This book contains the first Dilbert strips running from April 16, 1989 to October 21, 1989. The characters are a little rough from what we've come to know and the humor contains a lot of puns. Some characters introduced here besides Dilbert and Dogbert are the dinosaurs Bob and Dawn, and Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light. Scott was still feeling out the strip at this time and as a result it is not the funniest, but it is still good.

This is the very first Dilbert book. It is mostly at home, with Dogbert and, of course, Dilbert. There is no poity haired boss, no Alice, no Wally, no Catbert, and no Ratbert. No Asok the Intern. But it is still very funny! Even without all those characters gone, its still very funny!

This is the first Dilbert book, filled with intelligent, totally funny humor on everyday life. This book did not have the official pointy haired boss, Wally, Alice, Ratbert, or Catbert. This book focuses more on Dilbert and Dogbert at home, on walks, and other places that don't have much to do with office life. These kinds of jokes are just as funny as the business jokes. This book should be read by all Dilbert fans.

Good one, but why those marvelous episodes circulating in the e-mails are always in the 'other' books?

Another Day in Cubicle Paradise is a 120-page (excluding title page, introduction, etc.) collection of Scott Adams' hilarious Dilbert cartoons. Dated between 2/5/01 and 11/11/01, these cartoons include all of the normal Dilbert crew: Dilbert, Alice, Wally, Asok, Dogbert, Catbert (a personal favorite), and so forth. All of these are printed in black-and-white (even though the Sunday ones appear in color in your favorite newspaper), but this is made up for by the fact that there are so many laugh-out-loud funny ones!

This book is great, a must-have addition to the library of any Scott Adams fan. Buy it!

This book gathers the daily and sundays comic strips that you could had found on a daily newspaper or on the dilbert homepage spanning Feb 2001 to Nov 2001.

The book is a fast and addictive. You will see yourself reading this until achieve a state of immaterial sense. The genius of Scott Adams is on is prime no doubt.

"There is no United Federation of Planets. There are no Vulcans." This is one of my favorite lines from this book. The aliens are coming, and some of them are Not Nice. Sharon, a visitor from a female-only species planet called Pallas, tries to tell Amanda this bitter truth. Sharon herself makes lots of mistakes, not the least of which is how she treats Amanda from their first meeting. Raised as a human on Pallas, Sharon can forge mental contact and doesn't know how to turn it off, even when Amanda begs her to.

I have become a total fan of this author's work. The Dawning starts off looking like it's an alien meets human romance in a sci-fi package, but the depths plumbed in this novel go far beyond that. COnvincingly real is Amanda's grief and near-suicidal state after the Challenger explosion, and then her sheer terror when she learns exactly what Sharon is. Just when Amanda has successfully forgotten that Sharon is not quite human, she is reminded -- usually painfully -- of the truth.

I got goosebumps when Amanda gets her chance to rewrite history, and I so wanted her to succeed! The novel ends with all possibilities left open and I hope that there are more in the series. I am reminded of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books, which don't have a set chronology or order. I would love if it this series (which began with Night Vision, another bravura novel from Karin Kallmaker's Laura Adams persona) ends up with as many books to savor, to puzzle over and to get fabulous goosebumps from.

The aliens are coming, and some of them are Not Nice.

Amanda Martin has spent thirteen years reliving her role in a tragic explosion that cost the lives of seven people. Her self-imposed exile in the hills of New Mexico ends when Amanda stumbles upon someone bearing an exact resemblance of one of the people who died. Suppose she offers Amanda a means to travel through time and possibly change that tragic incident. Will she do it? What price is she willing to pay? "The Dawning" is a fast paced blending of romance, science fiction and action packed adventure. Writing as Laura Adams, Kallmaker has displayed her alter ego's talents again!

The Dawning is another winner for Adams, aka Kallmaker. WhileI have enjoyed almost every book she has written and would rate mostof them as peak experiences, I was especially impressed with theamount of accurate information contained (incidentally to the story) about the Navajo nation. Being a descendent of First Generation Americans, I am impressed by this attention to detail. Plus, the story was wonderful, with very real and very believable characters exploring for us the range of human emotions not usually covered in a 'romance' novel. I can hardly wait for the next novel which will carry on the general story line of the Daughters of Pallas. END

"The Great Ape Project" is a good collection of reasons for supporting the project of the same name.

