Over 200 beautiful color photographs.. stunning. Cloth Emerald green cover is beautiful, too.

A look at the pacific NW from unusual angles.

Purchasing a first class photographer's books, when well printed, is a unique opportunity to own fine art at bargain prices and makes an outstanding gift. Morton Beebe's Cascadia is an opportunity to acquire world class photography and an outstanding visual essay on one of the most dynamic areas in North America at an incredibly reasonable price. The first class Japanese printing contracted by Harry Abrams illustrates some of Mr. Beebe's fine pieces with an exceptionally high quality. Among the photographs which are highlights of the book include a stunning skyline of view of Seattle at sunset, an exceptional graphic image of the Washington Mutual Tower, unique photographs of Orca whales, an beautiful view of Echo Bay in British Columbia, portraits of the logs floating outside of a Washington mill in winter waiting to be cut up with seagulls overhead and on the logs and numerous other exceptional photographs. If you have a friend or member of your family who's interested in the Pacific Northwest, Cascadia is an excellent candidate gift.

. . .by authors who remember that they are writing for persons who are NOT professional mathematicians.

In today's world, frequently persons enter the business profession from a background in something other than what in the past might have been considered traditional avenues. Not all business textbooks recognize this (see my review for "Mathematical Applications")! However, this book seems to be an exception.

The material is presented in a logical format; key formulae are highlighted and set off from the rest of the text; and in-depth business examples are given in each chapter, demonstrating the particular statistical tools to be taught.

A useful and recommended volume.

The information in this book is clear-cut, concise, and easy to read. Easily understandable examples are given for the various statistical formulas, and extras like z-score value charts and the like help a lot. If you have a talented instructor leading your Stats class (like I did) in addition to this text, you will be sure to ace this course (like I did)!

P.S.: If you happen to be an Information Systems/Information Technology major (such as myself) DO NOT RE-SELL THIS BOOK! You will need the information in this book in your future Info Systems courses, and you will definitely realize the TRUE value of this text!

Among the names attached to patristic literature, Basil is among the most celebrated in early church conflict. Some scholars have suggested that he was the most capable writer in Christian antiquity. He was one of ten children, raised as a product of atavistic Christianity, and educated in the classics at Athens. As founder of Western Monasticism, this Cappadocian Father spent most of his theological career promoting the ecumenity of the Church in light of the proliferation of theological dissension. This present exposition is a defense of orthodox Trintarianism, conducted in a confutation of Arianism, a multi-faceted heresy that enjoyed a popular dissemination within the church in the East during the 4th CE. However unintentional, Basil's denunciation of Arianism and its various proponnets, as scurrilous detractors, is evidenced in his own work which manifests the same vitrolic intensity in objection to their position. The antagonistic discourse was a putative activity among disputing schools of theology and this element is predominant throughout this exposition. Although a modern scholar will find Basil's methods of refutation unimpressive and possibly infantile, it is important to avoid the interposing of contemporary value on a work that appeals to theological identity exclusive to its age and prespicuous to its opposition. What remains fascinating for the contemporary linguist is the development of argument centralized on a few pivotal words which Basil believes have suffered superfluous exaggeration in the propagation of Arian opinions. However, pretentious his motivations are, Basil admits that his ultimate objective is to reunite the vacillating church in the midst of insurmountable oppression from the heterodoxy. For the theological enthusiast, this short but impressive work defines a crucial juncture in the formation of church thought. Ironically, the literary critic will find redemption in the exhaustive linguistic argument and the unilateral dedication to the niceties of grammar. As I previously stated, the only discouraging aspect of this purveyor of moral perscription is the interspersed derision introducing virtually every theological refutation. Endeavoring to maintain the unanimity of the Church, Basil's fasetious derision is at times inappropriate and such audacity can denigrate his position as well as his character. After all, ad hominum arguments are delicate when you are purporting your spiritual superiority in matters of divine importance!

St. Basil's "On the Holy Spirit" is a classic defense of the Church's teachings about the third person of the Trinity. St. Basil also covers the sacraments and the use and importance of tradition in the Church's life as well. Should be read by all Orthodox Christians and anyone interested in the Church and the Church Fathers.

This book explains very good the theory behind the different protocols, but it is a little too much like a C programming book.

