How the author details the life of jim jones and the tragedy that followed can be discribed as boring and superficial!!what was the purpose and goal of the people's temple? who was jim jones?? was the people temple a relegious sect A Govt. mind controling experiment??why did the tragedy occur?? he does not delve deeply into this significant issues he does not keep the "reader on the edge of his seat"!! i beleive there are better books on the subject
like six years with god by jeanne mills!!

Silent Hunter set the bar by which all other submarine sims are measured. You command a WW2 US navy sub in the south Pacific, chasing freighters, oilers, transports, warships, and conducting espionage and raids on port cities. The manual that comes with the game is fantastic, so there's nothing really much left to tell in this game guide other than how to beat the missions and how to use the thermal layers to hide from the destroyers. As a guide, its a good reference but you'll still need the manual.

This book is proof that, during the sort of financial mania that occurs about every three generations (when the folks who suffered through the aftermath of the last one [Great Depression] are gone or in retirement homes), ingenious rationalizations are created to perpetuate the optimism. We're now about six months from the 3-year anniversary of the beginning of the Millennium Bear Market, and we haven't even gotten to the point of private Dow investor panic; so far, it's mostly just institutional investors who have been selling. When the post-bubble (yes, it was a bubble a la Tulipomania) consequences are fully realized over the next few years, many people will be compelled to sell regardless of their desire to "buy and hold" because they'll need the money to pay their bills. Study history and you can pretty clearly see what's coming (although no one can predict the timing or exact chain of events)...an epidemic of personal and corporate bankruptcies, skyrocketing inflation as the government prints money like mad to combat deflation ,and massive unemployment and general hardship. One aftermath effect that can almost absolutely be counted on (because it has happened after all other paper asset bubbles throughout history) is a flight from paper assets to tangibles. Real estate has already been in a bubble of its own, but the commodities market is just getting warmed up. Gold has started a bull market, and gold mining stocks (those of companies who do not sell their unmined gold in the futures market, aka "hedging") have done spectacularly well since 1/1/2002. They are the hottest sector in the stock market, but the popular media (e.g., CNBC) pretty much ignores them. Look at articles about "what sectors performed best over the last year" and mining stocks aren't discussed. Oops, was a 40% rise in less than one year worth mentioning? If your bread-and-butter advertising dollars are from the likes of Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs (which is the case with all mass financial media now), you know not to write about precious metals; it will tick off your advertisers. When gold shoots past unhedged mining stocks are up tenfold or more, even the blue chip stock pushers will find it difficult to pretend precious metals don't exist. As always, those that buy metals now, while they're still derided by the mainstream media, will reap riches while the trusting masses are once again fleeced. In my opinion, anyone who doesn't have at least ten percent of their pot in gold, silver, and platinum at this historical juncture is extremely imprudent. Metals are still so cheap they can barely be mined for what they're presently selling for...you cannot lose much on such an undervalued investment, and you stand a good chance of becoming rich. The financial professionals advise against it, of course. Just as they were advising against it when gold was in 1970. Instead, they wrote books like this one.

I had ordered this book from Amazon some time before it was published. In the interim, I have read countless reviews indicating how irresponsible, outlandish, and sensational this book was. Alas, instead of a blood-curdling thriller guaranteed to make you tear out your hair, this book has turned out to be a simple, straightforward, and CONSERVATIVE treatise on the strong likelihood of continued robust growth in the U.S. equity market during the next few years. Granted, the book's claim of Dow 36,000 sooner rather than later depends heavily on the key assumption that investors will continue to reduce the risk premium demanded from equities (currently about 2.5%). Nonetheless, as the authors point out, the evidence that this reduction is likely to occur is striking.

As a CFA, I must point out--as the authors do themselves in the book--that the scenario they lay out is by no means guaranteed to be realized in the next half decade or so. Nonetheless, anyone who needs to feel more comfortable about investing in equities for the long haul should definitely read this book. (The example of individual investors BUYING stocks after last year's mini-crash is particularly notable.)

Despite the sensational title, Glassman and Hassett have written a very useful, and fundamentally conservative, book. It is really two books in one: the first half outlines an economically sound method for how to determine the "perfectly reasonable price" of a stock based on the future earnings of the underlying company. The second half is a very useful guide to the intricacies of the market for the beginning to intermediate investor: someone who is familiar with P/E's, but has not yet mastered REITs and DRIPs.

Unlike many financial books, the combination of a rigorously trained economist and market savvy journalist has lead to a very readable book, which none the less is based on sound principles. Anyone who is investing in the market should read this book.

Reading the other reviews, I was fascinated how they are split between 5 star and 1 star ratings. Clearly, many of the 1 star raters did not bother to read the book, or completely misunderstood its central message. Others claimed the mathematics is wrong.

