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I'm from Italy, and here, too, this book is well known as a very useful tool for improving our skills in Hold 'em Tournaments.

all in all HOH series is one of the best series of poker books out there if not the best. after finishing the 1st book and starting the second i raked in 1 tourney win worth 120 dollers and a 5th place finish in a 2000 person field for 300 dollers back to back. i continue to win and im very happy that i chose these books first over anything else. i now own holdem for advanced players an a couple others but this series is what you want if your starting out. great overview of strategy and over time you will learn to incorporate your own mix of experience with the books.

Hey guys, harrison on holdem is an excellent book, recommended for every serious poker player.

I have learned a lot from it, worth a read and a re-read.

love,

C

One of the best poker books on Amazon bar none. This book is an easy 5 star rating. I love Harrington as a player, and now as a writer. I recommend this book for anyone trying to learn tournament strategies.

I'll not paraphrase any of this books contents; but, if you are a poker player and play the variations of poker which Dan Harrington writes about, I'd recommend you purchase his books.

Dan writes about poker better than he plays it, and he is one the best poker players in the world. Having purchased and read all Harrington's poker books as well as "many" other poker books by so-called authorities, Harrington, by comparrison, appears to be unassuming with respect to ego; he simply tells it like it is and his reasoning and stratagems regading poker are certainly work the price of the books.

Bravo, Mr. Harrington, and thank you for all your efforts in authoring worthwhile books on poker.

These cards are so powerful that for me they aren't even cards anymore. They have turned into doorways, portals into a world where guidance, wisdom and the perfect mirror is always given, sometimes with a hug and sometimes with a swift kick in the butt. The beings and energies that are accessible are frisky, funny, very very loving and above all incredibly powerful. These cards and the world that Brian Froud makes available to us is a blessing and I am soooo soooo thankful. Thank you Brian & Thank you Jessica!!!

I love collecting card since I like reading them, these are the most powerful cards, I respect them mre than my Tarot ones. They posses a magic and love beyond words

beautiful book , beautiful art work , beautiful writing ! Very happy with my purchase !

I can't really review this book cause I haven't even had the chance to use this book but if I ever do get the chance to use it and have the wonderful experience of the oracle I think it would be a great experience. overall I like the cards and I thnk that I would really like it.

If you work with, or want to work with, the Faery beings, this lovely oracle deck can help bring you into contact with the Faery realms. It can be used as a meditative tool, as keys for connecting with certain Faery, or even contacting your Faery contacts who help you within the Other Realms. One thing I love is that the writer of the book and the artist push you to develop your own relationship with the Fey rather than rely soley on the book for interrpretations which is as it should be!

Hail to the Faeries!

I'm from Italy, and here, too, this book is well known as a very useful tool for improving our skills in Hold 'em Tournaments

So far, all the books I've gotten through Amazon, and I've been buying for years, have been in good to great condition with a nice price. I'll continue buying from Amazon.

Must buy. Worth every penny. This with volume one are great and if the material is mastered, your returns will be greater than you expected. Aides through all the lower to middle levels.

Got this book for my husband, an online poker fan. He loved the first one in the series and doesn't like to put this one down either. Reads them multiple times to get the most out of them.

There have been many in-depth reviews of this book so I will make this short. This book builds on the concepts in Volume 1 to further improve your playing. Some of the concepts and strategies are not as intuitive but make perfect sense and are statistically sound (e.g., As your M and the M of your opponents decrease - avoid playing small pairs and mid to low suited connectors since the implied pot odds can not reach a level to make these hand profitable late in a tournament). Many, many, many advanced topics covered to improve your game late in No Limit tournaments. Mor great insight from a top poker pro.

I just purchased this book, and I must say, what I have read so far truely amazes me. The techniques used in this book are some that I would have never thought to ever attempt like bidding nil with the Ace of Spades. Thank you galt for writing this great book. Oh I was amazed by the size of it also, very well put together. Every person playing spades online or offline, young or old should pick up this book and read. Thank you, Now maybe I will be able to win vs you someday LOL

See you at the tables Galt.
Hugs Betty_Boop

When I first read about this book it was at the Gaming Peak spades site. When i was asked if I ever nilled using the Ace of spades I naturally said no. However I was intrigued by the idea and bought the book. I have since read the book, seen my opps pause several times after a card I or my partner have thrown . This book is very helpful on what to play , when to play and what not to play. If you are a beginning spades player or an advanced spades player this book will help you prevent yourself and your partner from making crucial mistakes in the game of spades. The greatest thing I have gotten from this book is the satisfaction of not losing at spades and seeing my opponents say gga, and nice set u2, and seeing them ask each other what happened there? and the one thing we all like to see the opponents ask each other ......you want to report or me pard?

