This book is a mushy worthless waste of reading time. I stopped reading after 4 chapters of stuff like, "Now close your eyes and imagine stretching your fingers. Feel the difference. Visualize a butterfly...blablabla"

The "It's not Carpal Tunnel" book was much better; full of stretches and useful advice.

I completely disagree with the review below from 1/29/01. The most important tool to overcome repetitive strain injury is awareness of how you are using your body & how you may be injuring it by the way you move (or by not moving enough!). The exercises in this book help you become much more aware of your posture, body tension, & awkward movements that may be causing your problems. Learning how to relax your body is essential to recovery.

Even better, the guidance on how to sit has changed my life. I can finally work at my computer without back pain!

BTW, I also recommend Pascarelli's excellent book. These two complement each other nicely.

This book changed my life at work. I have to admit, I didn't exactly follow the "program" - I skipped to the section on sitting, which is what interested me. I have a chronic, mild, back problem, and I had searched and searched for a computer chair that would allow me to sit without pain. I had 3 loaner chairs from different companies, after trying about 20 at the display area at my university ergonomics group, and with all of them, my back hurt. Then I read and worked with Paul's book - and now I sit on a not wonderful chair, with a rolled up towel (and a cushion to make up for the seat), and I am comfortable, all day. He teaches you how to sit, how to move, without expensive gadgets. Try it.

Sorry to say but the book was very boring. In fact, I hardly got through it at all. It seemed to me the book was just written in order to gain new clients (as the writers own their own investment boutique). I definitely would not recommend this book!

A good introduction to the art and science of the sales process. The authors are clearly seasoned pros who share their years of experience and battle tales with the reader. A great read and a fine primer into the complex process of selling a business.

One of the better books on the subject. I recently sold my business, and wanted to get as educated as I could before getting started. I probably bought six books on the subject. This book was quite helpful in identifying the major issues and providing meaningful insight into the process. The authors do a good job of weaving specific advise in with their recounting of real tales of past experiences.

I wanted to like this book, but it seems to have been put together in a hurry. Mr. Jeffers facts were not checked. I don't know if I should blame the author or the editor. pg 305 - 309, Washington Roebling the NEPHEW of the Brooklyn Bridge builder died on the Titanic, not the bridge builder who lived until 1926.

Brady is NOT entombed in Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn, he is in the ground in Holy Cross cemetery in Brookyn. pg 319

My head hurt from the mistakes! THey are throughout the book. I hope Mr. Jeffers is more on top of his other works - this one was painfull.

This book reveals what, sadly, the recent Burns PBS documentary 'New York' totally ignored; The whole wonderful parade of characters and events that defined the Gilded Age. While the book has flaws (Reggie Vanderbilt was the great-grandson, not grandson, of Commodore Vanderbilt, and J.P. Morgan was not 'the most hated financier' in America) it still does a good job of bringing to life this epochal time. Especially enjoyable are the descriptions of the New York cafe and restaurant society (Emeril eat your heart out!!) that Brady and Lillian Russell were so much a part of. This book is a good starter for those beginning to explore this period. From here then read Strouse's 'Morgan; American Financier', Patterson's 'The Vanderbilts' and Gregory's 'Families of Fortune' and your off to a good start!!

Someone once wrote that there is more to history than wars, treaties, and presidents. This story of Diamond Jim Brady and his platonic friend Lillian Russell makes for great reading of the gilded Eighties, Gay Nineties, and Naughty Naughts. The flamboyant Brady made his money selling railroad equipment and didn't hesitate to spend it on his passion for diamonds, food, or lavishing gifts upon others. It's true that Jim enjoyed advertising himself, but he did enjoy giving gifts to others. When he moved to his West 86th street home on Manhattan he refurnished it with entirely new furniture along with a complete new wardrobe. He introduced New York to the automobile which ran on an electric battery which had a cruising range of thirty-six miles. Since it would be bad for his image if it broke down, he had a friend test drive it for five successive days in the early morning hours. Most people eat to live, but Diamond Jim truly was one who lived to eat. His gustatorial tales fill the book. During the removal of a kidney stone it was found that his stomach was six times larger than normal. I will share a very funny line from the book regarding Jim's wearing of diamonds. It was a rule of his that "diamonds larger than doorknobs should be worn only in the evening." I did find that Diamond Jim had feelings of insecurity regarding his appearance when he was turned down in marriage from a woman named Edna. Jim lamented, "I asked her plenty of times to marry me and she always refused. ...There ain't a woman in the world who'd marry a fat, ugly guy like me." He also offered one million dollars to Lillian Russell to marry him, but she turned him down saying, "Why ruin a beautiful friendship?" If you enjoy American social history you have a treat waiting for you in reading this book.

