This not just a book of collection. This tells the story behind each album and each song of the Doors, what songs made up the A and B sides of a single, each of Jim's books, not to mention lists of most popular books, music and movies of each year the Doors were together from 1965-1971. I use this as a reference book for everything from doors stuff to reading lists! It's always at my fingertips. If you wanna know the story behind Jim's poetry/songs... get this book!

Wow , Blackbeard's back and just as scary as he was the first time around .His self-determination may include kidnapping and teen-rape for starters , but that's only the tip of his iceberg....and what a deadly iceberg it is that lurks below the surface of the historic and beautiful waters of Eastern North Carolina .Danny Ferguson weaves the past with the politically power-filled present to give his readers a sense of how much power can manipulate .I'm waiting for the sequel, and keeping my light on at night and the doors all securely locked .

If it was a book on relationships it would be comparable, though a bit more rigorous, to "Are You the One for Me?" by Barbara DeAngelis because it consists of a variety of exercises that help you learn more about God's will, while at the same time leaving it up to how much effort you're willing to give it.

One of its strengths is that it explains two different ways to learn God's will, one that's personal based upon your own prayer, reflection and experiences, the other that's based on a corporate Quaker-style method to learn God's will, which can also be used to determine collective goals for a church, administrative council or study class.

Another strength, which could be a weakness for some, is that it is quite short, though it's set up to take just a little time a day for eight weeks. Another is that it is Biblical based and references several verses. Another is the number and quality of the author's personal examples.

Its main weakness is that it won't tell you God's will, but just give you some tools to help, so it depends on how much time and effort you're willing to give it.

It takes an expert - maybe even a brain surgeon - to make such an interesting topic so monumentally, colossally boring.

McCarver does what many former players do when writing about baseball - they assume that their years of experience are the last word, and that no other approach is of any value. After all, he played for 21 years, didn't he? (And that's about how long it seems to take to read this thing.) This failing, on its own, is not so bad - after all, we read books by veteran players because we value their experience and insight - but coupled with some others, it is a disaster.

First off, this book has precious little to do with being able to "watch" the game. It has a lot to do with critiquing training styles, different conventions and techniques. It has a lot to do with what pitch to throw on what count under what circumstance - but it's all for coaches and managers, not for those who want to watch and understand the game.

Then, McCarver's hubris is compounded by his egocentrism. Naturally, any fan understands the unique position of the catcher and the catcher-pitcher dynamic in the game of baseball. However, McCarver isn't content to point this out once. He has a chapter on The Catcher. Then a chapter on the Battery. Then a chapter on Working the Count. I wish I was making this up. The next chapter is about "Working the Lineup" but by that stage if you haven't hurled the book across the room in a fit of frustrated boredom then you have the patience of a saint: every single chapter is the same! It's all about calling pitches! Even his chapters about how to bat are about how the catcher behind you is calling pitches!

By the time you've got to the 700th description of what pitch you might call in a 3-0 count only this time with a man on 3rd but a left-handed pitcher whose birth sign is Taurus, the eyes have long since glazed over. All the fun, passion and intellect of the game is drained and replaced with dull rambling and repetition interspersed with the most unfunny - or just incomprehensible - anecdotes imaginable. There comes a point when the reader turns a page and the eye quails before the sight of two new pages of tedium, and looks for relief to the little cut-out box that should contain a morsel of interest to tide one through.

The box will contain a story about the one time that McCarver and some guy you've never heard of were arguing about what pitch to call under what circumstance and how McCarver wanted a fastball or something. It's positively Kafkaesque in its torture of the reader.

If you want a fun, well-edited, well-written guide to how to watch the game like an expert, look no further than Nick Bakalar's "The Baseball Fan's Companion: How to Master the Subtleties of the World's Most Complex Team Sport and Learn to Watch the Game Like an Expert". Leave this one to a morose brain surgeon.

I always thought I was a baseball "FAN" .[ I followed the Mets since I was a kid in little league.] After reading this book I can watch a baseball game on TV intelligently. McCarver has transformed me into a TRUE FAN. The book includes WHAT to look for when watching a game on TV and how the manager will/should react. I began to notice the pitch locations, catcher's role, the batting stances, lineups, pitch count and fielding positions. I sit back and try to guess what pitch will be thrown or how a manger will react in a given situation. Baseball is a game of strategy not just hit the ball and run. In the past I always loved going to the baseball park [Shea] and watching a game. I found watching a baseball game on TV to be very boring- NOT ANY MORE! I truly enjoy watching ANY baseball game on TV. In addition, I enjoyed the short vignettes located thoughout the book. They were informative and humorous.

