This book is an excellent read : strong on substance without getting too complicated. The book does a good job of balancing the vision with the technology that is going on now. While this book does go into details (ontologies, taxonomies, XML technologies, RDF, web services, etc.), it does it in such a way that it is easy to understand. It is good in that there are some chapters that are geared towards businessmen (CTOs), and others geared for the more technical.

Don't think that you can read it all in one sitting, though. I just finished it, but I will probably need to re-read some of the chapters (the chapter on ontologies is very good, but is a lot to digest). I enjoyed this book immensely. Other books I have seen on this subject are way too difficult to understand.

This book is timely on the market. The importance of introducing semantics into a Java Web Services Architecture is important. The authors did a great job of explaining the problem space for freshers as well as those with experience.

Simply put, buy this book.

This winter break I went on a Shakespeare buying spree, and this book is one of the fine gems I found. A large, but fascinating book, this work of great scholarship and excitement takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Shakespeare, even into rather obscure corners of his works (Trollius and Cressida, Timon of Athens). This book is a must read for any would be deep thinker about Shakespeare.

Shakespeare as Political Thinker is a must for everyone interested in the political thought of William Shakespeare. This reprint will finally allow new comers to become familair with a commonsensical approach to Shakespeare's plays. The introductory chapter by John Alvis is worth the price. Perhaps the best Shakespearean critic alive, Alvis has an uncanny ability to show Shakespeare's moral seriousness without making the bard an unquestioning adherent to any political school or theological creed. Many of the essays that follow are also well done: Jaffa's chapter on Shakespeare's entire corpus, Laurence Berns' meditation on Lear etc.

The second printing of Shakespeare as Political Thinker gives hope to those interested in relearning ancient wisdom and pays tribute to its inspiration, Shakespeare's Politics (Allan Bloom).

Damrosch's book is the most definitive treatment of Nayler (also spelled Naylor), the controversial contemporary od George Fox, who was tried byt he English Parliament for blasphemy. It corrects many of the factual errors in Bittle's book on the same subject.

Friends; I have finished a new book, "The Sorrows of the Quaker Jesus; James Nayler and the Puritan Crackdown on the free Spirit", by Leo Damrosch, Prof of Literature, Harvard. One of Prof. Damrosch's main interests is the Puritan reaction to Quakers, to do this he develops, as background, a description of mid-17th Century Quakerism. I wish he had done as well for Puritanism. Another interest is the shoddy treatment Nayler received from Parliament (which really had no business dealing with Nayler, but since there was no Constitution, who is to say) and the shoddy (but different) treatment Nayler received from G. Fox and other Quakers. Since Damrosch is not trying to "convince" to Qism this was a refreshing treatment for me. He has worked with a concordance to find the Biblical allusions of Quaker speech and writing to fair success, missing only a few important ones. University presses are pricey, this is $40, but I am glad I paid the price. Joseph H. Condon, Engineer, Quaker

I'm from Michigan, but I have some Florida friends and have visited a few times. I grew up in the country. I think that country people look to the country wherever they go. When we visit Florida, I ditch the town and hit the creeks and springs right away. I only eat at local-owned restaurants. It's just the best thing in the world to eat fish fresh caught by the owners at a beach-front restaurant.

Anyway, this Michigander says this book is right on! So, Leo, you've got cross-over status! You don't have to be from Florida. All it takes is an appreciation of unvarnished reality. Straight, family-style storytelling. Truth is always stranger than fiction anyway. Why invent things when life itself is so rich? Leo, you're onto something!

I publish "small world" books myself...Leo's book is an example of what I call a good book! (Oh, and I had nothing to do with it, except to read it, recognize something good and wish it well!)

Read this book to read about real life. It shows a heritage anyone could have pride in. And it's being replaced by what? ...

Enjoy the last of the Panhandle while you can, folks. But don't worry: "they" are doing the same to the rest of the country. What a thing to leave your kids. (Oh, that's not why you ruined our land? Why then?) But remember: the enemy is us: whenever we buy from a chain, franchise or absentee-owner, we're helping destroy the heritage this land had.

I *especially* enjoyed reading the preface where Leo says thanks to the local fish patrol, who if they hadn't busted him he would've never had the time off work to write this book. There ya have it!

