This guide takes the fear out of Y2K. The authors have thought of everything! - no small business person should be without it. The step by step procedure - from project planning to remediation and testing - is easy to follow, and the forms and letters enable you to document your progress. Becoming Year 2000 compliant has brought our organization great peace of mind - at a very small cost.

The Smaller Business Year 2000 Guide is incredibly easy to use. It is complete, pointing out several areas of concern of which we were not aware.

The forms on the CD-ROM are easy to use and flow well with the method.

We appreciate not having to reinvent the wheel to get our Year 2000 compliance program underway.

We strongly recommend this Guide to all small and mid-size businesses.

The Smaller Business Year 2000 Guide is a refreshing answer to understanding and preparing your business to handle Y2k hurdles. The authors have provided an easy to follow and realistic step by step program that will help you to identify unforeseen problems and avoid expensive consulting bills. It includes many necessary forms, sample letters for lenders or customer compliance, and starter software for scaning your PC programs. Utilizing the manual you will not only be prepared for what 2000 might bring, but provide the due diligence documentation to help protect yourself against expensive litigation. "The guide can be the best investment you will make in your business in 1999".

Board Member and President Small Business ($1-$20M Sales)

This is an excellent book for pediatric residents and medical students in pediatric rotations. The book is organized by symptom e.g. abdominal pain, chronic cough, and it provides a comprehensive list of differential diagnosis, flow charts for diagnosis, as well as short discussions on most common diseases associated with that particular symptom. A must for pediatric rounds.

This cultural history of French food provides essays which examine a range of topics; from food issues throughout French history to historical and cultural transition points in the culinary world. These literary essays go beyond most recipe-oriented titles to examine the foundations of French affections with food.

Briefly, I have been looking for a good non-Microsoft book that will offer a critical review of their latest OS - Win95. I had a client with a number of problems after an upgrade and I found the answers immediatly when I looked in the index. I then looked for other odd index topics and found reference to all of them. Other books, including MS Press titles, did not have reference or at least the depth that this book did. Buy it. Greg Barry

Don't be put off by the fact this book was written a few years ago, it's still quite newsworthy. I've been gardening for many years -- everything from a two-acre spread to a small urban garden but I never had to "think small" until I moved to the big city. This book has proved very helpful for resizing thoughts.

In "The Little Bulbs," Miss Lawrence covers everything from miniature daffodils to sqill, from crocuses to irises. Did you know there were miniature irises? Most if not all of the bulbs she describes are still around, and many more varieties exist besides, but this book will get you started and keep you going awhile. I haven't found anything newer with better practical knowledge.

Even if you own an estate, this book can help you. Miss Lawrence has a nice section on container planting which the British have done for years, and we are just beginning to do really well. Remember, bulbs exist for every climate. You can grow the tropical kind in-doors in colder areas (amaryllids), and grow those that require cold outside if you have freezing weather in winter. I like this book so much, I am ordered the hardcover to replace my old paperback which I'm giving to my daughter who is just beginning to garden.

The authors introduce the principles of real estate at an elementary level using an impressive organizational style. Covers all fundamental aspects of real estate with no bias applications (ex. State Laws, Personal Experience). Perfect for the beginner of real estate.

I don't live in NC anymore, but when I did, Miss Lawrence wrote a garden column and was known all over the state by garden club members like my mom who met her at least once. We lived in Guilford County which is part of the Greensboro-High Point MSA these days and she lived in Raleigh to the east, and then Charlotte to the south. Anyway, she understood what would and wouldn't work in the Zone 7 garden. (I still live in Zone 7 -- in Virginia).

Miss Lawrence was the first writer to educate gardeners in our circles about the differences in growing regions. She corresponded with folks in other places and shared information about what was happening in their gardens with her column readers. She also informed readers about information she gleaned from the Market Bulletins. These bulletins were posted by folks who had something to offer or wanted something --gardenwise. The only expense involved much of the time was postage.

This book is a fascinating compilation of articles Miss Lawrence wrote about the Market Bulletins. The sections are filled with newsy notes and humor, and makes one feel as if she is hanging over the garden gate getting the latest news from a neighbor up the road. Great bed time reading.

Excellent text for use in all levels of university research coursework in the Leisure & Recreation field. Currently I am using the text for a Master's class that is an off-campus cohort of recreation practitioners, the text has good practical application examples and doesn't overwhelm new researchers.

In "A Rock Garden in the South" Ms. Lawrence returns to her greatest strength. I don't think anyone has ever understood rock gardens as well as Ms. Lawrence. And if you're concerned about water scarcity and drought, knowing about rock gardening is quite pragmatic.

Although the book was written some time ago, and released after her death, it was edited by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy, so the contents are solid and up to date. The contents read somewhat like an annotated plant list, but Ms. Lawrence writes beautiful prose so it's not at all dry and boring. In fact, her writing is useful and entertaining.

Ms. Lawrence believed you could make a rock garden almost anywhere--even if you didn't have rocks. The key is to plant things that will grow in your area. Most of her writing in this book is useful for the middle South -- Zones 6-8 -- but if you look at a garden book showing the USDA growing zones you'll see they extend clear across the country.

The book contains a great deal of information about plants and their likes and dislikes. There are no photographs, this is solid text, however, if I want to know what something looks like I find a catalog from Wayside Gardens and poke around. Some of the more esoteric items may not be pictured in any garden catalog with photos, but sometimes it's worth the gamble to just try something on faith.

Several pages showing plant requirements (will it work in dry shade?), as well as sources for seed exchanges and nurseries are located in the back of the book.

Mr. Lawrence presents only a very limited view of HUNA. In that limited view of HUNA; he introduces many errors that could have been prevented if he had done a more thorough job in research.

1. On page 22; he states that "christian" missionaries arrived in Hawaii in the 1860s (it was 1820).

2. On page 22; he states that hawaiians called the priests and other people from the U.S. haule (The correct hawaiian word is ha'ole).

3. On page 23; he states that Max Freedom Long (MFL) arrived in the Hawaiian islands in the 1930s (I have read almost every book written by MFL (have reviewed several of them), and Max went to the islands in 1917. He returned to the mainland in the 1930s after he almost lost his business in Honolulu during the great depression.).

4. On page 35; he lists the seven components that make up a human being. (This is in error. There are ten components that make up a human being. the three selves (Unihipili, Uhane, and Aumakua). Each of the three selves has an aka body, and each of the three selves uses a different voltage of vital life force (mana) (Unihipili - mana, Uhane - mana mana, and Aumakua - mana loa), and lastly the physical body. 3+3+3+1=10).

5. On page 39; he states that the lower self is the oldest of the three selves (The lower self Unihipili is the youngest of the three selves. The oldest is the Aumakua (high self).).

6. On page 101; he states that the ana ana were the ones that killed people with the death prayer (It was the kahuna 'ano'ano).

If you are interested in HUNA; I would HIGHLY recommend "The Fundamentals Of Hawaiian Mysticism" by Charlote Berney, or view my HUNA listmania list for other HUNA books.

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Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)