Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles)

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Book Two left off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuses to let Gregor return to the Underland ...until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are needed only for a short meeting, which the crawlers will attend only if their "princess" Boots is present. Gregor's mom finally relents, but on the condition that she go with them so they aren't out of her sight. The Underland plague is spreading, and when one of Gregor's family (cont'd)

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Book of the Year.......2007-05-29

I've read the last two Gregors and when I finished them i couldn't wait until the third. Collins is a genius. The last two have been about the usual stuff you read in these kind of books today but this took it to a whole new level. Theres plenty of violence for those of you who don't like sissy books and plenty of action that will keep you on the edge of your seat through the whole book. This in my opinion and out of all the books I've read this could be the book of the year.

Great book.......2007-03-07

This is the third book in the Underland Chronicles. As with any series of books, you wonder if each book will get better or worse. Well so far with this series I can say it is only getting better. My kids and I loved this book as we did the first two. This time Gregor goes on a quest to find a cure for the plague that has hit the Underworld. Not only are his friends infected but his own mother is too. They are quickly on their adventure without fully understanding the prophecy. It is only at the end when they fear all hope is lost do they start to understand what it really is trying to say.

A really good book!.......2007-03-06

I thought this was a great book. I enjoyed this book because it was full of action and lots of suspense. One exciting part was when Gregor is stuck in quicksand. A person called Luxa (who was missing for a very long time and she was a friend of Gregor) came and just looked at Gregor as he sank up to his neck. Finally Ripred (another one of Gregor's friends) came and threw a vine to him and he got out. Gregor was mad at Luxa for not helping him when he was about to die.

The main basis of the story is that there is a plague spreading all around the Underland and most of the warm-blooded creatures are dieing. Gregor has to go to the Underland with his little sister, Boots, but this time his mom won't let them go alone. So his mom goes to the Underland with them but then a flea bites Gregor's mom and she has the plague. Then Gregor finds out that he needs to fulfill a prophecy which is to find the cure in the Vineyard of Eyes. On his way there, he makes a mistake by following a rat named Mange (all the rats were two times bigger than Gregor) to find food. When they get to what they thought was food, a man eating plant ate Mange! The plant started to attack Gregor until Ripred came and killed the plant. Then finally, Gregor thinks he finds the cure but finds out that the thing he thought was the cure (a plant called starshade) wasn't, because the starshade was destroyed by an army of giant ants and many people got hurt. The prophecy stated that they would find the cure, but since it was destroyed, they knew that it mustn't have been the real cure. They read the prophecy over and over again until they figured out that the real cure was in Regalia (Regalia is a city in the Underland). When they get to Regalia they find the cure in a lab where someone was hiding it. Then they cure the people who had the plague. Gregor was upset that his mom could not come home with him since she wasn't entirely healed, but he also felt really good that his mom wasn't going to die.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes suspense and action but they should read the first two books so they know what's going on.

John Kelly

Better than the first two............2007-02-13

I admit it; this book was surprisingly good. I mean, the first two books I considered in the "alright" section. Actually, I wasn't sure I really liked these series books. But the person I am, I decided to read the third book just in case it would get good. Good thing I did too -- I couldn't believe how interesting they suddenly got.
In this book, Gregor finds himself trapped inside another prophecy and has to go back in the Underland with his sister, Boots. But now his mother refuses to allow him to come unless she is allowed with him. Grudgingly, Gregor goes down with his mother and Boots, thinking that he will only have to stay in the Underland for a short amount of time. How wrong he was to be.
Something unexpected happens to Gregor's life that traps him into another of Sandwich's prophecy. Will Gregor ever find the missing princess, Luxa? Will he ever be able to control his rager powers? And will he ever be able to rescue the person he cares about most, including hundreds of others as well?
I'm warning you, if you read this book, you will forevermore be trapped inside Suzanne Collins entrancing words. Trust me, for the next book is even better!

