Yes, try counting the I's there... "I did this", "I did that". If you are a follower of Jeanette, go get it, her career is interesting. If you want to learn pool techniques, this one contains just a few interesting things and some trick shots: there are better books out there.

Great book. No nonsense real view at the pro tour from a top world class player; one whom has not lost sight of the road traveled. She is unafraid to say how unpolished she was as an upcoming beginner and tips on being a real sportsperson. All done with impeccable witt, charm and profound insight. My perspective and game have both reached a new level; In one week of reading this book I was so inspired to get off my butt, join a BCA league, start doing drills everyday, and decided not to waste time playing around. I now make my time at the table count. In three weeks my fellow players have gone from "He's so lucky" to "His game has really improved." Jeanette Lee is an inspiration as a player and a person. Thanks to a wonderful lady and I hope that the universe finds a way to repay/reward her for her many contributions. Regards RJ ps just to let you know I own over 20 various books and 20 top vides on this subject. Many have helped at different stages of development; however, this is a very well written well rounded and humorus tome.

This book is a trifecta. First, it is an excellent primer on the strategy, tactics and mechanics for novice pool players. The text explanations are re-enforced with excellent graphics.

Second, the book explores the life story and psychological make-up of a champion athlete/competitor; insightful and inspiring.

Finally, the book is well-written. The style is chatty and informal. Its an easy and pleasurable read.

It appears there are two sets of reviews for this book, some for an earlier paperback version. The 2nd release is actually pretty good. The overall layout, organization and graphics are well done and the content is quite thorough. The authors go beyond what is needed for the exam hence my belief that you can use this book for general reference. The book can be a little wordy but with a topic like subnetting, you have no choice. This book goes beyond your basic study guide so if that's all you're looking for, it may be much. Overall a good job!

I've used several books for my TCP/IP studies and this is the best for overall study guide and reference. On the other hand, the chapter about subnet masking is very wordy and not very clear. Some good editing could have used here to tighten it up and present the information in a clear format. On the plus side, Most of the rest of the book is very clearly presented with only a few errors. The included Topscore software is good for practice and coupled with the test guide, it works well.

I used this book as my primary study guide for the TCP/IP exam. Just as most of the other New Riders training guides I used, this book is concise, accurate most of time, and well-organized around the exam objectives. The screen shots are very detailed. Unlike the lame end-of-chapter "exam questions" in other New Riders guides, this book features "exam questions" that mimic the real exam questions much closer - well, not those "best solution" type of questions, though.

I think the best-written chapters are those for subnetting and troubleshooting. Think you've mastered subnetting after reading the chapter (and Exam Cram's subnetting chapter, too)? Try the exercises at the end of the chapter. It's very unlikely that you don't understand the concept thoroughly after those exercises.

First this is a crisp short book that is well worth the time to read. The setting alone is quite different from most mysteries/police procedurals. A peruvian Air Force Airman is brutally murdered and two local Guardia Civil Policeman must find the killer before their small town goes crazy thinking they are protecting the "big guys." They get no help from the Air Force officials. Character devleopment is remarkably good for such a short book and you will grow to appreciate Lituma and the Lieutenant and hope that the first LLosa mystery will include more stories of this pair. My only complaint is that 10 bucks is a lot to ask for a book that will take you 3 hours to read.

The time is the 1950s, the place is Peru, and the victim is a young air force enlisted man named Palomino Molero, in Mario Vargas Llosa's spare, tightly written and excellently constructed whodunit. Palomino Molero, eighteen years old, a guitar player who enchanted everyone for miles around singing boleros, is found brutally tortured and murdered near a local air force base. Two civil guards, Officer Lituma and Lieutenant Silva, try to unravel the crime. Rumors abound all over the place; the victim was involved in smuggling or the like and the higher-ups are covering up the perpetrators. But when Silva and Lituma find out that what Palomino Molero was involved in was not smuggling but a love affair with the daughter of his base commander, the plot thickens in all kinds of ways. Vargas Llosa's book is not only a crime novel but a bitter indictment of the social/racial conflicts of modern Peru, where an airman cannot fall in love with the daughter of a colonel, especially if she is white and he is a cholo (half-breed). Vargas Llosa knows how to leaven his story with comic relief; Lieutenant Silva is hopelessly in love with and shamelessly pursuing the respectably married Dona Adriana, and her revenge on him for his presumption is a riot. The murder is solved, but the townspeople won't accept the truth, and insist that they were right all along; there were "higher-ups" involved. "Higher-ups" indeed. It would be a crime in itself to give the solution away and I'm not going to; suffice to say that Vargas Llosa has written a gem of a murder mystery with an ingenious plot twist. It's a very short novel and shows again that some of the best things come in small packages.