This book is an excellent source of information provided by a variety of scientific and legal experts. The authors show us the rich emotional and cultural lives of non-human great apes. Researchers who use other apes because of their genetic and psychological complexity ought to be required to read this book. Indeed, the one flaw of this book is the fact that a few chapters are the works of researchers who have used, for example, the linguistic talents of other apes to advance their own careers. Other sections of the book, including a chapter vividly comparing the non-human and human slave trade, and a description of the case for legal rights based on the personhood of hominids, underscore that flaw with haunting and brilliant sensitivity.

Overall, The Great Ape Project lucidly demonstrates the unconscionability of continuing to use the other apes for experimentation, for teaching, for trade in their body parts, and in the entertainment industry. Moreover, it inspires us to broaden our definition of slavery to include our nearest living relatives.

The contributors make a compelling case for sentience rights for higher primates based on strong empirical evidence and demonstrable harm caused to other higher primates that infringes on their rights claims as sentient beings. I would ask if the authors might consider a similar work that expands the case for cetacean rights on the same basis, though.

He used the word "kid" a lot. It seems that it is the trend these days for teeangers to call other teenagers kids. It gets a little annoying after you start reading it.

I think that he did a good job describing the actual life in a military school. I used to think that it would be cool to live in a military school. His book has changed my mind.

I don't think that the book title fits with the actual content very well. And there is really no climax in this book. It seems that he may actually write part II.

Ok i am a student. I read this book and i thought it was great. Thier was 1 problem that is why I didn`t give it 5 stars. the ending was a surprize to me. I think that he should have ethier Made a sequel to the book or he should have made the book longer. But other than that the book was great the suspense was most thrilling. Even though it was not a horror book it was still full of suspence. But I think that if you are looking for a clif hanger book well here is one. BROVO for Adam Rapp. so from a STUDENT IN A HIGH SCHOOL I say this is a must read.

I loved this book. It was fast-paced, and very funny. The main charcter was believable, and you sympathized with him throughout the novel as he struggled to make the best of a bad situation.

This book, Adam Sandler: Not Too Shabby, is a great look at the life of Adam Sandler. Starting in his days as a child, this book tell most everything in the life of this crazy movie star's life. Revealed in this book are alot of the secrets behind Adam's movies. Not only do you learn about Adam, you also get to learn about some of his co-stars from his movies. This easy-to-read book is great for all ages but I wouldn't recommend it unless you like Adam Sandler and his movies.

Who here is a huge fan of Adam Sandler? Well find out everything you need to know about one of Americas favorite comedians. All Adam All the Time!

This is the greatest book of all time. If you ever wanted to read a book, it's this one. Buy it nowwwww!!!

This is indeed a great book. It talks a lot about the basic photographic techniques and is a good read for a beginner. However, most of the book is limited to black and white photography. The book is also a bit out dated.

Overall a good book for a serious beginner. It will help a person get accostomed to both the scientific and the creative aspects of photography.

The majority of the text concentrates it's efforts in educating the reader in the art of B&W photography. Color photography is briefly touched on at the book's end. The first half of the book deals with various camera systems, accessories, film choices, photograph visualization and film exposure. All of these topics are covered exceptionally well. The second half deals with the developing and printing process. If the prospective reader will not be involved in the developing and printing process then the Ansel Adams Book 1, "The Camera", and Book 2, "The Negative", may be better choices. However to receive the maximum benefit from the art of B&W photography one must eventually delve into the darkroom. The book details those processes equally well.

Although I loved this book, and knew what I was buying, Amazon's attribution of this book to Ansel Adams is misleading. This is a book about Ansel Adams' technique, and his zone system in particular. It's not a book by Adams. If you want Adams' own take on the basic techniques of photography, check out his three books: The Camera, The Negative, The Print, as well as his book of case studies, The Making of 40 Photographs. It takes a lot of nerve to write a book like this when Adams has already done a bang up job of it himself. Surprisingly, Schaefer's effort doesn't pale in comparison to the master's own. Plus you have the advantage of a single book rather than Adams' three. Schaefer provides an excellent guide to Ansel Adams' zone technique, with great illustrations. And despite a bit more attention paid to color photography than in Adams' own books, it still seems like an afterthought.

This is a very fine collection of erotic photography by Adam Raphael that eschews graphic displays of monstrous genitalia or simulated sex in favor of more subtle aspects of sensuality. Here eyes and lips become the purveyors of eroticism, with all their promises of delights to come.

Raphael's models are handsome, accessible young men - accessible because they could easily be men living next door to you or taking a class with you or shopping in the same mall. They don't intimidate you the way some professional models can. They're real, and you'd like to get to know them better. I believe I prefer Lucas above all. He's got a sweet lack of awareness of his own beauty that makes him all that more alluring.

