I have read almost every true crime book available but never have I felt the sadness I felt when i read this book.Every mother who has a son should read this book.Like Gerry Starrett if my son did what Danny did I would find it impossible to believe. I found the book very interesting in that it focused mainly on Danny, his family and their feelings. Of course one would find it almost impossible to imagine the depth of horror and grief felt by the victims and their families but the author has given the book a unique feel by focusing on the "bad guys" feelings. Perhaps the most meaningful and saddest part of the whole very sorry story of Danny Starrett was when his parents Richard and Gerry went to the movies and mistakenly went to a blow em up shoot em dead action film.Richards words filled me with a fear that as a mother will always be with me. He said to his wife that the bad guys always gets blown away in movies but nobody ever stops to think about the parents behind the bad guy,how they loved him and thought they did everything right.Richard said maybe the parents didnt understand why their son became a bad guy but think of the agony they will go through when they find out the good guy killed their son, the son they love, their pride and joy, their son who will always be the bad guy,when they always believed like almost every parent, hey, my son's the good guy. That must be an almost unbearable cross to bear. Their son,forever the bad guy.

I will had gave this book 5 stars but the end of it is odd and too mysterious. What really happen to Jeannie, did Danny Starrett killed her or she kill herself??? He was suppose to be hypnotise to know what really happen with Jeannie but we don't hear of it in the book. That so true what the father of Danny said, "We don't want to know that the killer and abuser have a family who care for him, we don't want to know his pain, we want to shut our eyes from that and beleive he just evil it more simple.", but life it not like that. The mind is odd and can make you do strange thing but still why Danny Starrett could not control himself, he said another part of him "HE" did it not "HIM", well that kind of a personality disorder, we all had mood swings, and lot of criminals can said they have a HE/SHE who did their crime. I am sure he really beleived himself when he said he have another one who live inside of him but still that very unbeleivebale. When you saw the pictures of the young Danny Starrett you can't imagine he become a criminal, he look so sweet and angelic and seem such a nice kid when his mother discribed him, it hard to not feel what she feel. This book was a very powerful book, very disturbing also because that put you in the shoes of the criminal and his family and you sure wish to not have a member of your family who become that way. This book is one of the best true crime book I had read but like I said the end is weird and Danny seem to be pretty mess up and disturbed when he start to talk about controlling time to get Jeannie back, I guess too much time thinking in prison really mess up your mind, well it sure not a place to get peace of mind!

This was a very sad book, you got the view of the family of the criminal in this book, how they feel about the crime of their son. It's very sad and odd, why Danny Starrett had become like that when he had a loving family??? When his mother talked about how he was when he was a kid and we see his baby and kid picutures you think how a little boy who look so nice and sweet can become like that? It's was very well wrote and a very powerful book.

This book focuses on the most mindless aspects of the art world--the parties and openings that are the least interesting aspects of the scene. If you read this, don't think you're getting anything but the most obvious and vapid commentary. I was really disappointed by this book.

This volume has received mostly favorable reviews and has been promoted as an excellent guide to the 90s art scene in New York. Unfortunately, the neurotic fixation of the author on graphic sex detracts from any appreciation of the "art scene". The organization of the book, especially the 3-5 line interspersed episodes, are distracting. It would have been better to have had 4-5 short stories, than snippets interwoven, so that keeping track of all the characters (with similar fixations on sex, rather than art)might be more easily accomplished. Gives the tone of NCY 90s art scene- but not the substance.

this book is one of those you cant put down, sarcastic humor and realistic scenarios. Highly reccomended!

I'm not quite sure whether to reccomend the book or not. While I did enjoy reading it, there were several things that made me question some validity. At the time, I just put it off as bad writing -- Al Cobb is no professional writer, nor does he claim to be. In fact, the writing style is an English teacher's worse nightmare at times -- characters being referred to before their introduction into the narrative, simple words and phrases panning out into more complex sentences (VHS could've been said with those three letters rather than the longer sentence used).

After speaking to some that were very familiar with the case and knew a lot about the paranormal in general, I'm questioning the book further.

As far as the whole Danny's Bed incident goes, it did take place and it had happened long before the Cobb family purchased the bed. The questionable material comes from the aftermath -- the portal that was supposedly opened up in their hallway, inviting friendly ghosts from all over the world into their home, from little knowns looking for a child that's burried under their house to one of Savannah's more famous haunts, Little Gracie.