Before I bought this book, I would win sporadically and only when I had "good" cards. After reading How NOT to Lose at Spades, not only did I win more games than I lost, I even won games with "bad" cards. In other words, I would look at my cards and know how to bid and play the cards determined by the situation at hand...for each hand. It has upped my games tremendously, and now the teams that I could never even fathom beating, I now beat. You know the ones I'm talking about. I used to leave the table feeling like a pretzel not knowing what hit me. Not anymore. Do yourself a favor. Buy this book, have your partners buy this book and together you will see the difference. Thanks Jack!
Lori

I've been playing about 2 years now and until I read "How NOT To Lose At Spades" I was basically just flying by the seat of my pants. Learning the risk/rewards system has helped me analyze my possibilities and those of the "pones". This book brings everything down to a level everyone could understand, not technical terms or diagrams as I've found in other books. Jack gives basic strategies as well as advanced. The humor found in this book helps take away the fact that you are truly learning something in the long run. Before I purchased this book, I read all of his monthly columns and we've also developed a friendship thru the game of spades. His mentoring has increased my win percentage dramatically.
I highly recommend this book for all levels of players.
Overture

I am very impressed with this book. You have to read it a little at a time, stopping to put the suggestions into practice as you go along. Why? Because Jack's book causes a paradigm shift in your thinking. You'll never see the game the same again--your ability to analyze not only your own game, but that of your pard and pones, will increase exponentially. Not only is this a great book, but John (Jack) Strichman is a very personable and approachable person, who will go the extra mile for you. I feel as though I am fortunate enough to have two great pards--"The Lady in Red" I am ever honored to have across the table from me, and Jack sitting beside me whispering winning secrets in my ear.

I absolutly LOVED this book in so ways! From the moment I picked it up and read the first 2 pages, I HAD to put it down because I was immediatly sucked into Marthas world, and I knew I was going to need some uninterrupted time as I wasnt going to be able to put it down. As an online gambler myself I could relate to Martha in so many ways. Martha's heartfelt story of online addiction, where almost everyone never admits they have a problem to her battle to get herself out, basically on her own. Cheers, Tears and Fears,this book has it all! A must read for all poker players.
Sandra Weber

I loved the "down to earth" writing style. Funny and eye opening also. I would highly reccommend this book. I especially loved the details she went into about the gambling.

Bailey

I loved this book and read it straight through in 2 days. Martha Frankel's family reminded a lot of my own. Her strugggle and triumph over her addiction is very moving. I have recommended this books to my friends and family (including my neighbor and her new Kindle at the polls this morning.)

I hope to read more of Martha's work in the future...the cover of the paperback is adorable.

I did laugh and I did cry. No cliche.

A very personal book in which Frankel creates vivid images with clean, crisp phrases and sentences. There is not a word out of place. This story is well-told. It could not have been easy to write and share.
I will be passing this book around to friends.

An absolute delight.
If you're looking for a great book for you or a friend, this is it.
This book is so lovable I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't love it, quote it, and beg everyone they know to read it so they could compare notes.
"Hats and Eyeglasses" is my new FAVORITE phrase and favorite book to recommend.

Wonderful Flash Cards! A lot easier than one of those "complete books" of Kanji, at least for my purposes. My class just started doing Kanji we do about 15 per lesson. So i just grab the ones I am doing that week and stick them in my binder. They are very helpful nice big pictures, they are sturdy and don't bend to easy. The stroke order is a must for your Kanji as well, which some books have and some don't. Also you get some nice vocabulary. I would recommend these to any Japanese Student. I have used them plenty!

On the White Rabbit Kana cards, they provide nifty mneumonics for each of the symbols. (These are memory devices to help you remember the symbol). While the features of the Kanji cards are nice, mneumonics would have *really* been useful. If the Tuttle--or any other brand--have mneumonics, I suggest you give them a look. The mneumonics on the White Rabbit Kana cards had a *significant* impact on my ability to memorize them.

To compensate, I have Tuttle's "Remembering the Japanese Characters" (or something like that--I may have misremembered the title), which I strongly recommend. For each character they provide a breif historical analysis and mneumonic. I use Tuttle's book to learn the symbols and the cards to practice. The only headache is that the book and the cards are not in the same order--White Rabbit uses the JPT ordering while Tuttle uses the ordering taught in Japanese elementary school--so I have to order the cards myself.