The main strength of the book is its large amount of interesting and largely error-free problems. Unfortunately, some of the more advanced material isn't really well explained. A good example is the book's coverage of particle-in-a-box: it's covered well enough for a beginning student to solve some problems, but without the more thorough follow up you get in a quantum class, you're just pushing symbols. The same goes for many of the other, somewhat more advanced topics in the book - MO theory, gas dynamics, etc.

It may have made pchem and inorganic a little easier, but it made for frustrating reading at the time.

this is a good basic book if you forgot about your chemistry. it provides good examples to guide you.

This book is the current book for Chemistry 107 at the University of Illinois, taught by none other than Professor Zumdahl. Tthe book is very good for a college accelerated class. Clear examples.

First of all, what this book contains will not disappoint if you spent time on the core worlds. Most parties will eventually go there, and this book will help you as the GM make them come to life like you wouldn't believe.

Each planet is divided up into a player's and GM's section. The players section lists history, locations, and things of that ilk. The GM's section includes plot hooks and major NPCs. I think that more WotC books should implement this sort of organization, where a player can read through the book and not worry about accidentally spoiling something for him- or herself. The plots are interesting, and tend to involve whatever makes that planet unique (the shipyards of Corellia, for example). They are also divided along era lines, which is a worthwhile practice that should be continued in future WotC projects.

That said, the book does have a few flaws. First, the art, while good, is sparse. Each planet (Coruscant has the biggest section and is therefore an exception) has only one or two pieces, and they don't really give a suffient feel for the planet, leaving it up to the descriptions and the GM's knowledge. Second, the section on planetary histories is a little short for most worlds, usually constituting little more than a page. For some of the minor worlds (like Anaxes) this is permissable, but even Corellia and Coruscant are lacking in that regard.

In short, this book is worth getting (almost essential, in fact) if you plan on spending time in the Core, but not really if its a casual thing that you "might do someday." Its limited nature makes it less useful than, say, WotC's upcoming Ultimate Alien Anthology.

One of the most memorable things about Star Wars is in just how unique the worlds are, and that is definitely the case here. The worlds in this book have one thing in common: they are Core planets. Other than that, they are as different from each other as Hoth is from Tatooine.

This wonderfully illustrated hardcover book details no less than 29 Core worlds. Coruscant gets the most space at nearly 30 pages, and most of the other worlds, including Alderaan and Corellia, get three to five pages each. In general, each world has brief sections on its description, history, people, and important locations. Changes from the time of the Old Republic up to the New Jedi Order are also discussed.

At the end of each planet's profile there is a "GM-only" section for each world with adventure hooks and a selection of important NPCs. There are also several new species, six new feats, about a dozen items of new equipment, over a dozen new vehicles and starships, four new droids, and more new creatures than you can shake a stick at (my favorite was the fearsome Coromon Headhunter). Sadly, there is only one new Prestige Class, the five-level Seyugi Dervish.

While I really would have preferred to see a greater selection of PrCs, the book's other qualities largely make up for this deficiency. I should emphasize that while each planet receives a generous amount of information, it is by no means a complete description. The focus of the book seems to be on providing GM's and players with ideas for their own campaigns and characters, rather than on being an exhaustive resource.

As a GM I found the plot hooks and NPC sections to be the most useful. And boy, there are a lot of NPCs, over a hundred of them in fact. Even better is the fact that the plot hooks and NPCs are often connected to each other, which makes for easy adventure creation.

My main complaint regarding this otherwise excellent book is that some of the maps are a bit lacking. Specifically, many of them don't have a scale, which makes it difficult to tell if the map of this or that location covers hundreds of meters or dozens of kilometers. The maps are also far too small for tabletop use, but a trip to the copy shop should solve that problem.

As others have pointed out, a GM would probably get the most use out of this book, especially in a Core-based campaign. Of course, a player could still find this book to be a valuable tool for fleshing out the background of a favorite character. Even so, there is so much variety, information, and so many ideas in this book that I'd recommend it to anyone. Overall I'm giving Coruscant and the Core Worlds a very strong 4 out of 5.

And besides, what campaign could possibly be complete without the main characters visiting Coruscant at least once?

