More Life in the Goat Lane

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More Life in the Goat Lane
Linda Fink
Manufacturer: Triple F Pr
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Life in the Goat Lane: Tales from the Kidding Pen

ASIN: 0965704823

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A sequel to Life in the Goat Lane, Linda Fink is back with more misadventures of goatkeeping. This time she turns all sorts of barn and life tragedies into tragicomedies.

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good stuff!.......2007-03-09

This is the second humorous book about keeping goats. It is good, but not nearly as side-splitting and funny as the first book..

Life in the Goat Lane: Tales from the Kidding Pen

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A Wonderful Book
WARNING: May cause laughter!
Life in the Goat Lane, by Linda Fink
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Life in the Goat Lane: Tales from the Kidding Pen
Linda Fink
Manufacturer: Triple F Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0965704815

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A collection of funny stories about goats, adapted from the author's monthly humor column in United Caprine News, a national dairy goat publication.

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A Wonderful Book.......2004-07-04

This book is fantastic and should be read by those who own goats and those who don't. Linda Fink is an amazing author and should be praised for her humor and wit. This book is a great buy and should be treasured by all. This is easily one of the most painfully funny books I have ever read.

WARNING: May cause laughter!.......2003-04-04

Whether you own goats or not, you won't want to miss out on this book! With her adventures and misadventures, Linda puts you right on the farm. I highly recommend this book for every one! You're really missing out on something great if you don't read this book. Linda leaves your sides hurting from laughter. I hope you will have just as much fun reading this book as I did!

Life in the Goat Lane, by Linda Fink.......1999-12-06

A delightful book with hilarious illustrations. My belly ached from laughter throughout. This book is for anyone who loves goats or wants to learn about them. I read Linda Fink's columns in United Caprine News, and her book is just as funny as the articles. I nearly fell off my chair reading about "kidding", or the art of delivering baby goats. And the chapter on photographing goats can be enjoyed by anyone who ever tried to take a picture of a child or pet. If you have ever been to a county fair, or enjoyed seeing a goat in a petting zoo, this book is for you. It is tender and funny and very true to the goats. This book is for any dreamer with love in their heart. And for anyone raising goats who has one who likes to escape. This is a must for anyone with a goat, and would make a great gift for any goat lover. Thank you, Linda Fink, for a great book about how wonderful goats really are.

Obnoxious Son Comments.......1998-01-10

This book fills a well-needed gap in the literature. - Kevin Fink (Linda's Eldest Son)

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Lost Goat Lane Review
Great read for children and adults

Lost Goat Lane
Rosa Jordan
Manufacturer: Peachtree Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1561453250

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An eloquent, dramatic story of an adolescent girl's first glimpse into the problems of prejudice and the redeeming power of friendships FOR THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD KATE, being poor in a small rural Florida town means feeling ashamed and isolated. At school, her classmates laugh at her old clothes and worn shoes. Things are not much better at home. Kate's mother is working long hours at a dairy farm to keep food on the table. Kate has to keep an eye on her brothers--Justin is old enough to talk about running away, and Chip is young enough to keep wandering off. But one day, the family's goat gets loose and wanders down the road. That's when Kate meets the Wilsons, a tight knit, middle-class African-American family. Kate is particularly drawn to Ruby, the glamorous grown daughter who has returned home from New York City. As Kate begins to spend time with Ruby in town she becomes aware of the undercurrent of discrimination and prejudice that runs through her community, and the complex roles of race and class in her own relationships. Rosa Jordan offers readers a gripping, empathetic tale of how two families come together despite small town prejudices and cultural differences. In doing so, she provides a window into the larger problems in America, where class and race often divide people.

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Lost Goat Lane Review.......2006-05-18

Rosa Jordan is the author of this book. She was born in Ropesville, Texas. She moved to Rossland, B.C. in 1974. She spent 25 years traveling and she traveled a lot in central and South America. She has been to Santa Monica junior college, UCLA and the University of Guanajuata.

Living with farm animals makes 13 year old Kate's chores a lot more complicated than our normal daily chores. There aren't much kids living around their area so they don't have much friends to play with after school. Their mother works every day trying to use what she earns to pay off their late mortgage payments. Their father, well...unfortunately he left them. One day Kate's goat, sugar runs off and they find her with the Wilsons, their African American neighbors. Kate meets Ruby, the grown daughter of the Wilsons. Kate can clearly see that Ruby doesn't like them. As these two get into a little business together, Kate learns a lot about prejudging and prejudice.