His other book, as well as the supplement at the end of this one, is actually more worth reading as they're made up of short tales of what others in Savannah have told him about the ghostly happenings at their home and work. Anybody that knows Savannah will know that this is merely just a daily routine for many of the residents, so there's little to question about most of those short tales.

Danny's Bed is a nice little piece reflecting upon the haunts of historic Savannah, Ga. It is a quick read but it really pinpoints the issues that Danny's family was facing dealing with spirits of the other world. Having lived in Savannah myself, the book leaves me yearning to go back and walk through the gates at Bonaventure Cemetery again. There are a few typos, but it doesn't hurt the story. Nice Read, 4 Stars.

Danny's Bed is a nice little piece reflecting upon the haunts of historic Savannah, Ga. It is a quick read but it really pinpoints the issues that Danny's family was facing dealing with spirits of the other world. Having lived in Savannah myself, the book leaves me yearning to go back and walk through the gates at Bonaventure Cemetery again. Nice Read, 4 Stars.

This book is a good starting point for the newly revised Windows 95 (70-064) exam. I just took it and scored 857 (minimum passing score is 632). The book goes into detail on topics that are heavily covered on the exam (networking with NT and NetWare, printing, system policies), and this makes it a great place to start studying. However, the 95 exam is full of nitpicky questions that are NOT covered in this book; you need additional sources to be completely prepared. In addition to buying this book, I'd recommend downloading the Win95 Resource Kit from Microsoft's Web site and spending some time going through it, especially troubleshooting. Also search the web for "70-064" to turn up helpful links. This is one of the hardest exams in the MCSE sequence, but if you use these sources you should be in good shape.

.... to pass the Win95 exam. This book is like all others in this series: Each test objective is examined in a seperate section while numerous fairly difficult questions test your knowledge. In addition, there are hands on exercises to reinforce the material. There are no pretty pictures here but this obviously helps keep the price at a very reasonable $25.00. The other recommended references would be the win95 resource kit and your hands on experience. A highly recommended book.

The 70-64 Windows 95 exam is tricky, but this book provides a very good foundation for the success. It does cover much more than is actually on the exam, and as such serves as a reference for the OS. I do think you will need to supplement study with the Windows 95 resource kit, but all the objectives on the exam are covered in the book. While the sample questions are sometimes lame (and really do not mimic the exam) there is an appendix which provides GREAT last minute study tips. The section on troubleshooting is fantastic, written by a person who obviously has spent time in the field wrestling with the same kind of problems administrators see every day. All in all, it is well worth the money I spent.

I love the book by Danny and Lois Gresh. I can see these guys are just as fanatical as myself about Dragonball. I have read their book over 30 times and I am still laughing! All of my friends bought this book, too. I am 11, and I really like the part about the role playing games these guys make up. This is a very funny book, and I learned a lot from it.

I've just recently come back from visiting Japan, and I must say that anime fandom is a bit different over there. However, I'm an American. Many of the hardcore fans sometimes forget that there are parents out there or kids who just want to get into the series. The hardcore fans have the net to find all they want about DBZ. For everyone else, there's this book. I strongly recommend it for parents who want to "get into the know" about anime and get their kids reading at the same time. As an old fan, I really enjoyed the book, as it was more refreshing than argueing with kids on-line about "what Goku's most powerful attack is" or "when did Gohan first turn super-saijin." This book is the source for the American DBZ fan.

i rented this book at the libriairy. i diddint know how much info i would find though!but anyway if need or want ifo on db,dbz,or dbzgt you need to get this book!

For those of you that are "Aerosmith" fans, just go ahead and buy this book. I could not put it down until I completely finished reading it---fun, bold and exciting. You will love it. Whether it is completely true or not, we don't know. But Cyrinda sure makes it sound like it is. She did not have an easy life with Steven and does tend to whine about it at times, but who really believes that living with a rock star is easy!

