Not your average daily-dose of humor, and aside from being an amusing gift, I don't recommend this calendar even/especially to diehard Dilbert fanatics.

I bought this to brighten up my day. Unfortunately my boss thought it subversive and forced me to take it down. It is so on target about business today you'll be shocked. DRC members UNITE, buy this calendar and bug your boss!

The thing is, I got bored of our old, boring, corporate calendar, with the company logo on every single page. So I bought this one. Everyone in my department has thought that it's amusing, even my boss gave it a compliment!

The author, Adam Engst, has a lot of good information about Eudora to share, but it's lost in a frustrating mish-mosh of cross-platform coverage.

Engst covers both the Windows and the PC versions of Eudora 4.2 in the same book. Mac users account for 3% of the population, yet in the book, they're treated as if they're equal in number to Windows users: virtually every paragraph of text follows a structure of "Mac users do this..., Windows users do this". Whether you are a Mac user or a Windows user, it is difficult to absorb the material when you have to mentally train yourself to overlook or forgot inapplicable information.

Even the screen shots are schizophrenic: on a single page, one screen shot is usually from a Mac, another from a PC, and the third from a Mac again. Since Eudora has slightly different menus for its Mac and Windows versions, it's not always easy to follow the procedures.

I like Engst's writing style. I just wish he would have kept his Mac (or his PC - take your pick) out of it.

Next time, I hope the publisher releases separate editions of the book, or makes a command decision to limit coverage to one platform.

This is the perfect guide to what very well may be one of the most powerful e-mail programs around. Whether you are a Windows or Macintosh user, this book will teach you everything you need to know to become very proficient, very quickly. Don't be intimidated by the nearly 300 pages; with plenty of screen shots from both platforms, and highly organized content, this is a quick read as well as a quick learn. Adam Engst starts off with a basic explanation of Eudora's features, to get you up and running quickly, then follows with an in-depth description of every feature. Also included are a wealth of links to Eudora help sites, newsgroups and mailing lists, both official and unofficial. Also, don't worry if you have the newer Eudora 4.3, it is virtually identical to the 4.2 version.

One of the major attractions of Eudora is it's incredible power and flexibility. Not suprisingly, a new (or even an experienced) user will likely fail to avail himself or herself of a number of the important features. The easiest and most enjoyable solution to this hurdle would be to read Adam Engst's Eudora 4.2: Visual QuickStart Guide. It is well organized and more readable than almost any other computer related book that I have ever encountered. Simply putÉbuy it, you'll like it!

I am an experienced user of Fortran 77, who is returning to Fortran after several years absence. I qualified as language lawyer for Fortran 77 and could quote chapter and verse of the standard.

The new syntax for Fortran 90/95 is fairly straightforward. I need to no how the new elements of the language inter-relate. For example, when assumed shape arrays are used in a subroutine, an interface definition is required. I tried reading this book before attempting this and could not find the requirement. Even after learning this experimentally and from another book, I still can't locate the requirement in this book. I have had similar experiences with other syntactical inter-relationships.

This book contains a lot of information on Fortran 90/95, but I can't recommend it either as a tutorial or as an advanced reference. Unfortunately, there are no other good alternatives in print and this may be the best of the bunch.

This book covers the complete FORTRAN 95 language definition. The author apparentely intended it as clarifification of the ISO/J3 standard. And that's just what it is. This book even reproduces the complete official F95 grammar in one of its appendices. It has a more-than-complete index, which helps you find what you're looking for most of the time. Don't expect examples in this book; there aren't any.

If you're new to programming and you wish to learn FORTRAN, don't buy this book. You cannot learn the language from it, unless you already have a lot of programming experience in F77 or other languages. If you want to know all the capabilities and limitations of F95, or if you're going to write an F95 compiler, this book has got to be the number one book on your wishlist.

This is not a textbook, but it is an important reference for the Fortran 95 programmer. It covers the features inherited from Fortran 77 as well as the new features in Fortran 90 and 95.

I am from Reading (Berks County) and I have found these books somewhat interesting. I read them at night when I can't get to sleep and they always do the trick. They are like I said somewhat interesting but the writing style of bringing the reader into the story and adding some pizzazz to it has a lot to be desired. I love a good Ghost story. These well as much as I have really tried to see them as good and well written I find them more a nod then anything. If you want a real good Ghost Story Book get the one called Christmas Ghosts, I forget who it is written by but it will leave you wanting more and more unlike these that you just keep hoping the next one will be good, but it may be worth the read if you are really into ghost stories.

