Everything is changing for Rachel. Rachel can't decide what to do with her self,her best friend Amy is moving to Sydney. Rachel does nothave any other friends she thinks she is doomed at her new school. Her Grandma is loosing her memory and confusing her with her Mother.One day she goes down to her new school to shot some baskets. There she meets Netta one of the Trendy Trio the coolest kids in her old school. Netta asked her if she wanted to shot some baskets with her, Rachel did, so they shot some baskets and began to like each other. They decided to throw Amy a surprise party for Amy. She found that she had fun with her new friends. You Choose was a very entertaning book and made me think about the changes in life.

This woman is in need of a prayer for deliverance. She claims to be visited by Mary, the Mother of Jesus, yet her heretical views prove otherwise. Numerous "predictions" never came true, she claimed that Mary told her that Church is not necessary,although Christ established one (Matt16:18) and died for the Church/Kingdom. This Anne lady is nothing more than a delusional person that attempts to confuse the people by promoting her own agenda. No Church, teaching reincarnation, Mary stating she had other kids even though she (Mary) had told the kids in Fatima she did NOT, claiming that whatever religion one belongs to is not important, thus nullifying Christ's purpose, and then going as far as calling the Holy Spirit, the "Brotherhood"....huh??
Lady, you are not being visited by Mary...you are being visited by Satan.
Yahweh help you.

Although the Mary of this book is supposedly the Mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, this Mary rarely mentions His name. Instead, she focuses on the god within you (supposedly God the Father) and tells you to pray to him alone. Ask yourself: Wouldn't the real Mary direct you to Jesus Christ?

Mary's Message of Hope is the second in a series of books compiled by Annie Kirkwood (Mary's Message to the World, Mary's Message of Hope, Messages to our Family, Mary's Message of Love). I say 'compiled' because Annie would tell you that Mary, Mother of Jesus, is the true author.

I have read the first three books above totaling nearly 1000 pages. In addition I have contemplated the messages of these works in relation to the Western philosophical and theological tradition. (Currently, I am a Ph.d. candidate in philosophy, with knowledge of metaphysics, medieval philosophy and theology, and ethics).

Having said this, let me say that I am very impressed by the message and its implied philosophical views about reality. The discussions of God, the nature of the soul, reincarnation, etc. are all very good and should interest any reader who yearns for more understanding about life and his or her destiny. Mary's Message of Hope is the smallest of the first three books (120 pages), and for this reason I recommend it for beginners because despite its small size it carries a profound message.

Of course, some of the material is controversial; or, rather, I should say non-traditional/non-orthodox. Apparently the previous reviewer has given the book a bad review solely for this reason. He/she seems to have missed the beautiful message about love and forgiveness and about God's everlasting gifts to us. Perhaps the reviewer should have paid more careful attention to page 34:

"Too much emphasis is placed on who is right and which religion is the correct. Religion is simply a way for you to understand the Glory of God. It is a method to bring you into the right frame of mind to worship He Who created it All, Who is All, and Who animates and loves without any biases."

It comes down to this: If you have a desire to know more, if you are seeking the truth, the message of Mary's Message of Hope is to turn to God in prayer and meditation. But reading the books will also provide you with some valuable information--and if that's what interests you, you will not regret purchasing these books. After reading them, praying about them, and intellectually contemplating them you will be in a good position to judge for yourself whether or not they are inauthentic or, rather, precious new Scripture.

Of all the "new age" books out there these books have impressed me the most. You should also check out the works of Paramahansa Yogananda and Edgar Cayce, who have very similar messages.

Remember, each person's journey back to God can only be made by that person. Are you going to blindly listen to Church leaders and authorities all of your life--like a child? Or are you going to seek God yourself and be nourished by His wisdom? The choice ultimately is yours alone.

I find this to be one of the better choices currently available as a textbook for an undergraduate compilers course. As it promises, it presents a modern view of compiler construction, and many difficult new techniques are covered fairly clearly. The book is particularly appealing because it provides a fairly explicit cookbook for how to construct a compiler from start to finish, and the different parts of the book fit together much better than in, say, the Dragon Book. It also contains good material on implementing more advanced language features.

The book has a number of weaknesses that have been touched on by other reviewers. The number of errors in the text is larger than it should be. The explanations of certain topics are weak: LR parsing and dataflow equations come to mind. In general, topics are covered in only slightly more depth than a class lecture on the topic would reach. This makes the book less useful as a reference after the course ends.