Gregor and Boots back at it again.......2006-11-28

With Gregor and Boots back at it in #3, their mom gets sick by a flea, will she survive? Will they find the cure? With the journey beginning, whom will Gregor be bringing? Read this book and you will find out the secrets within, but surely read number one and two before you try this adventure.

Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers

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Excellent introduction to number theory
Study Guide
Superb book by a highly intuitive author
Great introduction to Number Theory
One of the best books about math that I have read.

Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers
Calvin C. Clawson
Manufacturer: Perseus Books Group
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An eloquent, utterly charming guide to discovering the interconnectedness of mathematics

Why seemingly unrelated mathematical truths are connected in simple and beautiful equations continues to stump even mathematicians. This recreational math book takes the reader on a fantastic voyage into the world of natural numbers. From the earliest discoveries of the ancient Greeks to various fundamental characteristics of the natural number sequence, Clawson explains fascinating mathematical mysteries in clear and easy prose. He delves into the heart of number theory to see and understand the exquisite relationships among natural numbers, and ends by exploring the ultimate mystery of mathematics: the Riemann hypothesis, which says that through a point in a plane, no line can be drawn parallel to a given line.

While a professional mathematician's treatment of number theory involves the most sophisticated analytical tools, its basic ideas are surprisingly easy to comprehend. By concentrating on the meaning behind various equations and proofs and avoiding technical refinements, Mathematical Mysteries lets the common reader catch a glimpse of this wonderful and exotic world.

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Excellent introduction to number theory.......2006-10-06

This book is a gentle introduction to number theory. The material covered here is absolutely fascinating. Once you get into the text you will be hooked. Although I have read other stuff in this genre what is different about this book is that the author does not shun from giving you equations that explain the IDEA and BEAUTY behind the numbers.

This book will give you hours of absolute delight. Excellent work.

Study Guide.......2004-05-06

I was a student of Mr. Clawson's, and highly recommend any student of his to use this book as a study guide.

Superb book by a highly intuitive author.......2003-07-14

This book is superbly written by a highly intuitive author. The author knows how to connect to his intended readers. Book is highly informative and the equations are well defined and explained. Once you read a few pages, you are hooked. I just hope that Mr. Calvin C. Clawson will write more books on Mathematics, he will be doing a great service to would-be-mathematicians like me. More power to you sir!

Great introduction to Number Theory.......2001-07-04

Clawson does an excellent job of introducing the reader to a variety of number theory topics. With each topic, he provides enough information to understand the idea and appreciate its implications without being overly technical or tedious. Suprisingly, an advanced understanding of math is not required to enjoy this book. If you have an interst in number theory and need a starting point, this is the book.

One of the best books about math that I have read........1998-08-01

Clawson writes with refreshing enthusiasm and really conveys how much fun it can be to explore the nature of mathematics. Although there are many equations in the book, Clawson uses them not only to help the readers understand the mathematical ideas, but also to show how truly great mathematicians can come up with extremely elegant expressions to describe what at first would seem to be completely unmanageable concepts.

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Smart book for smart kids
A major disappointment
Creative Math Lesson
Using Math in the real world
I give it a 3.5

Anno's Magic Seeds (Picture Books)
Mitsumasa Anno
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
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A gift from a wizard makes Jack's fortune grow by ones and twos, then threes and fours, then faster and faster, challenging you to keep track of his riches.

"The real wizard is the renowned Japanese author and illustrator, who has found yet another way to introduce numbers and counting with wit and charm...Endlessly rewarding." --The New York Times Book Review

"Children old enough to enjoy brain teasers will have fun working this out." --Kirkus Reviews, pointer review

"A tour de force from a most original author-illustrator." --The Horn Book

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Smart book for smart kids.......2007-01-11

Deceptively simple in the beginning, this story builds in complexity and excitement from start to finish. It is an intelligent story made exciting through mathematics. Anno's Magic Seeds is a clever introduction to the concept of investing toward the future. As always, the illustrations are lovely.

