While this book is very comprehensive in the number of food items convered, it is extremely difficult to use. Rather than organizing the information by TYPE of food (Mexican, Italian, etc), it is organized by ingredient. Thus, to find Chow Mein, you have go to the "Pasta" section!! Nachos are found under the "Cheese" section. By the time you find the menu item you want, the waiter has probably left the table (of course, that alone could be helpful in reducing caloric intake.....)

Everyone with an interest in their health should have a copy of this book in their home. This book is a wonderful and resourceful guide earning a 5 star rating from ThePigOutDiet.com staff.

Piscatella's "The Fat-Gram Guide To Restaurant Food" is a great reference book to have in your home. It's amazing (and sad!) how bad for you most of your favorite foods are. The book offered some common-sense, realistic advice. For example, it suggested eating the regular Wendy's hamburger instead of the Junior version. It's only a difference of a few fat grams, but you'll be more full. The book also has a COMPLETE listing of most of the brand-name food served at fast-food restaurants. It really helped me choose "healthier" alternatives to what I'd normally order. For example, a McDonald's EggMcMuffin has only 12 grams of fat compared to over 40 for a Bacon-Egg-Cheese Biscut. I learned all this information in only a sitting with the guide. I know I will definitely keep it handy and refer to it from time to time. And, for under $7, it was well worth it!

This is the second book in the very enjoyable and entertaining DKA Files. DKA stands for Dan Kearny Associates and is a detective agency that specialises in car repossessions and tracking down skip-traces. Final Notice is full of clever cons and scams designed to gather the information required to track down their delinquent quarry.

When DKA agent Larry Ballard repossesses a Cadillac, he unwittingly also takes a comic book containing a number of $100 bills stuffed between the pages. In doing so he places the company in the middle of a mob pay-off. The bank that employed DKA to perform the repossession quickly order the caddy be returned to the former owner (an almost unheard of request) which DKA obediently do. It would have all ended there, but then a member of staff is savagely beaten by a known mob enforcer right outside the agency office. From this point on it becomes personal and Dan Kearny and his people become determined to find out what's going on and, perhaps get some revenge.

This book is a nice mix of interesting detective work couple with a likable group of individually unique characters making it a fresh detective story. There are plenty of action sequences to keep the entertainment level high as well as some light-hearted interaction between the DKA agents. As far as private investigator series go, I've found this to be one of the freshest and most enjoyable ones written in recent times.

In FINAL NOTICE the reader knows who the bad guys are early on in the book. The big surprise is how Dan Kearny chooses to handle the situation. FINAL NOTICE is one of the better entries in the popular DKA series.

This book was really hard to put. It's a shame that is no longer available. The writing is fast, excellent and intelligent. I really loved this book.

We found that some of the walking tours in Budapest were outdated and difficult to follow. (We toured 9 other locations using other travel books, not frommers, with minimal problem) Elements could not be reached due to changing areas. Cautions regarding closings or operating hours were not accurate. Language was not a problem since one of the 4 of us could speak fluent Hungarian.

In preparing for a trip to Hungary, I examined thoroughly the choices for Budapest. The Frommer's Budapest book (3rd edition) gave the best information about finding and choosing accomodations, but the book has no pictures and aside from a nice subway cover on the inside cover, the maps are hard to find and not very easy to use. Frommer's gives excellent information about prices and shops and restaurants; it's almost a guide to buying things rather than a tour book. I didn't find it particularly thorough about travel information, customs, or those sorts of details. That is not entirely fair. They have a nice section in the front a kind of "best of" list for things in budapest. The nice thing about the book is that it recommends things to do if you have only one day, three days or a week. They also suggested some itineraries for walking tours.

The Fodor's Budapest pocket reference is drab and not full of much information. Don't get it.

My favorite guidebook series has been Lonely Planet, and the Budapest Lonely Planet is fairly helpful. Although it doesn't give as thorough a treatment on accomodations, the book gives a lot of hints and secret. I found its facts for the visitors to be the most helpful, and the maps (placed at the very back of the book) to be the easiest to use. The frommer book, on the other hand, put the maps close to the section of the book referring to it. The organization of LP makes it easiest to use in the field; they tend to have the best background, history and cultural information. It was particularly good about including rules, regulations and things like closing times. ON the other hand, there are not many photos, and they don't plan as many walking tours as the frommer book does.

