Mr. Anderson serves up an engaging, entertaining, and insightful peeks into the life and times of living the RV life. Some great laughs, a few serious moments, and lots of human being! Once begun, one is drawn to the next page and then the next.

I must admit that I used to take the whole idea of mediums with a grain of salt, until I saw George Anderson on tv. He was able to tell people all about their departed loved ones without requesting information or input of any kind. I was so impressed I bought the book.

This book is written by a highly sceptical radio personality, who has used every means at his disposal to debunk the whole medium idea. George Anderson cooperated with the book and the testing.

I was particularly interested to read some of the case studies, understand some of the rationale behind after death communications. It helped to understand in depth the passing of my brother, and by being able to get this perspective to deal with it better. I was also very interested in what he said about the nature of the afterlife. There is no hell per se, there are just different levels based on how spiritually advanced people were in life.

This is the kind of book to read when you need to read it, when the time is right. I passed my copy along to my sister who was also very impressed and she in turn passed it along to someone who found it to be a great comfort. This book could be helpful to someone you know.

In grief, the one piece of knowledge that might help you get the perspective that helps you to deal with the loss can be so elusive. This book can help you. I would also recommend Lessons from the Light, which focuses more on the afterlife.

If you are a doubting Thomas, read this book. After facing a difficult cancer diagnosis, I found this book a tremendous comfort. It confirmed my notions that death is not a final end. I am a discerning reader and a book reviewer for a large paper, and I am convinced that George is a gifted medium and the REAL DEAL. I liked this particular book because it was written by a journalist who watches George Anderson evolve. This book is guaranteed to help you make that transition, the one we all must make one day, without fear. (Question: why are the big three psychics in U.S.A--James Van Praagh, John Edward and George Anderson all from the New York area?)

I have read two of George Anderson's books now. The first being OUR CHILDREN FOREVER. I have just finished WE DON'T DIE. The premise is the same in both books. After reading them it only confirms my strong belief that there is an afterlife. I am not religious and have little belief in God but I know our engergy lives on. George Anderson is a gifted Medium. He has used his spiritual powers well. I enjoyed both books but WE DON'T DIE was a bit dull in parts where the authors go on & on with tales of people trying to debunk Mr. Andersons gift. I found myself skimming thru parts. However, It's a fact filled book worth anyones time to learn of life after death.

After reading the standard I thought it was too many points I had to parse over again. Thankfully I found this book, clear and concise description of all the main topics covered by the standard.Hope to go on with 1394b!!

This book is wonderful. It fully explains async and isochronous packets, the various layers, electrical components, etc... This book is wonderful for anyone wishing to gain a good understanding of FireWire's inner workings.

If you need a good intro to the 1394 spec, this book is a must-read. While the 1394 professional may find it somewhat redundant, Don Anderson's book is a God-send for the 1394 novice (in fact Mr. Anderson did specify his book was meant as an introduction). This book helped answer many of my questions and clarify some points which had been previously fuzzy. Especially useful are his diagrams and asynchronous/isochronous comparisons (Very useful if you're going from the asynchronous world to 1394 or even USB). Should be read along with the 1394 spec for optimum impact and benefit.

Ms. Brown exemplies courage even in her efforts to take on the endeavor to write her story. She reveals privacies of her life that indicates her intent to be free within herself from a life style that could have easily caused her to perish. I was deeply touched with compassion by her struggles and determination to make a difference. As I read this book my emotions flipped from laughter > teary eyes with compassion > excitement > amazement and a heart of gratitude because I can relate to so many of the situations in this book. I appreciate how Ms. Brown learned to do many things and was often treated the same as the other children in her responsibilities and chores. She is a very talented woman, and above all she learned how to trust God as her strength, comforter and healer. Ms Brown has touched my heart, and I am sure that there is nothing she cannot accomplish, if she desires to do so. Books are written on many different levels, but it is the one that reaches the depth of one's soul that accomplished its purpose. I COMMEND YOU MS. BROWN