A major disappointment.......2002-11-27

Love Mitsumasa Anno's other books, but the wonderful intricate drawings are missing from this book, and the story is easily 60% too long, especially for children.

Creative Math Lesson.......2000-04-16

Anno's books are great for teaching fun math lessons. I readthe book to my sixth graders and had them figure the answers to thequestions as we went. They loved it! They really have to listen carefully, so it makes a great lesson in listening skills as well.

Using Math in the real world.......2000-03-31

Anno's Magic Seeds is yet another book written by Mitsumasa Anno that integrates literature with mathematics. This book is a useful tool for teachers attempting to provide a connection of math in the real world for their students. The story is enchanting and it certainly proved to be a creative way for beginning a math lesson- atleast it was for my 4th graders! I highly recommend this or any of Anno's books to stimulate children's interest in mathematics!

I give it a 3.5.......2000-03-28

Sure, this book is real cute, but it is missing something. It is strange, and my nephew wasn't thrilled by it. I bought it for his because of his obsession with seeds. It is no run of the mill book, but it could do better

Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

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Awesome book!!!
AMAZINGLY AMAZING BOOK BOB 21
WOW!
GREAT BOOK!!!
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Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)
Frank Murphy
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Release Date: 2001-02-27

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A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal! Teachers and kids will love finding out about this popular teaching tool that is still used in elementary schools today!

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Awesome book!!!.......2005-10-17

I love this book! It introduced me to magic squares. Sometimes they're hard but not always. I read the book in 3rd grade. We were doing math groups and Mrs. Wrigely said" Today we are doing Magic squares."
What is a magic square?" I asked.
"It is 9 cubes that all have to equal the same number." Mrs. Wrigely
And that's how I was introduced to magic squares. I recommend this book for kids 6 and above. I think that because some words may be a little challenging for kids that are 5 or 4.

Mitchell S. 4th grade

AMAZINGLY AMAZING BOOK BOB 21 .......2005-10-15

I THINK BEN FRANKLIN AND THE MAIGIC SQUARES IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK FOR KIDS. AND MAYBE PARENTS TOO. I READ MOST OF HIS BOOKS. HE WAS MY TEACHER IN 4TH GRADE. HE IS A VERY GOOD WRITER I THINK. HE WRITES AMAZINGLY AMAZING BOOKS. HE IS A REALLY GOOD TEACHER.

RYAN .B
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WOW!.......2004-11-22

what other book can make math interesting? and funny? Mr. Murphy has done it once again with his fabulous work! A++++++++++++!
-Stephanie
Connecticut

GREAT BOOK!!!.......2004-11-21

I thought that ths book was really good! I thoght it was so interesting!! Mr.Murphy is my math teacher... and he is amazing at teaching!!! He did very well with all of the writers craft in it. In class for Language arts he encourages us to use writers crafts and he actually uses them in this book!! This book is very interesting for adults who are interested in math and Ben Franklin. It is also a great book for children who are interested in math and Ben Franklin!! I love math because it is so interesting and because I have a great math teacher!!
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MY BOOK REVIEW BY THE COSMIC GENIUS.......2004-09-28

This book was great for kid's teenagers and adults. What I'm trying to say is that this book is suitable for all ages. I think elementary teachers should read this to their students. This book is great to teach kids about the past and how inventions are still used today, in different ways. I learned how Ben Franklin invented most of the instruments we use today; like the stove, bifocals, flippers and many other inventions. I encourage you to buy this book if you have young kids or not.

Scott G(...)

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Comparative Cultural Numerology Mysteries Encyclopedia
oustanding work
An Excellent Reference Book
Incredible Value!!
Totally Indispensible

Western Mysteries (Key of It All)
David Allen Hulse
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Comparative Cultural Numerology Mysteries Encyclopedia.......2007-05-14

Western and Eastern Mysteries (Key of It All) Comparative Cultural Numerology Mysteries Encyclopedia will connect those who are still searching for the complete comparative "opus," which is the backbone of the numerology mysteries.