I am a native Floridian, but I had never spent a large amount of time in the small fishing villages on the Gulf Coast, mainly just going en route to the beach or for (in my opinion) the best seafood in the world. This book does a wonderful job of bringing places like Spring Creek to life, with all of its natural beauty and fascinating people. It's also a great read because everything is broken up into short stories, and by the time you're finished you'll feel like you've been there and met the people and seen the sights that have clearly made a tremendous impression on the author. Also notable is that the book is fantastically illustrated with drawings of the wildlife and natural scenery. Sadly, though, it appears that the book will stand as a memorial to a way of life that the State of Florida seems have decided is expendable, despite the fact that people like these are so much of a part of Florida's heritage. (Sorry for ranting there) Anyway, I highly recommend this book without any reservation.

I found Star gold on my bedroom shelf last year and i read it, It was like a 85 Minute Movie, Leo P. Kelley is the master of Space police and Prison Planet adventures. They should make Lego Toys of his Characters. In the Future, Earth has now become a Prison world, It's ruled by Prisoners from Many worlds, And A space police ship surrounds it. Brett Kinkaid is a EX Space police commander imprisoned on Earth for murdering a man, that He says he killed in Self-Defence. He lives on the Planet with One-eyed Alien Lor'l. Inside a cave, But after a day collecting food, And being attacked by vicous wolves, Brett pays a visit by Rich man Adam Lane. Who tells him about the Planet Alba, and his Daughter Alison is kidnapped and held there, Brett is offered freedom if he does the job. Brett gathers friend Lor'l and other prisoners Karen and Zeno, and they take Lane's ship to Alba. During the mission, Lor'l is killed, And Karen is wounded, Kinkaid gets a secret discovered. That Lane and his colonists are really theives. Stealing the Albians gold, which supports their lifeforce. Kinkaid in the end is given his command back, After Space police and prison ships arrest the Colonists and return Zeno and Karen back to Earth. This is a good Story but there is only one question. "Leo P. Kelley, Will Earth really become a paradise for Futuristic Convicts?"

Brett Kinkaid is a former commander of the space police, and is sentenced to life on Earth which has become a prison world. Kinkaid is offered freedom by a rich man, if he rescues his daughter alison, Kinkaid grabs a crew of prisoners and begins the mission when Kinkaid doesn't know that the kidnappers life support is gold and the rich man is steeling it.

I bought this book when taking a graduate in literacy class on childrens literature. I found this a great help as I was putting together an author study about Leo Lionni. I love Leo's work and was able to intergrate his stories with other subject areas through the use of the activities into this book. His stories teach about getting along and friendship and can aide in creating a classroom environment. If you are a k-2 teacher creating an author study, you will have more hten what you need from this book.

This book has a resource of activities to help children experience and extend the stories of Leo Lionni. Initially, I bought this book because I have several Leo Lionni's books, but after reviewing this book I realize that it will be useful with other books as well. This book is an excellent book to own for teachers and parents. The activities in this book will demonstrate problem-solving, sharing, kindness, conflict resolution and generosity. Many of the activities have little or no cost, except the cost of making copies for the students. This book has given me new ideas to use in my classroom, and with my children at home. I am very pleased with this book and I am confident that this book will pay for itself after one use.

This is a great book on Team Roping by author Leo Camarillo & I could be Joe Beaver the team roping (header) & my team roping (heeling) partner Alica Foster or Stephen Shore.

This is the man who turned team roping into an art form. It would be cool to do team roping in Las, Vegas Nevada at The National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center & other places would be cool & fun!

Leo Camarillo has a wife named Sharon & they live near Lockeford, California & continue to compete and win at rodeos throughout the country. Leo has a brother Jerold & cousin Reg Camarillo also conducts roping schools for aspiring ropers.

Now when two cowboys rope a steer, they must brand it & let it go back to it's mother...

I loved it!!!

i found this book at a time in my roping career where as most people get sometimes think they know it all and this book really helped me get back to the fundimentals and greatly improved my times, it also helped me with heeling where i was self taught and fairly concistent i am now as good a heeler as i am a header (almost). the book braught me back to the fundimentals, i think if it helped me it can help you.