The Eyewitness Travel Guide on Budapest by Tadeusz Olszanski is the most eye-catching and the least helpful. It contains lots of graphics and diagrams and maps, and not too much information. The multitude of pictures are helpful in describing architecture, geography and art. On the other hand, its information on accomodations is very limited. Don't get me wrong; it's a beautiful and interesting book; it just is not as helpful as the other three. And it is two years old. I'm not necessarily saying that this book is bad, merely that it may not help you very much on the excursion.

The Budapest: A Critical Guide by Andras Torok, 4th edition is a less complete and more personal account of things to do in Budapest. The other books were like encyclopedias, but this book was just a few personal recommendations about things to do and places to stay. Also, the writing for this book seems to be better than the other books. If you already are a little familiar with Budapest, but just want to learn about new and undiscovered places, this might be an excellent book. It certainly covers most of the bases, but it just doesn't try to list a huge number of accomodations or restaurants.

I ended up buying the Frommer's and a used copy of the Eyewitness travel guide.

WOW what a wonderful book. I was very pleased with all the great information.

After hearing that the LDS church recommended this book to the producers of the video "The Lost Book of Abraham", I decided to purchase it. It turned out to be little more than a pretty pamphlet. Gee says in the introduction that "references have been kept to an absolute minimum," as if that excuses the lack of real scholarship that I hoped to find in the book.

He does present many of the perceived problems of the Book of Abraham, but glosses over the solutions to these problems. There are also significant problems that Gee fails to address. For example, the inclusion of incorrect hieratic text in the border of the upper right quadrant of Facsimile No. 2 is a real issue. It is completely out of context with the other text in the outer rim, yet Joseph Smith never offered any explanation for it. For someone with Gee's education and experience, I expected far more.

The book does contain some nice color pictures of the papyrus fragments. However, you can get the same pictures in a more scholarly book, "By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus", by Charles M. Larson. If you want to know where Mormon apologists stand on the problems with the Book of Abraham, this is an ok primer. But you will need to dig a lot deeper to develop a true understanding of the issues.

John Gee received his PhD in Egyptology at Yale University. As an Egyptologist and long-time believer in the authenticity of the Book of Abraham, he is perhaps the best qualified scholar to discuss the history and meaning of the Book of Abraham. He is co-author with John A. Tvedtnes and Brian Hauglid of another book entitled Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham, which is a must-read for those interested in digging beneath the surface.

This is a must-read for anybody who wants to converse intelligently about questions relating to the authorship and historical authenticity of the Book of Abraham.

This is an okay book. It's mostly the story about how Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa break Babe Ruth's and Roger Maris' record. They hit more than 62 homeruns, nobody has been able to do that, but Mark and Sammy have. Mark McGwire hit 70 homers! Sammy Sosa hit 66 homers! I would reccommend this book for 5th graders and up.

Dear reader,
This book is about Mark Macgwire and Sammy Sosa.
I like this book because it gives you lots of information you want to know about these heroes. If you're a fan of the Chicago Cubs(Sammy) and the Cardinals(Mark)then you will like this book a lot.

This book is great it not only tells you about their homerun records but their lifes too! This book has ineresting facts. If you are still interested about the homerun race you should read this book.

Perhaps it was the perspective the book took, or that most of the book was useless knowledge that made me have this feeling of dislike.I come from a large parish and most of what was discussed about EMing seemed to be from a perspective of a very small parish with persons rarely EMing. I was looking for a helpful reference in teaching people the process of EMing, but what i got was a book telling me everything i already knew, which even a regular chuch goer would have knowlege of, or processes that would not apply to my parish.I realy don't know who the book is geared for. My best guess would be a new parich community or a parich looking to revitlize or produce a em program. For that the book would be a great aid.

This book led me to a much better understanding of what being an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist is truly all about. I read it with a hungry heart and was fullfilled. I highly recommend this book to those contemplating on being a Eucharist Minister or have been one for a while. It continually offers spirituality and guidance. It offers prayers for Ministers to use in thier ministry. I continually go back to my book for refresher and guidance.

An excellent handbook for the Eucharistic Minister as well as for those involved in preparation of new EMs. Runs the gamut from historical roots to current questions, from spirituality to practicality. Outlines guidelines and suggested processes for selection as well as rites of commissioning. Sample certificate inside front cover. I've served for many years as a Eucharistic Minister, in large parishes in the US (4000 families) and small overseas parishes (30 families), and have been involved in training several groups of new volunteers. This is the best all-around source I've seen--good for basic training, reference, and renewal.