Chapter 13 of the English Language numerology, in the "Western Mysteries," is the door through which one can enter, to complete the key through which universal understanding and connection can be earned. Through translating (words) tongues into the English language alphabet words, and further, into their simple English numbers, the inner eye expands its understanding.

The serious numbers student, through the simple numbers method, mentioned in Chapter 13, of Western Mysteries, can further verify their own destiny through their name and birthdate numbers, by further understanding that there is a nine-year cycle for each letter of one's name. Each nine-year name-alphabet letter number will be the individual "law of attraction," by attracting to one experiences.

Hulse confirmed his experiences through "alphabet numbers." Which you can do as well. The secret for positive experiences is to use positive words and their numerological correlation.

Further, within the 9-year cycle, Each person has "tri-mester numbers," which can be verified through the numerology of names, addresses, and experiences correlating in a particular period with synchonistic numbers.

As Hulse has stated in "Western Mysteries," the English language and its simple numbers from 1-9, allows the serious student to develop the inner eye to verify and see how it is that the macro and micro metaphysics connect with the physics of macro and micro experiences.

Both Western and Eastern Mysteries (The Key to It All), provides the connection the earnest student of numbers wisdom has earned.

oustanding work.......2006-12-29

I've got both the "Eastern" and "Western" mysteries and while I won't pretend to understand half of what was written in each, both are outstanding reference books that one can grasp even if one doesn't have much knowledge of the occult.

I found it useful for looking up symbols and seeing more similarities between cultures than I had previously thought.

An Excellent Reference Book.......2003-04-04

This is an excellent book, both for reading and as a resource. Hulse gives an incredible amount of information in an easy to understand format. This book is invaluable in helping to understand the connections between various cultures and their methods.

Incredible Value!!.......2002-02-09

This book and its companion: "The Eastern Mysteries" provide a wonderful compendium of cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary information. They make it possible to understand the deep connections between all peoples of the world.

Totally Indispensible.......2001-10-15

Definitely a "must-have," whether novice or expert.

The Magic Numbers of the Professor (Spectrum)

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The Magic Numbers of the Professor (Spectrum)
Owen O'Shea , and Underwood Dudley
Manufacturer: Mathematical Association of America
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2007-01-04

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A fascinating collection of numerical curiosities and wonders. The Professor in Owen O Shea s book is the imaginary American Richard Stein. As Owen O Shea and the Professor travel through Ireland, O Shea notes the Professor s collection of amazing magic numbers in fascinating detail. His mathematical curiosities are wide ranging, concerning the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania to coincidences about Apollo 11 to the first moon walk to new numerical curiosities. The new curiosities, among many others, center on Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, the USA and Ireland, the two World Wars, the King James Version of the Bible, and James Joyce. The Magic Numbers of the Professor reveals astonishing details about the year 1776; the year of American Independence. It contains discussions on prime numbers, gives some wonderful number patterns, and reveals many other eye-opening properties of numbers. It asks, for instance, if you know in how many different ways a US dollar can be changed. The Professor gives the answer to this and other currency questions. The number of the Beast 666, is discussed as well, as are many new equations involving that famous number all appearing here for the first time. And for those fascinated by games and gambling, a number of curious proposition bets involving dice, darts, and playing cards, and various mathematical puzzles are scattered throughout this singularly entertaining book.

Eastern Mysteries: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Sacred Languages & Magickal Systems of the World (Key of It All)

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Comparative Cultural Numerology and Other Mysteries Encyclopedia
Overwhelming
What a value!!!
An Excellent Reference
Author's review of The Eastern Mysteries

Eastern Mysteries: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Sacred Languages & Magickal Systems of the World (Key of It All)
David Allen Hulse
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Comparative Cultural Numerology and Other Mysteries Encyclopedia.......2007-05-14

This "opus," of comparative cultural numerology and other mysteries, assists the metaphysics, spiritual, and intellectual masters on their individual journal to universal understanding. Eastern Mysteries is the first encyclopedic volume of the second volume companion book of "Western Mysteries."