I'm not a big fan of Tim McCarver, the TV analyst. So when I've seen this book I didn't give it much of a glance until just recently. I leafed through a few pages and became intrigued. I read a few more and was hooked. He does a wonderful job explaining the "intricacies" of the game. McCarver takes a kind of 'scientific' approach in explaining the various parts of the game, from the preparation he goes through before a televised game, to the pre-game meetings, to the actual game itself, "working a lineup," what is involved in playing the various positions, pitcher-batter duels, and so on. He also talks about what is going on with each pitch and how everyone, batter, pitcher, catcher and all the other players react to various pitch counts.

Since I've read the book, I've tried to be more conscious of what goes on during a game, checking to see if I can tell what signals a first or third base coach is giving, what kind of signs a catcher is giving a pitcher, or the other various strategies going on within a game. These "games within the game" have made watching baseball more fun. I may still at times get aggravated with McCarver's analysis during a game, but this book has made me a more knowledgeable fan.

Tim McCarver's "The Perfect Season" does not live up to its title....namely, that the 1998 baseball season was the best ever. No one doubts McCarver's expertise in the game, but there's a long-windedness about this book, much like his broadcast style. McCarver has too many chapters devoted to players whose entry into the book was made because they "hit 50 doubles and stole 50 bases in one season". I know that baseball is a game of statistics but this kind of minutiae (or"dim-minutiae") is as meaningless as meat filler in a hamburger patty or a weatherman's recitation of the wind-chill factor....it gets boring very quickly. There are certainly some good chapters and well-deserved entries (the New York Yankees, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, and a wonderful tribute to Roger Maris), but I found myself being able to put this book down many times, even though the chapters are quite short. It's simply bogged down with too much useless detail.

The 1998 baseball season was, indeed, a memorable one, and Tim McCarver does a good job of reviewing it. The McGuire/Sosa home run battle made it especially so, and their respect for each other and the game added to it. Tim gives his opinions and analysis of events of the season which add to the book's interest. Brief chapters are devoted to such players as Dan Quisenberry and Eric Davis. The Yankees show what it takes to make a winning team by their ability to win in whatever way the other team makes available to them. The book was easy to read and I found it interesting, but I certainly wouldn't call it a classic by any means.

How would you feel if you had just become the Yankees' manager, when the man who hired you was George Steinbrenner, a man notorious for "putting the revolving door on managers?" He is famous for hiring and firing managers. That is what happened to Joe Torre in 1996, yet he is considered one of the best managers in baseball. Tim McCarver uncovers why Joe Torre is still the Yankees manager and much more in his great non-fiction book, The perfect season. McCarver's book recognizes some of the great achievements in 1998 that were not given attention, because of the home run chase and David Wells' perfect game. In the book, McCarver gets quite up close and personal when he talks about some of baseball's past heros, being a former ballplayer himself. At the end of the book, McCarver analyzes the playoffs and the key plays and mistakes in them. His book uncovers how great the 1998 baseball season really was.

Having read another book about the same subject, this book was a massive disappointment. I'm not sure if I expected to get a feeling for who the victims were, as this was co-authored by Danny Rolling himself, but I certainly hoped Sondra London would delve into this much more than was done, although she can't really be called objective.

Having lived in Gainesville in the 90's, this book in no way captures the essence of the town which was shocked out of its innocence and changed forever by these horrific crimes. It's sad to say, but the most engrossing aspect of these books is not the endless exploration of Rolling's life (of which there is a LOT), but the few short (and I do mean SHORT) mentions of the murders themselves. I found myself skipping to these parts of the book, only because the rest was so unenlightening.

The murders and mutilations, although heinous, are somehow diminished in their atrocity by the total lack of insight into the lives that were being ended, the city and campus that were being changed forever, or the emotional disasters being wreaked on the families and friends of the victims. Rolling is just not that interesting. His ramblings about the alter-ego "Gemini" mask the true reason for all this tragedy -- his social impotence, lack of success with work or women, and his rage at all others that he perceived to have easier lives than he had.

