In his book, "As Far Aas the Eye Can See", David Brill takes the reader on a soul-sirring adventure along the rooftop of eastern America. He tugs at heart strings as he overcomes the grueling day-to-day trials and tribulations that plague long distance backpackers, and he lifts the reader's spirit as his soul soars to lofty heights as the beauty of Nature's bounty unfolds. Couch-bound? Not to worry. Mr. Brill evokes pictures with his dynamic and descriptive prose that carries the reader alongside, step by step. A must-read! J.R. "Model-T" Tate, author of "Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery"

Mr Brill's book was the first of several I have read on hiking the AT, and it is, so far, still my favorite. He tell's about the hardships without moaning and groaning, and also lists the good things. You can get a good idea of what to expect about the AT from reading this book.

By the time you finish this book, you'll be ready to throw a pack over your shoulder (a large one) and head for the AT. Hikers and non-hikers alike will appreciate Brill's wonderful book about his journey. A must read for anyone who has walked or dreams of walking this national treasure. (His more recent book is another must read - called "A Separate Place.")

Mary Horowitz does a great job providing powerful empowering information to Lupus patients and their families. Lupus is complex and affects so many different parts of one's body (and mind). I date a lady who has had Lupus for many years, but was only diagnosed about a year and a half ago. Prior to the correct diagnosis, doctors weren't able to pull together all of the different symptoms and positive ANA test. Even though I have been involved in medicine all my adult life, I had never "seen" a complete Lupus patient until I my friend was DX'd. After reading Horowitz's book, I feel much better able to support my friend and understand her symptoms and effects of Lupus on her body. I recommend this book for family members as well as Lupus patients.

I was so happy when I finally read this book. Dr. Mark Horowitz is one of the best rheumatologists out there and when he diagnosed me with Lupus 3 years ago, I never thought I would understand any of it. Thank goodness he took the time and effort to participate in this book and actually sit and explain everything to me. Any time I have a question, I have no problem going back to the book and if it is not there I call his office and he explains anything I want to know. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for some answers and not because my doctor wrote the book but because it is a GOOD book.

When I was first diagnosed, and had little to no clue about lupus, I bought this book. More because of the pink edging on the cover than its applicable title. It turned out to be very useful & filled with good information. Think of it as a "starting off" point though. It isn't as "nitty gritty" medical as it could be, nor is it a female empowerment book. It's for getting good footing when you're lost in the first icy swirl of diagnosis.

"From Lucy to Language" is an excellent books for those interested in the origins of human evolution. The photos are excellent and create an accurate portrayal of the specimens themselves. Johansen is an excellent pop writer; he creates and excellent overview of each speicmens, although you'll have to get past his nauseatingly pretentious writing style.

If you are looking for a more in depth, academic work, this is not the book to read, but if you are interested in the field, and just want something quick and pretty, this is the book to get. Also makes a great coffee table book.

It's about time - a book focusing on the PHOTOS of fossilized hominids. Most books on human evolution entertain us with page after page of text. This book features picture after picture of life-sized hominid fossils. It does contain text - very well written and discusses the fossils at length - a wonderful piece of work - it deserves six stars...

This book is the most complete review of the hominid fossil record I have yet seen.

The first half, "Central Issues of Paleoanthropology", is complete and concise coverage of the science of paleoanthropology, that makes the subject come alive and is generously illustrated.

The jewels, however, are contained in the second part - "Encountering the Evidence". In this section, there is full coverage of the fossil record of every hominid species. The narrative is engaging and always interesting, and the photographs, usually two or three for each type, are simply breathtaking. You won't see a more exciting collection of hominid fossil images anywhere.

My advice: start with this book, then get Johanson's "Lucy" books and Richard Leakey's "Origins" books, to really appreciate the range of debate and the flavor of the competitiveness in human origins research.

This is a very fun read for all women. It contains everything you need to know to be a total babe, or as Dianne Brill puts it, a member of the Brill Babe Brigade. This is a guide for flirting with GG:s (great guys), dating them, being the best you can be and so on. Her motto is that all women are babes; they only need to realize it. Beauty moves beyond the stereotypes: feel sexy, and you will be. As a matter of fact, you already are! Brill explores the universe of having fun, which almost always includes a few games. Flirting is not work with Brill; it is a commitment and it most certainly is fun! And pleasurable! For everyone!

This little paperback packs a lot of girl power into its pages, Tongue in cheek but with a message that goes beyong just a 'how to' on attracting GGs (gorgeous guys). Dianne is funny, sexy, affectionate, and generous with her advice, diet tips and confidence boosting for babes or babe wannabes of any age and size.