The serious metaphysics, spiritual and intellectual students begin the verification journey with the Eastern Mysteries of numbers and language to continue with the "Western Mysteries."

Overwhelming.......2003-08-23

Can anyone truly digest all the knowledge in this book and its companion the Western Mysteries. It is impossible, but as references for whatever you indulge yourself they indisposible. If you want to figure out sanskrit or hebrew, either to write or number, or even to explore the magical implications of language, these books are a must for your bookshelf. You will find something useful for whatever path you follow.

What a value!!!.......2002-02-06

This book and it's "Western Mysteries" companion contain extensive amounts of interesting and valuable information. They truly bring together so many of the fundamental aspects that are shared across cultures and disciplines. Even though the books may appear, at first glance, somewhat complex, their many, many entry points provide easy access for both casual reading and deep exploration.

An Excellent Reference.......2001-12-03

This is a excellent reference for all students of Magick.
The volume abounds in tables and cross references for many Magickal Systems, the section on Hebrew, is an outstanding resource. With corrispondances from a number of major sources, including Golden Dawn, Aliester Crowley, and Eliphas Levi. with correlations between them.

If you want a reference to Magickal systems, Alphabets, and corrisponding number systems, this book is Great.

Author's review of The Eastern Mysteries.......2000-10-25

This book is the first volume of a two volume set that took me over 20 years to research and write. As a child I was drawn to the magic of the ancient alphabets. At nine years old, I had already committed to memory the Greek alphabet. I was able to write in my child's hand the Egyptian hieroglyphic phonetic alphabet. I also copied out from an encyclopedia the Phoenician alphabet, and saw the connections between Egyptian, Phonecian, Greek, and Roman script, and how our own English alphabet of 26 letters evolved from the picture images of these ancient scripts (i.e, A was a bull, and B was a house). In the late 1960s I discovered the number values for the ancient Hebrew alphabet. I was fascinated by the concept that every letter of the alphabet had a different number value, and that the range of numbers spanned from 1 to 9 to 10 to 900 to 100 to 900. This revelation somehow triggered deeply within me past life remembrances of previously studying the sacred nature of the alphabet. From my first exposure to Hebrew, I searched out other cultures and other languages that were isopsephic (i.e., languages that use the letters of the alphabet as number value in addition to phonetic values). What really fascinated me was that any word in an isopsephic language could be measured and numbered by the number values of the letters composing that word. And if two words equalled the same number, they served as poetic metaphors to define the mystical nature of that specific number. As my research progressed, more and more languages unfolded, until I discovered languages in both the east and west that held this mystical property. When I finally recorded all of my research, my occult archaeological discoveries fell naturally to two books, one dealing with the eastern mysteries and one with the western mysteries. The Eastern Mysteries contains so much new material that have never seen print before in English. This includes the numbering of Sanskrit, including a key to the letters on the flower petals known as the chakras. The Tibetan alphabet is also deciphered for the first time, as well as the stroke count of the Chinese language based on Taoist Spirit practices. A key to the actual layout of the I Ching is also deciphered for the first time, and connected back directly to the stroke count of Chinese calligraphy. Beyond these rare discoveries the middle eastern languages of Cuneiform, Hebrew, and Arabic are fully deciphered. There are also many appendices to the 6 chapters in this first volume that offer additional insight into the number philosophy of the ancient world, including the number system of Gurdjieff and the ancient eastern elemental system known as the tattvas. This work, though highly detailed, is aimed at the lay person, and does not require any previous knowledge of any of the alphabets or symbolic systems. I would recommend this book alone, on the merits of the last chapter. For I have written the best possible explanantion of the I Ching that has yet to see print. For in my research with the I Ching over the last 30 years, I had discovered the key to all of its symbolism. That key is the 8 basic trigrams that make up the 64 hexagrams. Once the reader understands these 8 basic shapes, then all of the complex oracular vocabulary can be understood. The Western Mysteries should also be purchased, since the two volumes complement each other, and were originally written as one large volume.