This book reminds me of "chronicle of a death foretold" - you may think this is too much of a overdraft but this is just pure sunshine. The translation is just as effective as the plot. The main investigators in the case Lituma and Lieutenant Silva represent a class who takes the insult in what ever form it may be but do not nudge back - gives back a subtle reply which gives the final twist. The author has been able to achieve a twist inside a twist which keeps us wondering at the end about the real topic of the book, which is suppose to be a detective story. The plot changes from an investigation story to traumatic social relations living history. Sometimes I was thinking - is this father Brown with a little bit of Tango? The death of Palomino Molero does not represent a simple case of torture and murder but a social dilemma of hatrate which has its grips so deeply rooted that sometimes people do not even question it . I promise you will enjoy this book.

but weak in all other areas, especially lacking in any kind of credibility and poor in creating atmospherics despite the rich setting. In view of the adulatory press it has recieved tempting to conclude that it was another book the critics read, either that or it helps to work in the media if you want a good reception for badly written novels.

I had no more than forty pages left in this book at 8pm on the Friday evening before I was due to leave the next morning on a weeklong work-related trip. I didn't even bother to finish until I returned. Except for a compulsion to finish any book I had read 90% of, I could easily have closed it and never gone back to it. There are really only three things wrong with this book, but the three are scene, character development, and plot.
One would think 1920s Shanghai would make a fantastic background for any story, but it never seems real. I admit this criticism may be personal, but the city never came alive for me. Change the names and it could have been anywhere.
Characterization seems very weak. Field is the closest to a complete being and he comes up short. The characters all seem very modern in word and deed, especially Penelope. They all pretty much talk like Americans. The villain is given a weak and hackneyed motivation and the author does not prepare us at all for his identity. Don't misunderstand: I knew who it was, but only because the author had overplayed the other candidates and because it would have been this character in most television shows.
Often in a mystery, plot can redeem other flaws, but not here. Field goes here and there, back and forth, interviewing suspects and witnesses, but never really learns anything. There is much whirl, but no progress. Things just happen as if no one causes them, and there is never any real resolution, although there is a happy ending that seems tacked on.
There are many loose ends. Lewis tell Field that Natasha is "powerful," but I never learned what he meant. Why did the police know "The Cabal" existed and yet have a weak grasp on the members? This was a very frustrating and ultimately tiresome experience.

A dead prostitute lies in her bed, stabbed repeatedly and handcuffed to the bedposts. A morally compromised police investigator must look into her death, paying special attention to the potential political implications of the murder. Given that the setting is 1926 Shanghai, the politics are somewhat tangled: no one's really running China at the moment, warlords run rampant, and in the International Community in Shanghai (where the novel takes place) the business leaders, all of them European, fear a Bolshevik rising more than anything. The city's full of Russian exiles fleeing the Communists, Chinese gangsters, and Westerners with pasts they wish to leave behind.

This is one of the most complex, involved, atmospheric novels I've read in a good while. Think James Ellroy's L. A. Confidential, but with a Chinese setting and a more multi-culturnal cast. There is a great deal here about moral compromises, and what they do to those who make them. There's also a wonderful mystery, complete with various characters scheming to get ahead or get by or survive, using each other in the pursuit of that goal.

I frankly was amazed by this book, spent most of a Saturday afternoon trying to finish it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I would highly recommend it.

This is an excellent book for getting up to speed quickly on GL 6. I would not call it for the advanced user, but it's excellent for beginners or intermediates with Golive. The tutorials are clear and concise, and the book is exactly what it advertises itself to be - it gets right to the point.

I wish there was also a good advanced book on GoLive that covered using scripting such as Java and CSS and dynamic content in detail, unfortunately there are none yet that are any good. Maybe Sams can do that too? But for beginners or intermediates with GL 6 who want to start using the software today, this is the book to get!

I found this book to be a very good introduction to Web design using Golive 6. The lessons are short but well presented, they are fast, and they can be used immediately to my own practice projects. Although the GoLive interface seemed so unassuming when you first open the program, it can get filled up quickly once you begin working. The authors made sure that you don't get lost amidst the plethora of palletes. There is also the confidence that I am reading the work of competent Golive designers who can actually communicate what they know and teach an unknown audience cleverly. Sam's formula, if I may venture a guess works well for this book: plain English, competent authors, short but lively presentation and an exciting software. In only a few hours, I was already making my own web pages and amazed my friends. This book is a very good start in Web design using Golive 6. It is one of my best and most useful books!