I have taught a graduate compiler class out of this text, and that worked out very well. But I would not recommend this text for an introductory undergraduate compiler course without an automata theory and programming languages prerequisite.

Students loved the sophisticated compiler design built up in the text, but suffered through overly concise and sometimes incomplete explanations (I think many of the "errors" reported are really omitted details). Much of that can be made up for in lectures, but it makes the text hard going on its own.

So why is this an important text to consider? The Dragon book is out of date on compiler optimization, and good optimization books (I like Morgan best, Muchnick second) really can not serve as "big picture" compiler texts -- they are good reference books. Optimization is where it's at these days, and this is the only textbook that easily builds to that level.

Don't be fooled by the Java edition. The compiler design reflects the ML/Haskell school of data abstraction, and will seem odd to Java programmers. But that's a good experience in itself.

I helped debug this book in Appel's Compilers Class at Princeton University, and I strongly recommend it. Appel has scoured the literature to summarize every compiler trick out there, presenting the algorithms concisely and clearly. If you've ever tried to read a compiler paper directly, mathematical notation and all, you'll appreciate this! This book may not replace the infamous "dragon book" -- but it's a whole lot easier to code from.

After reading this book, I wanted to quit the graphic arts and take up plumbing. Unfortunately, my wife talked me out of it. So I've filed for divorce. Thanks, Hayden.

It was required as a textbook at Rogue Community College (Grants Pass, Oregon) for the Illustrator course. The course was probably more helpful, and we're likely more enamored of the program itself, but the book has a permanent slot on our reference shelf. Not very readable, but packed full of information highlighting the improvements since the previous version of the program. The authors realize the importance of keyboard shortcuts, for which we are grateful.

It lacks depth in technical aspects. Good description of the production "food chain". I'd like more real cases.

It was with high hopes that I began reading "Talking about Racism," by Jen Green. The book is meant to educate children about the title subject, and combines a simple text with many full-color photos. However, I was disappointed in the book.

First of all, the book seems to be fuzzy on its definitions. A quote: "Racism isn't just about skin color. It can also be disliking someone because he or she comes from a different country or has a different religion." The author seems to be folding racism, ethnocentrism, national chauvinism, and religious bigotry into one big ambiguous "ism." I think many kids are intelligent enough to understand clearer and more comprehensive definitions.

The book gives many examples of racist abuse. And I noticed a disturbing trend: every example shows white kids mocking or abusing non-white kids. Thus, the book presents racism as something that only white people do. I find troubling the fact that non-white kids are constantly portrayed as victims--it seems imbalanced and unrealistic.

Actually, the book seems to be mainly oriented towards white suburban kids. Here is one unbelievable quote: "Are you in a gang? Being in a gang can be fun." Huh?! I live in a largely African-American community, and believe me, that is a statement I would never make to one of the children of my neighborhood.

The book includes "Notes for Parents and Teachers," a brief glossary, and a short bibliography. The author may have been well-intentioned, but this is one troubling book.

It's mainly used as an introduction to the works of the photographers featured in this book. The text included by each photographer is so brief that you'd learn almost zero from them. The range of photographers in there is pretty wide: you have big names like Art Morris and you also have photos from some others which are really weak.

I thumbed through this book in a local store, because the subject matter was of interest to me. I was disappointed, but not surprised, by the poor quality, both in content and reproduction quality. Unfortunately, this is typical of all the books in the Amherst Media photgraphy series.

If you're looking for instruction on writing poetry I suggest that you stop looking and start writing. The only instruction I've had on writing poetry was while taking an introductory writing course in college. I left that class with many questions, the main one being: "What is poetry?" I wasn't necessarily looking for a direct answer, but nonetheless wanted something concrete to go with. I have since taken an occasional stab at it and have come to realize how futile it is to try and answer such a question. When I have been lucky enough to write a successful poem there is no way of explaining how I did it, I just knew that it was right. This book attempts to give some guidance on the art of writing (mainly poetry), when really it should be titled, "Writer's reflections on writing" as most of the so-called teachings are just recounts of the process itself or a product thereof. Some people may argue that this may be of value, however they are wrong. If you've never tasted salt and you want to know what it tastes like, don't ask somebody what it tastes like- taste it yourself!

I wold be happy to review it, but have not received it.

This book was ordered on 10/26 and has not yet been received.

An e-mail sent to the seller last week has elicited no response.