I'm using the book at work to write network applications. Unlike some books, this book does not spoon feed you. You have to get your hands dirty and actually write programs yourself. I've found that to get the best out of the book, you have to read a chapter, study the code, then try and write the thing yourself. My only gripe is that some of the authors programs on my disk don't work, ie FTP Client in chapter 8. So what, it forced me to write my own. Love it!

I've been using this book for 8 months. I don't use the winsock code because there are higher level OCX controls to do the job. The real value of this book is in the theory. Don't go searching for those long RFCs. Appendix A and B has become my bible for the SMTP and NNTP protocols. The scenarios presented in the examples throughout the book, helped me understand the stages of a session between the server and client. You won't get too much Delphi-specific info but as long as the various TCP/IP protocols are in use, this book is a classic

Oversimplified once again, and with some serious errors, especially on one question on comparative advantage where they've reversed the numerator and denominator of a fraction. My friends who were unfortunate enough to buy this as their review for AP Econ found themselves completely confused and having wasted so much time on mistakes in the book. The review wasn't particularly comprehensive or in-depth, there were blatant errors (mentioned in other reivews), and the tests again were easy compared to the AP exam...never a good thing for test prep books.

I recently took the May 2001 AP Macro exam and received a 5. This book is great for review and the practice exams included are similair to the exam itself.

Unfortunately there are a few flaws: -Diagrams missing (not a big deal, you should be able to figure it out from reading the theory. Just think of it as a simple test)

-Constant referals to "read the above section" or "read below" which the editor didn't catch. It should be "read the previous section" or "the previous pages"

-A bit too little on the banking system. Read your textbook for a more in-depht discussion.

-Only one practice test for each exam.

-Some confusion in the Keynesian vs. Monetarist debate. Refer to your textbook.

Other than that, I think the book is good for review or even learning if your quick with Econ (I didn't even touch the textbook since I bought this book at the beginning of the school year).

While the Princeton Review books are usually not that great and oversimplified (except for the SAT I book), the AP Econ book is a really good one, perhaps because the exam itself is one of the easiest AP exams. I am home schooled and self-studied AP Econ with my brother's old HS textbook and this and got a 5 on both parts in May 2001.

The book is an easy read: big words, few pages. Yet if you understand every page of the book, you'll do fine on the exam.

But as with all AP exams, I *highly recommend* that you get a hold of the past exams and do them. They truly help. After doing the old tests, I learned that there are a few things that this book failed to cover enough of:

--allocative efficiency --externalities and social benefit, etc. --the GDP cycle diagram thing. The book tells you to memorize it, but the figure they show you is oversimplified.

Also, as mentioned in another review, they've made serious errors in the Keynesian vs. Monetary policy part. Precisely, it's the part where they give the arrows (e.g. when r goes down, i goes up, y goes up, etc. etc.). Some of the arrows are reversed. So be wary of that. There are also a few minor mistakes in the book that are pretty easy to catch but won't harm you.

Well written classic supersonic theory, but "flavor" of numerical methods is given only : I think a college textbook of that price should give more than just flavor. Classic supersonic theory is not complete and needs to be integrated with other prior classic books (i.e. Ferri, Aerodynamics of supersonic flows). Overally, a little disappointing about the quantity of information given.

As it must be, this book is heavy in math, yet does not treat the subject just from a mathmatics point of view. It is filled with illustrations, photographs and commentary to help explain the subject matter. The only thing that seems to be missing is a math symbols list! It's a good text, well written and worth the money.

This book was an indispensible study tool for my PhD qualifying exam in high temp gas dynamics. Before reading this book I had never had a formal compressible flow class and I think that it covers the fundamental concepts of frozen compressible flow very well. If you don't have an excellent understanding of normal and oblique shocks, expansion fans, nozzle flow, blunt body flow and shock tubes after reading this book, you haven't been paying attention!

I agree 100% with Kenneth Robinson's comments on this book. It is definitely a "good read;" it was almost a page-turner. Many times I was amazed by, and sometimes I greatly admired, the authors' risk-taking, fortitude, and adventurous spirit. Certainly I could understand the importance they placed on family, and the way they valued learning by doing, which is something I believe we in the mainstream society have come to appreciate more over the years. However, I was less than charmed by their bitterness, strangely judgmental and superior outlook toward anyone who was different than them, and economic view of the animal kingdom. (I was also amused that they acted as if they were the first, and only, individuals on the planet to discover cooking from scratch, organic gardening, 4H, farming, etc.: many others do it, some with far less educational advantages, out of necessity, and to these multitudes it simply a natural way of life, not some grandiose philosophy.) I was left wondering why, considering their values and background, they so prized their sons entry into Harvard? And why did they bite their tongues regarding their politics when they wanted to take advantage of a neighbor to get water?

