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This book and the accompanying CDs are the best resource I have found in the way of "how-to" books for learning medical Spanish. The choice of translations is very accurate and the Spanish is generalized in that it will be understood by Hispanics from any country. The writing is personable and engaging, and there is a wealth of information on Latin culture. As an internist who has worked with Spanish-speaking patients for the last 20-odd years, I can say that the subject matter is very relevant and the questions are carefully phrased to ensure accurate responses. Very well done! I recommend it highly.

Glenn Rogers, M.D.

I like this book because it'll really give you an idea how spanish language is constructed plus the exercises after each topic which appears to be too elementary but very helpful, indeed. Good price for a sensible book. If you're a beginner in the heathcare world, this is it! Eureka!

I have not recieved this product, charged to my credit card about 6 weeks ago, estimated by shipper to arrive Sept 4, it's now Oct 3 and no book. E-mailed Amazon but no answer to the e-mail, just this undoubtedly machine generated message inviting comments. OK there it is. Are we going to deep-six our society in automation?

This book is intended to be a practical learning tool to get the medical provider to not only be able to state the usual medical phrases, but to have knowledge of the spanish language to actually communicate. It's a tall order, and for a one volume set, it performs well. Starts with the alphabet and "mucho gusto", runs through common verbs, conjugation and vocabulary used in a medical setting. Extremely practical spanish, and definitely not a tourism/conversational course with a few medical terms thrown in.
There are CDs in a different set, as well as audio CDs on the Rios website. I HIGHLY recommend you get some CDs, as the book makes a lot more sense. It's difficult to learn to actually talk a lagnuage from a book.
Small issues - the book covers conjugation, but it's one of the trickier elements to the spanish language, and native speakers aren't going to understand you (and you them) unless you have lots of experience with verbs, so you are probably going to need to get additional resources in that department.
Also, there are some medical dialogues in the book, but I wish there were more.
Great book, good luck practicing!

I have studied and read this book as well as taken the course taught by the author. I have found this method of learning medical Spanish to be highly effective. I immediately was able to connect and communicate more effectively with my patients that speak Spanish only. I recommend this book to any medical professional that wishes to communicate more clearly with their Spanish speaking patients. All it takes is a little effort!!!

I have a 6 year old son who has decided that he is too scared to sleep in his own bed. I tried all the typical things that worked when he was younger (Blankie, night light, monster repellent spray bottle, barracade of stuffies around his bed and finally, logic. Nothing worked.
This book has some great tips and helped me understand some of the possible root issues.
The kid focused activities--I know i"ll never do. He's too young I think. But for an older kid, I think the process is a good one--puts control of the fear in their hands....a good thing for any "scary" situation.

I purchased this book to work with my 8 year old daughter. She was having problems falling asleep at night and was experiencing a lot of anxiety getting ready for bedtime. I read the book with my daughter and used the workbook pages. It was easy for my daughter to read and helped me create a plan for her bedtime routine. It has made a huge difference for her. The magic tricks that are offered in the book are a great touch and she actually looked forward to reading the book.

Dawn Huebner has written a wonderful book about helping children deal with nighttime fears. I am child psychologist who specializes in anxious children and I have been recommending this book to the parents of my patients. I use the book as an adjunt to my therapy. However, parents and children can easily benefit from this book on their own. I What I like about this book is that it creates a sense of fun about dealing with anxieties at night. It has some great suggestions about playful games that have a purpose as in her"The Famous Fear-Melting Super Hiding Game". I always value books that give me ideas and a vocabulary about how to talk with children. Dr. Huebner book has many suggestions about how to use child friendly language to deal with nighttime fears. My child clients have liked doing the drawing and other assignments contain in the book. This book will be my standard recommendation for children who struggle with those anxious feelings at bedtime.