Ghost Stories of Berks County is one of the few book I have read that i really enjoyed. I heard many things about the ghost in Berks County, but i never heard the full stories. This book finally gave me a chance to read those stories I have heard so much about. My favorite chapter is the one where the author talks about the ghosts of Hawk Mountian. My friends always talk about them, but i never heard the stories behind them. I really like the way the author not only tells the stories, but how he adds quotes from people who like there and have experienced these ghosts. That's main reason I enjoyed this book so much. Although I noticed few misspelled words, I still think this book was well written. To anyone who is interested in ghosts or the unexplained, I recommend Ghost Stories of Berks County.

I have lived in Berks County all my life and really loved these book from the time I was 10. I enjoyed them so much because I know were these places are and even some of the people involved. One story is about my best friend's house. I really enjoyed these books and have enjoyed all the other books Mr. Adams has written.

I won't go to the point-of-the-book part, because i think it's pretty obvious from the title. Well, I have to say this book is somewhere between what you called a best written non-fiction and an ordinary bunch of ideas which's packed in a book. Basically, I like this book, at least enough to stop me from mocking it. I agree with some ideas they give. But ever since I'm from a different culture(asian), there are some complications on pratical process, where for some reason the theories can't be done, at least in my surroundings. I'm not saying this book is specially made for the 'western culture'(or is it?) but still, some of the contents just don't click with me. Read this edition then you'll see what I mean.

This is a very good book. It's not too confusing, and it goes step by step. You could start your own buisiness by reading this!

A great resource for people who have a desire to start their own business but don't know the technical details of it. The "business brainstormer" sections can be great for getting the information straght in your mind and for your spreadsheet.

You should not use this book for details; for more specialized information, I read Business Plans for Dummies. This is also a book for more low-budget businesses; if you're in the several thousand dollar range, this book is full of good information in an easy to read format (ever fall asleep while reading a business book? Lord knows I have!),

I read a used copy of this book. The author deals with pain...the pain of recognizing and claiming one's sexual identity and the pain of living life until death. The stories are nicely written with great description and expression of feeling.

Nice style and well written. I read this a while ago but it stayed with me.

Klein sure knows how to dance, but with words, baby. With words. I enjoyed this read. It has guts, swings along and then hits you like a half baked pie --- pow. Like a weeping monkey in the garden, or a squealing cat in the laundry. Sad, yes. Wounded, hounded and powerful fiction, oh double yes.
If you like JT Leroy, this book will make you happy.

This is a great introduction to the Episcopal Church for anyone who considers themself to be an intellectual, a skeptic, or a secular humanist. Adams is witty and backs up his arguments with a theology that invites people in to experience Christ without fearing that they'll be brainwashed.

This could be a helpful book for any spiritual searcher who is turned off by the religious right, but would really like to be part of a church. James Adams offers many helpful interpretations of scripture, and a historical background that will help readers see that Christian philosophers and church leaders back through the centuries have raised most of the questions that today's doubters raise. The only quibble I had while reading it is that I think the author occasionally pushes his arguments too far - but this is a book that's just right for people who are naturally skeptical and like to argue. I'm glad I bought it and will pass it on to others

. . . or, as the Episcopal priest of a friend of mine told him, "A good Episcopalian is an athiest two days a week." It is somewhat in that spirit that James Adams' SO YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT RELIGIOUS was written. It's for people who think they're not conventionally religious but who like the idea of belonging to a faith community (a local church), or who have some religious beliefs but not, they think, to the extent their church would demand. If you would feel like a hypocrite standing up and reciting the Apostles' or Nicene creeds ("We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus his only begotten Son . . ."), then this book is for you.

Adams makes some very useful points in this layman-oriented book. First, many churches--especially Espiscopal churches, his home base--are open to skeptics. Second, many skeptics have more beliefs than they realize. Third, many of your pewmates are more flexible than you may think and perhaps they are somewhat skeptical themselves. Fourth, reciting the ancient creeds is not a scientific formula ("WE belive THAT") but instead a confession of corporate hope and longing ("WE believe IN"). Adams even adds some helpful pointers on how to go "church-shopping"--very useful in this age of ecclesiastical diversity (for example: in other countries of the world, an "Anglican" church is merely a church that is descended from the Church of England, but here in the USA it's often used as a code word to indicate conservatism of style and theology).

My quibbles with Adams' generous and useful book are minor. I am uncomfortable with his assertion that "[c]hurches with a racial and cultural mix exist, but by examining them closely the visitor will likely find them to be congregations in transition from one kind of people to another." (p. 190). This is uncomfortably close to the late Mike Royko's observation that racial integration in Chicago exists between the time the first black family moves in and the last white family moves out. Happily, I know of several Episcopal churches in Chicago that entertain a racial/ethnic mix; in fact, they do better than other upper-middle-class denominations in that regard.