This book was wtitten by a woman that live in a small town. This book, is a must read for anyone wishing to learn more about the problems of humankind. It is a true story of the author's life from childhood to adulthood. Although, she had obstacles to overcome as a child with a birth defect. She maintained the same "over comer'sspirit" in adulthood to successfully fight her battle with breast cancer. The story is not in the fight itself, but in the humor and life-like demeanor that she reveals her story. Reading this book,which is more than just another cancer story. This will enhance everyono's appreciation for his or her own life. Ms.Brown gives informative facts about various cancers, and how to detect them as we go about our everyday activities. Then, she provides a glossary that is helpful to the layman's understanding of medical terms. Many will also find the inspirational section helpful while dealing with life crisis. Even though, it is informative, the simple, easy reading style of writing is one of this book's strong points. Everyone, at one time or another, has had to cry about a life situation. Ms. Brown's book tells you how to stop crying, and srart taking direct, purposeful action to solve problems in personal relationship, and individual, spiritual deficits to become a better person for self's sake. Therefore, if you are ready to move from fear to knowledge, this book is a good starting point for men, women, and teens of any gender. It will further serve as a good source to use in self-help discussion groups. This book has help me so much because I am disable to. I hope you will get this book and read it and pass it on.

I loved the Delores' first try at writing and publishing a book. Her tales of life in the south are very real to those of us that lived that life. It was a thrill to know that someone else can write about the same life that I lived and experienced many of the same things as I did. I admire her courage as she dealt with cancer and the many other ills of life. I also admire her courage to reveal all that she did about her personal life. There were a few times that the reading was hard to follow and I had to go back to something I had read earlier. But all in all I loved the story that Delores told and the way she told it.

Just completed the book. Excellent coverage of the ISA Bus -- from the hardware as well as software point of view.
Book also covers the peripheral support chips (8237,8259, etc) that are attached to the Bus -- as well as the operating
modes of various x86 processors.

Definetly geared towards Operating System Developers.

I like this book since it covers the ISA bus in a very compresive way. It is a good book on computer architecture since it descibes how the CPU attaches to the bus, and what gets attached to the bus. the authors descibe the evolution of the bus by discussing how the CPU (286,386,..) attached to the bus evolves. i like how the book is organized... you dont have to go searching all over the place for information. everything is presented thoroughly and without convolution so that you dont have to start with the first chapter, or, when you refer back to the book, you dont have to read a bunch of other chapters.

The examples and explanations of why and how the ISA architecture functions in a standard PC were a great help for me. As the book progresses, one can appreciate the complexity of the ISA architecture, yet I didn't get "lost" from chapter to chapter. Without this resource, I probably wouldn't have been able to complete a major design project and graduate from college.

After several months of searching, as this book was already out of print, I finally located a used copy and it turned into the best buy for me in a long time. With an extensive index and related subject references at the end of each chapter, navigating the book is easy. It's size is enough to make most readers weak in the knees, but if it's treated more as a reference book to be used as the situation arises, you'll soon reserve a place of honor on the desk for easy reach. Most of the instructions are easy to understand, even for beginners like myself. There are some areas I've avoided for when I feel more comfortable, but that is a very small portion of the book. I do sometimes wish the examples were a little less basic to help take the reader beyond the very simplest concepts of database management. But, then again that's what really makes this book so helpful in the first place. After two years of regular use, I still refer to it for a refresher.

Basically, this book is very similar to the PCI SIG specification in many respects (without the hefty PCI SIG membership fee).

I was surprised to find that Hot-Plug PCI is given some treatment, but as with most of the material it was generalized and skewed towards the hardware design audience.

This book does do a good job of laying out the registers and explaining them. After I finished reading this book, I was able to do what I need to do, but didn't have a great idea of how the whole system worked.

