimportant. But by the end of the book, he has learned that even though he is small, he still has great worth.

Like Josh says, this was a great book. If I had read it as a kid, I think I would have loved it to pieces. It's wonderful because of its implicit lesson - that even those who are small can accomplish significant goals and make a difference in the world. I can see why kids loved it and hopefully, kids are still reading it. I'd recommend it if you get a chance to read it. It gets five stars both for the book itself and the enjoyment I experienced reading it.

Most memorable book of my childhood.......2004-11-26

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge is my favorite book from childhood. I spent the beginning of my life in Manhattan, NY right by the Hudson River. This book felt like it had special meaning to me since it was so nearby. But even if you live in California or England or China this book is still fantastic and wonderful and leaves you feeling good about the world and about yourself. Read this book to a kid today.

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