This audio book was very interesting and revealing. We had to listen twice and still didn't catch everything we should have. Too bad the main-stream media doesn't report on half of the facts presented in this book. If more people were aware of Obama's dealings, I'm sure we wouldn't be worried about the possibility of having a Muslem lead our great Christian nation.

All citizens of this great country shoud read this, and be informed. Also Obama Unmasked. This is one of the most important elections in recent history. Be informed, be prepared. When you read these books, you will know who is or isn't a racist. These publications are based on factual references. See who is the real power behind Obama.

Simply put, this book provides the solid, documented research that the media has neglected in favor of the tingling in their legs. Since he is a student of Saul Alinsky (who taught deception...concealment of real purpose) and other radicals, we cannot take what Obama says at face value - his proven track record is the only thing by which we can effectively measure him. Obama is doing his best to cover his tracks, which itself speaks volumes.

Obama's intended policies, those that he's shared with us...if we can believe him...will lead to a marked lowering of our standard of living, and to a terrible loss of freedom in our society. Freedom, once given up, will be unbelievable difficult to regain.

Short answer: read this book. The news media are only showing what they want. Get the rest of the picture, and be an informed voter...not a deluded one.

the case agsinst obama.

The book allows you to look at both sides of a candidate. The media did not give you information that voters should have to make an informed decision. It was very Bias in their coverage. They held back much information about the candidate. they performed as if they were part of his campaign staff.

A must read before you vote! Obama is not fit to be President of the USA.

I have only flipped through this book because I purchased it for my son. He's reading it and keeps referring to it, so as far as I'm concerned, two thumbs up!

This has been a great reference book for my 7 1/2 year old. After reading selected chapters, he has become empowered to take care of himself. He read the chapters on Hair and Mouth and is now WILLING to wash and comb his hair, and brush and FLOSS his teeth EVERY DAY. I can't wait for him to read the chapter on Eating Right.The Boy's Body Guide: A Health and Hygiene Book for Boys 8 and Older

This text was very poor quality and the text was far too simplistic for a 10 year old! Much of the information is common sense and hardly worth purchasing the book for! Very disappointing.

While the information in the book is good, the dated looking, grayscale illustrations left me cold and the layout of text and graphics is boring as well. This may seem picky, but the reality is we live in a very visual world. If a text can't hold a child's attention they won't read it.

Those criticisms aside, this has the potential to be a good book in addition to the book "What's Happening to Me?" as it does cover a few topics not covered in "What's Happening to Me?"What's Happening to Me?: Boys Edition (What's Happening to Me?). If you're only going to spring for one book, however, I wouldn't make it this one. If the publisher fixed some of the graphics and layout issues to better appeal to the target audience, I would have moved my rating up to 4 stars. The information it contains is sound and needs to be covered with our boys.

One of the reviewers mentioned removing the page on masturbation. By doing that one also removes the section called "How Things Change!" that discussed the physical changes a boy's genital area experiences during puberty, what an erection is and about wet dreams, and, that those are all normal. I would not recommend removing page 37/38, two of the more important pages in the book when discussing the physical changes during puberty.

I hope this book is reprinted in a more accessible format. It has the potential to be an important book in your child's life.

This book was great! Of course, I read it all the way through before I gave it to my 9 year old son. It covers everything related to hygiene, good nutrition, braces, glasses, cleanliness, etc... The only thing I did not like about the book was that it covered masturbation. My son was not prepared for that so I cut the page out of the book easily. I do not think that most 8 year olds are ready for that. Otherwise I loved it.

Advice or information given in this book may not work for all students?
What may work is worth knowing!
About a 3.9 Star buy!

Great how to guide. I bought it for my daughter who will be a Freshman this Fall. Lots of the same things I've been saying (with greater impact coming from someone else other than Mom), plus a whole lot more. Knowledge is power and this guide offers hints from study habits, avoiding weight gain in the dorms, to dealing with roommates - even an appendix on common errors in English! I also appreciated that the proceeds from the sale of the book go to the Boulder Valley Humane Society. Bravo Mr. Kennedy!

