This book is like a one-stop shopping guide to Adult education. It is so comprehensive that I doubt it leaves out one development in the history of adult education. My only warning is that the opening chapters which basically trace many theories of learning (both adult and traditional) are hard to get through -- it reads more like a research paper that summarizes every major educational theory since the beginning of time. But, if you don't want to know that much, you can simply skip these chapters and get right to the meat of the adult learning theories which are more appropos. For those who need a quick primer on learning theories, you'll love the first few chapters for their abundance of quick summary information. A useful guide to adult education.

Malcolm Knowles is known as the "Grandfather of Adult Education" in many circles, and this update of his original book does him justice. I recommend the book as a primary resource for people looking for information about how adults learn (adult learning theory), as well as what works and how to make it work in different situations.

For those new to Knowles work, this book really is a 'must'. It takes the reader through the essentials of adult education, both in the traditional environments of adult education and in settings such as the workplace. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues faced by professional educators each day, and also offers significant guidance on future practice. To those who have read past editions of the book, as I have, you will find the Swanson and Holton work true to the spirit of Knowles, and the two authors have introduced more than enough new material to justify buying this Fifth Edition.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, being already more than sold on the value proposition presented by lemurs of all shapes and sizes. I'm convinced that the lemur is destined to become the most popular primate of the millenium, and this book should be at the top of the charts for those wishing to catch the rising tide of lemur fanatics. The San Francisco Zoo's new Lipman Family Lemur Forest exhibit presents two of only twelve Aye-ayes in the United States, and having visited it recently I now plan to return next weekend to apply the newfound in-depth Aye-aye background I've gleaned from my reading of this book. Moreover, lemurs are but the tip of the iceberg here! Rife with hilarious descriptions of Giant Jumping rats, tortoises, and grubs of all shapes and sizes, Durrell's personal tone, dry wit, and entertaining presentation kept me amused and reading until the wee hours of the morn. I'll be seeking out more of his works, and would happily recommend this to anyone with an interest in lemurs, obscure regions of the world, travel, conservation, the Aye-aye, and furry or reptilian critters, period.

This book was absolutely fabulous. As a college student interested in someday studying aye-ayes in the forests of Madagascar, reading this book was sheer pleasure. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested at all in lemurs, Madagascar, or simply in animal anecdotes or conservation.

Durrell's writing brings the reader behind the scenes in this awesome and mystical country. Travel to unexplored villages and rainforests and expirence life in the cities. Awe inspiring indeed.

Tough reading to get through with many buzzwords that leave you feeling like you're catching feathers in a windstorm. However, principals defined are interesting and some seem to work for me. But to be clear, once again, there's no "magic" to learning and retaining knowledge - just hard work. This approach has some merit - but requires hard work.

A very well-written and interesting book, which goes over a lot of the same information as "Superlearning 2000" and "The Einstein Factor." There are sections on how the brain works, using classical music to boost intelligence, etc. These sections were very interesting. Toward the end of the book, however, the focus shifts to methods teachers and corporate trainers can use to boost learning in their students, which I could not relate to.

The authors really realize that a reader will have no curiosity if there is no reason to read. That's why they start with some facts and some futurists" idea to make a reader aware that he should change his paradigm and start to learn untill die to be ready in any situation.And they really propose better based on new theories and researches to develop the method or steps in learning to become the accelerators.

My 8 year old reads this series to her 6 year old sister and they both love it. The Princesses are strong role models for little girls and help them to learn to deal with problems in a positive light. Although some form of magic is involved, the Princesses show good leadership and strong values. They learn to face problems without fear. How nice for little girls!

Demetra trades a lock of her hair for a magic ball from a fourtune teller. Then trouble is melting white winterland!

This good book shows what can happen if you don't think about what you're doing first. Over all, I think everyone should read this book!