This book is my bible! Dianne Brill is the know-all "Fairy Godbabe". If you're a woman, I promise after you read this book, you will adore yourself and everything about being a "GIRL" and if you're a guy...Watch Out! I've had 14 copies of this book, 10 of which I gave as gifts and 4 of which have been stolen from me. Can't seem to get ahold of another copy! (wonder why? )

I expected a brief succint book about creating web services and possibly other components with .NET. Instead, much of the book is an introduction to .net framework. I'd recommend "CodeNotes for VB.NET" instead. This book seems to have been renamed. Although "CodeNotes for .NET Component Developers" is how it is listed by Amazon, the book cover now reads "CodeNotes for .NET". I suspect the change was a marketing decision by someone.

By the way, the "CodeNotes" series, in general, is quite good. However, I'd skip this one. I rate it "4" since, as an overview of .NET, it's not bad (although the VB.NET book is better.)

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Like the two-day tour in a travel guide book, the book takes you to the most significant points of interest in the entire .NET platform, which includes the Framework with its classes, the Common Type System, the common Intermediate Language, the supported languages, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Web Services. You should be at least a mid-level developer/programmer with good familiarity with at least one OO language since the author assumes you have no need to be briefed on the Windows OS, HTML, the basics of LANS and the Web, and programming language features common to C++, C#, VB.NET, and Java. While there are numerous code fragments in C#, VB.NET, or C++, the book speaks to broad architectural issues, and Java programmers also will have no problem following the text.

The book permits one to kick the tires and explore the boundaries of the .NET platform. After one full day of reading answer questions such as: What are the features of .NET and how are they tied together? Where does .NET advance the state of the art? What are the limitations of .NET? How do I bring older technologies, like COM, into .NET? When items are addressed in some detail, they are advanced topics such as the use of delegates and events in C# and VB.NET.

While most useful for developers needing their first intelligent look at .NET, the book would be good preparation for a designers and architects wanting to be sure that .NET can be used for implementation of the design and for Java programmers who want to see if Bill's new dog has fleas. Since it's a brief high-level tour of capabilities, the book is not intended as a programming reference and does not cover the low level things that we understand but sometimes forget.

This is an excellent overview -- and quite a bit more -- for .NET (which itself is not a 5 star thing.)

If it were literature it would get only 2 stars. And if it were the same topic and 800 pages I'd give it 3. But in comparison to the blank or pompous mountains of sludge that pass for technical writing (thinking) in computing, ...

Codenotes for VB.Net is a nice compact book that covers the differences between VB 6.0 and VB.net. The authors are also knowledgeable of C++ and java so if you know these languages they offer useful comparisons. This book covers exception handling, object oriented programming features, threading, assemblies, reflection, windows forms and an over of .NET technology.

If you need to quickly get up to speed on VB.net and you are an experienced VB programmer this guide highlights the differences quickly. If you want a reference book with a large number of examples of using VB.net you will want to use a different book. This book is a quick guide to moving from VB to VB.net.

This very concise book targets VB programmers who need to get up to speed on VB quickly. It does not provide an introduction to programming, or delve much into day-to-day aspects of Visual Studio.NET. In addition, it does not provide the "big picture" : the why's and wherefore's of web services and Microsoft's vision of .NET. It DOES however a really superb job conveying the essentials to those who already know VB (6.0). Great writing, great clarity and great (but very simple) examples!

Finally a book that does not contain Microsoft's pretentious marketing message, but gives a succinct and elegant explanation of the latest version of Visual Basic. Of special note in this book is the section on threading, which is one of the most intuitive and accessible explanations of the complex topic I have ever read.

I would have liked more on Web Services, but I'm not sure this is not possible in a 200 page book. Also, do not use this book as a language reference, but rather a entry point into the world of VB.NET. Anyways, great job!

This is a good resource of clear, easy-to-follow, accurate exercise information and the authors, Carol and Mitchell Krucoff, go out of their way to dispel myths of "feeling the burn" as the only way to exercise. I did, however, feel that the tone of the book could get a little pushy (and maybe some readers need that motivation?) and I found that turning me off to the book. I did appreciate that the illustrations used "real life bodies" but always feel that pictures in books are difficult to decipher, particularly for more complicated moves. I was reading the book for the osteoporosis information and felt there were not as many "cautions" as I would like to see in terms of potentially dangerous moves, etc. Also, having several categories of illness lumped together in the same chapter could lead some readers to confusion about which exercises are specifically geared towards them. Valuable information, especially the first chapter on general principles of exercise, but read carefully.