While the likes of Dickens and George Eliot were pretending to be God, diagnosing the ills of society and showing us how to live better, despised sensationalists like Sheridan le Fanu were busy creating modern literature. 'In a Glass Darkly' is a perfect example of this, with its unreliable narrators, fractured narratives, mysteries, ambiguities, terrors, obsession with failures of the mind and body, and disruptive sexualities. There is one story here which is told at five - five! - removes from the original experience, a Chinese whisper a long way from the dogmatic certainties of Dickens. A collection of five stories, linked as the posthoumous papers of a seriously flawed proto-psychologist, the first three are the best, brief, compressed masterpieces of atmosphere and genuine terror: le Fanu may not be a great writer, but some of his visual coups are incomparable, the nightmare visions of 'Lord Justice Harbottle' being particularly vivid. The final tale, 'Carmilla', the collections' most famous, is an extraordinary coming of age tale, in which burgeoning sexuality and fear of the vampiric unknown are inextricably linked in a work of an overt lesbianism unthinkable for its time. The longest story, 'The Room at the Dragon Volant', is barely readable, interminably dragged out, full of deadening padding - there are some excellent scenes, such as the masked ball, but the hero is an unbearably self-regarding idiot, and the 'twist' is obvious to everyone but him after the first couple of pages, that the rest is just a tedious, suspenseless waiting for his dim enlightenment (which, admittedly, is brilliantly done). The introduction by Robert Tracy provdes some good insights into le Fanu's work as expression of national and colonial fears, but, perversely, he seems less interested in the tales' powerful sexual and gender drives.

I disagree with the previous reviewer. I thought "The Room at the Dragon Volant" was one of the better stories. It was a little longer than it could have been, and yes, you figured out very quickly what was going on, but that didn't negate my enjoyment of it. (In fact, in most of the stories you have an idea of what's going to happen before it happens--like the end of "The Watcher.") You can enjoy it if you put yourself in the place of the (admittedly dorky) protagonist and read it as straight adventure.

"Carmilla" is a classic. I'd be amazed if it didn't provoke an outcry for its frank lesbian content. It must have been shocking at that time.

In A Glass Darkly is comprised of 5 lengthy short stories that are loosely woven together by the figure of Dr. Martin Hesselius, a "psychic doctor." Three of the five stories, "Green Tea," "Justice Harbottle," and "Carmilla," are classics of the Victorian ghost story genre, and are frequently anthologized. In my opinion, it is best to read them as they originally appeared, along with "The Watcher," and "A Room in the Dragon Volant," because Le Fanu had his reasons for ordering these five tales the way he did. This Oxford edition is better than the cheaper Wordsworth edition, and has great end notes. Also, Robert Tracy's introduction to Le Fanu is very accurate and well said. In conclusion, if you haven't read the first story, "Green Tea," then you don't know the full depths of Victorian horror fiction, and in my opinion, to get the fullest effects of "Green Tea," read "In A Glass Darkly" all the way through. You will not be disappointed--but you will get the shivers!

This book is a good starting resource for anyone who's concerned with their time on the Internet, or sex addiction in general. There's only a couple of problems I've had with the book. Mostly, it's catagorizing of addiction seems exceptionally broad. I think any normal person could argue they had an addiction problem using the criteria listed within.

Also, the book is titled breaking free, but seems reluctant to assist in that endeavor. Instead, it throws out a few common sense ideas, and then recommends you seek professional help. Well, if that's what you're looking for, let me save you the cost of this book. "You, are in need of professional help. A book cannot help you." There, the overall morale of this title in one easy, free sentance.

The Internet is a fascinating place, but for too many people, it is also fraught with danger, as they are sex addicts, and the Internet can become a sex addict's paradise. This book was highly readable, not too complex but didn't talk down to the reader, and includes exercises to help the cybersex addict get started on his/her recovery. If it has a flaw, it is that the authors' definition of sobriety is a little murky. Still, this is a very helpful book, with plenty of examples from real-life addicts. Should be read by everyone who compulsively uses the Internet for sexual gratification.

Like 100s of 1000s of other internet junkies--it is a legitimate
heartbreaking problem for people and their partners. Carnes has this book and several other highly recommended books that you MUST buy and you must find a therapist or local SLAA [Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous] Group to help you deal with it. What is IT? Cyber-sex addiction. Internet addiction. Cyber-chat addiction. Or compulsion or pre-occupation. Excellent book my wife and I read as we worked out our problems and we cannot recommend it enough. Don't fool yourself, this [cyber-sex, internet addiction] is a horrible problem that will just get worse as the internet [pulls] more innocent people in. Our society is being changed by this cyber-sex junk and not changed for the better. Every week we hear of another news report of someone murdered or abused by someone they met in a chatroom, we hear of another friend or acquaintance whose marriage borke apart because of it...we see trust destroyed or people shattered by this plague and so far only a few religious, psychologists and/or sociologists have recognized this growing problem, Dr. Carnes has been on the cutting edge and opened up the truth about it. Do yourself a favor and get this book.