Magic Numbers: The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know

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No-Jazz
A great finance book / Errors were corrected
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Magic Numbers De-Mystified
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Magic Numbers: The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know
Peter Temple
Manufacturer: Wiley
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In Magic Numbers, investment analyst Peter Temple provides a straightforward primer to calculating and interpreting 33 key investment ratios. The book is organized into five sections that explain market-based ratios (e.g., market capitalization, P/E ratios), income statement ratios (margins, earnings per share), balance sheet rations (price/cash ratio, burn rate), cash flow ratios, and risk and volatility ratios. Each chapter clearly shows the inputs necessary to calculate a particular ratio and explains its relevance in evaluating a company's performance. Recommended for serious investors. --Harry C. Edwards

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Quickly and accurately calculate key investment ratios
Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios. This information is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares. This book is packed with many worked examples from actual company reports and readers will also find many online reference sources-including company Web sites and free software offers. Plus, this book features a supporting Web site at www.magicnumbersbook.com. Magic Numbers is essential reading for individual investors and non-financial executives.

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No-Jazz.......2006-06-06

The book is a no-nonsense reference manual for all Investors who are serious about value-investing and analysis of common stock based on metrics. For newbies, the book explains in a methodical way to calculate the ratios, while for expert investors, it acts as a primer.

The 33 ratios have been carefully selected and these are the ratios what you would need to analyze a common stock.

The examples, though, are UK and Asia- based. It would have been great if the author would have taken more American examples and financial statements done on American GAAP.

A great finance book / Errors were corrected.......2004-03-28

IMHO, *Magic Numbers* is one of the greatest finance books that I'm aware of (and I am aware of many of them). I agree with the positive reviews that have been written already. Rather than be repetitive, I wanted to add the following observations:

(1) The earliest reviewer mentioned that there were serious errors/typos in this book. That WAS true. However, reprintings of this book from Spring of 2002 onwards have incorporated corrections to the errors mentioned. So any new copy you buy here should be free of the errors that the first reviewer mentioned.

(2) One of the best features of this book - which distinguishes this book from other books of this type - is that it actually goes through the calculation of the ratios/numbers step-by-step. Better yet, these calculations are made from real financial statements from real companies (mostly in the UK or Asia). While other books will tell you the theory of how to arrive at a figure and maybe offer up a 'toy' example, *Magic Numbers* actually gives the reader solid, concrete, real-life, practical examples of how to arrive at the 'magic numbers.'

Magic Numbers De-Mystified.......2002-05-14

Peter Temple's MAG1C NUM8ERS is a straightforward introduction and useful reference tool for the serious investor on this topic. At the core of fundamental analysis are financial ratios that are essentially measuring tools for reaching a better understanding of a company's strengths and weaknesses. Temple's book manages to take some of the mystery out of these 'Magic' numbers by assembling them in one place. Here we have an organized summary of thirty-three key financial ratios. With each one we get a) definition b) the formula c)where we can find the numbers d) how the ratio can be calculated e) a specific corporate example and f) what relevance the measurement has for investors. The predictable organization of the book means it is an easy reference to flip open when we need to refresh our understanding of a useful ratio. Temple's observations about applying particular ratios to specific kinds of companies are helpful. I, for one, would like to have have received even more help in this area. Temple is British and many of his examples are drawn from companies US investors will not warm-up to such as Singapore Telecom, UK retailer Kingfisher, or the German utility company RWE. I'd recommend reading this book with the financial statements for a couple of favorite companies in hand to make the application of the ratios more relevant. Working your way through the jungle of numbers and verbiage for a company an investor owns with a few of Temple's ratios will contribute to an informed opinion of that business.