"Fulcrum" tells the story of Alex Zuyev, a Soviet fighter pilot who flew his MiG-29 fighter across the Black Sea to Turkey in the spring of 1989. An experienced and gifted aviator, Zuyev was never enamored with communism long enough t become disillusioned with it. "Fulcrum" recounts Zuyev's childhood, joining the VVS, training for fighter pilot duty, and managing to miss Afghanistan (though he lobbied hard to go into a combat unit, his skills made him a natural choice for the first slot chosen to fly the advanced MiG-29). At every turn, Zuyev is beaten down by the rigors of living in the CCCP - mindless dogmatism dominate much of the citizenry, while corruption and cronyism typify life among the higher-levels. By 1985 and Gorbachev, the Soviet Union is terminal - with the economy in shambles and Afghnanistan bleeding the cream of the Russian military blind. Even Gorbachev's good intentions backfire (like an experiment in prohibition that only invigorates the black market for Vodka, and drives everybody else to kill themselves seeking more dangerous substances to feed the national tradition of alcoholism). Frustrated with the Soviet government, and fearing that he might be ordered to fly strike missions against civilian unrest, Zuyev decided it was time to get out. Though admitting he knew safer ways to escape the Soviet Union (he openly scoffed at the myth that the Soviet frontier is an impassible wall), Zuyev decides that his defection will be spectacular. Concocting an elaborate plan involving a cake spiked with sleeping pills, Zuyev plots to steal one of his squadron's MiG-29's, along with its advanced missiles. Nothing goes according to plan, but Zuyev manages to get his jet to freedom (only to see it handed back to the Russians, missiles and all once he is granted asylum in Turkey).

"Fulcrum" is both enlightening and disappointing. Certainly we've got a more inside look at the insides of Soviet life and the red military machine than we've had before, but the resulting story is one we've read about or heard about countless times - that life in the CCCP was a dispiriting grind between corruption and greed in the inner circles and robotic communism and deprivation everywhere else. Doubtless, the Soviets deserved their bad rap, but there's little point to writing a book that does more to feed our biases than informs them. Zuyev gives us an unparalleled look into the VVS, the branch of Soviet Military dedicated to long-range, offensive air operations (The Soviets had no single branch of the military for their Air Force, much as our AF was little more than a branch of the army until 1947). At that point, "Fulcrum" rules, surpassing "MiG Pilot", the true story of Viktor Belenko who flew to the west in the seventies. The novelty of concentrating on characters who otherwise exist as missile-fodder in Dale Brown novels is worth the price of the book. Unfortunately, book seldom focuses on dedicated red fliers and their cranky MiGs - frequently interrupted to more anecdotes about the nightmare of soviet life. Worse, when Zuyev does get back to being a fighter pilot, Zuyev never conveys what it's like to actually fly one of those amazing machines we call tactical aircraft. This is especially annoying because Zuyev's background provided an excellent method for fleshing out the experience of flying the MiG-29: his prior experience flying the older, faster but less agile MiG-23. Each plane is so distinct from the other, that each also provides a perfect counterpoint to the other. Zuyev manages to entirely skip the sensation of first flying the -23, his first combat aircraft (while the -23 was not new when Zuyev first completed flight training, his class was the first to skip the older MiG-21). Though stories of soviet life are necessary to frame the context of Zuyev's story, Zuyev turns that aspect of the story into the main story, one that overshadows even the wonder plane that becomes Zuyev's future. Instead the story of being a MiG pilot (the one I cracked open this book expecting to read) is painfully abbreviated. We don't even get a meaningful look into the flaws of the new jet (which had the directional instability common to contemporary aircraft of the west, but lacked the computer-augmented fly-by-wire controls standard in such aircraft; Zuyev mentions a flaw in the -29's early radar, but apparently one rectified earlier, since he never details it in his own plane; though gifted with supreme agility for a dogfighter, the MiG-29's small size meant it had painfully short range, while its pilots lacked the unobstructed visibility enjoyed by western pilots, and otherwise essential for dogfighting). Zuyev further muddies the book when taking another path entirely - detailing a list of now revealed Soviet secrets, including those dealing with the fate of American POWs, and Soviet decisionmaking in the 1983 KAL shootdown. While those subjects are important, the book places far too much importance on Zuyev's perspective merely because he is a Soviet, even though his personal proximity to those secrets is only slightly closer than that of the rest of us. (I doubt very many Americans would accept a similar account on the Iranian Airbus incident or the Stark incident merely because they came from US sailors who were otherwise nowhere near those incidents when they occurred).

