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Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in the sixth grade, and Beth Lambert loves him. The fact that he beats her in classwork, sports, and almost everything else doesn't bother Beth at first. Then she realizes that Philip might be best because she's letting him beat her. Beth knows that she deserves to be Number One--and she's going to prove it! This funny, universal story of a girl learning that she matters in the world has delighted readers for over twenty years.

"Beth Lambert is an energetic and spirited young black girl whose spunk rings true from start to finish...It's a fresh, humorous romp, full of the vitality of girls and boys growing up."--School Library Journal ... Read more

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WONDERFUL BOOK
MY DAUGHTER READ THIS BOOK AND LOVED IT.GREAT CHOICE FOR A GOOD READ.

Philip Hall likes me, I reckon maybe
I thought the book Philip hall likes me I Reckon maybe, Was the best book i've read this year.Why, well i really like the character Beth, she doesn't quite use proper languae .Beth uses the words yall an reckon and she is very facinating to read about .She likes a boy name philip hall.gets 3 dogs but has to give them up because she has a nose cold.but somethig else happpens in the book but your going to have to get the book an read for yourself.

a classic
I just recently read this book after reading the positive reviews. I really enjoyed it and wish I had read it when I was about 11 and lived for cute guys' approval.
The main character goes after her goals even though that means competing against the boy she has a huge crush on. I love that she stays true to herself. She earns respect from others.
I think this would be a great book for any preteen.

It wasn't what I expected
I read this book for a book club of 4th grade girls. Most everyone else in the group liked it, but I didn't. It was hard to get into and the improper grammer was difficult to understand. I didn't like how each chapter was completely different. Once I would get into the chapter, it would end and the next chapter would be about something else altogether. Also, I agree with another reviewer that the ending was too obvious and predictable.

The Best Review You'll Ever Read!
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe was a very exciting book. I really liked how Beth had a moody attitude.She would try what ever popped into her mind.She never gave up on anything! I like the way Philip ran his club!Beth was never jealous of Philip or anybody else, but Philip was sure jealous of Beth when she finally beat him in the end.It is a good book about friendship! ... Read more

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Join the irrepressible Beth Lambert as she goes home after a long visit with her grandmother in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Beth is happy to see her friends the Pretty Pennies, and even happier to see her family (and eat her mother's fried turkey, tamale pie, and floradora potatoes), but she might just be happiest of all to see her best friend, Philip Hall.

But not for long, because Philip gets it into his head (with a little help from Beth) that she made a new friend in Walnut Ridge -- a boyfriend. Now Philip won't rest until he meets this "nutty Walnutter" face-to-face in an arm-wrestling match in front of the whole town. There's only one problem -- Beth's new friend doesn't exist. She made him up! Once again Beth's mouth has gotten her into trouble. And once again she'll have to do some fast talking to see if she can get herself out of it.

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I've Already Forgotten your name, Philip Hall.
Great book about the lives of two young children and how they grow up liking each other and competing against one another. This is how itcan actually be. A great reality story for students to enjoy. ... Read more

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Beth Lambert's got everything going for her--she's the best student in her grade,president of the Pretty Pennies Girls' Club, and winner of a major 4-H prize. She's sure all of her dreams will come true. But that was before Philip Hall became Number One again. Beth's going to show him up--in style!

"The irrepressible Beth is as likable as before, and just a bit wiser for her experience." --Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will identify with Beth...and enjoy the light, sure touch Greene lends to her serious theme." --School Library Journal ... Read more

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Elizabeth Lambert vs. Philip Hall
This book is about a "perfect" girl who wants to win a contest and her crush and sometimes enemy enters too and she looses against him. Later she makes a plan to "try" to get back at him for beating her in the Abner Jerome Brady Leadership Award Competition. The sequel to this book was awarded the Newbery Honor Book. And Summer of My German Soldier, another book by Bette Greene was honored with the National Book Award. I would give this book two out of 10 stars. And I would recommend this book to people who like multicultural style books. I liked this book because Elizabeth, the main character, is sort of like how I use to be. I wanted to be good at everything but found out it was impossible to be perfect at EVERYTHING. ... Read more

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Chew on these one-of-a-kind conversation starters!

Pass the salt? Eat your peas? You can do better than that! This book provides you with 365 ways to spark conversation and engage your youngsters while you gather around the table.

Make dinnertime a lively experience the whole family looks forward to, as kids share their ideas, explore their creativity, and let you in on their wildest dreams with fun (and thought-provoking) questions like:

• If you could adopt a single trait from a wild animal, such as horns or a poisonous bite, what would it be?
• If you could invite any character from a book or movie to do something with you, who would you invite and what would you do?
• What would your life be like if you could be invisible?

Studies show that kids who participate in regular family meals get better grades, have larger vocabularies, and are healthier than kids who don?t. So grab your fork--and your imagination--because it?s never too early to start a dynamic dinner routine! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Statistical and Probabilistic Methods in Actuarial Science covers many of the diverse methods in applied probability and statistics for students aspiring to careers in insurance, actuarial science, and finance. The book builds on students’ existing knowledge of probability and statistics by establishing a solid and thorough understanding of these methods. It also emphasizes the wide variety of practical situations in insurance and actuarial science where these techniques may be used.

Although some chapters are linked, several can be studied independently from the others. The first chapter introduces claims reserving via the deterministic chain ladder technique. The next few chapters survey loss distributions, risk models in a fixed period of time, and surplus processes, followed by an examination of credibility theory in which collateral and sample information are brought together to provide reasonable methods of estimation. In the subsequent chapter, experience rating via no claim discount schemes for motor insurance provides an interesting application of Markov chain methods. The final chapters discuss generalized linear models and decision and game theory.