Magic Numbers De-Mystified.......2002-05-10

Peter Temple's MAG1C NUM8ERS is a straightforward introduction and useful reference tool for the serious investor on this topic. At the core of fundamental analysis are financial ratios that are essentially measuring tools for reaching a better understanding of a company's strengths and weaknesses. Temple's book manages to take some of the mystery out of these 'magic' numbers by assembling them in one place. Here we have an organized summary of thirty-three key financial ratios. With each one we get a) a definition b) the formula c) where we can find the numbers d) how the ratio can be calculated e) a specific corporate example and f) what relevance the measurement has for investors. The predictable organization of the book means it is an easy reference to flip open when we need to refresh our understanding of a useful ratio. Temple's observations about applying particular ratios to specific kinds of companies are helpful. I, for one, would like to have received more help in this area. Temple is British and many of his examples are drawn from companies US investors will not warm-up to such as Singapore Telecom, UK retailer Kingfisher, or the German utility company RWE. I'd recommend reading the book with the financial statements for a couple of favorite companies in hand to make the application of the ratios more relevant. Working your way through the jungle of numbers and verbiage for a company in which you have an investment with a few of Temple's ratios will contribute to an informed opinion of that business.

How to stay healthy.......2002-04-01

Magic Numbers does for the investor what chicken soup does for the common cold. it may not make you rich but it certainly will help you feel better.
Every real estate investor knows what IRR is and probably would not buy without it,ergo, why should a market investor ignore the tools available to help make prudent market investments. Imagine what would have happened had the Enron investors used these tools instesd of market tips from the so called Pros.
Read it, use it and its even better then chicken soup.

Mathematics for the Million/How to Master the Magic of Numbers

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How mathematics was learned
Not as good as the back cover makes it out to be.
Mathematical kit for the technological citizen
The (not) magic of numbers
High School Math for the Educated Adult

Mathematics for the Million/How to Master the Magic of Numbers
Lancelot Hogben
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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How mathematics was learned.......2006-12-07

I bought a used copy of this book 3 years ago (it was published in 1944). To think that it was written for ordinary people 60 or more years ago is astonishing. One can learn all the math that 99% of people need during their lives. If todays high school students would take the time to learn what is so excellently explained in this book, they would score 650 - 800 on the math SAT exam. One example is: there is a chapter where the author walks you through all the calculations and probabilities needed to set up your own life insurance company! This beats calculating the probability of drawing 3 green balls out of an urn filled with green and red balls. Buy It.

Not as good as the back cover makes it out to be........2006-08-03

I was sold by the back cover quotes from Einstein and H.G. Wells and by the idea of the author leading me from arithmetic to calculus. It's ostensibly a book written so that everyone can understand mathematics. However, the book is not an easy read.

Like one of my students said after I explained to her why I didn't like the book: "the author is multi-tasking." He tries to explain math concepts and show us the history of math at the same time. The result is halfway explained math which the reader has to spend a lot of effort on in order to grasp. This is good mental exercise but as you get deeper and deeper into the book you realize that the author has made it unnecessarily harder by being verbose.

A good number of his sentences are wordy, for example: "It does little credit to contestants of either camp, and the outcome was highly detrimental to the progress of mathematics in the land of Newton's birth." In the land of Newton's birth? Why not just England?

Here's another one: "Laplace, the renowned French astronomer-mathematician who told Napoleon that God is an unnecessary hypothesis, recognized forty years before Babbage, an Englishman, designed the first computing machine, that the number 2 (in our Hindu-Arabic notation) has an immense advantage in terms of the number of different operations we need to perform to carry out a computation such as some our parents had to learn (e.g. finding /4235) the hard way." Not only is this sentence wordy but why did he have to add that Laplace told Napoleon that God was an unnecessary hypothesis or that Babbage was an Englishman and designed the first computing machine?