The collaborative effort of Craig R. Carey, Chris Doyle, Jason Fry, Paul Sudlow, John Terra, and Daniel Wallace, and specifically crafted to be compatible with the Dungeons and Dragons game's d20 system, Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Coruscant And The Core Worlds is an information-packed reference filled from cover to cover with memorable characters, exotic locations, vehicles, alien creatures, story ideas, and much, much more. Configured and organized so that even the most novice Game Master can create a memorable Star Wars-themed role gaming adventure, Coruscant And The Core Worlds is an excellent and faithful guide, and a very welcome addition to the growing library of Star Wars related role-play adventure resources and references.

This book is aimed at developers already advanced in VB, COM, MTS, and SQL. The author presents an interesting generic framework for implementing persistent distributed objects using Microsoft technologies. Most unfortunately, many details are missing from the example code, some of it depends on code not presented until future chapters or at all, and the downloadable code does not match what is presented in the book. Even within the book itself, some of the UML class models don't match what is described in the text. The concepts of the framework were useful to me, especially the generic database classes, but I expect more attention to detail in a technical book.

The book covers vb-object to db-tables mapping. The download code for this is not in sync with the book on areas such as ClassManager/Lib and on the DataManager GetObject (set DataManager ClassDef.DatabaseName), some Interface Methods too, an (optional?) XML parameter. With no installation Readme or Errata file this could be overcome by the author (please) update the downloadable code. Although Session Variables (and ActiveX Controls)are used in places there is no talk of their security limits. Otherwise an excellent book!

If you are a developer who already knows the basics and has gone through the simple examples provided in the documentation and teaching books, then this book is for you for an advanced exposition of the subject. You will also get a nice feeling reading the code (the book has a good amount of it) which works, since the author has actually implemented it in a production environment.

While the characters were vastly more entertaining than the ones in the previous book & the writer not quite so long-winded, this book was still rather bland & as boring as the rest of the series.

With about 80 novels in the DL series, it's a good thing that not all of them are worth reading a 2nd time(or 1st for that matter)but it still drives me crazy when they so obviously give some of these books a half-hearted attempt.

An extremely well written novel by Mary H. Herbert, as always with her dragonlance novels, "Dragon's Bluff" is solid. This time she expands on her forays into the Majere family and Ulin Majere, son of Palin, comes into the spotlight. While not as interesting as his sister Linsha was in "Clandestine Circle", he provides a strong draw for anyone that enjoys the Majere family.

This novel includes just about everything a good DL novel needs. It has mages, thieves, dragons, gnome and kender sidekicks. It even has the cool theme of the story revolving around a card game called Dragon's Bluff. But it just kind of lacked that killer instinct that could have turned it into a truly great novel. Instead, while well written, the plot never really gives you the action you assume you should get. And the ending lacks that large bang you want during the end of a DL novel.

While it was realistic, had a well driven plot, developed characters, and even had the all important dragon as a villain, it just lacked a little "umph". Can't say I didn't like it, but sadly can't rave about it either.

Final Thought: Anyone up for a game of Dragon's Bluff?

This book was good. I enjoyed the characters and the setting but nothing was great. The plot was good, well everything was good but not great. I would say it is worth buying if you have nothing else you currently want to read. I was not dissapointed or impressed. Buy it if you feel like it.

The writers of Cliff's AP books are usually great but here I feel they failed. Their AP Biology book was great as to resumming all learned about the subject but this one did not enumerate. It has basic people, events,and topics but no memory joggers. ;( for me I needed review of data rather than HOW to take the test.

I have to say that I expected more out of this book. History is my worst subject, so when I bought this I was hoping for way more review and in-depth explanation of different topics and time periods. I also thought the practice tests were too easy; I went in thinking that I'd do great on the multiple choice, and instead found myself guessing quite a bit. However, the tips for taking the exam were great, except their advice on the DBQ format; they were so convinced that the question would be worded a certain way that they didn't include any examples of other formats! Sure enough, the DBQ was worded completly different! Overall, I'd recommend this to someone who already has a firm grasp of US history, but not someone like me who needs a much more thourough review.

I am a history-buff, but before the AP exam, I needed confidence. So I took 2 practice tests and wrote some essays, and the result was a 5 on the AP exam. In June, before the SAT IIs, I took another exam from this book and that was my only preparation, because we did nothing in class. This book helped me get a 750 on the SAT II. However, there's not much "review" in this book. For review, I recommend the Princeton Review which some of my friends had. But buy this book too, b/c TPR has only one practice exam.

I bought this for my husband because of the blurb on the cover saying it would be "a favorite gift to husbands from their wives." If she wants her husband to believe she needs to "repent" if she is not always as eager for sex as he is (so that he can then graciously forgive her), she should buy him this book. Or if she wants to be viewed as "weak" and "easily deceived" and treated in a condescending and controlling way she might want to give this to her husband. Priolo's interpretation and application of Scripture (often out of context) is highly questionable in many instances and directly leads to these extreme views.