As a seeker of all that is Aerosmith, I have a certain thirst for knowledge of Steven Tyler. Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler's book refreshed my thirst and brought up some new areas for deliberation. Foxe-Tyler fills in some blanks left by WALK THIS WAY. At times she sounds bitter and although she makes some unbelievable claims, many are consistent with Steven Tyler's accounts. She confirms some of our suspicions, breaks our hearts with others, and lets of those intimate tidbits flow that all of us Steven Tyler fans have been dying to know.

This book is about Steven Tyler, Cyrinda's life gives us insight as to the type of person Steven Tyler is, by his choices made in women, wine (or Tuinals) & song. Whether the book is a cock-and bull story or exactitude, it doesn't change the most important thing-the music. If you are a female fan of Steven Tyler's, buy this book, if nothing else, for the prologue.

My rating for Foxe-Tyler's book is - 7 !!! (But JFP gets a larger number.)

This is a good book full of juicy details, but Ms. Foxe-Tyler seems angry with Steven Tyler through the entire book. She makes him out to be the bad guy! Maybe being married to him wasn't a walk in the park, but she needs to let go of the past and stay out of his life. I recommend this book to any Aerosmith fan.

I really enjoy the Using Series, and look for them whenever I want to learn more about a certain topic. However, this book is deplorable. It is not made for anyone looking to write their own code, or anyone who actually wants to program. All this book tries to do is show you how to use someone else's code. I do not mean another module, such as the infamous CGI.pm moudle, but rather using another script and "tweaking" it for your needs. It also does not seek to explain the theory behind the code. I was also quite disappointed in how it was organized. The Using Seies are good books, but this one doesn't belong in the family. There are much better books out there that will serve your needs.

I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

The first three chapters of this book, a whopping 44 pages, give an overview of the concepts behind fantasy football, Mr. Sheridan's scoring system, and a guide to drafting players. The advice in latter is useful primarily if you are in a league using Sheridan's rules. The bulk of the book -- 250 pages -- is devoted to a review of the 1999 NFL season. Sheridan's commentary on players is fine, and accurate to the time the book went to press, but is typical to that which can be found on the internet for free. Some inclusions render the book obsolete, such as discussions of the merits of Dan Marino and Steve Young, both of whom have retired since the book was published. Fantasy football depends upon timely information and a book, no matter how qualified the author, cannot compete with other information sources which are more timely. It's a pity Mr. Sheridan did not make better use of the strength of the medium and expand the first 44 pages to provide the definitive guide to creating and managing a fantasy football league.

I have been active in many fantasy football leagues and Danny Sheridan really misses with this book. The point system he suggests becomes the theme of the book, so if you're not using his system, 80 % of it is useless. There is not much in depth analysis, and no real predictions! He continually mentions what players he has forecasted correctly, without making any new predictions! His Quarterback section completely skips Peyton Manning, a QB that in 1999,could be as valuable as a Drew Bledsoe or a Mark Brunell!

Once again, Danny Sheridan's fantasy football book is right on the mark. I have relied on his rankings religiously for the past 5 years, and have won my league 4 times. His commentary teaches you how to evaluate the true fantasy value of a player, regardless of your league rules. Plus, the tips provided in his rankings are extremely useful in evaluating which players to draft for the upcoming season.

i've heard Danny goldman was the expert in javascript, looked for his book, and bought it right away: no questions asked. didn't care about the 1500 pages. well, it is good, explains well, but its also overpriced, once you can get the samples (from the cd) scripts all over the net, and worst of all, the crucial pages (121), are exclusively on the cd, on pdf.

though not worth the money, didn't return the book, only because i managed to print all the missing pages for free (but this is a waste again, because i could easily download the file for free too!); but also because i don't trust the on-line refund mechanisms

I returned this book after realizing that the book took out some fundamental chapters and put them on CD. I personally don't like having to go to CD to look for the information. I suggest that they make the next edition into two books, Part I and II and create a truly comprehensive Javascript reference edition.