He also sprinkles his book with gratuitous thoughts and opinions like: "Before discussing this, it may protect the author from unnecessary correspondence to state the truth about one of those historical tags on all fours with the ludicrous assertion that a document called Magna Carta which a circus of half-literate Baronial gangsters forced an English monarch to sign is the Keystone of British and/or United States democracy." This becomes annoying to the reader that has already struggled enough with Mr. Bogden's math explanations to have to worry about whether what he is saying next is something relevant or just him enjoying hearing himself speak.

Mathematical kit for the technological citizen.......2006-01-26

This book, jointly with Bertrand Russell's "Story of the Western Philosophy", aim to show that Mathematics and Philosophy, the most abstract of our intellectual creations, are driven by cultural, political and historical forces, too.
Happily, both authors have succeeded with their works.
Hogben describes the historical forces behind mathematical inventions, from early antiquity to the calculus era. And in doing so, he gives to the reader the mathematical ideas and techniques necessary to the "citizenship kit" of our technological society.

The (not) magic of numbers.......2005-09-04

Mathematics is no more black and scary magic, while we go through this book, which was written long ago, but seems to fit right-oh in our life as if perscribed just yesterday.

I've read it some 30 years ago and never forgot the quantum leap it gave me to win over the threat of mathematics.

High School Math for the Educated Adult.......2004-08-07

When first written (1930s), this book was a sweeping overview of the importance of math in history. Since then, it has become a remarkable part of that history: a popular, enduring encapsulation of what an educated non-mathematician should know.

What this book won't do? It won't teach you how to do math that you didn't already know. As an instructional textbook, it's a bit of a flop (hence, only 4 stars for a book I consider a must-have). It doesn't introduce ideas in a step-by-step manner, and exercises in logarithms are over-represented for a post-modern audience (we now use pocket calculators instead of log tables).

But for someone who has been through the sometimes painful, but ultimately enlightening, process of learning high-school math, Mathematics for the Million is a gem of a work, that makes it all clear in a broad historical context.

To wit, a competent high-schooler who has completed a solid program in geometry and trigonometry has at her disposal as much mathematical knowledge as the most learned Ancient Greek philosopher. She can measure the circumference of the earth, and calculate the position and trajectory of the stars. She can prove the Pythagorean theorem, and apply it to basic problems in architecture, engineering, and construction.

From the discovery of zero and negative numbers, to geometry, to calculus, math continues to define how things are done, and how we understand the universe. The author helps us to appreciate just how much the geometry we teach schoolchildren really did change the world. Not bad for an inexpensive little 70-year-old math book!

Shamanic Secrets for Material Mastery (Explorer Race, No. A-1) (Explorer Race Series Number a-1)

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Will Geo-Political Mudras Transform the World?

Shamanic Secrets for Material Mastery (Explorer Race, No. A-1) (Explorer Race Series Number a-1)
Robert Shapiro
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This book explores the heart and soul connection between humans and Mother Earth. Through that intimacy, miracles of healing and expanded awareness can flourish. To heal the planet and be healed as well, we can lovingly extend our energy selves out to the mountains and rivers and intimately bond with Earth. Gestures and vision can activate our hearts to return us to a healthy caring relationship with the land we live on.

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Will Geo-Political Mudras Transform the World?.......2004-07-13

A very intriguing book of channeled info. Most engaging are the meditations that one can do in hopes of healing the earth and its flora and fauna as well. The author spans the globe, focusing on critical areas such as Lake Titicaca in South America,Hawaii, New Zealand, etc. and gives readings on what healing needs/should be done. I tried a few of the exercises and got some interesting results.

I'd like to see a sequel book on what mudras/ breathing exercises we can do to positively transform the Oval Office, the board room at Monsanto Corporation and Halliburton as well. So if you are reading this Mr. Shapiro-start channeling your spirit guides and get much needed information on how we can accelerate the shift from dark to light.

Jaye Beldo: Netnous@Aol.Com

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