This is the first book I have ever seen that chronicles the popular TV sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie". The book is fairly well written, has interesting pictures, and some surprising revelations about the actors and crew. The Bill Daily interviews are especially interesting. However, if you're a big fan of "Jeannie", you may be put off somewhat by the authors smug attitude towards the show. They make it quite clear they are not fans of "I Dream of Jeannie". Two other gripes: the Jeannie episode guide doesn't include the first season. I don't know if that was just a glitch with my copy, or if they are all like that. Also, why the extended "Bewitched" section in the back of the book?

Although I'm too young to remember watching "I Dream of Jeannie" during its first run on network tv, I grew up laughing aloud to years of reruns, and this book, full of great photos (where else can you see Jeannie and Dr. Bellows hanging at a Hollywood part with Ringo Starr! ), especially the beautiful color shots which jump off the page, told me everything--and even more than that!--I needed to know about the series and its stars, from Hagman's wierd quirks to Eden's "jeannie-al" personality to Bill Daly's dedication to his craft.

The author does a great job in his research, and interesting tidbits (related and unrelated) are plentiful and keep your interest as the pages turn (by themselves, if this were the tv show). The episode guide is a detailed reference source, and if you're a "Bewitched" fan as well, there's lots of info on that series (just don't be gullible enough to take those three "lost" episodes as gospel truth--I certainly didn't!)--pick up a copy and you'll see what I mean.

After I read this behind-the-scenes look at "Jeannie," it had me hunting for some of those episodes in syndication, just to laugh again watching poor ol' Dr. Bellows trying to figure out the whole damn thing!

As a HUGE Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie fan I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book.FANTASTIC!SO much detail and behind-the-scenes info you won't find anywhere else.Get this book! also pick up Bewitched Forever.

If you like science fiction and suspence all in the same book along with japanese characters then you have got to read Ronin. Like Millers other masterpiece "Batman:The Dark Knight Returns" it has the same artwork and depth. Even though Mr. Millers artwork doesn't come close to that of someone like Chaep Yaep, the story more than makes up for it. In the tradition of "Akira" it combines Japanese cultue with a futuristic prescence. If you liked "Dark Knight" you'll love Frank Millers' "Ronin".

I recently reread this dark and brutal story. I'd forgotten how good it was; Miller's world and characters are highly developed, morally ambiguous and socially mature. The story is classic hard- core science-fiction and the art work is amazing. A must read for any Frank Miller or science- fiction fan.

Probably the most unappreciated of Miller's work, "Ronin" is nevertheless one of his greatest achievements. It was originally shunned by many because of its wild combination of art styles and overall departure from Miller's typical work, but it is this uniqueness that makes it so memorable. Miller creates a convincing, if unrelentingly brutal, vision of the future, and fills it with strong characters you'll never forget. The story unravels in a fascinating way, as the reader realizes that nothing in the story is what it appears to be. I won't spoil it for you--just read the thing. You don't even have to be a Miller buff to enjoy it--any fan of good science fiction will find this one hard to put down

After years of searching for a really good book on non-relativistic quantum mechanics, I found it in this book. The beginning student can easily understand it and it's comprehensiveness will appeal to the more advanced student. It's use of the Dirac notation makes for a clean and concise treatment. The book is FAR better than most other quantum mechanics books found in university libraries, in my opinion.

The authors, well-known contributors to the field of quantum optics, have given in these 2 volumes probably the best overview of quantum mechanics at the first-year graduate level. Having used these books both as a graduate student and as a lecturer, I have found that there are not too many things in the book that I find in any way troubling. The only minus might be the number of exercises: there are really not enough that are representative of the concepts covered in the book. Also, there is no discussion of entanglement of states, this reflecting more than anything the date of publication. Entanglement has grown in importance in recent years due to the intense research in quantum computation. The inclusion of a discussion of entanglement would still be justified even though it was not an immensely popular topic at the time of writing.