In short, "Fulcrum" is two books - a very often excellent book on an underserved topic, but an even more frequently frustrating book that gets in the way of the more interesting story.

...This book taught me a lot about life. There were so many obstacles he had to overcome. I have always been amazed by the strength and endurance this man had.I never knew a person could endure such hardships and still be so unbelievably focused.When I get depressed and feel I'M having hard times I always think back to his story and feel ashamed of myself for thinking so selfishly. He was truly a sensitive and beautiful soul... This book shows the determined and powerful side of Alex, and his story is truly incredible. I honestly hope you will take the time to read the book. It will take you on a trip that you never though possible. The adreneline rush, the tears, the love, and most important, the incredible adventures of Alexander Zuyev...

I just saw an Associated Press news article telling of the death of Alexander Zuyev on June 10, 2001. He was only 40 years old. He and a friend died last Sunday when the Yakovlev 52 they were flying crashed in Washington state north of Seattle.

Read this book. It gives a fascinating description not only of growing up in the Soviet Union but of the difficulty of becoming a military pilot. It also gives a sickening picture of just how badly communism chewed up and destroyed its best people: Zuyev's own mother--whom he rescued--and some of his fellow pilots who weren't so lucky. His decision to defect was not made lightly or easily. The corruption and contradictions he saw were too much to take anymore. He had the courage to leave it all behind and take a chance with a nation he had been told so many lies about. The drugged cake was a stroke of genius.

Sadly, a plane crash has done what a sentry's bullet in the arm did not. This world is a poorer place. I never met him but I wish I had, if only to say "Thank you."

I'm a long time Gamer and Nemesis: A perfect world isn't the best game I've ever played. But it's good
The Major problem is various inconsistencies and typos take away from the game at times but once you get to reading the rich world and background you start to over look its problems.
To me that's a good sign if but Background and story alone a book can game can capture your imagination. Nemesis does exactly that.

The Basic is an event creates super humans and the world has to adapt and adapt it does. But were other games of similar concept let you down after the event Nemesis strays into uncharted territory bring superheroics , politics and mysticism all into play.
Israel has expanded its borders.
The Neo Nazis have taken Germany
and America has weathered the storm by sure force of will alone.

That I think is what makes the game call itself Superpunk. Because its not a world you would see in any Comic unless Alan Moore was writing. In fact in a way it reminds me a lot of Watchman, meets Top-ten with a lot of Moore's Mysticism thrown in. Also like more you end up wanting and wishing you had more story.

Rules wise after a lot of work figuring it out the game gets simple and Character generation works fine (average for a game, real good compared most first books by a company). You choose from the templates
Met: Super humans created by the Nemesis Star.. think X-Men
Magi: A generic name for any kind of magical practitioner...think Dr, Strange, Dr, Fate..
Normal: Skilled humans: Batman or the Punisher comes to mind
Supernaturals: Monsters of a various types if you've seen it on Buffy you can play it here and I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
Savads: Mystic Martial artist, Think Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Ball Z
Sorcerelle: A Female group of super sexy Magic users. Think like nothing you've seen before in a good way.

You take your templates customize the template with advantages and disadvantages and then customize the character with Powers, Skills spell and other things.

All in All Nemesis works out and is playable. I hope to see things improve for the company and the game. It's a good start. A better start than most.

I've been a off agaun and on again gamer for the past 5 years. I've never read comic books and thought nothing of superheroes.

That was Before Nemesis.

Nemesis is the best RPG I've ever played. It juggles magic, super powers and martial arts with the grace of an circus performer. Picture a world that stands between the light and dark .
A world were your granted superpowers and have the chance to save or destroy the world.
A world were the Nazi's are back in power, Dinos are Australia and magic is real.
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The Forawd by Paul Dini (of Batman Beyond fame)is also very funny and is the start of several very well written stories. that lead into every chapter. I almost laughed out loud when a Metahuman's mother questioned his sexuality and could feel the fear of Jewish family forced to leave Germany when the unthinkasble happens again.