There are plenty of timing diagrams and lots of good information, but most of it useless for a software developer. For example, the entire chapter of Hot-Plug PCI was well written, but it described what needed to be done to the various control lines-- something that would be implemented by the Hotplug PCI chipset controller. As a result, it is nice to know, but ultimately, useless.

Simply stated, if you are looking for a book to help write a device driver for a PCI-based device, this isn't it. On the other hand, if you are software developer looking for a primer on PCI, I would still look elsewhere.

Being an Electrical Engineer, and one that has already designed a PCI product (PC Card), I purchased this book as a re-fresher based on another EE comments. The book is VERY good at: Describing the many PCI based registers. Providing useful timing diagram information. Providing useful driver information tips, and explaining the "fair" nature of the PCI bus. The book is poor at: Providing useful electronic interface information. Way too wordy, but worse yet overly repetitive. Did not cover PCB layout issues. Overly focused on PC interface - what about embedded system?

The PCI bus architecture has grown to huge acceptance within the embedded world, yet this book focuses almost entirely on a PC interface. The book also fails to address the electrical characteristics of the bus. About four pages (total of 700+) are spent on the reflective wave nature of PCI. This is a lost because most EE are only familiar with an incident wave bus signal. If designing a complex embedded system with multiple loads, and PCI to PCI Bridges, you can forget about any help here when it comes to multiple transmission line reflections and PCB layout assistance. How could anyone write a "how to" book about a bus (any bus for that matter) and fail to cover the topic of bus transmission is beyond me (especially a bus that can clock up to 66MHz). WOW unbelievable! Lastly, this must have been a pay by the page deal. There are over 700+ pages (and I read most of them). Believe me, it could have been much shorter. Much of the information is repeated over, and over again (more than 2 or 3 times).

If you're looking for an extensive guide to the hardware workings of PCI, this is THE book. I read it, then bought the PCI spec (because I needed mechanical info). After looking through the spec, I realize that PCI System Architecture covers every aspect of conceptual, and almost all detail, information that is in the spec. As far as specs go, the PCI spec is very readable, but this book turns the PCI spec into a "for dummies" book in the sense that it's so easy to follow. Numerous and overlapping examples make it clear what's going on, and by the time you're done reading, you can do this stuff in your sleep. Only things absent were: (1) Mechanical info (though for $50, you really should buy the spec), (2) How to initiate transactions (in software) from an x86 PC, particularly burst transfers.

I bought this book on the strength of recommendations of other MindShare books. Big mistake. This is a terrible book. I've never written an Amazon review before but this book's has so many problems that I feel obligated to warn others.

DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!

Here's a list of some of my gripes.

o Which version -- The authors can't decide whether it wants to be a USB 1.x book with a USB 2.0 addenda, or a full USB 2.0 book. So in some places you get USB 2.0 deltas, and in other places you get an explanation of how USB 2.0 works with a parenthetical remarks about USB 1.1.

o Basic concepts are assumed before they are explained -- I read this book from start to finish and so I really notice this sort of problem. For example, Table 4-3 (page 86) is an extract from Table 19-9 but a) you have to go back two pages to the text on page 84 to even find out that it's an extract, and b) you have to manually search for the full table because neither the text nor the diagram reference it.

o Bad English -- For example, page 204 says "Resume is signalled to all downstream ports that are enabled and back to the suspended port." A classic example of passive voice resulting in unparseable English. It's the hub doing the signalling! This is just a small example of an endemic problem.

o The diagrams suck -- They look like they were taken from a PowerPoint presentation (which they probably were) but it's worse than that. There's little consistency about how tables and diagrams are organised. For example, I expect that every diagram that illustrates a USB packet interchange would use the same basic format. Not so! Take a look at Figure 7-20 and Figure 8-5. They explain a roughly similar concept but with a totally different type of diagram. Finally, some of the diagrams are just weird. For example, are Figures 12-12 and 12-13 state diagrams (which is what they look like), or pseudo-frowcharts? I still can't decide.

o Lack of smooth layer-to-layer transitions -- My particular problem was with the various requests on the control endpoint (endpoint 0).