Do you want to become a Javascript MASTER? Then get this book. I don't know why this book is getting bad reviews, but I think it's because the people who gave it bad reviews didn't read the WHOLE book. Seriously, when I first got the book I was intimidated by its size and things were a little hard to find because I didn't buy it to read it, I just bought it for reference. Then, I got frustrated that I couldn't find the things I was looking for and decided to read the whole book. It was a great decision, cause now I am a Javascript master and things are a lot easier to find cause I know where to find them and what Im looking for. That is why I think this book gets bad reviews, cause the people didn't read the WHOLE book. You need to be serious about Javascript and read the WHOLE book in order to get the full benefit out of it.
The beginners tutorial is only on the CD-rom. If you are a beginer at Javascript and absolutely NEED the beginners tutorial, then get the "Javascript Bible 4th Edition". It has the tutorial in the book, but leaves out a lot of advanced stuff and puts it in the CD. You're getting the same thing as the "Gold Edition", its just that the advanced stuff is in the CD in the 4th Edition, and the beginner stuff is in the CD in the "Gold Edition". So if you even know just the basics of Javascript, get the Gold, if you're brand new and don't like reading from a CD, get the "4th Edition". Either way, both gives you the same exact material, it just puts some of it on the CD.
You will hate this book if you don't read it all, you must read the whole book to get the full benefit out of it, and I promise you,... you will become a Javascript master.

This book was thrown together with little effort. It only has 100+ pages due to the double spacing and large type. Save your money for a better effort.

Beyond question, the melody variously known as "Danny Boy" or "Londonderry Air" is one of the great tunes of all time. Its measured rising and falling cadences would grace the catalog of Franz Schubert or any of the other great classical vocal composers.

Malachy McCourt, brother of novelist Frank McCourt (ANGELA'S ASHES) and a well-known writer and radio-TV luminary in his own right, has produced a curious little book of less than 95 pages about the famous tune and its well-known lyrics. His book is part history, part speculation, part myth and part personal editorial essay. And it is not free from touches of Irish blarney.

McCourt's findings may surprise --- and dismay --- many. The great tune, long since adopted as a kind of unofficial Irish national anthem, may not be of Irish origin. A folklorist named Jane Ross supposedly first noted it down around 1851. She reportedly heard it played by a blind fiddler, Jimmy McCurry, in Limavady, Londonderry --- but there is at least a possibility that the melody may have originated in Scotland. No one knows for sure. At least one respected musical scholar claims that the tune follows no known metric scheme for Irish folk music.

Many different sets of words were attached to the tune after its first publication in 1855 --- but those that have become indissolubly identified with it ("O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, from glen to glen and down the mountainside....") were written in 1910 by an English lawyer and song-lyric cobbler named Frederick E. Weatherly, who probably never set foot in Ireland. They were actually intended for a different tune, but when Weatherly's sister-in-law sent him some years later the familiar melody from her home in Australia, he saw that it was a perfect fit for his earlier verses. Thus an "Irish" classic was created from a melody that may be Scottish and words by an Englishman.

McCourt gives us this information straightforwardly enough, but he fleshes them out with a good deal of barely relevant material. It seems strange to arraign a book of 95 pages on charges of padding, but the complaint seems justified. McCourt solicited opinions about the song from Irish celebrities (including brother Frank) and speculates at length on such side issues as who is singing the song and to whom it is addressed (one possibility among several: it is the song of Danny Boy's gay lover!). The author's tone varies between straight historical writing and folksiness, including occasional cutesy use of "tis" and "t'was." McCourt also grinds a personal axe or two. He thinks ill of those Catholic dioceses that have banned the singing of "Danny Boy" at funerals because it is "secular."

There are some fascinating bits of trivia here, however. Victorians hesitated to refer to the song as Londonderry Air because, to their prudish ears, it sounded too much like "London derriere." Irish nationalists never use that title either, because they want no mention of London in the title. Wordsmith Weatherly was once in legal partnership with one of the sons of Charles Dickens. And another of Weatherly's lyrics was the popular "Roses of Picardy," set to music memorably by Haydn Wood. Wood studied under the composer Sir Charles Stanford, who quoted "Londonderry Air" in one of his Irish rhapsodies. Make of that what you will. This is a curious little book, entertaining in its quirky way but almost undone by its relentless folksiness. "Londonderry Air" remains a musical treasure, regardless of its origin.

--- Reviewed by Robert Finn

The legend of the beloved Irish ballad is revealed in Malachy McCourt's Danny Boy, a seminal title probing its roots and underlying meaning. McCourt extensively traveled throughout Ireland interviewing musicologists, historians, celebrities and Irish icons in the course of his investigation. In Danny Boy, Irish folklore and history spice an exciting contribution to music history and appreciation.