Lost goat lane is very realistic. Although the part about the goat running off is improbable, it is very true that most kids try to play with people that have the same physical features as themselves. It is unfair how people can decide that others are different because of appearances. Rosa Jordan used words that 10+ year olds could easily understand. The book itself is very straight forward; you do not have to think very hard to understand the concepts of the book. I think that this book really warns people of prejudice; how it is done so much in our life but that does not mean it is the right thing, people that look different can still be very alike you. - "Ruby, she asked, do you still think people like us are white trash?"

Great read for children and adults.......2004-11-25

I have to say, I really enjoyed the story in this book. My daughter first read the book and loved it so much she encouraged me to read it. I loved it! The characters are really colorful and the author wasn't afraid to tell the tale with ups and downs, making the story rich and full of life. The story takes place in the deep south which is refreshing and new to me, and I really enjoyed the authors' ability to tell a wonderful story in a way I could visualize clearly, making the story come to life. Friendships, family, poverty, goats, aligators, laughs, tolerance, dreams and drama. I really recommend this book for both children and adults. A good story is a good story!

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The New Complete Sailing Manual is undisputedly the most essential reference for sailing instructors and students. From learning the basics of sailing to learning navigation and boat care, this is the perfect book for anyone interested in sailing.

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Perfect teenager- adult sailing history and how to manual.......2005-09-27

"This is a great all around beginning to intermediate sailing reference. It is beautifully illustrated and layed out in the manner of your favorite textbook. Clear, concise, and not dry.

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New Complete Sailing Manual
Steve Sleight
Manufacturer: DK Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N66JYM

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Chinese self-massage has many benefits and uses, ranging from maintaining health to treating acne, losing or gaining weight, and preventing wrinkles. This comprehensive overview of the theories and techniques of Chinese self-massage is for both professional practitioners of Chinese medicine and people who are interested in caring for their health. It includes self-massage procedures for treatment and prevention of many common complaints, such as colds and the flu, insomnia, high blood pressure, constipation, diabetes, menstrual pain, tennis elbow, and fibrocystic breast, along with accompanying pictures showing how and where the technique should be done. This book also includes sections on self-massage for sexual dysfunction, beautification, weight loss, maintenance of teeth, prevention of balding, and promotion of better breast health.

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Chinese Self-massage.......2007-03-14

I found the book very complete and easy to follow so as to give my patients some homework and co-responsability for their treatment. As always Dr. Bob Flaws' books are highly recommended, even here in Portugal.
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Useful But Hard to Follow.......2004-08-16

On the plus side, some of the self-massages in this book did seem to help somewhat. On the minus side, this book uses highly technical terminology and instructions. For the AVERAGE person, a description of a location such as, "two body inches lateral to the twelfth thoracic vertebra" is VERY hard to figure out. I must look up words and look at skeleton diagrams to even have a clue what they are talking about, and that still leaves me with a hard time finding the point on my actual body! Most of the time I do not even know if I am doing the massage correctly! The book does contain pictures, but they are not detailed enough to show exactly where some of the points are. Of course not all of the points are this hard to find, but almost all of the massages contain at least one point description that will leave you pulling your hair out! So if you have passed a few college anatomy courses, this should not be a problem for you; but if you are an average person, you are going to need to do some research just to use this book at all.

Cooking the Korean Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)

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Disappointed
This book is awesome...and IS an adult cookbook

Cooking the Korean Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)
Okwha Chung , and Judy Monroe
Manufacturer: Lerner Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0822541157

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Disappointed.......2007-05-14

I was very disappointed with this book. It was a gift for a friend who is moving to Korea. And for $25 I expected more. The book is so thin! Not a good value at all. It was embarrassing giving it to her.

This book is awesome...and IS an adult cookbook.......2003-03-05

Easy-to-follow recipes. DELICIOUS and not "out-of-the-ordinary" ingredients (except the noodles for chap-chae). I just visit my local Oriental Foods Korean store and pick up the needed things. I find the recipes simple and not too time-consuming, either. I have tried many Korean cookbooks, and like this one THE BEST. (Actually, the Lerner cookbook series from other ethnicities are excellent, too.)

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This lively volume makes speaking and understanding Chinese relatively easy for English-speaking learners. After outlining the sound system of Chinese, the book introduces basic sentence patterns and key vocabulary through a wide variety of practical, true-to-life, and often humorous conversational situations. The book's final chapter introduces readers to the use of written characters. Practice exercises.

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Best explanations of Chinese grammar I've found.......2005-02-24

This book is not meant to be a primary textbook -- it's meant to supplement your main text. It's all in pinyin, though in the back there is a listing of all the vocabulary's Chinese characters (traditional and simplified). There is also a Chinese to English and an English to Chinese glossary. Each chapter has several sets of exercises with the answers in the back of the book.