I loved the idea of customizable character templates, Making a character based on yourself and combat that's fast and fun. I'm recommending it to all my mates and I'm looking foward seeing what's next fom Maximim CNG.

I've played lots of RPG's such as D&D and Vampire, but this game is one of the best RPG's I have ever seen. Instead of all the other games that just try make you walk around and hack up monsters, Nemesis: A.P.W. offers a better and more diverse system of play. Everything from the game's history to the quick and easy character generator makes this game the greatest. Just the simple idea of have Super Powers is invigorating but impossible, yet Nemesis: A.P.W. lets you experience the ultimate feel of being one of the most powerful beings on the face of the planet. I would recomend this game to anyone of any gameing level.

An influential collection, partly responsible for the late 1940s resurgence of interest in America's greatest author, this construction of Faulkner's narrative world is certainly no substitute for any of the novels. But it has its uses: readers who don't plan to read more than 3 of Faulkner's best novels may find some of Cowley's excerpts a reasonable consolation; Cowley's chronological ordering not only clarifies Faulkner's fictional world but exposes its organic unity; with the exception of "Barn Burning," most of the essential short fiction (including the frequently excerpted "The Bear") can be found here; the concluding commentary and genealogy which Cowley elicted from Faulkner himself is both helpful and a kind of Faulknerian literary piece in its own right.

A slight "down side" (apart from some questionable excerpting and over-emphasis on chronological at the expense of "narrative" time) is Cowley's somewhat "dated" aesthetic judgements (though at times refreshing, since the author was applying them to a "non-canonical" writer).

As for "Burn Burning," it's readily available, free of charge, on the Internet.

The Portable Faulkner is a wonderful intro to Faulkner, but it's just that--an introduction. It can't do whan the entirety of one of Faulkner's novels will do, and in some cases I recommend skipping a bit in the Portable Faulkner until the corresponding novel has already been read (for example, Dilsey's section of The Sound and the Fury shouldn't be read in the Portable if you haven't read The Sound and the Fury. Trust me, TSatF is a book where you don't want to read the last chapter before the first three).

Better than an introduction, the Portable Faulkner also serves as a very interesting companion to those already familiar with Faulkner--it does the great service to readers of putting Yoknapatawpha stories in chronological order, which is an interesting perspective we may not otherwise get to see.

However, above all, there are two reasons why I bought this book.

First, it includes the Compson Appendix. If you've read a copy of the Sound and the Fury that didn't include the Compson Appendix, you need this. It's something that has to be read after the Sound and the Fury to capture the whole of Faulkner's story.

Second, it includes Faulkner's Nobel acceptance speech, which is wonderful, especially as a complement to reading the books themselves, and which is very nice to have in book format like the Portable Faulkner.

The Portable Faulkner is THE way to be introduced to William Faulkner, arguably the best of 20th century American novelists. Cowley arranges whole work and excerpts chronological for Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County; it should be noted that Faulkner did not write his body of work chronologically. By arranging the work in this way, Cowley does us a great service in seeing Faulkner's great creation as an ordered whole.

The drawback to this work is in its goal -- to make more understandable Faulkner's creation in his mythic county. The drawback is that, by design, none of Faulkner's other work is included, such as The Fable.

The Portable Faulkner should be viewed only as an introduction, a tantalizer. Upon seeing the greatest of the work, we can then proceed to the work in its entirety.

What I liked most about this book was that it covered things like etiquette and some of the history of golf. Two areas that I think are ignored these days. Also, there are plenty of drills and every page is literally packed with illustrations that will help beginners quite a bit. The drawback to this book is that there are times where Campbell ends a section and I felt there were several other points to be made about that particular subject. But, overall, I think it is an excellent book for helping beginners visualize the swing and be exposed to the many different techniques used by the pros, but not as helpful for more experienced golfers.