Still a good product and I'm happy with it.

Complete, perfect. The cards are great, very easy to use. You will see how easy they are when you take them with you all the day long. Waiting at the post office, at the supermarket, at the bank, everywhere will be the right moment to study!
The only thing I didn't like so much is that sometimes you can find compounds that are really *weird* and maybe also Japanese people don't know them :D

I have used many different books, websites, and cards in my quest to learn Kanji, and this set of cards are by far the best I have come across. The cards themselves are very well made, with a plastic coating that has so far proven impervious to wear and tear.

This set has all of the Kanji required for the 4th and 3rd levels of the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test.) In addition to the basic character and it's readings, each card lists several different vocabulary combinations. These include words needed for the lower levels of the JLPT, as well as more complex formulations that will be seen on the 1st or 2nd level of the test. They also list words and phrases that may not appear on the JLPT, but that are useful to know.

While nothing can take the place of a Japanese class or at least a textbook, these Kanji cards are an excellent way to improve you reading and writing skills and expand your vocabulary.

I am very satisfied with these cards- they are of a decent cardstock and as such, have been pretty sturdy. They really are exceptional. A good number of the cards have mnemonics on them, which is great to help you remember the core meaning of the kanji. There is a lot of good information on these cards, so they will be helpful regardless of your stage of learning. My only complaint would be regarding the mnemonic pictures- I wish ALL of the cards had them! A good number of them do though, and sometimes a kanji needs to be learned just as they are, I suppose. Otherwise, I would say these are great, portable and sturdy flashcards that will help you learn regardless of where you are in your Japanese language journey!

I read this book in two days. The more I got into it, the more I was excited and motivated to get to restoring and repairing my credit. I had several complicated questions in my head before reading the book, and the book answered them all. Such as...my company credit card reports on my credit, is this good or bad? Read the book carefully, and take notes and you will learn a lot! I plan to read the book a second time so that I can really, really understand what I am doing before I start the process. And the best part yet. This evening I emailed the author with two questions I had regarding things he mentioned in his book, and he emailed me back within an hour. How great is that! He is clearly knowledgeable, and you will be confident you can repair and restore your credit after reading this book.

Tons of information Packed into a Manageable size (finished in 4 days - comfortably) All the answers were there, much more efficient than other reading I have done on the subject - Thanks!

Okay. You can safely stop browsing herewith. Dana's book is IT, the last word on credit repair. How I wish I'd bought this book first before wasting my time and money on several other thouroughly crazymaking, unhelpful titles.

Not only is this book chock-a-block with unique and truly invaluable information, but author Dana Neal's witty style makes what might otherwise be a tough technical slog actually *fun* to read. I'm not kidding! It takes a special kind of writer--and a certain playful, unself-serious turn of mind--to get a reader of a book like this actually fired-up and excited about tackling their credit problems, not to mention frequently making you laugh out loud.

Let's face it, repairing muffed credit is not a job for the faint of heart. But if you're feeling a little daunted by the prospect, don't despair: before you make a single call or draft a single letter, Neal makes sure you know where to start, what to expect, and how to prepare for contingencies. This really helps you get your cajones in gear. And hey, some measure of trepidation is only to be expected, for when it comes to our money, our credit history and our good names, anyone can be vulnerable to shame or bullying, to name just two of the nasty tactics so often employed by creditors and collection agencies. But if you read the book, I promise you'll be well-armed to take them on. Neal's imminently DO-ABLE strategies combined with his You-Can-Do-It/Be-Bold encouragements banished any feelings of timidity I'd been feeling. And it's WORKING for me. Really, really working.

After reading just about every other book on credit repair out there, I can say without hestiation that Neal knows what he's talking about--and he knows it ten times better than anyone else. He gives you all the info you need, straight-up, without ever shaming you or making you feel like some kind of colossal, hopeless screw-up. And who needs that?

I bought this book because of all the other excellent reviews... But it is more for BUILDING good credit than repairing it. If you really want to repair your credit, spend some money and get a good attorney to help you.

If you are trying to get a handle on your credit issues and don't know where to start, I strongly suggest you purchase this book. Best Credit is a great read - and, in my opinion, the best of all of the credit repair books available. The author, Dana Neal, provides a super clear road map to great credit, while at the same time offering a fascinating and even entertaining journey into the twisted world of credit reporting and the collection industry.