David and Micki Colfax have succeeded in doing what some of us would love to do ... return to a lifestyle that while more challenging (physically and mentally) is often more rewarding ... the simple pride of being able to provide for one's self and family; giving to one's children the gift of unrestricted time and energy, taking time to answer their questions and involve them in what you are doing and teaching them that some things in this world are not always fair .... there are other things I could mention but will let you find for yourself. When I find myself needing to step back from the hustle and bustle we know and call life, I return to "Hard Times In Paradise," to be reminded of what's really important.

When I bought "Hard Times in Paradise" and "Homeschooling For Excellence" in 1988, I was pregnant with my only child. I did not think that a federally controlled, compulsory education was healthy, nor did I think that small children should be removed from their parents' care at such an early age. I was hungry for information that would give me a perspective on what to expect. David and Micki Colfax have done a wonderful job of explaining the hits and misses that comprised the raising of their children outside of the standard educational systems. The long term successes of their sons are enough to inspire any parent. I can't recommend their books enough.

It's true that it's currently the only ASP+ book but it's great nonetheless. I was waiting with great expectation it's release at Amazon since I'm plugged to their ASPToday web site.

This book is worth 5 stars because of the following:

It came out barely after MS announced it but contains a lot of information about the subject.

MS has work with the writers to make sure the content will be right.

It is well-written by known ASP programmers (and writers).

The content is get-to-the-point on current ASP issues and how ASP+ will fix this.

Show ASP+ coding with both VB7 & C#.

There is a lot more information than the ASPToday's articles so that the book is more than handy.

Written well enough for newcomers to understand it, but I would strongly suggest having ASP experience before-hand. Remember it's a PREVIEW and it means that it's good for people who wants to know it advance where MS is going with ASP.

Although I am a little late I'd like to add my review for those of you who are planning to purchase this book. I think it is a nice pioneering review for ASP+. (ASP.NET). A lot has been said about .NET, the only thing I'd like to add that this book was probably the first one to be published about the .NET platform even before the name was .NET. So the info in the book is still relevant but the names have changed a little bit. If you are interested in learning the .NET platform get a more recent source other wise to learn ASP.NET I believe it is a good choice. I'll give it 5 points mainly because the examples are written in c# which is a nice change. If you'd prefer VB there are still enough examples.

This is a great book (as to be expected from Alex Homer) for beginning to understand .Net and ASP+. It doesn't go into the .Net framework in too much detail but explains how ASP has progressed to ASP+ and ADO to ADO+. A must read for any ASP devloper who wants to move to .Net

After reading such fabulous works such as Orwell's 1984, disappointment was large in M.T. Anderson's Feed. Anderson's book is told through a teenage boy who lives in a futuristic society controlled by a device called the feed. The feed is a computer chip that is implanted in the majority of the population's brains. It allows one to shop, chat, and have access to any bit of information he or she so desires. The narrator, who has been equipped with the feed since he was a small child, is obviously uneducated due to the fact that everything he needs to know can be simply looked up on the feed. The reader soon realizes that the book jumps between narrator and several italicized passages that represent what is happening on the feed. The book had an overall poor storyline that left the reader questioning its worth.
As Orwell captured my attention throughout his book, my concentration was hard to keep after the first fifty pages of Feed. Anderson tries to keep the reader's interest through a love story between the author and a girl named Violet. However, after the two become boyfriend and girlfriend, the story turns boring and drab. The story's setting did keep me reading the book though. Anderson sets the story during futuristic times that include travels to other planets and upcars, which are vehicles that fly around rather than stay on the ground. Moreover, people live in bubbles and are not allowed to go certain places, such as the ocean, without certain protective gear. Unfortunately, Anderson did not create this society enough leave me impressed.
All in all, Feed may capture the minds of young readers, but as for the more experienced reader, it is a disappointment. With a little more thought and drama, this book could have been comparable to 1984 as well as Fahrenheit 451. However, a word to the young reader: this is a good start to mind provoking books that leave you with the question of what will happen to society in the future.