This book helped me get over $11,000 of free financial aid. Obviously to say it paid for itself would be an understatement. The book not only shows you how to get good grades at the college level with less studying, but also shows you how to get free financial aid and scholarships, which I found the most beneficial.

The author shares his tricks for applying for and getting all kinds of scholarships, grants, and loans and also low-interest Federal Student Aid (FSA). The amount of free college money out there for you to get is amazing. For example, the book talks about one little-known scholarship for students who are left-handed called the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship lol.

Long story short, this book is a great investment and will pay for itself hundreds if not thousands of times over. My total haul amounted to over $11,000. Not too shabby I'd say.

Everyone at OU is talking about this book!! I just got a $3700 scholarship with the help of this book and am so encouraged I'm now going to go for more!! The key is knowing where to go to get it and persistence. I'm here to tell you it PAYS OFF BIG TIME! Great advice about college success too. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

Im a high school junior and got this book. I've applied a lot of the tips to my high school life, and my grades are doing a lot better!

I recommend this to anyone in any level of school, from high school and onward.

Catalina de Erauso grew up in a Basque convent, but spent most of her days as a soldier in the Spanish army in the mid-1600s. This brief autobiography is not a typical tale of military exploits. Although brawling constitutes much of the action, this is the story of a female transvestite. De Erauso dressed as a man to escape from her convent in 1599. Keeping up the disguise for reasons that included an attraction to "pretty faces," she traveled to the Americas in 1603 and fought in the conquest of Chile. When finally forced to reveal her true sex, de Erauso attained brief celebrity in the Baroque world. In 1624, the pope granted her permission to continue her life garbed in male attire. A forword and an excellent introduction by the translators places this fascinating story in historical context.

Celebrated in Spanish legends and folklore as the marvelous Lieutenant Nun, Catalina de Erauso was born to a prosperous Basque family in 1585 and sent to a convent at age 4. Destined to become a nun, there she remained until age 15. Days before she was to take her final vows, she escaped, taking only needle, thread, scissors and a few coins.

Despite her previously sheltered existence, de Erauso plunged into her new, wordly life as a man with unusual gusto, as described in her memoir, Lieutenant Nun.

Written some 20 years after her flight, when she correctly deemed confession of her ruse and her still virginal state might save her from the rope or an even more ignominious fate, the memoir describes at breathtaking pace a life of soldiering, banditry and dueling in the wilds of Peru and Chile.

While this slim volume is packed with action, there is little self-reflection or explanation. Transforming her convent undergarments to boy's clothing, she quickly obtains a position with a scholar, runs off when he apparently exhibits too much attention in the boy, and becomes a page at the king's Court.

But when her father (who does not recognize her) appears at court, distraught over his daughter's disappearance, she slips away again. After two comfortable years as a page elsewhere, she quits, "for no more reason than it suited me," returns to her hometown, sees her mother in church (who also fails to recognize her) and leaves, drifting until she finds work as a cabin boy on her uncle's galleon.

While convent education may have fitted her for work as a page, nothing had prepared her for shipboard life. "The work was new to me and I had a hard time at first," is all she has to say about that.

Finding favor with her uncle, who knows her only as another Basque, she jumps ship in the New World, stealing 500 of his pesos and makes her way aboard merchant ships, beginning a pattern of prospering until some slight to her pride causes her to retaliate with knife or sword, necessitating flight or, if captured, jail time, church sanctuaries and scantily described negotiations among law officers, churchmen and the aggrieved parties.

Needing money she signs on as a soldier, serves with an older brother she had never met, and endures "three years of misery" fighting Indians "with everything but discomfort in short supply" .

Following a disastrous duel in which she kills her brother, de Erauso's career takes a downswing into banditry and the life of a gambler with brawling and knife fights involving several brushes with the gallows.