This informative, well-written, well-organized and easy to use book stands heads above the hundreds of health books on the market today and should be read by everyone who is interested improving their well-being or maintaining their good health. Helpful illustrations, specific exercises and clear instructions for doing them. I love this book!

Healing Moves is a terrific source book for people who want to improve their health and for those who just want to STAY healthy. The information is thorough, the instructions and illustrations are clear...this is stuff you can really put into practice. Check it out!

And this time trough those primitive manifestations performed by that very primitive peoples like aborigenes from Australia, North and South America indians and many others discovered by colonization european, manifestation that we are used to call by Totem and Taboo. This is the standard Freud's view on the subject and to understand this book is a necessary step to proceed to other important Freud's work like Moses and Monotheism, The Future of an Ilusion and many others, where he approaches with reluctance the idea of religion as an offspring of early animism.

The prior standard way of seeing these types of primitive manifestation was to see them trough the amount of dread the primitive men have against the manifestation of some praeternatural agency, to use a term used by Mr.Thorstein Veblen, a contemporary of Freud, in his magnificent book on the leisure class (The Theory of the Leisure Class). It is worthy to note that nobody can be sure on the origins of this type of tradition and that adds substance to Mr.Freud's arguments.

Sigmund Freud goes a step further to the classical view and says that totemism and taboo as animism are the manifestation of something not outside ourselves but rather inside human minds of the primitive people, where the unconscious played a good part to the forming of this kind of culture manifestation and where there is an intricate and unconscious and almost mathematical calculation in order to attribute to the priest-king, who typifies the carrier of this tradition, both the pleasures and the burden of the function. In Freud's view, both totem and taboo are traditions that have to find their origim in the unconscious of that primitive folks and not in the concurrence of fear to the dead, following the tradition of his many other books on the latent manifestations of the unconscious. The ritual and actual killing of the father by the Horde or Band of Brothers, who are in search of vital space for their development, is the real reason behind all that happens afterwards and, following Freud's hypotheses, are the groundwork of modern and ancient religion.

The concepts here explained will be fundamental to the development of the hypotheses developed latter in Moses and Monotheism.

Totem and Taboo, along with _The Future of an Illusion_, should be necessary reading for any serious student of social science. Of course, there are massive holes in Freud's arguments (such as his tendancy to make sweeping generalizations about other cultures from his armchair in Europe), but people who disagree with him for moral and ethical reasons tend to amplify those holes and simply ridicule Freud the man instead of intelligently approaching his arguments.
The fact is, his suppositions about parental relations (as they relate to "totem" cultures), about religion, and about sexuality are extremely relevant and have proven, over the years, to possess an extraordinary predictive power. Even if one disagrees with this literature, one should read it and know exactly what they disagree with.

Parricide, guilt, cannibalism--what's not to love?

This book is probably the best value of any of the technical book I've purchased. At only $..., this book covers all the important aspects of XML in a very understable and enjoyable way. It's laid out well and the examples (and following explanations) are clear and very helpful. If only all technical books could be written this well. And is that the most aesthetically pleasing cover you've ever seen or what?

This book presents the core of XML in an organized, no-nonsense fashion. If you need to get up to speed quickly on XML this book is a great investment (and quite inexpensive too).

I used this in conjunction with an Infusion class I took and what a great book! fantastic job!

It is a little sappy that there are so many references to God but the story is still highly readable. It is exciting and entertaining. I've read this title four times already. It is a book for any age. Brill and Segra's romance is very sweet and ties in with the story nicely. I loved Brill and the Dragators.

This is a book for younger children, and that's the only reason I give it four stars instead of five. I loved it when I first read it, and since then read the series so many times I nearly memorized it. Not the best in the world, but still reccomendable. Brill, a young, 12-year-old boy, is taken from his home to be companion to a stingy prince. He meets the daring Segra, who wants to restore the rightful king to the throne. The only fear Brill has is being thrown into the moat--to be devoured by man-eating dragators (half dragon, half alligator). In his experience, Brill learns to trust God and remember that He is always with him. Very reccomendable.

I have read this book to my classes of 4 to 6th grade students for many years. It is out of print, but if yoou can get a copy used- do so- you will not be dissapointed. Fun, adventerous, exciting- yet no adult stuff for kids to worry about. A real 5 star book.