Raphael's technique is as simple as the men he has chosen to shoot. The style doesn't call attention to itself; thus we are able to enjoy his subjects more thoroughly. I share the complaint of other reviewers, however, that the format of the book doesn't fit the photographs; it should have been a larger edition. That's a minor complaint though.

I look forward to more work by Mr. Raphael.

It is very common to find total nudity. In fact, just about any newstand is filled with it. But tasteful, shirtless photography where the subject is more important than explicit body parts is VERY hard to find. Here is a book which celebrates the young male with handsome, elegant photography whose focus (excuse the pun) is obviously the photographic output rather than anything sexual. This is a photographer who deserves a wider audience. If you are seeking taste and fine photography, you will enjoy "Friends." My only criticism is the size of the prints. Perhaps his next book could be printed in a larger size so that the images have more impact.

FRIENDS by Adam Raphael is as refreshing a book of new photography as you are likely to enconter. Though Raphael photographs fashion, sports/fitness, children, portraits both single and of couples, here he captures in almost chapter format his male friends. And the friends make excellent "models" not so much because they appear to know how to react to a camera: they success of this portfolio is the apparent warm relationship of honesty between the photographer and subject. As Raphael says in his all too brief Forward, these sessions for each friend lasted from twenty minutes to several days. The quality of the images is superb, the design of the book is clean and crisp, and the impact of re-reading FRIENDS is that we have encountered a photographer about whom we will doubtless hear more!

Apart from Chamberlin's elegant prose, this book left me enormously unsatisfied. The idea is very interesting, but the characters are drawn so superficially that it is very difficult to even empathize with them. The characters' motivations are not well illuminated at all, and tend to make them seem like caricatures rather than full-fledged people. All in all, this reading experience was pretty uncompelling.

I could not put this book down as it was an engrossing read narrated by Adam's daughter, Na'amah, by his first wife Lilith. It weaves in ancient folklore with whispers of Lilith, the Mother Goddess of all the earth. And Na'amah tells the story softly to enchant the readers into listening to what may have happened in the Garden of Eden. It weaves together the creationist and evolution theories together.

I must be brutally honest here ~~ I did not care for Adam and Eve in this story. I walked away with the impression that those two are incredibly selfish and bent on having their own way of doing life. In the hunter-gatherer age, the clan was very vital for survival. No one could survive outside of the clan. Adam came up with a new vision to create a new beginning of the way life should be ~~ a farmer rooted in one spot. It's a great vision ~~ for it led the way to our lifestyles today ~~ but to accomplish that, he had to deny the daughter he had. Na'amah wanted nothing more than to haver her father to love her ~~ which he was never able to do, especially after he set eyes on Eve. He wasn't allowed to marry Eve because of the tradition that a man should never remarry while the offspring of his first wife was still alive. He literally had to resort to murder to accomplish his dream of marrying Eve.

It is an awesome feat of changing the way a clan shall live from then on ~~ that is how things evolve over time. Adam can be credited with having the foresight of changing the future ~~ but he can also be credited with destroying a beautiful way of life and for destroying the garden. Eve in this book is nothing more than an immature child with eyes only for Adam. She was the temptress ~~ but so immature!

I could go on and on with discussing this book but I better not ~~ so you can read the book yourself. I highly recommend this book, especially if you like "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant (I think that's her last name!). "Leaving Eden" is a book that leaves you feeling that your vision of Eden is slightly altered ~~ it is a what if book ~~ what if Adam hadn't met Eve, what if Eve was a different woman, and what if the ruler of the universe is a woman. It just gives you a different perspective of how things could have been. It is a book that requires a lot of imagination ~~ just listen to Na'amah tell the story and listen carefully. It'll be worth your journey.

Ann Chamberlin did a wonderous job on the book, her poetic discriptions made the book not only a master piece but it made it come alive. With the facts of Lilith (adams first wife) and a fictional outlook on a the times taken place. I do say that this book is not ment for children under 17 for the material that it does cover throughout the book. Another thing that Ann Chamberlin did to make this book great was putting the book not in the eyes of Lilith or in a third person view but in the view of Liliths daugther (Na'amah). Ann Chamberlin Discribes Na'amah as being abandoned and left to take care of Adam (her father), which in this case brings fact and fiction to the story. With this event Ann Chamberlin puts a sublime twist to the book.