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An Informix-4Gl Tutorial
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall (January, 1990)
Author: Paul Mahler
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This Book Is Not Very Good
This so-called Tutorial book is not helpful at all. It is confusing and in many cases, makes no sense at all. It is a good thing it is out of print because it actually set me back in learning Informix rather than helped me. Mahler has his own method for programming Informix and it doesn't agree with the way I program. The title should read, "Mahler's Only Way To Program Informix--An Unapproachable Approach".

When he covers a topic, you are always left with many more questions than you start with. In research, maybe this is a good thing, in programming, you don't have time to be wasting on his garbage.

I did better with the vendors own publications which were highly wordy and overly descriptive, but at least, I got the answer I needed.

If you want my recommendation, go look up Kathy Kipp's, "Programming Informix SQL/4GL A Step-by-Step Approach".


Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communications
Published in Hardcover by John Wiley & Sons (June, 1998)
Authors: Asad A. Abidi, Paul R. Gray, and Robert G. Meyer
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Time Loosing
Don't loose your time for reading this book. Personally I didn't expect a book from Mr.Abidi and Mr.Gray. No given theory and no
practice. Only some old IEEE papers collections .
Such a pitty..


Intimate Family Moments (Intimate Life Series)
Published in Hardcover by Chariot Victor Books (October, 1995)
Authors: David Ferguson, Teresa Ferguson, Paul Warren, and Vicki Warren
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Run, forest... RUN
Bad. Totally non-biblical in every way. Teaches those who manipulate to do it more effectively. Very disappointing.


Introduction to Client/Server Systems : A Practical Guide for Systems Professionals
Published in Paperback by John Wiley & Sons (June, 1996)
Author: Paul E. Renaud
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Awful Reference and Introduction
I purchased this book for my client server class. I had to go out and purchase the client server for dummies to explain and illustrate client server technologies. Hard to follow and author loses you in his self-centered tirades. Do not buy this book, it's awful. Save your money and look elsewhere for your needs.


John Paul II and Moral Theology (Readings in Moral Theology, No. 10)
Published in Paperback by Paulist Press (September, 1998)
Authors: Charles E. Curran, Richard A. McCormick, and Charles A. Curran
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Orthodox need not apply
This collection purports to be a scholarly study of the moral teaching of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. But all the authors dissent from the teaching of the Church on morals. The result is a trashing of the Pope's teaching: not very fair, not very convincing, not very noble. Give me Humanae Vitae any day.


Let's Learn Twi: Ma Yensua Twi
Published in Paperback by Africa World Press (15 October, 2000)
Authors: Paul F. Kotey and Paul A. Kotey
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This is NOT a Self-Study Course
It is perhaps unkind to criticise this work as being a very poor choice for someone wishing to learn Twi by themselves, when the book itself says: "This book is written for Beginner and for early Intermediate level learners. The instructor must be either a native Akuapem Twi speaker, or a near native Akuapem Twi speaker. The text is therefore not meant to be a 'teach yourself' book." Unfortunately, I had no way of knowing this when I bought the book, and only realised when it was too late to return it.

If you are lucky enough to be able to attend a course where this is the required text (which I imagine would not be the case for most people searching for a book on Twi through Amazon), then I am sure that Ma Yensua Twi would rate an unqualified 5 stars. With its delightful illustrations, it is the most beautifully presented language book I have ever seen. It is also, obviously, a very well thought out course, combining grammar; reading; dictation; translation; word substitution and other exercises.

With this in mind, and given the fairly limited range of materials available to someone who wants to learn Twi, you may be tempted to buy it anyway, perhaps to supplement other materials you already have, or on the theory that any learning resource is better than nothing. Here's why I don't think Ma Yensua Twi is useful outside of its intended context:

1. If you have no existing knowledge of Twi, and you are trying to learn the language on your own, you NEED a course that comes with tapes. Even armed with a good written guide to pronunciation (which this book does have), some Twi sounds are extraordinarily difficult to master, having no phonetic equivalent in English. And even if you are able to get the sound of a word right, the chances are you will get the stress wrong or, worse still, the tones (combinations of high, mid or low; long or short) which can change the meaning of a word completely. For example, words that initially all sound quite similar to "papa" (at least to a bloke from south London) can mean any of: father; good; to pat; a fan.