Also, the publisher did a very poor job with glaring typo's and difficult-to-read, extremely small type. Cheap looking and not the thing I want to give anyone as a gift. I threw it in the garbage. Best place for it.

This is an excellent book that is challenging for a husband on any level. The book primary deals with communication and attitudes which is 95% of marriage anyway. Only one chapter is devoted to the physical aspects of marriage in very general terms. If you purchase this book, be ready to change your thoughts, attitudes, and actions towards your wife. The only minor flaw is that the scripture quotes are not from the NIV but from another modern English version.

A very practical guide on being a husband, the role and responsibilities. Focused on biblically based precepts and principles. Emphasis is on application and not just theory. Good for a newly wed as well as a refresher course reading for the seasoned husband. Would recommend as a good read for wives as well. Recommended reading for small bible study accountability groups as well.

DREAMSTONE MOON started very strong and presented some interesting asides that are lacking from a majority of the early DOCTOR WHO novels. Sam has been seperated from the TARDIS and she nows travels the Universe one day at a time, while the Doctor has been doing his level best to find her, wondering all the while if he should perhaps let Sam go and live her own life on her own terms. But, this being a Doctor Who novel, the Doctor needs someone to talk to (which is nicely pointed out early on in the book). The most original idea in the novel is found in the viewpoint of Sam as she actually watches and hears about how the Doctor operates. Being seperated and being lost, she's allowed to develop her own perspective and viewpoint and she finds the Doctor's actions a rather interesting mix, not one she is often pleased about. But while the book has some good writing and a few solid ideas, you can't help but notice that it is all rather rushed, and as this is the second part in a three book arc, you are left with, not so much a cliffhanger (which would have been nice), but simply a stop. The story itself is not fresh (in fact it reminds me of an early NEXT GENERATION story), but Leonard manages to punch up a few original lines and action, all of which get's lost towards the end as he has to wrap up the plot, the fates of all the players and spring the big surprise (which is no real surprise, but an interesting idea that I wish had been present from the get go than waiting for the last ten pages). What really dropped the book a few stars in my view is the overuse of torture and violence. Once again we are treated to the kind of brutality that reads more like a United Nations Human Rights Report than an actual adventure novel... unpleasent. But Leonard does his best, offers up a few choice ideas, and can't be faulted for being stuck in the middle of a three book story. Worth picking up to complete the series, and worth one read through.

Putting this book inside the Sam Is Missing arc was probably a very bad idea. While most of this story is rather enjoyable, the ending really suffers because of the lack of a resolution. Not only do the Doctor and Sam fail to meet up again, but the story itself just sputters out without a satisfactory conclusion. Both of these elements seem to highlight the other, making the ending of the book a huge disappointment. Obviously I realize that since this is the middle part of a multi-book series, there isn't going to be a ultimate conclusion to all of the threads, but to leave so many of them hanging (including pieces from the story itself) really leaves the reader feeling unsatisfied.

On the other hand, the parts leading up to the (lack of) ending are quite interesting. The story moves quickly enough so that we never grow bored with any of it and the revelations come quickly enough so that one doesn't have to time to think about them too much. The characters painted are quite interesting as we get to know them, though there are some annoying passages in which Sam gets teamed up with a substitute Doctor and the Doctor gets paired up with a replacement companion. Though the surrogates are interesting characters in their own rights, they share too many of the qualities of the missing half and it ends up feeling a bit contrived.

The plot centers on a substance called dreamstone, which is used by humans to record and play back dreams. This subject has been done a few times before in science fiction, yet Leonard manages to keep things fresh here. He never goes into a great amount of detail concerning the specifics of what dreamstone is, and this allows the plot to stay on track without getting bogged down with boring technobabble.

All in all this is an entertaining, if light, read. This book is quite a bit shorter than the BBC book average, so it won't take the reader very long to get through. While this may help the beginning and middle sections, it probably ends up accenting the unsatisfactory nature of the ending.

This is the first time that the Dr. showes his real feelings when he losses his one of his time travelers (Sam). I feel that the change from the 7th Dr to the 8th Dr. has ment a change in the way he views the events in his life. The books takes you to a planet called Dreamstone moon where people use special rocks to inhance their lives. He spots Sam several times while he is on the planet. But is never able to rejoin her. This book is a real easy read and I have read it more then once. When you have read this one you need to read Seeing I. This is the story where the Dr. and Sam finally find each other and are reunited. I hope that you enjoy this book as much as I did and I suggest that you add this one to your Dr. Who collection.