Although wounded in battle and once "stripped" for the rack, de Erauso never explains how she conceals her gender. Her attitude seems entirely that of the colonial male. One murderous knife fight, for instance, is justified when "my companion, with plenty of people around to hear it, told me I lied like a cuckold."

Her well-timed confession to a sympathetic bishop not only saved her from prosecution, but made her a celebrity. She was later granted dispensation by the Pope to live as a man and she finished her life as a merchant in Mexico.

De Erauso's delivery is deadpan and devoid of introspection. There is no purple prose, quite the opposite. While the pace is headlong, it raises more questions than it answers. But Michelle Stepto's useful introduction fills in much of the essential historical and social background, yielding a fascinating portrait of a very peculiar adventurer's life in colonial Chile.

The book was very helpful and I got it in efficient time.

Good Book, good way to get ideeas for writing across to children.

Not only is this book chock full of sound advice, rationale, and examples (a good balance, too!), but Katie Wood Ray is a remarkable author herself and serves as a wonderful model as she writes about teaching writing. I read this book cover to cover during a pretty densely packed quarter at school and have gone back to it again and again as a rich resource.

If you are at all doubtful or confused how to conduct writers workshop with
younger (K and 1) students this book is for you. It outlines how to get started and sustain successful writing throughout the year. Book layout is easy to read (plenty of space in the margins for notes) and there are pictures along the way to clarify and inspire new great ideas in any classroom. A must read if you are in K or 1 for the first time or want to implement a writers workshop.

This is a great book to help k-2 teachers implement writing workshop in the classroom. It offers ideas on how to begin, units of study, and books to incorporate into your mini-lessons. I recommend this book to anyone venturing into the writing workshop approach to teaching writing to young children.

Mini Masters board books are a fabulous way to introduce famous masterpieces of artwork to infants through eight year olds. I teach literacy skills to early childhood students and have found these books intriguing to Kindergarteners and 3rd graders alike. I have used them as a springboard to more indepth studies of Monet, Degas, and Van Gogh. They make wonderful baby shower and newborn gifts!

This is a wonderful set for young children. My sixteen-month-old granddaughter loves it. She especially likes the Matisse book and will ask for "Ti" specifically. She'll often leaf through the books by herself. The verses accompanying the pictures grab a child's attention and enhance this first introduction to great works of art.

Mini Masters is a unique collection of books and will be my first gift choice for children in the future.

These books are so beautiful!!! The art choices are wonderfully diverse, and a great way to introduce art to little ones. My daughter is always asking to read the "Van Gone" book, or the "tippy toe book" (Degas). The text is also just beautiful and poetic - so befitting of the art it describes. I am looking forward to purchasing more for my daughters. I would absolutely recommend these books .

These board books are absolutely beautiful, with high-quality reproductions of art and a lovely layout as well. A variety of styles were chosen for each artist, so the Degas book features paintings and drawings and pastels, e.g. They are also fun to read -- the rhyming text is great, not campy or cliche.

My 2-year-old loves this set and calls them her "Bob books". (My older child is learning to read with Bob books and my little one always wants to play with them. Now she has her own!) My only regret is that I find the Matisse book not quite as good as the others, both in the art selection and the text. But I definitely recommend this set. I hope that someday they make a boxed set of the other Mini Masters board books, since we really enjoy having the cute storage box as well as the books!

This is a great set for the money especially if you want to share art with your child. Some of these paintings I've seen in real life which is cool. I do wish the books were larger for easier viewing which is why I give them 4 stars only. I think my baby (8 months) would be more engaged if they were larger.

If you are buying individually, the Van Gogh and Matisse are bright and very eye-catching. The Monet is a bit murky and dark and the Degas similarly so although you gotta love the ballerinas. Of course, I prefer Van Gogh and Matisse anyway so maybe I am biased.

My son needed this book for school and we received in time for school. Great service!

great service....although the school changed books on us as the last moment, i was able to return this and had my account credited timely..