I gotta buy this book for my class. I have some troubles with the topics inside. I agree that this is a good book but I gotta read from other sources to get more details. The author didn't make clear in many points. However, he covered all of the important topics. If you have some economic background, it would be your wonderful book, but for me it's not.

It is a good book. The author ,however, put "Figures and Graph" on the next page so that you have to turn pages back and forth most of the time to make senses. That will slow down your reading. Other than that you will enjoy reading the book.

Macroeconomics makes it easier to understand the very complex fundamentals of macroeconomics. It not only describes the different economic principles but also explaines them and examples are used frequently. Most chapters have at least a case study that shows how the ideas of the chapter can be applied to real-world episodes. The book consist of seven parts which cover different areas. The book provides information about unified development of core business cycle theory; new perspective on inflation, unemployment, growth and productivity and much more. What makes this book unique is that not only it deliver theories and concepts but also possible explanations to the central macroeconomic puzzles. I realy recomend this book.

As a writer who should be resposible to understand the reality of described things and people, even they are created. Kwan Ying Joss, the Goddess of Mercy, in all Chinese heart, is just like Virgin Mary to Catholic. How can you described that She was fall in love with a man? It's gone too far away from the Chinese novel "Western Journeys" either.

If you haven't heard of the "Journey to the West" about a monk, a monkey, a pig and their other companions, then this book is a great introduction to the Chinese folktale written by Cheng-en Wu 500 years ago. I look forward to catching the Hallmark miniseries when it's shown on NBC this year, probably during sweeps month in May. This book captures the humor and the excitement of the original story and blends in a modern tale for todays audiences. In the book, an american, Nick Orton, is thrust into a magical world where the original book by Cheng-en Wu is being destroyed and with it the real world of today. The Goddess of Mercy, Kwan Ying gets Nick to join with the famed Monkey King to battle the evil lord Shu to save the book. Monkey's old companions Pigsy and Friar Sand join in the quest also. Nick falls in love with the Goddess, but can she love him in return? Since having seen the Japanese television series of the "Western Journeys" (same name really), I would have to compare this to that. And this book really captures the humor and the characters of the show and frm the original tale. Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith did this story right, but I still can't forgive them for the X-men movie novelization.

It's hard finding good, riginal fantasy nowadays. Most fantasies are variations on Tolkien's classic Lord of the Rings or the King Arthur stories. But here comes the Monkey King, a fantasy based off of Chinese Legend. It has memorable characters and truly magnificent settings like a palace full of Gods. I can't wait till the miniseries comes to TV. Keep up the good work Hallmark.

Not to say wesley has austen's genius, but one reads her with the same sense of delight.
This is an extremely sexy book, but without the extreme explicitness of romance novels, which I always think ruins it.
Wonderful light reading.

Amazing. Very sexy and exciting but not explicit and gratuitous. We meet Flora as a young lonely girl of ten on vacation with her selfish, neglectful parents. We follow her life as she matures to a beautiful woman. Three men love her but which does she love and which one will she choose. This is one book hard to put down.

I am currently reading all of Mary Wesley's books, they are addictive. She creates excellent, sympathetic characters, sets them in interesting situations, and makes the plot move along, without resorting to caricatures or unbelievable coincidences. Plus, she knows how to write GOOD.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds is excellent escapism, a majority the stories are well written and you can polish off 1 or 2 in any "before bedtime reading secession"

One of the things that I really enjoyed about this book is that you will find that fan written fiction will generally delve in to areas that "professional authors" won't go, or the fact that these are short stories, wouldn't be substantial enough to create a novel from and therefore not worth the effort. The most outstanding stories in this book fall in to that category.

You get quite a few stories of "Let's mix Kirk, Picard and any other character we can think of from different Trek shows", but they are done entertainingly and not nearly as geeky as it could be, if authors of lesser ability attempted it.

With any Star Trek book, you get the arguments of "that's not cannon" and of course Paramount has steadfastly stood by the claim that anything that happens in Star Trek books has nothing to do or add to official Trek lore. With that in mind some of the authors stories tackle subjects such as "solving the Kobiashi Maru scenario" or "Q with Kirk and Janeway"

All in all a good read, I would recommend it if you have read any other Star Trek books, but might not if you are new to reading Trek material.

BEWARE OF THE SPOLIERS!

Well, we get a lot of stories from the Trek universe. My favortie are "The Best Tools" (ST:DS9) in which alien
bets a no-win program and "Our Million Years" (Spec.) which
is so oddball that even I mention I name in it, I spoil you. Every body who's is a Trekkie would think they died and went to
heaven!

The sixth annual anthology of Star Trek short stories written by the fans themselves proves to be a joyful project again. This year the editors have again put together a wonderful collection of adventures spanding the generations of Star Trek.

Captain Kirk and his crew were honored by six selections including the Third Prize winner "Whales Weep Not." This was a well-written piece about the natural investigation of the missing Gillian Taylor following her trip to the future ending the fourth feature film. I also have to throw my two cents in for TG Theodore's story and the best title in the book, "Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer."

Star Trek: The New Generation has four stories. The Second Prize winner is nice piece titled the "The Soft Room." It leaves you wondering how things will be resolved as you continue to read on.