The short dialogues that begin each chapter are modern, humorous, and emphasize the sorts of things you would need to be able to say if you were visiting China. (I'd like to rent a room, Where is the bathroom?, etc.) There are lots of notes on cultural points like festivals, food, what it's like for American Chinese kids coming to visit the Old Country. The book is pleasant to read.

Best of all, though, and the main emphasis of the book, is the grammar teaching. It is very, very clear. The authors really understand comparative English/Chinese grammar. A quote is the best way to illustrate this. From Chapter 9, on a certain type of verb compound (the Chinese seem to pile up one verb after another in a sentence -- one of those mysterious tendencies that drive you crazy when you start studying Chinese):

First they give examples: "Ni ting dong le Yingwen." "Ta kanwan le neiben shu." Then they explain: "Two independent verbs are sometimes placed together in a relationship of verb and complement to express a more specific kind of activity that either verb could express alone. In such a compound, the first verb is considered the ordinary verb and generally indicates the major activity being described. The second verb is regarded as the complement of the first verb and states the result of the major activity; for these reasons, it is known as the 'resultative complement.' "

They then explain the examples: "For instance, the act of understanding, "dong," can result from either the activity of listening, "ting," as in "tingdong" (to understand through listening), or the activity of reading, "kan," as in "kandong" (to understand through reading)...."

They then proceed to explain "tingdedong," "tingbudong," etc.

There are also excellent explanations of the uses of that troublesome particle "le."

I am presently studying Chinese on my own and am using this book to supplement my main text, John DeFrancis' "Beginning Chinese" series. I would recommend both of these texts to anyone who is really motivated to learn to speak Chinese properly. Note: I took the HSK (Beijing's Standardized Test for Chinese) last year after studying primarily with the "Integrated Chinese" series and scored -- ouch -- 63, not even good enough to earn a Basic Level 1 Certificate. Since then, I've switched over to DeFrancis and also am using "Chinese: the Easy Way" off and on. In July, when I get my new score, I'll try to add it to this review so you can see if these books really are any good!

Note again: Well, it's several months later, and I got a 105 this year on my HSK. That's not bad (I hope) considering I'm only at Ch. 4 in DeFrancis' Intermediate Chinese so my vocabulary is still very small. I got low scores in both oral and reading comprehension (22 and 26), which I think is because my vocabulary is so poor. My grammar score was much better, at 57. (As far as I can figure out, 57 puts me at the 60th percentile; in other words, the upper half.) So I'd say my plan of shoring up my grammar foundation by using "Chinese: The Easy Way" and doing lots of extra translation with the DeFrancis Series is paying off.

Good for beginners.......2002-05-09

Excellent introduction into chinese pronounciation and easy to follow flow of new language elements. Anyway, you need an audio casette / CD or a chinese speaking friend in order to make your pronounciation understandable. This book focuses on speaking and understanding chinese; characters are just scratched from the surface. For reading / writing real chinese (not pinguin) you need another book(s).

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Easy Ways To Do Chinese Painting (69)
Chow Chian-chiu and Chow Leung Chen-ying
Manufacturer: Walter T. Foster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O83UB4

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the key to open the door to Chinese characters

Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters
Liu Yanmei
Manufacturer: Blcup
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 756190911X

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Size: 7 x 10. Language: Chinese-English. Basic knowledge of Chinese characters and how to write them: strokes and stroke order, components and structure. etc.

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the key to open the door to Chinese characters.......2006-11-28

This book introduces knowledge about Chinese characters for beginners in a comprehensive and systematic way.

There are twenty lessons with each divided into four sections: Knowledge about Chinese characters, the Wonder of Chinese characters, Suggestions and Review.

There are about 3,000 Chinese characters are used in everyday life and cover 99.9% of characters appearing in book and newspapers. Among these some 3,000 characters, 950 are of the highest frequency of appearance, covering 90% of those printed in books and newspapers. In this book, 851 characters and 134 components are discussed, the mastery over which will give you the key to open the door to Chinese characters.

The Easy Way to Chinese Cooking. Traditional Recipes and Cooking Techniques of China Tranlated for the American Kitchen

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The Easy Way to Chinese Cooking. Traditional Recipes and Cooking Techniques of China Tranlated for the American Kitchen
Beverly Lee
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I3E2JY

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Easy Way to Learn Chinese Idioms

Manufacturer: C and T
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ASIN: 7800053180

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The Easy Way to Chinese Cooking
Beverly Lee
Manufacturer: GOOD+ COPY Doubleday & Company, Inc
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ASIN: B000NTGGMO

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