This book offers a very comprehensive look at microbiology and virology (with some immunology and parasitology thrown in); unfortunately, that's not a good thing if you're trying to study from it. The chapters are full of information on lab values and other minutiae that will be of interest to only those who make a living in the field. Otherwise, you'll have to search hard to pick out the relevant details that are worth remembering. There are definitely better, easier to use books on the market than this one

This edition have news about micobiology.

depending on the focus of your course, this might not have enough clinical case-related material. Great for the "big flick" with a very well laid out presentation (not enough pix or graphs), very good overall. Lot's of people in my class chose the Appleton and Lange (same publisher) 'Review" version of this book (blue cover).

The subtitle should have been "What Lawyers Sometimes Talk
About When They Indulge in Aimless Chatter".
Knowing a fair amount about lawyers and law, I was anxious to
read the book, but I kept waiting for the informative parts;
up until about halfway.

Maybe the author quit interviewing lawyers and threw what he had
together to make a deadline for a promised 225 pages.
And maybe he was more interested in being literary than
informative. But in my considered opinion, the book was a waste
of my time, and would be so for most others. There are other
books about the realities of law, and in my opinion, any would
likely be a better choice.

This book could be edited from 225 pages to 100 without any
important loss to the reader. And those remaining 100 pages
would be of marginal value. The ubiquitous and gratuitous
descriptions of minutiae are maddening to someone with things
to do.

What was also disturbing to me was how many positive quotations
by readers were secured. Am I in a parallel universe, or is
there a system of mutual backscratching pervading the publishing
industry ?
Maybe there is automatic deference for a law professor.

I put myself at risk of legal harassment by writing this, but our
battered standards need some resuscitation in myriad ways.
Decide for yourself; read it at the risk of feeling betrayed.

What do you call a busload of lawyers plunging into a deep ocean from a high cliff?

A good start.

We've all heard the lawyer jokes. We've read the John Grisham novels, heard the horror stories about massive bills and dirty cheats, and tuned into the high-profile court cases on TV. (Remember OJ?)

We know how we feel about lawyers: They're high-priced ambulance chasers who are only out for themselves and money. They're slime. Right?

Author Lawrence Joseph takes a different approach with his 1997 nonfiction work "Lawyerland." He shows what the slime think of us.

"They all watch their lawyer TV shows, read these sh---y legal thrillers, like it's one big, suspenseful, meaningful endeavor," railes C. Oliver Robinson, one of the legal eagles interviewed in the book. "They hate lawyers more than anyone else in the world- but law? Law! They love the f-----g law! You see it in jurors' faces- even the most sophisticated and street smart. They're not only intrigued- they're impressed. Reasonable doubt- they go f------g bananas! Just say the words and their eyes change."

With "Lawyerland," Joseph takes the path created by Studs Terkel with "Working," the 1972 book in which Terkel intereviewed people in a number of different careers- the school teacher, the steel worker, the drugstore owner, etc.

In "Lawyerland," the result is a gritty, profanity-filled reality work that cuts deep into the heart of many aspects of the legal system. As the subtitle states, this is "What Lawyers Really Talk About When They Talk about Law."

Joseph interviews criminal justice lawyers, tax attorneys, judges, corporate deal makers and personal injury lawyers. And in a genius move, he simply sits back and lets them gab.

Boy, do they talk. They talk about everything under the sun- law and the morality (or lack thereof) within, rival firms, old associates, one-eyed monks, medical malpractice, the fact that Alexander Hamilton and assassin Aaron Burr (got milk?) were both lawyers, how to spot a lawyer in street clothes while riding the subway, and Herman Melville's leagal tale "Bartleby the Scrivener."

The conversations are fast and furious, filled with banter amongst colleagues or rivals, and thoughts on the profession.

What makes "Lawyerland" so hard-hitting and mesmerizing, however, is that these are real people, with real names, like Urquart and Voorhees. This is real life, and Joseph doesn't shy away, even if the result is rarely pretty.

What do you call a nonfiction piece that reveals law from a lawyer's prespective, sin and all?

A very good start, indeed.

Written in the tradition of Camus's "The Fall," this truth-telling novel brings the reader face-to-face with the angst, anger, and moral ambiguities that pervade lives lived in the shadow of the legal system. Beautifully and compellingly written; a stunning achievement