Although no prizes where give in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine group of stories, the three pieces include a wonderful look at Nog's encounter with the Boothby and the Kobayashi Maru. Shawn Michael Scott shows a surprisingly tight grip on the character and presents a growing-up story like a professional.

With the return to Earth of the U.S.S. Voyager, the dominant entries in the Star Trek: Voyager group dealt with the homecomings. One of my personal favorite stories was "Widow's Walk." Not all reunions are joyful occasions and this look into the recovery of Joe Cary's widow pulls at the heart.

The latest installment of the Star Trek world-Enterprise-boasts three selections. No winners in this group but a cute little piece demonstrating Commander Tucker's early high school days was well worth the read.

The Grand Prize winner forced a new grouping to be added to the categories. The Speculations section include stories that extend beyond the shows and demonstrate excellence in writing. Both stories here are wonderful but I do not personally agree with the selection of "Our Million-Year Mission" as the Grand Prize winner. It is a great story but I found other contributions more memorable. "The Beginning," the other story in this group, shows the creation of a group we all love to hate from a very unique perspective.

These twenty-three fans have added their individual view to a world they undoubtedly love and every Star Trek fan would be amiss if they did not partake in the strange new worlds of this collection.

This book does not provide a clear step by step teaching guide. Too much talk in between code analysis that loses the prior discussion, not a goo tie-it-together approach. Cannot even obtain the examples by FTP which without, you cannot do ANY of this type of programming.

I want to buy this book. Is there any one who wants to sell this book? garedia@hotmail.com

This volume is head and shoulders above the documentation that comes with CDE on the desktop kornshell. It gives many instructive examples with great tips and tricks that are useful for many types of motif programming. The source code, available from the addison wesley site via ftp, is invaluable and gives you a starting point for many useful programs. (Another review said the source is not available on-line, this is false. Go to http://www.awl.com/cseng/ and click on "source code", then click on the desktop kornshell book title. It couldn't be much easier).

Although all facts in international investments is covered, the author did not add his comments or insight.

No further knowledge gained except knowing the facts. I wish I could find a more interesting and useful book on this topic.

Simply the best on international investing.
This is a sophisticated book tht teach you how to think and how to implement.
Designed for an investment professional. But great pedagogy and not US-centric.

This book is easy to read, full of factual info. the numerous problems and exercises help understand and apply the concepts of global investments; It is recommended for the CFA exam and I fully agree.

I think this is the only dictionary of its type available....It is an excellent resourse regarding for using words in context. It contains both Roman and Japanese script types and adequate examples for each entry. That is the way a really good foreign language dictionary presents data. In addition there are word lists pertaining to specific fields such as medical words (but very basic) and science. One of my favorite features about the book is the word list in Japanese at the back that will help you if you need to look up a word in Japanese and find a meaning. However, I am far from being satisfied with it. For me it falls short for the following reasons: (1) When you buy a dictionary you want something that will give you the words you need when you need them. If you buy this thinking you have all you need, then you're going to be in for a disappointment. It just doesn't contain enough regularly used words. I have gone to this dictionary so many times to look something up just to find that is is not included. For example, the word "violence" is not included. That is not a lollapalooza of a word, is it? But it's not there. I know you have to be selective when writing a "basic" dictionary, but it means that you need another dictionary with you as well if you are a serious student of the language in any way. Secondly, and this is tied in with the first point, considering that it doesn't contain a lot of words, the price (especially if you buy it in Japan) is rather steep. I think it is a bit like a "toy" dictionary. If Kodansha were to go all the way and produce a comprehensive dictionary in this style, then you would really have something!!!

I can honestly say this book is for the beginner, considering the entries the book contains. I am especially pleased with the vast amount of examples used (They even give Japanese sentences for simple nouns). These are very good to help make out the components of a Japanese sentence (even learning new Kanji). It's a very attractive, yet thick book. A beginner would most appreciate the Kanji, romaji, and english translations. There are some interesting things in the back as well.

I bought this book at a used bookstore. First of all, the quality of the book itself was surprising. I have a small library of Japanese books, and this is just what I have been looking for. It can be used as a dictionary, of course, but it can also be studied from too. It is very to the point without the need to second guess the book. By having example sentences with proper usage for each word, it presents the actual usage of the language as a by-product of explaining the actual words. This is what makes this book so special to me. And as far as the first reviewer's comment about not even having the word violence, he MUST be missing a page. To quote:
violence n. the use of strong physical force, etc.
1. hageshi-sa (adj(i)) stem of hageshii vehement + suf. sa (ness)
extreme intensity of force or strength, either physical or emotional (vehemence, intensity, passion)
example sentence
2. bo[okoo - an action involving strong physical force intended to harm or injure (fig. rape), outrage, attack, assault)
bo[oryoku - strong physical force used to arbitrarily carry out one's intentions (brute force)
example sentence

I have never seen a book like this before. If you get any supplementary book to go with a good textbook, get this. I might also suggest Yookoso Revised Edition as that main textbook as well.

The first section is on the divine inspiration and infallability of the Bible. Need I say more?