The first volume covers in detail the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics along with its physical motivation, the latter given in the first chapter. And, both in this volume and the second, the authors include a large set of "complements" to each chapter. All of them are very well-written and instructors can fine tune the course using them as needed or as time permits. The treatment of the tensor product of state spaces is especially well done, and the authors give a physical example of its use via the two-dimensional infinite well. Chapter 3 is a very long and absorbing overview of the physical foundations of quantum mechanics. The authors introduce the concept of an 'insufficiently selective measurement device', not found in other textbooks on quantum mechanics, and one that can be integrated easily into discussions of the foundations of quantum mechanics. In the complements to this chapter, the reader will find a sound presentation of gauge invariance in quantum mechanics and a brief overview of the path integral approach to quantization. Due to its importance in quantum field theory, the latter could perhaps be expanded into an entire chapter if a future edition of this book is written. The authors also include a discussion of the physics of a particle in a periodic potential, paving the way for a later course in condensed matter physics. A thorough presentation of the harmonic oscillator is included in Chapter 5 of this volume, and the authors include an elementary discussion of the quantization of the electromagnetic field in a complement to this chapter. And, again anticipating a later study of condensed matter physics, the reader is introduced to the physics of an infinite set of coupled harmonic oscillators, i.e. the physics of phonons. Atomic physics of course is not forgotten by the authors, as they spend an entire chapter on the central potential, and include several excellent complements on atomic orbitals and diatomic molecules. The physics and mathematics of angular momenta in quantum physics is discussed in chapter six, as preparation for the more detailed treatment of spin systems in volume 2.

The authors begin volume 2 with a brief treatment of scattering theory, concentrating mostly on the scattering off a central potential. The authors continue the discussion of angular momenta begun in volume 1 and here show the reader how to deal with the addition of angular momenta. Clebsch-Gordon coefficients, spherical harmonics, and the Wigner-Eckhart theorem are treated in detail.

No doubt the most important topic that the authors treat in these two volumes is on perturbation theory, for it is the calculation of cross sections and other physically relevant quantities and their comparison with experiment that give quantum mechanics its ultimate validity as a physical theory. Chapters 11 and 12 on stationary perturbation theory and the fine and hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom serve as a good introduction to the methods of perturbation theory. The use of numerical methods and the computer is of course the favored method of calculation these days, and will remain throughout the 21st century. As more powerful machines are built and more sophisticated algorithms are developed, more problems in quantum physics of a nonperturbative nature will be tackled, allowing greater insight into and perhaps changes to quantum mechanics.

This is, in my opinion, the best introductory book on non-relativistic quantum mechanics. It starts from the very basics, either on physical or mathematical aspects. It has a wonderful collection of worked out problems where one can really understand the lectures. It's also a great reference.

I just can't figure out Why it is so expensive. I believe I bought it 2 years ago by half the price. (First-hand). Anyway, a must have for every Physics student.

Suzanne Frank has done it again. Her novel Shadows on the Aegean, the second in her series of tales about the time traveling couple of Chloe and Cheftu is a terrific follow-up to her first book, Reflections in the Nile. Once this book is picked up, the reader is immediately transported away into the long, ago world of ancient Aztlantu. It is sublimely, escapist fiction that allows the reader a glimpse into an ancient society, which presents the paradox of being both eminently civilized and savagely archaic. Ms. Frank deftly weaves actual historical information with historical supposition. The book provides a nice balance between the continuing love story between the two protagonists, the daily life and rituals of an ancient civilization, and a healthy dose of action and adventure. Although Shadows on the Aegean is in some aspects a continuation of Ms. Frank's first novel, it is still a book, which is able to stand alone based on its own merit. If you have not already read Reflections in the Nile, I would certainly suggest that you read it too, but go ahead and read this novel first, because it is that good!

Suzanne Frank could very well have rested on her laurels after writing the phenomenal tale of the Exodus from Egypt in Reflections in the Nile. Instead, the second book in her trilogy presents a fresh world with just as much wonder and history-questioning theories.

Journey back to Ancient Atlantis, the doomed society of hedonism and scientific advancements. Cheftu and Chloe are forced to take on new struggles as they are faced with a civilization on the brink of collapse. What is their purpose? And will their love survive the temptations of the sensual lifestyle around them?

A wonderful read..a perfect excuse to call in sick, stay home and read.

After reflecting on the Nile during the Exodus, time traveler Chloe Kingsley is elated to be going back to the future accompanied by her Egyptian lover Cheftu. However, she quickly realizes that this is not Kansas, let alone Dallas, as she finds herself occupying the body of an Atlantis priestess at the Cybele Oracle in Crete with Cheftu nowhere in sight.

Though she is not sure why she is here, Chloe knows that a catastrophe is soon going to destroy the most advanced civilization of the ancients. Cheftu arrives as an Egyptian emissary in what is either a cosmic joke or a great coincidence. However, unbeknownst to the chronological-crossed lovers, they are intimate players in what will ultimately become the world'd mythos.