For a great account of these crimes, read The Gainesville Ripper, by Mary S. Ryzuk instead.

I only gave this four stars so I could look in the mirror without feeling guilty. But its probably a five if your a sicko. To hear the killer tell in his own words the killings and events that led up to them is almost to much for a sane person to bare. They read like a penthouse letter. I took out my throbbing member and put it in her wet, ok you get the picture. But then there is something alot different than penthouse letters, I grabbed the knife and ........ This book has to be read to be believed. Instead of reading the accounts by some dry author, take a chance and read the story by the killer himself. But I will warn people with tender hearts and weak stomachs to stay away.

I have to say this is the best book I read about this case so far,and it has all the juicy details!It starts out with a little background info and then works up into one of the most amazing,incredible true-life stories I've ever read.All the most fascinating things you wonder about with regard to Rolling and his murky past are revealed here.I think they did a good job here and they should make a movie out of this book!On a scale of one to ten I give it a Perfect Ten.Amazing details that had me on the edge of my seat-once you pick it up you won't be able to put it down until you're through!

So this would have been a great title, say in 1993. Do yourself a favor, unless you're into antiques, and get a real AppleScript book like the VQS titles from Peachpit. This book is nice to read, but it refers to an AppleScript of the past and has little relevance in the world of Mac OS X. Why people keep recommending this dinosaur is beyond me.

This is an old title, no doubt about it, but Danny Goodman was around at the inception of Applescript and knows what it is about. He approaches applescript from a broad base to give the reader total system understanding and then narrows things down to specific application. If you have no programming experience, I would think that this book would help, since scripting is programming, no matter what the guys at Apple try to pawn applescript off as. This book gives a framework to Applescript. I would like to see it rewritten for OSX, but you can fill in the blanks with the Apple's downloadable documentation. If you have the cash for this book, it is worth it. I only give four stars because it is five years old.

Great tool for beginning scripters, and one that'll continue to be useful for the more advanced.

It's really not a bad book, but it's not good either. Like the guy who gave it no stars, he had pretty much the exact complaints I do. The author makes the book seem like the life of a few kids leading up to the murders. She seems to know what they were all saying at certain points in the 80's and early 90's. Like the past reviewer said-- she must have had a tape recorder on them all before the murders. Learning about the killer was fun, I will admit. Spending pages learning about the killer was good, but I'll admit halfway through the book, I was tired of learning about the characters and wanted to skip pages so I could learn about what the hell exactly happened as a whole during the time of the Gainesville murders. I thought I would be reading about the crime and punishment of Danny Rolling, what he did, how he did it, and what he's done afterwards. Maybe learn a little about him, too, which I did at the least. It just became tedious-- it dragged on and on, and you want to skip pages, but I didn't. I now wish I did so I could have gotten onto one of the other books I recently got. Over all, it's really not a terrible book, it just has some useless things that fill up the book rather than interest you. Learning about the killer and his life and why he could have done these terrible things was good. But reading little clips of what the future victims were doing at that moment that Danny Rolling was maybe robbing a grocery-- who cares? They were playing tennis, they were sleeping, etc. Yeah? Okay...
A lot of things are also repeated. The first thing you get into in the book, is the killings. That pulled me in right away. The beginning was good, then when it got into the life of the killer, that was also good. Then after about 200 pages of that, you want to put it down. I'll give this 3 stars because it wasn't trash but it wasn't a good read either.

Having read Rolling's book co-authored with Sondra London, there is no comparison. This book far outstrips the former in exploring the personalities of not only Rolling, but of the victims and those close to them. I lived in Gainesville and went to the University of Florida not long after the murders, and the shockwaves of these crimes still perpetuate through the town to this day. Ryzuk captures the environment of fear that enveloped the campus and surrounding area with razor-sharp accuracy.

Ryzuk also does a superb job of painting a complete picture of events from several different angles, having interviewed many of the victim's friends and relatives, as well as others involved in the investigation. Some of the events are repeated in the book, but it's for this purpose that I believe this approach was worthwhile. Her use of a timeline during the events leading up to the crimes builds suspense and takes the reader along on a fateful ride with doom.