2. Virtually all of the exercises in Ma Yensua Twi are, by their very design, of no use outside their intended context of live tuition: many of the reading exercises have no English translations; there are no answers to the translation exercises; the dictation exercises are simply "Instructor selects Akuapem Twi Words, Phrases, and Sentences covered to date for this exercise"; and some of the exercises involve improvised group role play.

3. In the 25 chapters in which Ma Yensua Twi covers a wide variety of social and cultural situations, extensive vocabulary is introduced and grammatical points are explained in a clear style. This is really the only area where Ma Yensua Twi is of any use at all to someone who is unable to use the book as part of a taught course. But, as a supplement to other Twi resources, Ma Yensua Twi may be more confusing than helpful. This is because, unlike the other Twi materials that I have been able to get hold of, Ma Yensua Twi is a course in Akuapim (Akuapem), rather than (by far the more widely spoken) Ashanti (Asante) Twi. (As far as I am aware, nothing is easy to come by that covers Fanti (Fante/Mfantse) Twi.) Although I have heard that Akuapim Twi is often regarded as the prestige Twi dialect, and indeed, that all dialects of Twi are mutually intelligible, the fact remains that when you are learning the language and are not an experienced speaker (as I am not), it only makes the task more difficult if you are giving yourself the additional headache of trying to master differences between dialects. To illustrate the point (and perhaps this is an extreme example), "Yefere no sen?" in Ashanti, meaning "What is it called?", is "Wu din de den?" in Akuapim Twi. Enough said.

Please let me be clear (and partly to assuage my guilt for having given this book a one-star rating) that I am not saying this is a bad book per se. I think if you are able to attend classes where an appropriate instructor follows this course, or if you have the resources available for private tuition, then Ma Yensua Twi would be an excellent learning tool. If, however, you are unable to do either of these, then don't bother buying it.


Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein, with a memoir
Published in Unknown Binding by Blackwell ()
Author: Paul Engelmann
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Letters from Ludwig
Engelmann was an architect who collaborated with Wittgenstein in building a house in Vienna. The actual letters are without any value, being a short postcard paragraph usually saying that Ludwig was not well, apologising for not writing and craving for human contact. There is some background biographical information which is inferior to accounts by von Wright and Norman malcolm. A chapter by Engelmann, a non philosopher, on the Tractatus is tortuous. The only value is some insight into Wittgestein's religious interests - which are marginal to his philosophy


License Plates 4U2Read
Published in Paperback by Pub Guild of California (July, 1983)
Author: Paul D. Taylor
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Not Much 4U2READ
I was expecting a book that listed thousands of personalized plates (why be creative when I can steal someone else's idea :-). This book is comb-bound and contains just over 50 plates. It is more of a display item than a useful tool.


Love, Let Me Not Hunger/Large Print
Published in Hardcover by Ulverscroft Large Print Books (September, 1974)
Author: Paul Gallico
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The worst kind of melodrama.
I started reading this book confidently expecting a well crafted book in the mould of Gallico's other works and at the end of it I was shocked.Not only was the story melodramatic and apparently not reaaly going anywhere but it seemed only an excuse to insert something of the seamy side of life .There seemed to be no point to this story and when I discovered a particularly distasteful sexual situation implied at the end I threw this book out .One of the finest pieces of real trash that I have ever read ,this only served to disgust me.Gallico's unfailingly beautiful language is the saving grace but its only a wrapping for a sordid tale that never rises to the emotional heights he achieved in earlier books.I am surprised that anyone would even publish it.


The Magus: Containing Magnetism, and Cabalistical Magic; Discovering the Secret Mysteries of Celestial Magic With the Art of Calculating by the Divine Names of g
Published in Paperback by Book Tree (July, 1999)
Authors: Francis Barrett and Paul Tice
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A wonderful work of plagarism
Francis Barrett plagarized 100% of this book from Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, so there is some good information present, but none of it is original. (well, maybe some of the interesting illustrations) So if you're interested in the full story, seek out Agrippa (though do not buy Kessinger's version. For some reason they only include the first book, but still call it "Three Books of Occult Philosophy". Buy Llewellyn's--it's a beautiful production.)


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