I tend to judge the worth of a golf instruction book based on how many times I mentally refer to it during a practice session or in a round. After reading tons of golf books, I really never found myself referring to anything in this book I hadn't already been exposed to elsewhere. But if you're just starting out, this is a great place to start. Especially for the price.

much of the information I have heard before. If you haven't read many golf books this is a great one to start with. It is full of great suggestions from A-Z. For something a little more unique you might also check out Par Golf by Schnackenberg.

Malcolm Campbell has written a useful book to encourage the improvement of your own golf game. There are over 1,000 specially selected images, overhead shots and photographic sequences to teach you key techniques that have help the world's top golfers.

You will learn to:

Play the gold course with the knowledge of a professional.
Drive a ball farther and more accurately
Start to hit irons with crispness
Learn to pitch the ball close to the flag
Save valuable strokes
Escape from the sand
Tackle Trouble shots
Improve your Putting stroke

Malcolm is a former editor of Golf Monthly. His love for gold shows and he has been a low-handicap player, gold administrator and member of several gold clubs, including the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

Some of the highlights include:

Improving your Flexibility through stretching
Preparing for the Game
Getting into Shape
Playing within the Rules
Course Management

A book you will want to add to your golf book collection!

The Witch's handbook is a simply delicious piece, acting as a fictitious guide for the beginning witch or warlock. Through an inventive series of illustrations, text blocks, recipes, and indexes, a humorous collection is created of "do"s and "don't"s for the magical novice. Though written primarily for children, this fantastic book delights readers of all ages alike. A must for the lovers of the unusual.

This book is class- i've had it since i was about ten, but im still enjoying it as an adult! its well funny, & i love all the crafts to do- however some forgot one extra important ingredient- a rather large pinch of salt! Check out the 'alternative' horroscopes and the employment suggestions- should make you chuckle!

I read this book in third grade and I loved it so much! I'm not into witchcraft or anything but this book was really funny. The illustrations add to the fun. I would recommend this book to anyone.

In Aberystwyth Mon Amour, Malcolm Pryce employs the cliches of Welsh culture to create a hard-boiled detective comedy. In Pryce's alternate version of Welsh vacation spot Aberystwyth, the tea-cozy shops are houses of ill repute, you forget your worries by downing a shot of ice cream, and if you're depressed, you go to the 24 hour whelk stand to brood over your mussels.

Throughout the disorganized, Chandleresque story, Pryce throws in bizarre Welsh detail after bizarre Welsh detail, even inventing a Welsh version of Viet Nam -- its fictional war with Patagonia. I'm not from the UK, and I'm sure I did not get many more than half of the references Pryce puts in, but even so it is a rich stew of strangeness.

The thing I did not expect was how engrossed I would be by the detective story. I thought the plot was going to be just a clothesline on which Prcye would hang his gags. But, by keeping his delivery completely straight-faced even when he is going over the top and by giving us enough human, emotional observation to make me care about the characters, he managed to get me involved in the story almost as much as in the gags. Towards the end, I was turning the pages eagerly, as much to see what would happen next as to enjoy Pryce's weird Wales.

Malcolm Pryce has mastered understated humour with this book. There is a slightly dark edge to the whole book. The visual style of the book comes off the page very clearly as it captures the slightly seedy underside of a family seaside resort in Wales.
We follow the bizarre lives of a Dick Tracey-esque Private investigator, Aber's answer to Quasimodo and the Druid organisation represented as a cross between the Freemasons and the Cosa Nostra.
The killer joke would be spoiled if I told you, but the truth about Mr Lovespoon is truly shocking!!

The more you know about Welsh culture and folklore, the funnier this book is. The sultry chanteuse sings peppy Welsh folksongs, the hooker with a heart of gold wears a basque and the stovepipe hat of female folk costume, and the evil Welsh teacher wants to repopulate Cantref-y-Gwaelod, the sunken land said to lie under Cardigan Bay just north of town. Pryce knows the geography of Aberystwyth and the surrounding area like the back of his hand--having lived in Aber in the early '90s, I could see exactly where events were taking place--yet it's all slightly twisted, like the addition of a Welsh war in Patagonia sometime in the 1950's. The very idea of a Chandleresque noir mystery set in Aber, of all places, is so absurdly wonderful... I hope there will be a follow-up, and soon!