I have driven by the 34th Street wall memorializing the victims hundreds of times, but only after reading this book do I feel like I have a sense of who the victims all were. They are no longer five semi-anonymous names painted on a wall, but clearly distinguishable lives with different goals that, sadly, will never be achieved. My only complaint is that the personalities of Sonja Larson and Christina Powell do not come off as vividly as did those of Christa Hoyt, Manny Taboada, and Tracy Paules, which may have to do with the willingness of those left behind to talk, but that's only my speculation. By walking us through the victims' relationships and daily events leading up to the killings, Ryzuk almost breathes life into the victims again. Friends and families of the victims are also explored, and their anguish is palpable.

The author does not neglect the killer, though. I came away with an even better sense of his motivations and the life events that led up to the events of August 1990 than I did after reading his own account, co-authored by Sondra London. This is saying something, as this book does a far more insightful job of exploring Rolling than does the killer's own account, which seems like a alter-ego-explaining manifesto scattered with a few short mentions of the killings in detailed, almost mechanical fashion. For those interested, the accounts in this book of the murders themselves are clearly and more fully explored, from Rolling's initial selection and stalking of the victims, to the commission of the heinous acts, to the discovery of the bodies, his subsequent events and beyond, including the arrest of a "red herring" suspect that left the city breathing a premature sigh of relief. I am left disgusted by Rolling's need to murderously dominate, then eliminate, to make up for his own inadequacies as a human being.

There are facts in the book regarding the killings and the investigation I have read elsewhere that were nowhere mentioned in London's account. Also, Ryzuk captures the essence of Gainesville and the University of Florida campus so clearly that it feels as if I were back there again myself. It is by comparing this lovely, generally serene southern town, once again filled with all the excitement of a new fall semester, to a living nightmare of horror at the events and fear of the unknown that even greater impact of the events are realized.

There are only a few small inconsistencies as far as references and places, but most would only be picked up by a native (e.g. the victims were not "five University of Florida students" but four UF students and one SFCC student, "Union Reitz" vs. the correct "Reitz Union," a lake that is not really in front of Marston Science Library, and things of this nature). Other than that - a full, multi-angled, incredible account. I couldn't put it down, and am filled with an even more profound sadness about the murders than I was when I actually lived across the street from where Manny and Tracy met their fates.

Truly tragic, and I hope that, if nothing else, readers get to know and remember the victims as extinguished bright young lights on the verge of their creating their own futures. For many in Florida, the healing will not begin until Rolling meets his fate.

While I can't say reading a book about the deaths of 5 young people with bright futures was enjoyable, I can say that the author did her best to allow the reader to get to know the victims. What I mean by that is, she didn't just write about the killer and his pathetic life. She crisscrossed between the victims and the killer to show just how promising their lives were, and what they were doing before this sick and vicious killer ended it for them. I was in Florida when this was happening and I can remember being scared and wanting to go home. The Author doesn't sympathize with the killer but she does allow us to see how his upbringing could have contributed to his diseased mind. I don't like true crime for its blood and gore, I like true crime for showing people that the world has alot of evil in it, and we should not always take people at face value. I think true crime books (especially those against women) should be mandatory reading in high schools and colleges. It really changes the way you think about situations that you might not ever have given thought to.

I have two major problems with this book:
1) The author has a very wordy, labored writing style. In contrast to some of the other reviewers, I found his descriptions of at least many of the examples quite long and thorough, but still not really clear. I think this must be what JavaScript for Dummies must read like. He spends vast amounts of words covering the obvious things and then neglects the interesting and less obvious stuff. I would suggest this book if you like the easiest things really really spelled out.

2) Despite having a copywrite in 2001, I am pretty sure the original version was first written around 1995. It is a bit disconcerting when he acts like you must be really on top of things if you have an operating system more recent then Windows 3.1. The Windows 3.1 htm suffixes are also a bit disconcerting.
But more to the point, he spends an awful lot of time warning you that certain features aren't available until NN2 or IE2, and what to do to accomodate older browsers. Does anyone still write web pages accommodating NN1? The book needs a major rewrite to bring it up to date, not just piling new stuff on top of the old text.

Laboring through the tedious descriptions and antiquated techniques is not worth most peoples time.

If you are a beginner, you should probably read a "...For Dummies" book or a "Learn Javascript in 24 hours" book. But if you want to get passed the basics, and need a good reference companion this book is for you.