Imagine instant-messaging your friends in your mind. Imagine all those obnoxious computer pop-up ads happening right in your brain. Imagine retailers knowing precisely what you've ever bought, your favorite color, your shoe size. Imagine liking it. This is the scary, weird world described in M.T. Anderson's "Feed". Titus and his friends are average middle-class American teenagers of the future. They take for granted the weird convergence of technology, corporate intervention, and mind-control they live with known as a feed. Enter Violet; a girl Titus meets on spring break, a girl who wants to 'fight the feed'.

There are important and compelling issues raised in this novel about advertising, privacy, conformity, individualism and technology. It's a book that demands discussion, explanation and consideration. Unfortunately, I think that much of it may be over the heads of its teenaged target audience. Readers who need things spelled out may be challenged by this book because significant aspects of the setting (and what a grim future it is) are implied, or only mentioned in passing. I think few teenagers will be satisfied with the ending. And fewer still will probably spend much time thinking about the issues in the story after they've put it down. It's too bad that the profanity and few mild references to sexual situations will keep this book out of most classrooms, because it's really a story that deserves to be discussed, especially by young adults.

I do recommend this book for advanced and thoughtful teen readers. Sci-fi fans in particular will enjoy it. Other readers should appreciate the accurate portrayal of teen dating, cliques, jealousies, insecurities and friendships. I hope the larger, more important themes of the book will be grasped as well.

This is a not-to-be-missed look at a not too distant future, where technology has been taken to the next degree. Implanted in the brain when a child is just an infant is the Feed, a link to an on-line world with instantaneous hype.

Take a trip to the moon, and the Feed automatically clues you in to where the "in" places are to go. The Feed knows your buying preferences, your entertainment preferences, how to plug the latest fashion to fill your every want and it knows how to generate your next "need". This is consumerism on steriods.

And, speaking of steroids, there is a trip to the tissue farm, where filet mignon is growing in the fields.

The dialog is so real; the consumerism is so possible; the degradation of the global environment is so near. This book paints a picture of a world that is truly more frightening than horror stories.

All of this is ingeniously included in a boy meets girl story of seemingly normal adolescence.

Scariest of all: it seems almost inevitable.

An outstanding effort by M. T. Anderson.

Neil Anderson's "matter of fact" approach is wonderful. I'm so impressed that the focus is on the use of TRUTH rather than POWER to fight the enemy. It is the truth that sets us free, and Anderson does a fantastic job of making sure biblical truth is emphasized rather than experiencial gimmicks.

The spiritual battle we face is a battle for our mind. Bondage Breaker exposes Satan's tactics of using temptation, accusation and deception by equipping us with the truth that identifies those tactics-- rendering them ineffective.

It is most important that Christians understand their identity in Christ; and the power, authority and freedom we have in knowing God's truth. "The Bondage Breaker" exposes subtle lies, and helps clarify what our focus should be.

This book is especially good for those who are struggling with negative or sinful thoughts; addictive behavior; issues of guilt or unforgivness and intense spiritual attacks.

Every Christian should get "The Bondage Breaker"!

I am generally sceptical when I see a book deals with spiritual warfare. So much has been written on the topic that is unbiblical. Anderson's book, however is balanced; it is not a demon under every rock. The intention of the book is not to focus on Satan to satisfy occultic curiousity. Rather it is a practical way of opening your eyes to the causes and cures of real problems you face in your daily life. Your position and identity in Christ is crucial to your success, rather than some ritual or formula. Excellent!

Neil Anderson's "matter of fact" approach is wonderful. I'm so impressed that the focus is on the use of TRUTH rather than POWER to fight the enemy. It is the truth that sets us free, and Anderson does a fantastic job of making sure biblical truth is emphasized rather than experiencial gimmicks.

The spiritual battle we face is a battle for our mind. Bondage Breaker exposes Satan's tactics of using temptation, accusation and deception by equipping us with the truth that identifies those tactics-- rendering them ineffective.

It is most important that Christians understand their identity in Christ; and the power, authority and freedom we have in knowing God's truth. "The Bondage Breaker" exposes subtle lies, and helps clarify what our focus should be.

This book is especially good for those who are struggling with negative or sinful thoughts; addictive behavior; issues of guilt or unforgivness and intense spiritual attacks.

Every Christian should get "The Bondage Breaker"!