- There's no up-front listing of all of the possibly requests on a control endpoint.

- Values are referenced inconsistently -- In the text on page 354 it's "GetDescriptor" but in the Table 19-6 it's "GET_DESCRIPTOR". And, better yet, sometimes we just leave out the numeric values of symbols so that you can't correlate between the inconsistent identifiers (for example, the bulletted list on p 379).

- Table 19-6 describes the packaging of the request but then fails to describe how the response is packaged. Table 19-7 lists the structure of the response, but there's no description of how that structure is embedded in the packets on the control endpoint. Or maybe there is. I'm still not sure whether the "Data" field in Table 19-6 is the response or something left over from the SetDescriptor request, which uses the same format.

o The authors have no network experience -- Coming from a network background it's obvious to me that you can draw a bunch of analogies between USB and standard networking terms. For example, USB's data toggle is simply a one-bit sliding window. Somehow this has escaped the author's attention.

o 'Small' things -- Like every figure reference in the text includes a page number, rather than saying "on this page" or "on the next page". And the fact that the index is woeful. Look up some basic USB concepts in the index and see what you get. For example, "endpoints" has a single reference to page 19, which is the wrong page (should've been page 18) and doesn't recognise the fact that endpoints are discussed in many other places in the book. On the other hand, the reference for "descriptors" points you to page 376, which is within 20 pages of the in-depth discussion of descriptors on page 353, but *completely ignores* the introductory material on page 60. Or try to learn moreabout "Think Time", shown in Table 20-12 but not even listed in the index!

I could go on, but this is taken too much time.

Unfortunately, this is the first USB book I've read so I can't recommend a better book. However, other reviewers have provided some alternatives and I strongly recommend you explore them. My guess is that reading the USB standard would be more productive than reading this book!

The USB specification can be downloaded from USB ORG web page free. This book contains a part of the spec. If you want to start design USB hardware and software then I would suggest "USB Design by Example" written by John Hyde. "USB Design by Example" is an excellent book.

I was handed the task of testing a USB port on an embedded system. I decided to port linux code (usb-uhci) to the embedded
platform and this book provided a handy reference to fill in the cracks. I did not read it from cover to cover but for what I used it for ( hey, what the hell is that? )it was excellent.

This book is really nicely presented, the chapter headings are promising. Shame about the content. I don't think this book was ever edited, many of the tables and figures don't match the text. Exactly the same diagram turns up in almost every chapter, each time with a different title. Much of the information refers to 2.1 or 2.x (sometimes 1.1 in passsing) versions of the PCMCIA standard without being clear as to what the differences are or what is being refered to. Much of the information is repeated at seemingly random intervals, the chapters are very structured but the content doesn't match the structure. It is as if the whole book was the result of a giant cut-and-paste exercise without ever being read though afterwards. If Mindshares courses are like this book then I would imagine they have a lot of confused students. I won't buy any more books in the series based on my experience of this book even though the content should be what is needed.

Mindshare does bus protocols and the like really well. Unfortunately, the pccard stuff heavily depends on the Card Information Structure, special storage on the card where configuration info is held. Rather than explaining all the CIS fields, the book refers to the standard itself - this means that one cannot use the book to analyze CIS data. The book is OK to understand the general pccard concept, but insufficient to read/hack code to control pccard hardware.

Great book! This is the third book I've purchased on PCMCIA, and the first book that's actually been helpful. It has a good overview of hardware, programming the CIS, and the PC software interface. You may however want to complement this book with a copy of the PC Card standard and maybe Kipisz's Software Developers Handbook (although I find the latter lacking). Anderson gives several example designs that help demonstrate the various nuances of the different PC Card capabilities such as SRAM, Flash, serial communications, and multifunction I/O. Buy this book first!