The second novel, SHADOWS ON THE AEGEAN, in J. Suzanne Franks' time travel trilogy is a great novel that brings to life the legend of Atlantis in a creditable and most logical manner. Like its predecessor, REFLECTIONS ON THE NILE, the story line is fast-paced, action-packed, and loaded with legendary prose that turns the book into a sure classic. Throw in two fabulous protagonists and a wealth of wonderful support players and readers of historical romance will frankly demand the final book in the trilogy see the sunrise in 1998 rather than wait another year.

Harriet Klausner

Like so many I am addicted to television's ER, Trauma Vets and TLC's Emergency series. I picked up Mr. Huyler's book expecting blatant stories of gun shot victims, terminally ill children and scarred but valiant doctors. Instead I found stories that propelled me into the minds and souls of people who have chosen to witness human beings at our best and worst moments. I am very thankful to Mr. Huyler for giving me a glimpse into his life. I will undoubtedly continue to watch television dramas and documentaries of emergency medicine. Only, the next time I tune in I will look more closely for signs of the inevitable impact these experiences have on the psyches of emergency medicine professionals.

Whether you are a medical person yourself, or just an ER viewer looking for a reality check, this book works!

It is really a series of short essays rather than a lenghty "novel", each written with their own flair and personality. Some of them are shockers, some are thinkers, some are just plain "day in the life of" shorts. But they all are worth a look.

It is written straightforward enough for a layperson to understand without effort, but if you have medical training, there are enough details in there for you to get the "whole picture" as well.

I am something of a "collector" of medical biographies, and have several "ER" type accounts already. This one is my favorite, because not only are the tales good, but they are given the proper respect by a true author.

Once you have read this one, and are looking for more, another book in this genre that I can recommend is "Emergency Room: Lives Saved and Lost: Doctors Tell Their Stories" by Dan Sachs. It is a little inconsistent (probably because of the varying authors) but done in the same "essay" style that works so well here.

I used to enjoy ER when the writing was taut and reality-based. As it plummets into soap-opera I no longer wish to waste my time on it. This book is the verbal equivalent of what ER and the reality based trauma television try to convey but most often miss. Added to that is the unique vision and poetic writing of its doctor-author. Rarely have I come across a book which is so poignant and says so much in such compact cameos. Huyler is an extremely talented man with an incredible ability to narrate the daily life cycle of the emergency room. It is a priviledge to read and participate in this world, that so few of us understand or get the chance to see. This world placed on the small screen is not as glamorous or easy as they tend to make it look. The exhaustion, the emotional roller-coaster, the strange people that Huyler and his like have to deal with on a daily basis is almost unfathonable. It is with more sympathy that I understand why so many doctors and students choose not to work in such conditions and burn out or burn up so quickly. This book should be required reading for Congress and others who need to pass legislation to protect both medical students and the public from archaic requirements which leave those who work in emergency care exhausted and prone to mistakes. Huyler is a great physician who for the most part could handle the harrowing schedule and requirements of emergency medicine, but too many do not have his abilities or strength, and it is well-known that errors of judgement abound in hospitals due to exhaustion. A truly magnificent book. Karen Sadler, Science education, University of Pittsburgh

Van Kampen has woven a compelling, believable story which clearly lays out the Biblical prophecies regarding the end of the world. Even a reader with a limited familiarity with or understanding of the Bible will find "The Fourth Reich" an interesting and credible novel. The characters are people the reader can care about, most situations are plausible. A few loose threads are left hanging (Will Sonya and her brother Yacov reunite?, Is there no chance for Bulgakov's followers who doubt him--Anna, for example--to renounce him and be saved?, etc.) and some things are just a bit pat towards the end of the novel, but, in all, this is a book that you'll stay with until you've reached the end. As busy as I am, I read it in two days! Regardless of your personal religious convictions, it's worth your while to compare Van Kampen's predictions with your own understanding of Biblical prophecy. So much of the Book of Revelation is difficult to understand for the average person; Van Kampen spells things out quite clearly. "The Fourth Reich" helps sort things out. You'll want to read and learn more!

Robert Van Kampen has given us a great end-times novel. His writing provides us with with an interesting scenerio of end-times, prophecy, and interpetation of Biblical writings. If you like the Tim LaHaye "Left Behind" series, this book will hold your interest and provide a different slant on the end-times. The book is written as a novel but in VanKampen's words, "The book was not written to be simply an exciting story or an interesting novel about the endtimes, It was written to be a teaching tool for those wanting to know the events of the last days." I would have to agree with his assessment as I learned a great deal from this book. His choice for the antichrist is amazing...Read it!