I had never used GoLive before and was kind of freaked out when I first opened the program. Then I went to an Adobe seminar and one of the authors of this book was a presenter. He was really excellent and knowledgeable, so I decided to buy the book. I'm glad I did! I've now created two Websites and am starting my third. This time I'm getting paid! I know I still have a lot to learn, but this book got me up and running FAST. The best thing about GoLive is the way it works with my Photoshop files. If you haven't used this yet, check out the convert to banner trick!!!! Saves you tons of time!!!!!

I got to about page 28 before I chucked this. It reminded me strongly of Vance (on his off-days).

From what I have read I cannot tell if Lord Drev is the Hero or the Villain. He certainly is unlikable enough to be the Archvillain in any book.

The Dark Shore has a wonderful plot and good characters, but it was very difficult to read because of all the description. True, description is important, but most of it (in this book) didn't really fit with the mood of the story. It took me over a month to read (which is a very long time for me).

I never heard of Adam Lee but this writer is now within my top ten list. When I first read this book, it sucked me into a magical world beyond my own imagination. At first, I tried understanding this world than rather getting on with the story. Then, I just kept reading and I was amazed by this writer's creative imagination. I really love this book! It one of those books that I can read over again. Those who gave this book a bad review I think don't have a good imagination. By reading this book I felt my own imagination was the canvas and his writing was the colors of paint. I have to say this is a work of art. A true masterpiece!

Set in Erin during the time of the crusades. Lady Cathelin O'Cameron, known as the Blacksunne, armored herself as knight and followed Richard the Lionhearted (reigned 1189-1199) to the Holy Land. There Blacksunne gained a reputation as a fierce and blood thirsty warrior and suffered the loss of a lover in a cross cultural bit of sexism and homophobia. Like Richard, Blacksunne has returned home to find a relative -- in this case her cousin -- usurper has taken control of her home. She and her battle hardened allies turn out the villain with little difficulty. Although she makes the mistake of not killing him when she could . . .

Among many appalling changes to her keep, Lady Cathelin discovers her cousin has installed a Moorish bed slave, literally chained to his bed. Blacksunne frees Madrigal, who reminds Blacksunne of her lost love in the Holy Land. It turns out Madrigal has suffered so much trauma and abuse in her short life, she doesn't begin to know how to trust or love.

This is Adams' first novel and there are some uneven elements. The primary plot device, that of a cross-dressing, battle leading, noble woman requires the readers' willingness to suspend disbelief. This reader is willing to accept a broad range of premises, if the story is told well. Sunne in Gold does not entirely succeed. Certainly there have always been women who cross-dressed to increase their opportunities in this world. Indeed until the required medical exams of the 20th Century, every war has known some hidden women soldiers as well as less hidden ones. If the likes of a Blacksunne did exist, she seems more likely to be of Irish or at least Celtic origins. However, pinning her to the late 12th Century makes Blacksunne less likely in that the sexism of the time had already limited most women's options.

Some issues of characterization are too complex for this story and even distract from it. Adams might have been better off simplifying some of Madrigal's post traumatic stress -- since it is applying a current psychological standard to a very different set of values, time and culture -- and finally, most annoying, there are several historical inaccuracies that become distracting because Adams emphasizes them.

For example Cathelin gives Madrigal a dress. This is an important, touching moment for Madrigal. The former slave is impressed with the quality of cloth and the buttons, describing them in detail. (Well, she should be impressed, since buttons didn't exist until the 1600s!)

Then there is the issue of language. We're told Madrigal learned English from a cruel English knight who brought her back from the Middle East. It's unclear why the knight spoke English (even Middle English) instead of Norman French -- which is much more likely, certainly that's what Richard and most of the royal court spoke after 1066 -- but he did and thus taught Madrigal the language. Supposedly that's why she could understand Lady Cathelin O'Cameron. It's possible that the Blacksunne would have spoken Norman French or Latin because of her status and yes, perhaps even Middle English. However, it seems her first language, and certainly the language of most subjects of her fealty would have been old Gaelic. Indeed some of the characters speak with a strong dialect which may be intended to present Gaelic, but succeeds mostly in being distracting. As with the buttons, because Adams makes a point of bringing these language issues to the readers'attention, the error is annoying.

