The Doorbell Rang

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Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings -- and rings and rings.Each ring of the doorbell brings more friends to share the delicious cookies Ma has made."Refreshing, enjoyable and unpredictable." -- School Library Journal.

Also available in a Spanish-language edition, Llaman a la puerta.

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A Kids' Book About Sharing.......2007-05-08

Your children will love this story about sharing. The repetitive lines are even perfect for younger kids.

My daughter love this book very much!.......2007-02-21

The story is about sharing. good for kids to read.

Fun Book.......2007-01-10

My sons' pre-school teacher introduced us to this book. And my son just loved it. He keeps demanding to have me read the book to him. It deals with sharing cookies with friends that arrived unanounced.

The Best Book.......2005-07-10

If you've got a child.........this book is for them! The book is perfectly themed with cookies, and sharing them with friends of all ethnicities. It truly is a great book, one of my childhood favorites, it's very repetitive, in a good way, and in no time your child, just like I did, will be saying it along with you, "AND THE DOORBELL RANG!". A great read, with wonderful, detailed illustrations that still hold my interest.

A Good Book for A Young Child's Library.......2005-06-02

How silly... they list the age ranges for this delightful book as 4 to 8 years of age; like 2 year olds aren't interested in cookies and friends!

In fact this small book is a good choice for any young child's library, especially as this is a story that can grow with a child. When they are really young it can be a tale about friendship and sharing. When they grow older, the sly parent can introduce a math lesson along with a reading lesson. (At first there are 12 cookies for 2 children, which makes 6 each. When 2 additional children visit that makes 3 cookies each and so on.)

This book was on my entering kindergartners summer reading list and we definitely agree that it is a great read. Certainly my just-turned 3 year-old and 5 year-old give this wonderful book two thumbs up.

THE DOORBELL RANG - A Nero Wolfe Mystery

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THE DOORBELL RANG - A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: Viking
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Llaman a la Puerta (The Doorbell Rang, Spanish Edition; Book & Audio CD)

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This is a perfect way to introduce division!!

Llaman a la Puerta (The Doorbell Rang, Spanish Edition; Book & Audio CD)
Pat Hutchins
Manufacturer: Live Oak Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 159519181X

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Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings--and rings and rings.Translated into Spanish by Aida Marcuse. A Spanish translation of The Doorbell Rang.

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This is a perfect way to introduce division!!.......1999-11-04

This is a perfect way to introduce third grade students to the mystery of division! Interactive, repetition, and ever-changing math problems; this book just begs to be used as a connection with the math class!!

The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library)

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A Plot with Double Trouble
A&E Picked This One
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Nero Wolfe vs the FBI
One of Stout's Best

The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library)
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0553237217
Release Date: 1992-06-01

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Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books are all great fun, full of wonderful food and the arcane details of hobbies as diverse as orchid growing and Balkan history. But in this outing, things suddenly become much more serious when Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin face the malevolent forces of J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI minions. Luckily, Stout's heart and his writing style are more than equal to the challenge.

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A Plot with Double Trouble.......2006-12-22

The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout

A widow visits Nero Wolfe with a large check and a large problem. She bought a thousand copies of a book ("The FBI Nobody Knows") and gave them to Congressmen, state legislatures, editors and publishers, etc. Now she and her adult children are being followed day and night, and her phones were tapped. Nero Wolfe says he knows of nothing to stop that. But her large check makes the sale. Wolfe first finds out as much as he can from a well-connected person. A confidential source tells Archie Goodwin about an unsolved murder mystery. So Goodwin starts to investigate the people who knew Morris Althaus, journalist. Relatives, friends, and co-workers are interviewed. There is no guarantee of a solution. But the investigation continues.

Nero Wolfe sets a very clever trap to tempt someone to burglarize his house while he seemed to be away. It works, and leads to a solution that benefits his client by stopping the surveillance. This also leads to clearing an unsolved murder. [This is a very clever story as long as you don't question its plausibility.] Some features of this story are based on historical facts.

A&E Picked This One.......2006-12-15

When this book came out in 1965, the rampant fear of the FBI was such that many were surprised at Stout's brashness in showing up J. Edgar Hoover. That's a huge thing this book accomplished.

It's a pretty good story, and the plot devices are fully up to par. And the A&E depiction is one of their best, showing Wolfe's insistence on living exactly as he pleases, and asserting the rights of an American citizen as we all should emulate. He is not a fearful man when it comes to people in positions of power.

It's a good plot, well written and good characters. My favorite character was J. Edgar Hoover...

pleasing fantasy.......2006-11-06

This is escapist literature, and quite good for that. It makes a claim to be about a serious subject, viz. FBI corruption, and I would be interested to know how true that part is. I may even read the book referenced in the book. As with all escapism, there are no real surprises,although there are unexpected incidents. Good stuff.

Nero Wolfe vs the FBI.......2006-11-06

This was one of Rex Stout's more entertaining Wolfe adventures, which has the inimitable detective going up against J Edgar Hoover and the FBI. The usual plot twists, wisecracks and brilliant deductions prevail, as does Wolfe. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I will admit that I like Michael Pritchard's readings better than the reader on this one, but that was a minor quibble.

One of Stout's Best.......2006-05-10

This is one of Rex Stout's best Nero Wofe novels. In my opinion, Stout improved with age, and this is one of the last titles in the series. The dynamics of the relationship between Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin, are as usual, priceless. But what makes this book for me are the unexpected and highly enjoyable goodwill overtures between Wolfe, Goodwin, and police homicide Inspector Cramer. Even though Cramer's suspicions return in force at the end of the book, it's still fun to see him on Wolfe's side for once. And I think our "favorite fatty" detective's ability in this book to put one over on the FBI is a feel-good read for anyone who has had difficulty with people in positions of authority-especially when that authority is autocratic and mismanaged.

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Grade 1 Houghton Mifflin Big Book Plus Series

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The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Grade 1 Houghton Mifflin Big Book Plus Series
Pat Hutchins
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0395731356

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Paperback THE DOORBELL RANG (Houghton Mifflin Reading Grade 1, Theme: Sharing Time) BIG BOOK (19 X 15.5 inches) PLUS. This book was designed to be easily seen and read from the back of the room. It contains a story (The Doorbell Rang), a recipe (peanut butter cookies), a math activity, a photo essay, and a Sesame Street Song (entitled C Is For Cookie).

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The Doorbell Rang

Manufacturer: Scholastic, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GPUG0I

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The Doorbell Rang A Nero Wolfe Novel
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: Viking Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0WR7K

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The Doorbell Rang
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: Viking Press
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Doorbell Rang
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0553114093

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A Nero Wolfe detective story.

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The Doorbell Rang
Rex Stout
Manufacturer: New York: The Viking Press, 1965
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NXIBS2

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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