I like it. I love it. Yes, I am a bible believing person. I am a christian. I've read the scriptures concerning the End Times. Everything in the book that happens goes according to scripture. There's only one thing, nobody's certain whether the rapture will happen before the tribulation period, or in the middle. But, it's very true to life. Many are afraid of what will happen during this time. BE REST ASSURED... IT WILL HAPPEN. It may be listed under "fiction" but that doesn't mean that it's not real. That just shows where people hold it in their esteem. If you read the bible, you can find out exactly how many of the old testament prophecies were fulfilled about Christ... it will shock you to know that all of them, (except those that will be fulfilled in the second coming) have been fulfilled. Also, the bible has never been proven wrong. NEVER. I've read and seen the truth. Please read the Bible, then read this book. If you are a christian who doesn't totally understand what the tribulation will be like, read this book. I think it's worth 5... not 4... stars

I consider myself a die-hard leftist, and I agree with most of the conclusions that the authors of _Commodify Your Dissent_ come to. It reminds me a lot of Noam Chomsky, another leftist who reveals modern consumer culture for what it is.

The problem is that the left is remarkably short on solutions, or even the feeling that solutions are possible. _Commodify Your Dissent_ is a collection of essays whose premise is that the U.S. situation is hopeless:

* as many other authors have said, our main means of dissent - our writing, particularly irony - has been swallowed up by our enemies; it's now hip to be ironic, so advertisers adopt irony about advertising as their pose toward the world. So we can't use irony anymore.

* In the U.S., "identity" now means "what car I own and what clothes I wear." We define ourselves as consumers. Once again, we've moved so far in this direction that it's impossible to imagine a way out.

* The culture of business dominates American discourse. We look up to American business leaders as our new gods, and we assume that The Market will correct everything. Resisting The Market is futile, because it is infinitely more intelligent than any policymaker. Hence, leave the world to the Bill Gateses.

* Music is corporatized junk.

and so on, ad nauseum, for a couple hundred pages. After a while, we - or at least I - get numbed to it. Great, so the world has been utterly cheapened by corporations. Sure, corporations own the political process. And? What do I do about it?

_The Baffler_ has no suggestions, which in the end makes it a shrill mouthpiece of powerlessness. We've grown up on a steady diet of powerlessness. The left would assert that this is because the power structure *wants* us to think we're powerless; it helps them when few of us resist. Now _The Baffler_ - with the totally altruistic goal of helping us out - has told us again that we're powerless, has strengthened the case, and has done nothing to correct this impression.

_Commodify Your Dissent_ ends with one of the most shrill, paranoid, counterproductive essays I've ever read, bringing to a crescendo all the doomsaying that peppered the foregoing pages.

Nothing's wrong with being shrill and unproductive. I just thought it fair to warn people that they're getting more of what they're used to.

I've just finished reading the six or seven preceding reviews and have little to add because I strongly agree with virtually all the comments made. So at the risk of wasting more of your time, I'll say this is clearly the best book I've read in the last two years (Of course, this statement is of limited value because you have no way of knowing what my reading habits are like.) In addition to superb content, many of the articles are riddled with memorable phrases. This does not mean the collection of essays is flawless. As others have mentioned, some of the (earlier) essays are downright adolescent, with a strictly antithetical viewpoint. A few others seem to suffer from a somewhat simplistic Marxist slant. But even these make fine use of language. Of the 20+ essays the majority are incisive excoriations of contemporary, market-dominated American culture. It's very likely this book will surprise, entertain, invigorate, and inform you. I also think you'll find Tom Vanderbilt's pieces particularly worthwhile.

Commodify your Dissent is a collection of essays from the Baffler magazine. The essays are social critiques of Mass Media and corporate and consumer culture. They have the sarchastic and hilarious style of H.L. Mencken and, like the latter's work, they end up exposing many false 'truths'. The quality of the writing is excellent, i became extremely envious. My favorite section was The Culture of Business and the critique of businees literature. there are also critiques of commercial grunge music, packaging of artists (one of my favorite essays, exposes pretentious writing for what it is), elites and youth consumerism. You'll learn and laugh. I enjoyed this book so much that I bouught other titles from Thomas Frank and subscribed to the Baffler.

At least half of the book consists of the writer reiterating the title in other wordings. Repetition is not uncommon in american self-help books but this is downright irritating.
The point about not depending for approval on the woman you desire is right-on I think but it's stated with such childish anger that anybody following the tone of this book would not convince any woman interesting enough to have some emotional intelligence.
I'd suggest 'How to date young women for men over 35' for advice that's in the same direction but much more emotionally mature and thus more helpful.
Just to set straight the ridiculous amount of stars that made me buy the book. Which I now regret.