This is a fine book for an inquirer's class or just to read alone. Although meant for Episcopalians, it works well for people who would really like to join a church but who fear they would have to check their brain at the cloakroom before entering the sanctuary. Adams shows the ethical, spiritual, intelligent and honorable approach to embark upon a religious life.

Prof. Ulam's recent death need not deter anyone from finding this book a welcome salve to the usual academic tomes that even he sometimes produced during his many years as a father of Sovietology. His studennts and colleagues knew him as a real "mensch" and this book shows those who didn't get to know him how a powerful set of personal experiences, both before and during the Cold War, made it possible for Adam to create a unique body of knowledge which was truly innovative.

Those who were not terrible cognizant of the sometimes stark and sometimes ambigious realities of the Cold War will find this an engaging read.

I have never read any of Professor Ulam's other works (I believe the tally ended at 18, with this book, after Ulam's death). I had been told by several friends and colleagues that his were, if nothing else, a brilliant marriage of the scholarly and the approachable. The latter is more the case here, wherein Ulam provides his life story, with the tumultuous changes in Europe (both East AND West) as the backdrop.

More than just a series of anecdotes strung together with a calendar, Ulam presents us with gripping and often moving tales from his past - including, most notably (to me), his departure from Poland at the age of 16, just six days before Hitler's invasion.

This is a book I'll proudly display on my shelf; it's certainly not one I would have run out and bought the second it hit the shelves, but it was, like a roller-coaster ride through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, a breathtaking journey, and one I'll revisit again and again.

Written by Adam B. Ulam (1922-2000) an erudite professor emeritus of Harvard University, Understanding The Cold War: A Historian's Personal Reflections, is both an engaging, informative examination of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and a an intimate, candid confession of how the world-changing effects of the Cold War personally affected his family. Vividly written and tracing a personal legacy in the post World War II world, Understanding The Cold War offers the reader a different perspective on history, embracing the microcosmic as well as the world-spanning shape of events.

Thomas More dreams of a world of tolerance and antimilitarism, but also of collectivism and anticapitalism (a world without money). For him, a world based on private property cannot be prosperous and just. He considered all treaties between prosperous states as a conspiracy of riches.
So, he was more radical than the most diehard leftist of today.
His principal targets are kings, religious authorities and the landowners with their disastrous policy of enclosures, driving all farmers and their families into certain poverty and death.
He gives us also a juicy mockery of the Swiss, who sold themselves as mercenaries to the highest bidders.
This book is still a worth-while read.

Generally, this is a very good edition of utopia. The translation from Latin is clear and very readable. Furthermore, the critical texts are a great help to the student. Now I don't have to run off to collect them from various magazines. In principle the inclusion of other utopias is a good idea as well. However, I was somewhat disturbed by the editorial notes on "Looking backward". It does not seem to me as if Mr. Adams has read very much of the novel. For instance, I found his comments on the role of women in the book misleading.

Thomas More's incredible, influential work, has one foot in the Middle Ages and the other in the Renaissance. More reflects on the Middle Ages, but was not yet ready for the Lutheran reformation. More offers both humor (for example, using gold as chamber pots), and political thinking on capitalism. I however think his Utopia is a reflection of the monastic system (without severe asceticism) rather than communism. I'm sure it is no accident that geographic the island of Utopia is similar to England. It is ironic that More did not heed Raphael's advice about servitude to the king. The inclusion of the humanist letters adds further to the humor.

This fine edition includes important predecessor such as Plato's republic and the Acts of the Apostles. Description from Amerigo Vespucci's first voyage, calls to mind Rousseau's "Noble Savage". With the inclusion of selections from Ovid to Brave New World this book includes almost two millennium of utopian thinking.

Set in an italian neighborhood in England with WWII as a backdrop, a child is born, fatherless and instantly motherless, into a family who can not love him. He is not one of them, and his grandmother and grandfather see him as the murderer of her child, thier daughter...but they raise him out of obligation, teach him to work in their deli, send him to good schools, and fulfill their obligations to him. Gian Luca does well, forges his way very well in everything he does, but a time comes when he can no longer offer himself to his own success...he begins to see himself, and others in a way that challenges his sense of place in life.. A beautiful book for those who appreciate the culture of food, the myth of neighborhood, the dynamic and extraordinary constitution of family, and how all of these things tie to each other and lead back to the individual man's relationship with living. This is a strange, and engaging book, so well written, and very unique. I wish there were a way to get this book back IN print! I buy this book as a gift often. A book you want to share with others.

This book sheds light on male identity, bi-racial attitudes and connection to place and time. Hall does an amazing job discussing how a man finds his identity when he is a bastard child. It is obvious she imparts her own feelings of attatchment and isolation into the main character - GianLuca. I thouroughly enjoyed this work and was amazed at some of the issues Hall addresses.