It seems many people who havce written bad reviews for this book note that "...they do not work" however I did not have problems. you have to realize Goodman is an advocate of Netscape (but I won't hold that against him),so many examples are based on Netscape browsers. (But they also signify that "It won't work for IE). If you go to his website, he has working examples there for both browsers, so don't complain about examples not working...

I design websites for fortune 500 companies, and found this book invaluable. The index is very complete, and I can look up javascript functions,operators,and keyworks in no-time and find examples of use, and a full listing of all arugments, accessibility (whether you can get or set the values) and browser compatibility.(Much more complete than the Oreilly book)

VERDICT: Great book, and a must have for serious programmers designing production quality websites. NOT for beginners

I have started java programming with Core Web Programming by Marty Hall, and this was excellent book to start with.

However, after I finished book I was akin for more information and details. Then I bought this book, although I was suspicious about it's title (JavaScript) since I didn't want to learn only JavaScript but whole DHTML which is CSS, JavaScript, DOM, HTML all together.

I was surprised how I WAS WRONG, this book is MORE than I expected - more then only a JavaScript. It covers DHTML from aspect of JavaScript. The author shows you how to use JavaScript to integrate all other DHTML technologies. It is written in excellent way, it offers small and short examples easy to read and examples are numerous. The appendix contains printable references: JavaScript and Browser Objects Ref., DHTML DOM Ref etc. It is very helpful to have this printed on the wall while programming.

Many of this goodies (as references from above), the nice and easy presentation of features, the language, the details it discovers, tricks, etc. All this shows how professionally the book is written and that author really cares about the readers, which I appreciate a lot and therefore I rate this book with 5 stars and I am sure that everyone could benefit a lot by buying this book.



Good luck.

It is hard to concentrate so much information in a single book, covering all of South America from Colombia to Chile. Lonely Planet have tried and have done a good job, but the target was too ambitious... If you are literally running through South America with little time, and perhaps you don't want to carry the weight of too many guides, then do get this book. It is of some use, and offers interesting reading. Yet, if you plan to get to know each country more thoroughfully, you are much better off with Lonely Planet's (or other publishers') single guides on each individual country, and there are lots to choose from.

I have just returned to Norway after a year backpacking around in Latin America (of course accompanied by the Lonely Planet books). I do not claim to be an expert, but I know what I look for in a travel guide!

This edition of the LP South America did not disappoint me. (Please note that I used it only for Colombia, Ecuador and Perú). It is up to date on the information, and as with all the other LP books it is easy to find your way around with it. It includes maps over the big cities, good information about the hotels, restaurants, places worth visiting, and time schedules for bus, train etc.

You have to take into account that this is a guide that is meant to cover the whole South America so naturally it is not as detailed as the guides for each country separate. It is good as an overall guide if you plan to go to more than one or two countries, as you would try to cut down on the baggage you would have to carry around.

As for the prices for hotels and food, the book is not accurate.. But you cannot expect that. It is hard to keep up with all the changes, especially in the Latin American economy, where the inflation is "somewhat" higher than in the rest of the world. So, for prices, do your own research, or at least be prepared for changes! (We usually doubled the prices in the book and that gave us a good indicator of what to expect).

You will find that if you are walking around with the LP book under your arm, many of the local people will approach you and ask you if you need help. Say yes - even if you don't need help! It is a great opportunity to get in contact with the local people!

This book is a must on your travel!

This book is an absolute must for the budget,adventurous,willing-to-stay-in-a-funky-hotel-with-lumpy-beds traveler. In a writing style as colorful as the cover, Lonely Planet helps you plan your trip with concise information on: restaurants (with many references to vegetarian places), lodging, festival dates, nightclubs, local language and customs, safety information and more. Lonely Planet South America can also lead you to out of the way villages and towns where you are thrilled at the sight of a real toilet after a five-hour bus ride which left you covered in dust. Nothing comes more in handy after starving on the long bumpy ride than grabbing your guidebook out of your backpack to find out the best fried plantain stand and cheap posada (inn) in this block-long town. And I was very grateful for those tips the book gave on where to ask for that guy "Juan" who is the only person who sells stamps within miles! From the Amazon to the Andes to the Caribbean, Lonely Planet was there for me. Seeing other tourists leafing through the same guidebook, brimming with over 1000 pages of invaluable information in a small book you can cram in a purse, was always a comforting sight in such different-from-home lands.