The poetry of Leo Yankevich is full with a profound spirituality and mysticism. It probes the temporal and the eternal with great integrity of thought. It is easy to relate to the words, and so it is with ease that we follow the course of his thoughts which are amazingly accurate. It also provokes in the reader a need to cut away from automatism/routine of life, and plunge in the rhymes like into healing waters. We may find under our feet at times, the sharp silex or the silky sands of his words, but every single word is an answer to a question, or a question to an answer.The imagery and symbolism are of an amazing and deep beauty,Indeed a crusade that noone should miss reading.

Thank you to the author for this wonderful book.

Leo Yankevich speaks with Polish urgency and his poems are not acts of a tiny ineffectual self-aggrandisement but are communications flung forth from one proudly humble facet of his psychological basis, to another basis, to another facet. He writes to calm himself and to understand himself, and because it is the absence of calmness that confuses him. He writes to appease the multitudes within himself, and his poetry is proudly intimate to himself, a cleansing of the soul.

Everywhere we discover echoes of an unEnglish eastern language, because English cannot adequately describe this man's inner rhythms. Hid fealty is to the real poetry our species has created, and he abjures the nonsense of the moment. Constantly I hear echoes of Thomas Hardy, of George Trakl, of that light from which our only comfort is in reluctant darkness.

It is too bad that so many people are intimidated by the 1500 pages of this book because once you get started, its deterring volume becomes irrelevant. I was immediately drawn into the fast-paced story and to its characters like the dysfunctional Bolkonskys, the oh so wonderful Rostovs (some members of both families were based on real-life Tolstoys) and the confused yet loveable Pierre Bezuhov.

An edition with an index, list of all characters, footnotes and maps would be preferable. I don't know if one exists, but this edition offers no assistance, so you're on your own. I added to my own list of characters as I advanced through the book. The battle descriptions were quite confusing at times, especially since I am not familiar with Russian geography (where exactly do they go when they retreat by way of the Kaluga road?), and I referred to my "Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars" (Pope) for maps and to "The Age of Napoleon" (Herrod) for more information about the individual campaigns. I had the best intentions of dissecting this book but was soon swept away by its compelling story, barely stopping to underline the most brilliant sections before moving on (but not before re-reading out loud my favorite paragraphs to my ever so patient dog). The images left in my head are countless and priceless, such as the description of the sledge horses kicking up the snow, "hard and glittering like sugar", and the snowy plain that, "glittering like a diamond with bluish lights in it, lay stretched out on all sides, all motionless and bathed in moonlight." [p.597] Unforgettable the moment when young Rostov, wounded in battle, sees soldiers coming toward him: "What are they running for? Can they be running to me? And what for? To kill me? Me, whom every one's so fond of?" [p.207] Later it's Prince Andrey's turn: wounded on the battlefield he blends out the commotion and noise around him: "But he saw nothing of that. Above him there was nothing but the sky - the lofty sky, ... with grey clouds creeping quietly over it. 'How was it I did not see that lofty sky before?'" [p.313]

This timeless book will broaden your mental horizon in regards to life and death, material and spiritual aspects of life, humankind and its individuals' daily struggles within the movements of the masses. Looking for the numerous polarities (war and peace, life and death, love and hate, movement and stillness, age and youth, heat and cold, individual and masses) was a lot of fun. Be prepared for the many questions wthat pop up throughout the novel: "What for?" "Why me?" "Can it be so?"

Please give this book a try, it's mindblowing.

Yes, "War and Peace" is one of the great novels of all time, but it's also one you'll be spending a month or more with when you finally read it, and I enthusiastically recommend this edition when you do. The type is clear, the paper thin but still opaque, and the binding strong but flexible and resilient. I own two other editions, but bought this one just because I found it so readable.

This book is colourful and interactive. It allows an educator to tailor the book to it's audience of toddlers to school age.

My grandchildren, ages 4 and 18 months, never tire of thisbook! It holds their interest more than any other book they own. Although the recommended age is 4-8, at mcuh earlier ages they loved the vivid colors, shapes, and illustrations. The cut-out shapes fascinate them, whether for a game of peek-a-boo, or the action involved in flipping the page and seeing a different picture behind each cutout. As my 4-year-old learns to read, he now enjoys the book at a different level but just as much. The illustrations are beautiful and even hold my interest with repeated readings, something I can't say for other children's books. In instituting values, we also like the message of diversity, which the children perceive easily as they recognize and relate to the hands of people of different colors. If you're only buying one children's book as a gift, for the children's own library, or to keep for your granchild's visits, this is an absolute must for ages 1 to 8.