This book is really well structured and easy to read, a relief considering the complex and legal nature of the issues. Mr. Neal starts with the basics and eases into the more difficult subjects in an understandable way that really brings them to life. If you have had any type of credit issues, as I have, this book will really open your eyes. You will also find that the author offers extremely clear and practical instructions on resolving your problems. And if you have ever had to deal with a collector, this book will leave you feeling absolutely empowered. I recommend it highly.

I LOVE Jan Brett's books! I buy them anytime I see them whether on sale, old ones on Amazon as remainders, or new.. They make great gifts. I have a backup of many to give to children, particularly my granddaughters. The illustrations in this one are so beautiful it is really a keepsake to save as well as enjoy. Give it as a gift and you will make some child very happy and a parent happy,too.

Beautiful illustrations reprinted from over 40 sources. All illustrations are credited on last page. Book measures 9"X11.5" Only down side was that the price changes by the day. One day it's almost $11 another it's $8.97. But that's just the way Amazon works; something to be aware of. (It's worked in my favor often while shopping at midnight--price suddenly went down!)

it's a classic, so of course you can't go wrong, but as far as the best one being out there... well, I'm sure there are much better illustrated ones out there than this one

I bought this for my grandchildren last Christmas. The wording is traditional, and the illustrations are wonderful! This has become a part of the Christmas Eve tradition at my daughter's house.

These illustrations are the best ever for The Night Before Christmas...Stunning even! A worthy heirloom Christmas Book. The illustrations cover both sides of the page for a large panoramic view seldom seen in other books...

Our baby loved this book from when she was like 5 months old. It has great contrasty illustrations, not too much text, and you can test your acting abilities as you make "dinosaur fat" and "dinosaur tiny" voices.

I have two little boys, 3.5 and 1.5, and they both LOVE this book. I have read it so much that my older has it memorized and reads it to the younger one.

i bought this book for my just turned 3 year old son, because of his latest fascination with dinosaurs. he had the book memorized the day after he got it. he loves all the different dinosaurs, the colors and pictures are wonderful. he loves the rhyming and the opposites. his favorite is dinosaur fierce which he says so fiercely himself!

Vivid illustrations. Short and sweet. Hard, sturdy book. Bought it for 2 year old twin boys and they have fun telling us whether the dino is a meat eater or plant eater by looking at their teeth. If your kid loves dinosaurs I would recommend this book.

My two-year-old son likes dinosaurs, and this one is a favorite of his. The book is filled with rhyming opposites that lend themselves to a dramatic reading. (My son loves to 'roar' when the dinosaur 'roars.') I would recommend it for one- and two-year-olds.

Though it has lots of pictures of dinosaurs, the pictures are not individually labelled. (I am not sure if the dinosaurs in the book are even modelled on real dinosaurs.) Therefore, the child is not going to learn any facts about dinosaurs, other than they varied greatly.

Jackie and Me is a book about a kid named Joe Stashack. He has the power to touch baseball cards and go back in time to when that card was printed. Joe is supposed to write an essay on African-American Heroes. He loves baseball so much he does his report on Jackie Robinson. There is also a contest where the best essay wins a trip to Kentucky Kingdom. Joe really wants to win. Joe goes to his favorite baseball card shop but they don't have a Jackie Robinson 1947 card. Jackie will break the color barrier which is not an actual barrier but it is the law, yet in 1947 he hasn't broken it yet. So they don't have the card, but they do have a Jackie Robinson 1947 signature. Joe is able to travel back through time and he learns something from Jackie. You must stay cool and do not use violence. This is a great book. -Andromeda Grade 5

The book I am reading is Jackie and Me. It is written by Dan Gutman. I think this book deserves five stars because it has real events but at the same time its fiction. It's about a kid who travels back in time to meet Jackie Robinson. But the next thing he knows he gets stuck back in time. So the next thing he tricked ant a bat boy to give his Ken Griffin Jr. Card back the key to get back to his time. He also wrote Babe and Me Honus and Me.

Jackie andme is the best baseball book ive ever read but the thing i hate about it isthere is a kid namedant whosi very negative and hecalls african americans bad names thatwe cant speak of but i would recomend the book if you like baseball.

This book was very powerful in climaxs and the segregation.As I read this I was mad at the terms and the abuse the african american people had to stand up to and in doing so were at risk of being killed.But at the same time I enjoyed hearing about the early 1900's ball players so i rate this book a 4 star book.

I purchased the book as a gift for my children. They love the series and have all of them. I highly recommend the series. It engages the minds of the readers in a fictional, imaginative way for those avid baseball lovers.