This book contains 51 different articles, thesis', poems and rants about Madonna, by authors varied as Camille Paglia and Vincent Canby to Henry Rollins and Liz Smith. It includes various one page cartoons and strips from "Mad" magazine and the Village Voice, and also in the mix are Rolling Stone poll results, a David Letterman top ten list about "Truth or Dare", and Sandra Bernhard writing about her Madonna dreams from her book "Confessions of a Pretty Lady". This book is chock full of more useless information about Madonna that us fans crave, new and old...The information covers roughly the 1984-1991 era (her most active IMHO) and is very entertaining, though not for the average reader. Madonna fans will find this book a great resource and companion to "The Madonna Companion", also a collection of written works about Madonna, though it is more on the scholarly edge. So this book is recommended to Madonna collectors, and all others...Borrow it from your own "Madonna freak".

I use this book with preservice teachers but find it is also helpful for me - an elementary teacher with over 10 years of experience. Different types of portfolios are addressed including setting up your porfolio for an interview. This book is very easy to understand and use.

A well-researched and useful resource, especially for one in my field, I found this composition, particularily the index format, exceedingly sterile and at times difficult to use. The bibliographical references are at times alarmingly thin, but still useful. A good handbook for Indo-European language educators/students nevertheless.

This tape is hilarious in the truest sense of the Dilbert comic strip. The best humor has roots in reality, and all of us can find elements of the strip that relates to our jobs, unless of course you are a pointy haired manager. A weasel is someone who takes as long as possible to do as little as possible, will always engage in CYA, will kiss a lot of A, and always agree with anyone in a position of superiority. Having this many different characteristics, the weasel can take on many forms, so it is difficult to ferret out who is a true weasel versus someone who just appears to be one. This tape will not help you identify one, but it will help you to tolerate one.
I enjoyed the tape, occasionally laughing, but often grimacing at humerous stories that simultaneously hit my funny bone and other sensitive spots.

A bit outdated nowadays but a good image of the state of the art in computer networks a few years ago, a listing of all the computer networks in the world (Including all Internet networks) and contact information.

A reprint of the second "Dirty Pair" american comics mini-series(circa 1990), this one centers around the 3WA Trouble Consultant team "Lovely Angels," better known as the "Dirty Pair," on vacation. Of course, wherever Kei and Yuri go, trouble follows, and sure enough, it finds them. This time, the trouble comes in the form of Shasti, a genetically engineered "bioroid," who also happens to be a rogue 3WA agent. Kei and Yuri are forced to engage in a lunatic persuit of her throughout the book, leading up to a final confrontation in deep space. But not before they get arrested by the local police, infiltrate a luxury space-liner, disguise themselves as nubile server girls, and destroy an entire city, of course.

The artwork here isn't as impressive as later entries in the series, but that is understandable since this was only Adam Warren's second professional comics job. That said, the artwork is still nice to look at, and conveys the proper sense of hyperactivity customary in a story featuring Kei and Yuri.

The story itself is action-packed, and has a distinctly "Leathal Weapon" flare to it. And Shasti is one of the best female comics villans ever created.

On the downside, the science-fiction element in this story is a bit lacking compared to the later stories, which is why I have given it four stars instead of five. Still highly recommended, but a reader new to the "Dirty Pair" should start with "A Plague of Angels" or "Sim Hell."

George W. Adams was Chairman of the History Department at Southern Illinois University when I was an undergraduate there.

As a student of Dr. Adams, I had the intestinal fortitude to review his book as a class project.

Not only was I a history major, I had just been discharged from the Army having served three years as a medic.

I was fairly critical of Dr. Adams book. Although history is its long suit, it falls a little short in the "medical facts" department.

For example, he glossed over the infection which could be caused by a slow moving minie-ball travelling through already soiled clothing. Without the benefits of anti-biotics, this was one of the leading causes of death during the Civil War.

Nonetheless, it is an excellent treatment of a rather specialized subject.

P.S. Dr. Adams gave my an "A" on my project.

It's a good book. Kogan Page is a serious publishing house.

Vroman's photographs are often without equal in their ability to capture timelessness and "being there". Many fascinating faces, personalities almost visible, of Hopi, Zuni, Laguna, Acoma, Navajo peoples, all taken in their pueblos or hogans.

Each photo has a detailed explanation of what is shown, including (often) the story behind it. This is probably the best collection of such photos between covers available on the people of this area, and most were taken between 1895 and 1904.

One of the BEST reference books on Wedgwood yet. This book is basically a pictorial inventory of all the items that are part of the Beeson Collection located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the largest single collection of Wedgwood outside of the UK. A wonderful book with lots of superb color and black and white photos, and descriptions of all the major categories of ware, including Jasperware, Basalt, Caneware etc.

As an avid collector, I rely on seeing the actual identification marks (the curve of the impressions, the case, etc.), not just a description, for each piece. Otherwise I would have rated the book 5 stars. I do think the authors could have provided more photographs of the identification marks, including all the variations.