Last year I stayed in Austria for a study abroad program at my school. Being a biology major I feared not knowing all the correct technical terms for one of my classes. This book's German-English and English-German translations of even the most obscure terms saved my grade and allowed me to gain the most of my visit. I recomend this book to anyone who needs to communicate about biology to a German speaking person.

"Antrobus Complete" is a series of humorous short pieces or anecdotes about life in the British diplomatic service, as told by the ex-diplomat Antrobus to a friend and former colleague.

Durrell sends up or satirises the old diplomatic types: their xenophobia, eccentricities and misogyny. The "old school tie" and "keeping up appearances were of overriding importance to the likes of Ambassador Polk-Mowbray, who ran the Embassy in which Antrobus worked. The stories are sometimes hilarious: for example, relating the deleterious influence of American English on the standard of British diplomatic dispatches (consternation being caused by the demise of the Latin tag); and the disturbing nature of the French:

"Where you have French people you find culture creeping in. (Why, she had the nerve to ask me one day "are you fond of Racine?" to which I riposted instantly, "I never bet on horses, Madam".)"

The overall standard of the stories is somewhat variable: sometimes Durrell fails to reach the wit of the best, but overall enjoyable.

G Rodgers

I was amazed at the way the stories in this collection were so brilliantly put together. It seems as though the editors designed it for anyone to read and everyone to grasp such new and cutting -edge stories in a time when it is hard to find anything worth reading. I can't wait to see more from this press.

This book was my text in college for my intro to VB programming. It is very user friendly, with lots of good sample programs. It includes a section on Excel programming with VB. You will learn quite easily with this book.

I found this book to be a very good tool for helping students develop a positive way of learning. As a former teacher and guidance counselor I would have certainly used this book in my working with students. The contents and writing were easy to follow and the exercises give teachers a concise way of helping their students develop positive self-image, good study habits and effective learning tools. I also liked the idea that the students retain the book for their own enjoyment and use. I believe it is something the students would definitely use throughout their education.

I found this book a pleasure to read as it described the aspects of warfare in ancient Egypt in a clear and consistant manner. Although a lot of work has to be done in this subject, this is definately a good start for any student or interested reader.

This book could not be easier to follow. It begins with a good intoduction to beer history and brewing strategy. After that it moves into a good step-by-step guide of how to make the included kit. I am in the middle of trying to make my first batch with this included kit. I ran into a snag, but all went pretty wel. I recomend the book. If anyone actually reads this, I will put up a second posting to tell how it turned out.

4.5 out of 5 for this one, and that's only because I'll never give a book a perfect score (yet).

Meet Nick Sharman, the character whom most, if not all of Timlin's books are based around. He is your classic anti-hero. Used to be a detective but was thrown out for behaviour unbecoming. Divorced, he has an ex-wife whom he hates and a daughter who he loves. He drinks too much. He uses various narcotics. He spends most of his time in places you wouldn't want to be in with people you wouldn't want to be there with. He plays with guns and isn't shy about altering evidence and covering peoples tracks. He regards the law as more of a hinderance than a help. You'll like him.

In this tale, he becomes involved in a case that was supposedly dead and buried twelve years ago, when he first became a Detective. He didn't want to become involved, but when the body count gets off the mark and he meets some faces from the past that he'd rather not have done, he no longer has any choice in the matter.

What follows is a good, tight story. No extraneous sub-plots are present, which means that the writing doesn't ramble, always remaining succint and to the point. The only disadvantage of this is that it produces a fairly short story (219 pages) which seems to be over all too soon. It's almost so good that you won't want to put the book down before the end of the story.

They tried to televise some of the Sharman stories; they were okay but the books are better as there is only so much that you can show on the TV.

And finally, the piece de resistance, the tale is set in London and Sharman is British. If only there were more books like this...

Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting by Mark Axelrod (Heinemann) Storyline may sell the script, but dialogue and structure will carry it off. Aspects of the Screenplay deals extensively with film dialogue: how best to write it and still address issues of structure, plot, and character. It is one of the first books to focus on the craft of dialogue writing, offering invaluable advice that will encourage you to sit down and want to write. Just as there is more than one way to write a script, there is more than one way to write a "how to write a script" book. Axelrod begins where every book on screenwriting should begin, with Aristotle's Poetics, and finishes where every book should end, with notes about the business. Throughout the text, he offers as examples some of the best﷓known screenplays in recent years, including Rocky; The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover; Rain Man; Citizen Kane; The Big Chill; Ordinary People; Breaking Away; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Romancing the Stone; The Name of the Rose; The Fisher King; One Flew Over the Cuchoo's Nest; The Graduate; and Pulp Fiction. Mark Axelrod is a professor of comparative literature at Chapman University and director of The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing. A two﷓time recipient of a United Kingdom Leverhulme Fellowship for creative writing, he is a practicing screenwriter, whose work has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; The Writers Guild of America, East; the Screenwriters Forum (University of Wisconsin); and the Sundance Institute

I picked this book up after I read "April 1865" because I wanted to know more about the assassination of Lincoln. The book is a very interesting account of what took place. This is a reprint of a book that originally came out in the 1920's and that made it even more interesting. I enjoyed the book on two fronts. First the author does a very good job of detailing out the plot to kill Lincoln, the actors involved, the reasons behind it, the actual event and then the capture of the assassins.

There is just a great amount of details that, being an American; I am ashamed I did not know. Overall this was not a lone gunman, but a large-scale plot to kill the top three members of the U.S. government at the time. Sure the group performing this assassination was not the best and brightest, but they got the job done. The details of the escape, flight and then capture of Both is also full of detail that really brings the story to a new level. The added information about the capture and punishment of the rest of the group was also very interesting.

On the second front, what I also enjoyed about the book was the view of the 1920's through the writing of the author. When someone writes a book like this, there are bound to be examples and coalitions to the "current" day and in the case of this book it was the 1920's. That was very interesting and an added bonus to the book. Overall I enjoyed this book and learned a great deal from it. I would suggest it.