As a Ph.D. scientist, I made the effort to run the numbers myself, and, given the assumptions of the book, they are right. Anyone who cannot follow the arguments presented probably should limit their involvement in the market to purchasing broadly based mutual funds: several good ones are recommended in the book.

You will not pass the current Adaptive Exams with these guides. They are a combination of information from old Exams Crams packaged together. Just a sales gimmic. I suggest the book A+ Adaptive Exams.

Coriolis has become a trusted name in the certification arena and over the years I have either used their books to study from or teach class with. Over the years I have trusted them to provide accurate and detailed information in the exam preps series and cover the major points in the exam cram series.

The set comes with 2 books, practice tests and the A+ exam cram, as well as a cdrom making this a very complete set of study material to work with. The Practice test book has 2 Core and 2 operating systems test and also a cd which can be customized for testing purposes.

The exam cram book is over 600 pages filled with information that draws attention to the most important concepts and ideas of both exams. I found that there were very few typos and grammar errors, it was well documented and comes with hundreds of review questions, tips, tricks, notes and alerts for the exams.

The cd has an e-book of the IT Certification success 4th edition. Overall this package needs some updating and should be coupled with the Exam Prep book, which would give you an unbeatable combination for success the very first time out.

I bought the 1999 edition soon after publication, to do a business mailing. Many addresses were out of date (the PO bounced the letters back). Also, most listings are for 19th-century events and suppliers; other eras popular with historic recreationists are almost ignored.

Here are my thoughts on this book.

Pros: 1. Very reasonably priced as a comprehensive review book and supposedly a money back guarantee.
2. It is current and up to date (as of the April 2003 exam)
3. It has a pretty good variety and quantity of examples and practice problems.

Cons: 1. There are a large number of errors in the example and practice problems. I found at least 50 errors in using this book as a review guide and it is difficult, especially on some of the example problems where I would wonder for half an hour where I went wrong. Some of the errors are obvious, others are difficult or near impossible to spot if you are trying to relearn this material and remember very little. I am sure there are significantly more errors since my review did not cover the book comprehensively and I'm sure I missed a lot as well.
2. The text is not very well written. Some sections go into too much detail while others simply scratch the surface. There were times when I learned more from reading the EIT handbook than from this review book.
3. Lastly, I was a little disappointed when I went to take the practice exam and I found several identical questions to the practice problems provided in the different chapters. The least they could have done was make sure not to reuse questions so that when we'd like to take the practice exam we haven't just seen the questions from review sections.

I am bothered by some things. 1) From the narrative of the man born blind where Jesus does not attribute a cause in the man's action or the acts of his parents, Jones suggests that the text teaches that God did not cause his blindness (p. 59) and he suggests that suffering is not a punishment from God. But the text only gives a positive claim that this happened to display the work of God (Jn. 9:3). It does not tells us that suffering is not a punishment from God. For Jones, there is no connection between our lack of goodness, God's displeasure at our selfishness and our sufferings (p. 54, God does not strut about like a peeved deity). Contrary to Jones, I grant that suffering is not always God's punishment for sin but never? 2) Suffering is because of our free will. So God could eliminate all suffering by eliminating free will. If God were to cut free will out of our hearts we would cease to be human (p. 57). Free will is fundamental to being a human being. But apply the author's comments to people in heaven and we can see the failure of this line of reasoning. Are we robots in heaven where we cannot choose to do evil? Then, without free will to choose evil, are we without love for God in heaven? Jones has a peculiar view of freedom (and free will) in which he speaks of fallen man as having freedom, "freedom to love him or not" (p. 58). Does the term "freedom" apply to those who are in blindness and bondage to sin? My claim is that freedom only holds for God's people who have been set free. 3) What does it mean to consciously inhale the Holy Spirit (p. 89; it is ambiguous. Is he is being metaphorical)? 4) Is Jones an annihilationist or a universalist (p. 70, suffering...... is limited to this side of the grave)?

Basically, a folded and not very good map, with descriptions of major Civil War points of interest in Alabama and Florida. Unfortunately, the only geographic points of reference on the map are modern highways! Brief capsules include "Historic Downtown Montgomery," with the "First White House of the Confederacy," the "Alabama Department of Archives and History," and the "Alabama State Capital;" "Selma Historic District" with the "Old Depot Museum" and the "Smitherman Historic Building;" "Fort Gaines", "Fort Morgan Historic Site", and "Historic Fort Blakeley State Park"; "Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site"; Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site"; "Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens"; "Dry Tortugas National Park"; and "Fort Zachary Taylor State Historica Site." That's it! Save your money.

This isn't a book. At best it is a high end glossy brochure of the type you normally get for free when you write to a city's tourism commission. It isn't pinpoint. You get a rough scale map of the city with a list of historic sites. Save your cash.