What is the Bible:
The Koran calls Christians and Jews': The people of the Book 'F.F.Bruce, Rylands professor of biblical Criticism tells you all about it: the scriptures old and new, in the few first pages.

The contributors:
The editor: P. W. Comfort,a leading authority on the subject orchestrates the effort of a dozen scholars in the field, to an up-to-date, well balanced, concise introduction to the subject: definition, history, theology, and translation of the bible.

The articles: scholarly essays in plain English
The book displays the information in five sections: I. Authority, II. Canon, III.Literature, IV. Manuscripts, V.Translation. There can be no better "Bible Study 101," in English, only that it is offered by some of the finest Anglo-American scholarship. In almost all the articles, a great deal of attention is given to definitions of bible study terminology:
higher criticism, inerrancy, inspiration, autographs,Mauratorian Canon, hagiographa, Rylands papyrus, apocrypha, Gospel of Thomas, wisdom of Amenemope, etc.

A History of the recovery of the original text of the new Testament:
Philip Comfort takes you on an enlightening tour of Oxyrynchus, Beatty, Bodmer papyri to the great Alexandrine codices. "The Alexandrine scribes, associated with the scriptorium of the great Alexandrian library and/or members of the Didaskelion of its catechtical school were trained philologists, grammarians, and textual critics"; this is the quality of information you get reading this book, unless you have access to books By K. Aland, B.Metzger, E.Nestle among few others.

Biblical languages and translation:
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and Hebrew as a changing Semitic language, difficult to translate requiring twice as much English words. How did Ptolemy Philadelphius start its translation into the Septuagint for the Jews of Alexandria, who soon appropriated some expressions beyond the scope of Hebrew terminology?
L. Walker takes the mantle to shows how St. John used Logos in reference to Christ, while apostle Paul style was influenced by lexical and grammatical parallels used by the Greek speaking Alexandrines.

English Bible and versions
Now you come to perceive the conclusion to this great drama that started by Origen's Hexapla, but not terminated by the Complete bible versions of Christendom. Devoted efforts by translators in affirmation of Biblical truth explains R. Elliott, "translate without interpreting"

Conclusion:
Around 260 AD, Dionysius of Alexandria found that the stylistic and lexical features of the book of revelation could not come from the same author of the fourth Gospel! All the eastern 'Orthodox' Churches do not include readings from the Apocalypse to this moment, thus was the honest and scholarly pursue of biblical truth.

A well written introduction to the history of the Bible as we have it today -- written by some outstanding scholars of our day. If you're looking for the nitty-gritty details, try one of Bruce Metzger's numerous books -- all very good, but highly academic.

More than just a straight look at the transmission of manuscripts, this book looks at translation issues (including questions translators need to address when translating from Greek into languages other than English, a nice touch).

Highly recommended.

I found this book have a very old viewpoint on managing requirements. Especially for peoples who adopt OO analysis & design. The author separate strongly the data (with entity diagrams) and processing, using DFD which were left between OMT and UML. This book doesn't give me more or different value than Suzanne Robertson's book. The only exception is the 2 chapters on FPA evaluation that I found very clear and good.

Bill Wiley has written a very important book! He brings to light key discoveries made during the structured revolution and explains them to us in the context of modern day object-oriented thinking -- but I get ahead of myself:

Before objects, many great minds worked on the problem of how do we improve the process of analyzing and designing software systems." These methodologists integrated their discoveries under the umbrella called the structured methodology.

When objects came along, the new generation of software experts and methodologists rejected all ideas associated with the structured revolution largely due to ignorance, or ego. While some of the basic notation of structured design did not fit object-oriented thinking, the deeper wisdom of how to approach systems and understand what needs to be built was still most applicable.

Essential systems analysis, a core tool for thinking about systems, has been (PICK ONE: rediscovered, dusted off, repackaged, rehabilitated) by Bill at the perfect time for the evolution of object-oriented methodology maturity. With UML established, we are no longer arguing about how to express an idea and now must turn our attention to the harder questions of how to use UML to approach problems and in particular discover Use Cases.

Bill's book answers these questions and his ideas feel as good to me as my grandfather's old hand plane -- both are time-tested tools to solve problems in a most elegant and effective manner.

Mr. Wiley takes an interesting, academic approach to defining requirements based upon event-driven methods. Essential System Requirements is "a breath of fresh air" that uses a variety of diagramming techniques including the UML, but does not push the UML or a set of vendors' tools as a silver bullet. The book does an outstanding job of tying together a sound toolbox approach to extracting requirements with the function point estimation method. The section on object-partitioned system responses is also very enlightening. A must read for the independent thinker!

This book makes me feel like I am studing macroeconomics. I could not find any book in the library that is as comprehensive and detailed like this publication. An invaluable text for undergraduate economics majors dying to understand the economy and enonomic policies. A marvellous book I will treasure.

I have the good fortune of studying under Prof. Abel at The Wharton School. Of course, we use this book as our required text! The book is excellent, and is very easy to understand. A good introduction for the layperson interested in the macro economy.

The book is a favorite at the University of Chicago, an institution that has produced 20 Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics. You couldn't ask for a better recommendation.