Adams' action is very good, if occasionally predictable, and draws the reader into the story. If you are in the mood for old-fashioned tale of betrayal, villainy, and the triumph of good with a touch of lavender romance, Sunne in Gold is worth your while. Certainly as Adams' first novel, it shows promise. Her plotting is good. Her depiction of the deterioration of the evil
villain is wonderfully weird. Hopefully her future work will be more careful with historical detail -- simply setting it in a fantasy alternative realm would have solved these problems nicely -- and some pieces of characterization.

Lady Cathelin O'Cameron fought during the Crusades as the knight Blacksunne. Returning home, she fights a usurper to her family's estate, and finds love with a former slave named Madrigal. This will certainly appeal to those who love lesbian romances (like those published by Naiad Press, Cape Winds Press, or Bella Books), and also to those wishing for some escapist entertainment. I was thoroughly entranced by the story and characters, despite the high melodrama and historical inaccuracies. "The Sunne in Gold" is a lot of fun, and proves that small presses have wonderful books to offer.

Sunne In Gold was a treat from beginning to end. The author grabbed me from the first few pages and kept me up WAY too late one night reading. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the great historical flavor. The characters' dialogue, clothes, the setting, etc., all lent themselves to several hours of wonderful escape. The love story was sweet but not gaggy and it was a gratifying to read about two women with such strong, vibrant personalities. Give this one a try! You won't be disappointed.

Ugh, in this book we see Millar basically sully two of the best villian in the X-Men universe.
Sabretooth is turned into a [weak] Wolverine [copy]. He is even called a poor man's wolverine. That is no way to treat the guy who could in the cannon comic fight wolverine to stand still. In fact, I don't even believe that the character depicted here is Sabretooth, from now on he will be refered to as Dog Breath (see my Ultimate X-Men review to learn about Dog Breath).
Secondly.... wtf did Millar do to Juggernaut? He is just some big dumb MUTANT meat head. Where is the Ruby Gem of Cytorak? Where is his connection to Professor Xavier? Where is "Nothing Stops the Juggernaut"? Christ... I know Millar wanted to toss in recognizable X-villians in the Weapon X program, but why did he have to destroy a great X-villian to do it? He could have just tossed in Unus the Untouchable or one of the Mauraders (namely Blockbuster is he wanted a super strong character). But no, he had to bastardize one of the premier X-villians. You know what, I refuse to acknowledge that character as Juggernaut, he is now known as Dog Breath II.
Okay, besides the fact that Millar completely [messed] up two of the greatest X-villians of all time, this isn't a horrible read. I liked Nightcrawler, and it was cool to see Rogue sans Ms. Marvel powers. Most of all, I loved Fury. The opening scene where is parashoes in is just too classic for words. In this arc he truly is Marvel's James Bond.
All in all, a neat read. But it is becoming aparent that while Millar's revamps of the X-Men is good, his revamps of thier villians is suffering. We had Magneto the sociopath, Dog Breath the Wolverine Wanna-Be, and Dog Breath II the big dumb meat head. The only decent villian I have seen was Wraith, who A) wasn't an X-Men villian and B) is dead.
Of course Millar could redeme himself by having Wraith turn out to be Mystique or something cool like that. But I doubt he'd do that. Anyway, as I said, read this book for the X-Men, not the villians.

I subscribed to the ultimate Xmen as soon as it came out.. and here's what I think....

I thought this six part storyline rocked.. The Xmen are better than before and The Weapon X Project is a 100 times more evil and (This is important) credible than it's ever appeared in the 'Wolverine' books.

Originality is the key as while Millar draws on all the heroes and villains from marvels stock, but the story line keeps you on tether hooks till the end. Issue 12 was a finale..

Best line in the book 'First rule in a fight, Always protect your family jewels' and then Logan wises Sabretooth as to this old adage... hehehehh..

But...

A serious problem with the WHOLE Ultimate Xmen series is the static storyline..Too often I felt that there was more to say but i feel Millar was working under constraints.. Not enough space given to flesh out the charachters. This was a major bummer and hopefully something will be done by Millar in the upcoming issues.. ..

The art credits varied from the kubert bros and tom raney.. I found it sometimes too sketchy and imprecise (Interchanging looks between different charachters) and I did not understand at all the raid on the X-mansion.. however I loved the scenes of painted art mostly in the dream sequences. ...

