An Uncommon Scold, compiled and arranged by Abby Adams, is far and away the best book of women's quotations on the market today, and I have read them all. Ms. Adams' compilation and arrangement are superb, and her selection of subject and author within the 1,000 quotations is to be commended. Every library should offer this clever and witty book. A must-own for all fans of the genre. Reviewer H. Gordon Havens is a photo-journalist, author and lexicographer residing in Independence, Missouri.

Understand Your Bible From Adam To Zion by Alister E. McGrath (Professor of Historical Theology, Oxford University, England) is a comprehensive introductory commentary and survey of the books comprising the Old and New Testaments of the Bible and is specifically designed and intended to help Christians better understand the Holy Book. No prior knowledge or study of the Bible is needed to take advantage of this solid, straightforward, plain-language summary and interpretation. Understanding Your Bible From Adam To Zion is a truly excellent starting reference for all Christians seeking to learn more about their faith.

This book details the history of a folk-school that was purposed to teach people how to identify issues of conflict and how to address those issues. It was well written and informative. From these issues sprang up other issues, including civil rights. The author does a good job of tracing the history of this school and explaining the changes that took place as a result of many of these issues being addressed by the people.

If you are writing software which must be internationalized, then there is no question that you need this book and you need Unicode. What ASCII is for the United States, Unicode is for the rest of the world. In this world (particularly this software world) of pontificating know-it-alls-who-don't, it is getting rarer and rarer to find complete compendiums of an entire domain of knowledge which can serve as the seminal reference for all successive work. This book is one of those rare seminal references which has in it the greatest quantity and greatest quality of wisdom and knowledge on the alphabets of the world for use in computer software.

From the perspective of domestic software developers within the United States, Unicode is essentially 7-bit ASCII in a 16-bit unsigned integer. In the immensely popular C and C++ languages Unicode strings behave like ASCII strings:
. Unicode 0/null terminates C/C++ strings, just like ASCII 0/null.
. Unicode has a type in ANSI Standard C and ISO Standard C++ (and ARM-defined C++): wchar_t. For C/C++ programmers, char=ASCII wchar_t=Unicode.
. Unicode has a plethora of standard string manipulation functions already standardized in ANSI Standard C and ISO Standard C++, usually substitute the str with wcs (e.g., strcpy=wcscpy, strcmp=wcscmp, strcat=wcscat) and substitute the char parameters with wchar_t parameters. Abracadabra, your software is well on its way to being able to have strings in any foreign language as well as English.
. Unicode characters are all the same size (16-bit), just like ASCII (8-bit).
. Unicode's first 127 values are essentially 7-bit ASCII values.
. Unicode completely eliminates all that darned "code page" baloney.
. Unicode completely solves all that "How do we stuff that odd foreign character into the printable characters on screen/paper?" problem.
. Unicode is an ISO standard which came from a defacto United States computer industry standard. It is not ivory tower; it is in common use.
. Unicode was developed with you the software engineer and programmer in mind from day one. Unicode was developed with C++'s/C's wchar_t in mind from day one. It all fits together with Unicode.
. Unicode is used as a supported string technology (or the only string technology) in: Java, C++, C, Windows NT, Novell Netware, Solaris, and numerous other computing environments.
. Unicode supports all alphabets in use in the world today, plus alphabet-less languages such as Chinese, as well as languages whose alphabets are still being formalized.
. Because Unicode characters are all the same size, Unicode characters are random-access in that one can access any character (pick a card, any card) and know by looking at its value what that character is. Other multi-byte character sets must be parsed sequentially from the beginning of the string to assure that one has detected what mode some escape sequence has shifted that portion of the string into.
. Unicode seeks to solve every defect of previous multi-byte character sets. Unicode is the fittest to survive. All other multi-byte character sets should be (and will be) abandoned.
. Unicode = exportable software world wide in the global economy. ASCII = limiting your market to the English-speaking minority of the world.
. Unicode = supporting the information systems of all of the foreign branch offices of your company. ASCII = crippling your information system so that it supports nothing more than the English-only offices.
. ASCII = string equivalent of the Year 2000 Problem. Unicode = the fix to language-crippled software.

(And we won't even discuss the obvious and total superiority of Unicode over EBCDIC!)

In short Unicode is good for the software industry. This book is the official reference for Unicode from the inventor of Unicode: The Unicode Consortium.

The views contained within this feedback is in no way associated with my employer nor any other organization.

Oxford academic Adam Roberts, long considered the most influential expert on the subject of the UN system, has produced an excellent book, with great academic rigour, very comprenehsive, and very concise (or at least as concise as it could possibly be, given the enormous amount and variety of issues covered therein). With great ability, the author manages to highlight the positive and negative sides of the UN system and its work, criticizing them where appropriate and by giving very thorough explanations, and praising them in other respects. It offers information and analysis on the major challenges confronted by the UN in the recent past, and those likely to arise in the near future. The book is an absolute must for anyone wishing to know more on the UN system. It is suitable both for those intending to learn the basics, and those who are on a start of deep research work on the subject. It is a serious academic study, yet easy to read and even enjoyable.

She did it again-another wonderful collection of real-life stories by Michelle Medlock Adams. United We Stand: Real Kid Heroes reflects on the September 11th tragedy with true stories of hope that will stir you and reignite your faith in this next generation. Story after story, you'll see how children have rallied together with parents, teachers and businesses to make a real difference. Whether it was writing letters, raising donations, thinking up creative ideas or offering heartfelt prayer, United We Stand offers encouraging stories of children living out their faith in genuine and practical ways. You'll love reading how kids around the country demonstrated their patriotism after the attacks...and you'll discover that today's heroes are sometimes even those we tuck into bed each night.

This is a very complete (it didn't mention the Swedish radio series, but that's no big loss ;-) and informative guide to all incarnations of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (as well as the other works by Douglas Adams). It is a must for every fan of this master.

The complexity, depth of character development, and plot twists make this one of the better science fiction novels I have ever ready, and I have read many.

If you like Niven's novels, but without Niven's "cute" moments, you will love this work.

Living in a small space with no bed to call my own I picked up this book and read it. It was wonderful! Lots of information on gardening specifically for the urban dweller. The photographs were wonderful, as was the writing. Included information on raised beds, regular beds, container gardening, fruits and vegetables, flowers, and anything else the city dweller might want to grow. Also included really interesting information on pollution and its effects on the urban dweller's garden and information on pests and what can be done to control them. There was also a heavy influence of organic gardening and how this might be done in the city.

An excellent book all around, it's become my new favourite gardening book.

There is NO WAY that I would buy a used car without first consulting The Used Car Reliability and Safety Guide. The author has done a spectacular job of summarizing the common complaints actual drivers have had with their cars, so that you'll know, right up front, what sorts of problems to expect, and which cars to avoid.

No question -- this is THE car guide to buy when looking for a used car