Shark uses a lot of story-telling and examples. Sometimes, the points he's trying to make with the examples are factually wrong, and that's a little annoying.

The book is an excellent introduction on how to turn one's self into an operant conditioning mechanism. In order to train an animal, the best way is to use intermittant rewards. The nice-guy fails because in his eagerness to please he rewards all the time.

My advice would be to read this book, chapter for chapter, backwards. I understand his layout, but conceptually it makes a little more sense to start with the finished product and work backwards into the specifics.

He's the first author I've seen that tells it like it actually is, instead of some fairytale version of how women (and nice guys) wish it would be. It's incredibly refreshing. Don't let the title scare you, it's not about being mean to women. It's about getting a woman's respect and keeping your self-respect too. It's about being a MAN and giving a woman what she really wants (not what she might say she wants). This is a book that needed to be written. I'm a recovering "nice guy" who always tried to prove to women that I was different from those "other guys". I was different alright, they were having success and I wasn't. I finally got tired of watching some other guy walk off with the girl I wanted. If you want to know why you're striking out with women, read this book.

Don't waste you time with any other "success with women" manual (I've read them all), this is THE ONE. Hey Shark, we need a sequel!

Crystal clear writing. The pseudo-code is great, and Carrano is right that everyone should use pseudo-code. The book takes a look at classes and software engineering and then teaches data structures in a concise and clear fashion. The nice printing and attractive graphic design make you look forward to picking it up and reading it again. It's just "lucid".

The materials in this book are very well organized and easy to understand; Enough for most programmers.

I would not recommend this book to beginners but this book is definately a good book for people with some programming foundation. Advanced data structures are well explained. We are using this book at school and I am totally comfortable with it. I can actually accomplish something that I've never been able to. On thing that reader need to understand is this book is mostly concentrated on advanced data structure concept. Some reviewers said that it is mostly psudocode and it is true because the author is trying to let you understand the concept of advanced programming. Anyway, this book is a good step stone for you to reach highest programming concepts and skills.

The novelist can sometimes unfold truth before a reader's eyes in ways that a historian cannot. This is well known: Dickens' "Bleak House" was perhaps as much a critique of classical economics (a la Mill) as a novel, for example. Buckley's latest work is in that tradition. Rehabilitating Senator Joe McCarthy is a long-overdue labor. This novel painted a compelling picture of a three-dimensional hero, warts included, who lived a quintessinal American success story, until his fall. There is no doubt in my mind that certain elements in our society will view with disfavor a novel that seeks to humanize one of the all-time bogeymen of the Left. The objective reader will have to give careful thought to the thesis of this book, however. That thesis is that there was organized Communist penetration of our government, that their intentions were treasonous, and that McCarthy did right and good in exposing them. He went to excess, but his sins pale next to those of the Establishment types who ignored the threat, and who probably viewed it with sympathy. (Class haterd seeps from many of the characters in the book, both historical and fictional, for the upstart chicken farmer from Wisconsin who shook up their little world.) Political considerations aside, I read it in one day, staying up until the wee hours to finish it. This is a classic yarn, and a compelling page-turner. -Lloyd A. Conway

This is a wonderfully written account of a great but flawed American Hero. Bill Buckley still writes better then anyone. Even though, most are aware of the trials and tribulations of Senator McCarthy - this book is un-put downable. I never thought Mr. Buckley could top his Blackie Oakes stories, till I read "The Redhunter". Regardless of what you may think of the late senator - this is a great read. The book explains the early 1950's and the very real threat from Stalin led Russia in a way that not only entertains but teaches as well. I give this book five stars!

Fiction can sometimes be more revealing than a bare recital of fact. (One need only think of Dickens' novels and how he described 19th century England to see how this can be so.) Buckley's book accomplishes this with his portrait of Senator Joe McCarthy. The novel's subplot, involving the fictional Harry Boncteau (sp?), is compelling, and is woven nicely into the overall story. The McCarthy Buckley describes is ambitious, blind to some aspects of human nature, and prone to excess, but basically good, and, as we now know, right in his basic thesis: Communists had systematically penetrated American institutions, with subvursive intent. Art imitates life in Buckley's portrayal of the seething class hatred for McCarthy on the part of the Left/Establishment. It was/is part and parcel of their animus toward anyone who dared to expose the truth: Nixon, Chambers, and sepecially McCarthy. This novel, which I read in one sitting, finishing in the wee hours, is both compelling literature and thought-provoking in terms of it's ideas. Hopefully, with Soviet archives open and their records validating much of what he said, this book will become the basis for a reexamination of a controversial American life. -Lloyd A. Conway