Developed by an author with many years of teaching experience, this text presents an accessible, sound foundation in both the theory and applications of actuarial science. It encourages students to use the statistical software package R to check examples and solve problems. ... Read more

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nice coverage of new and old statistical methods in actuarial science
I was particularly interested in this book because my son is planning on studying actuarial science at Ohio State.Also as a statistician who has in the past worked on statistical methods for loss reserving in workers compensation insurance, I was curious to see if any of the techniques that we developed are included and to find out what the state of the art is in actuarial science including methods applicable to workers compensation that we overlooked.

Boland's text provides a wealth of informationon statistical and probabilist techniques used in the isurance industries. The first chapter deals with claim or loss reserving and pricing.The method that we called loss triangles are covered here and are called run-off triangles.Three particular methods are covered.

Chapter 2 is a detailed account of loss distributions.There are text books on that topic alone.Probability theory comes up in chapters 3 and 4 on risk theory and ruin theory respectively.Chapter 5 covers credibility theory ( a topic I was not familiar with) and give the Bayesian approach to it.The specialized topic of no claim discounting in auto insurance is the subject of chapter 6.Generalized linear models a technique introduced by John Nelder is the subject of chapter 7.The classical multiple linear regression for normally distributed variables is covered as a special case.

Statistical decision theory and game theory are treated in chapter 8.Appendices A-D provide basic probability, commonly used tools from probability and statistics and introductory Bayesian statistics are the topics of appendices A-C and Appendix D provides solutions to selected exercises from the main text.

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The Reflections of the Badlands is a history of the peoples,beginning with the Lakota, who lived in the South Dakota Badlands,those who inadvertently stumbled into the Badlands, and the others(cattlemen and homesteaders) who attempted to make a living in therugged and inhosptiable Badlands. ... Read more

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This is the second of two handbook volumes which present a wide-ranging review of current knowledge in the areas of chemical carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. Whereas the first volume covers the theories of carcinogenesis, exposure to chemical carcinogens, in vivo and in vitro carcinogenesis, and reactions of carcinogens with DNA, this second volume concentrates on the relationships between mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, modifiers of chemical carcinogenesis, and oncogenes in tumour development. Both volumes are of broad interest to pharmacologists and toxicologists and appeal especially to graduate and post-graduate research workers. This may be the first work ever to cover the complete range of carcinogenesis, from epidemiology to the effects of oncogenes on cellular differentiation. Thus it provides specialists in particular areas of cancer research with up-to-date overviews of adjacent areas. ... Read more

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Most fluid flows of practical importance are fullythree-dimensional, so the non-linear instability properties ofthree-dimensional flows are of particular interest. In some cases thethree-dimensionality may have been caused by a finite amplitudedisturbance whilst, more usually, the unperturbed state isthree-dimensional. Practical applications where transition is thoughtto be associated with non-linearity in a three- dimensional flowarise, for example, in aerodynamics (swept wings, engine nacelles,etc.), turbines and aortic blood flow. Here inviscid `cross-flow'disturbances as well as Tollmien-Schlichting and Gortler vorticescan all occur simultaneously and their mutual non-linear behaviourmust be understood if transition is to be predicted. The non-linearinteractions are so complex that usually fully numerical or combinedasymptotic/numerical methods must be used. Moreover, in view of the complexity of the instability processes,there is also a growing need for detailed and accurate experimentalinformation. Carefully conducted tests allow us to identify thoseelements of a particular problem which are dominant. This assists inboth the formulation of a relevant theoretical problem and thesubsequent physical validation of predictions. It should be noted thatthe demands made upon the skills of the experimentalist are high andthat the tests can be extremely sophisticated -- often makinguse of the latest developments in flow diagnostic techniques,automated high speed data gathering, data analysis, fast processingand presentation. ... Read more

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To Have This Land is a better read than the title suggests.The book is about the local politics prevailing in Dakota Territory in1889 that created the conditions for an Indian massacre.The bookalso tells about ranchers living along the western edge of the PineRidge Indian Reservation who organized into the Dakota Militia.During the month preceding massacre at Wounded Knee, this essentiallyleaderless group had nearly daily skirmishes with young warriors fromthe hostile camp on Stronghold Table. ... Read more

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Surprisingly balanced
In the preface to this book, Philip Hall explains the two-fold purpose ofthis book. It is an effort to tell a story of the Wounded Knee massacre of1890 from the standpoint of local frontier history, rather than the morecommon efforts that treat the event as an episode in American Indianhistory, or in Western military history. Hence he tells the story of whitesettlers and ranchers in the area. The second purpose is to contribute to adeeper and more meaningful effort at reconciliation between Indians andwhites in western South Dakota.

Hall does a good job of the first goal,orchestrating the views of participants on the settler side of theIndian-white encounter around the time of the massacre. He shows that theseviews were more complicated than readers of other histories might suspect.In putting forth these views, he also lays out some perspectives thatcould, with a focused and committed political effort, stimulate thepossibilities of mutual understanding between Indians and whites in SouthDakota, as well as other areas in the West. He shows that participants inthe crisis of 1890 found themselves caught up in events beyond theircontrol. They were faced with choices in which all the alternatives failedto satisfy their priorities. In the choices they would have liked to makethey might have found the basis for peaceful coexistence, rather than theviolence and oppression that became the mode of interracialrelations.

Hall does a good job of orchestrating a narrative that evokesthese possibilities. However, his approach often seems too much that of ajournalist who conceals his stake in the outcome of the events. His secondobjective--racial healing--might be served better by stronger analysis andthe commitment throughout the text that is put forth in the preface and theauthor's bio. ... Read more

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Primary features: * Complete learning resource for molecular biology * Rationales for correct and incorrect answers * Ideal for course examination preparation * Use it with your favorite textbook. ... Read more