When I looked at the shelves and saw Ultimate X-Men Vol.1 last year, I didn't know what to think. Then I opened the book and it grabbed me by surprise. I had to buy this book. After I read it when I got home, I was very pleased in how Mark Millar took hold of the X-Men legacy. I was very eager to buy Weapon X when it first came out, which ended up being a year later, but let me tell you it was well worth the wait. It brought familiar faces into Ultimate X-Men, and it had a terrific story line too. I liked this story better than the Weapon X story in the Wolverine comic books. This book has it all. It introduces new characters like: Rogue, Nightcrawler, Sabertooth, Juggarnut, and more from the Marvel Universe. And yes of course it also has Wolverine. Just like the first story arc this one also has a very jaw dropping ending, but I will not spoil it for you, you'll have to go buy the book and find out for yourself. Now I'm just patiently anticipating the next story arc to come out. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I have.

While this book does give some of the basics that you need to know for the SAT II English tests, it does not give enough. It offers almost no new information, and its selection of practice tests can at best be labeled poor. Basically, Princeton chose the tests that it felt reflected the points illustrated in its book, but in doing so did not cover the full spectrum of information needed to ace the SAT II exam. I would not reccomend buying this book, even in conjunction with another. It is just not worth it.

I used the Princeton Review book to help me review for the SAT II: Writing and SAT II: Literature. Overall, I thought that the PR made sure to get all bases covered for the SAT II: Writing, which is basically grammar. The review was not bad at all, and allowed me to point out pretty much all the types of grammatical errors presented in the Writing exam. However, I felt that the author was rather frugal in giving the readers enough exercises, and found myself reviewing the same exercises over and over again to learn a certain aspect of grammar (typically, for one type of mistake you'd only have ONE exercise). I found myself going online, reviewing resources from the PSAT Writing section, etc. etc. Basically, you cannot use the book by itself--you probably need some supplements, some of which just take some time to find online or elsewhere (collegeboard.com, and I'm sure there are a lot of resources on the internet for grammar rules). Nonetheless, I made the very best I could of the book and was able to manage an 800. And yes, the PR is KNOWN for being extremely gimmicky in their techniques--take it with a grain of salt, because the author practically imbues the book with these so called ingenious techniques.

As for the Literature section, don't even look at it in this book. The whole review basically consists of looking at a few passages and answering very basic questions on theme, voice, tone, literary devices, etc. To be quite honest, the Literature test is extremely demanding and I'm sure that doing the PR's exercise failed to help me one bit. In order to be thoroughly prepared, one should be a strong English student overall...

I am sorry, but I have serious objections to the Princeton Review manner of creating study guides. While some attention is given to actually reviewing the material that is on the test, much information is dismissed as unlikey to appear on the test and therefore unnecessary to remember. Princeton Review bets on statistics of what material is most often tested when deciding what it will teach you.

Likewise, and more importantly, the Princeton Review encourages students of its book to rely on chance and statistics in regards to guessing multiple choice answers. Princeton Review teaches the students the techniques that are most likely to help them and, on the side, teaches the material that is most likely to be essential. Well, that which is most likely is not the case 100% of the time. While some suggest that tests are so unlikely to have three questions in a row with the same answer that a student should be overly skeptical if he or she finds his or her self marking three questions in a row with "B", the fact is that I have taken many tests and many times have I had the same answer for four or even five questions in a row. I got these questions right because I did not doubt my answers based on some test-taking techniques I picked up in the Princeton review but because I had learned enough of the material to be confident.

The English AP book is slightly better than other Princeton Review study guides in the amount of actual material it presents to you, largely because of its helpfully organized vocabulary section. Still, the book is not enough to prepare fully for these tests. Since the book does include information and practice test for bothe the Language and Literature tests, it is a reasonable value for the money and deserves a slightly higher rating than a book with comparable quality but only one test covered might.

Sure to become a collectable, this calender features some great shots of the favorite ships of Star Trek. Every one from the classic Enterprise to Voyager and even the new Enterprise. The pictures are so nice that you will be proud to hang this on your office wall. Just don't ruin it, you will want to go back and look at it time and time again.

The issue of to landscape or not to landscape has been argued long and hard since this calendar first came out. Personally, I like the landscape version as I don't write on my calendar, I just use it to reference the date. Perhaps they should release two versions of the calendar and then we can debate "letterbox versus fullscreen" to our little trekkie heart's content. As always it's the artwork that keeps me buying this calendar no matter what the format. The beautifully rendered pictures are so much more fascinating than a calendar filled with frames cut from the TV shows or movies. I would have rated it five stars, but Simon and Schuster has cancelled the book that they have been promising in the last two versions of the calendar, so I'm a little peeved at them.

It a very good Calender,the Pictures are all original art work.a great job.