I thout this book was very funny. I did not like the ending. I thought it was a little fake

THERE ARE VERY FEW FOOTBALL NOVELS WORTH READING. THERE ARE EVEN FEWER THAT YOU WOULD LET YOUR KIDS READ. THIS NOVEL IS BOTH. IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING.

BEFORE I BOUGHT CROSS BODY BLOCK I WAS CONVINCED I WOULD NEVER LIKE THE SEQUEL TO FIELDER'S CHOICE AS MUCH AS THE ORIGINAL. AFTER ALL, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DECENT FOOTBALL NOVEL....UNTIL NOW. I LAUGHED UNTIL I FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT I WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE I WAS AND AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE ESCALATING VOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY.

Baseball is known for the obsession that it has with keeping statistics concerning the most minute elements of the game.

Motor racing as a whole has not cared much about statistics with the exception of who won a particular event and to a lesser degree how much money they earned.

The notable exception to this is the Indianapolis "500", where participants are kept under a microscope from the first day of rookie orientation until the last person leaves the annual victory banquet. Drivers and teams who do not qualify for the annual race are given more media attention than winners of many major motor sports events!

This book examines the stories surrounding the Indy "500" from 1911 to 1997 (year before publication). In addition to listing every starting field (qualification type, starting position, number of laps run, reason for retirement, etc.), photos of every participant (the so called "wedding photo" taken after qualifications) are included. At least 4 pages are devoted to each race with the expected highlights, but also many of the stories of struggle and heartbreak that teams go through each year are detailed.

Much of the history of the famed "Brickyard" is also covered, with photos showing the evolution of the physical facility over time.

If you are a motor racing fan. and particularly if you are an avid follower of the Indy "500", you should have this well done reference work in your library.

This is one of the top 5 books in my Indianapolis 500 memorabilia collection. This book has the history of the Indianapolis 500 from 1911 to 1996. The photographs are of very high quality, even the older black-and-white ones. This is a must-have book for any serious racing or Indianapolis 500 memorabilia collector.

This is an excellent race-by-race history of the Indy 500 beginning with the construction of the track, the first races in 1909-1910 and the first 500 in 1911. It provides individual photographs of each car in the starting field of all races as well as many race photos up to and including 1998. The narrative frequently provides little known details of a race as well as appropriate statistics.

The book gives an impressive display of tough management philosophy. Yet if this is the one right way to manage what a sad thing -- I'd never want to work there. Readers will want to check out Hidden Value by Charles O'Reilly III and Jeffrey Pfeffer which includes an update on Cypress and where is has gone wrong.

I've owned my own business for seven years, and this book remains a source of ideas for me. Some people want to work in a country club and some want to be in a more competitive environment. The success of the two types of companies may vary, but I still want to be in the competitive place. Curiously, both this book and another favorite, Dennis Conner's Art of Winning, use the phrase "no excuses". I happen to believe in the the keys to performance described in this book: the value of top performers, the value of disciplined approachs to job performance, the use of automated metrics to remind us to do what we set out to do. If you do, too, you'll like this book. If you don't, you probably won't. I'm not sure it's a convincing book, but I found it illuminating.

It only gets a nine because no one is perfect. I have a purloined copy from a friend and this is one of the most readable/focused management books. Masquerading as a discussion of Cypress philosophy it manages to explain a very detailed and usable method for goal setting and achieving as well as employee compensation. Anyone who is not meeting their numbers should read this book. Anyone running a company should read this book. Any fan of T.J. Rodgers should read this book. Anyone who goes... automated control ... I'd never work there .. shouldn't read this book because they won't get it. Furthermore, they shouldn't apply to work for Cypress or for me either....

If you have never seen the comedy of Rick Reynolds you owe it to yourself to read his book. An autobiography of a man who has had less than a great childhood, but tells you how he made it through with his wonderful sense of humor

I used to work as an usher at the Cannon Theater in Los Angeles where Rick Reynolds performed this entire routine. I must have sat through the show in its entirety about 30 times. It never ever lost it's edge. It is a brave and true and hillarious memoir. I luckily bought the CD which was available at the show and which was also available around LA at the time. I'm sorry to see Amazon doesn't carry the CD version, perhaps it is out of print also. Buy this classic work, you will enjoy every minute of it.

His comedy routine was on HBO and I recorded it about 6 years ago .. I then transfered the audio to a cassette tape to listen to it in my car. His routine is the most moving comedy, at several time thoughout the show it becomes serious but your riveted to the story he tells. He makes you laugh so much. If you like comedy YOU WILL LIKE RICK REYNOLDS... only 1 problem to bad it's not on CD. I've been looking for a CD version for almost 5 years.

This book is a must for any scuba diver venturing into the waters of Puget Sound, coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island. It was a great resource during a recent 4 day diving trip to Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It provided us with hours of conversation about what we had seen and what to look for next.

This book has been very helpful in identifing the many different creatures I have seen while diving in Washinton State's Puget Sound as well as around Vancouver Island. It is perfect for any recreational diver because while it does list Phylum and Species, it also gives the commom name and even alternate common names if applicable. Each entry also gives the Size, Range, Habitat, Description and a brief comment about the entry. The photos are clear and sometimes include photos of the fishes egg mass. This book covers the most common of the marine life that you are likely to encounter while diving in the Pacific Northwest. I take it with me when I go diving and use it after the dive to show what I saw and for others to identify what they saw. It also helps me at home latter when I want to put a name to a photo I took while diving. I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone slightly curious as to what that thing is called they saw on that last dive.

This book's easy-to-use key immediately helps visitors to Olympic's coast identify dozens and dozens of marine animals and plants. We bring it on ranger-led tide pool explorations because it complements our journeys so well. Each section provides structural, behavioral, and habitat information about the type of creatures. Then, many individual species are photographed and described, including known life cycles, predator-prey relationships, and other unique aspects. The book is particularly good because it includes several marine mammals, enhancing tide pool exploration with ocean discovery. This is a wonderful aid in introducing visitors to the intertidal zone, the marine sanctuary, and the abundant life thriving within.

I agree with Mr. Maybury's assessment of the situation we find ourselves in today in America. I particularly enjoyed finding that he agreed with both Patrick Henry and James Madison and that they both gave an accurate prediction about the upcoming problems, downfalls and failings of an ever-mutating Federalist mentality that is ripping the heart out of our founding principles. It killed the true goal of our founders, which was to allow states and communities to remain diverse, different and unique and economically and socially controlled by the people who lived in them. If you did not agree socially or politically with one community and/or state you could move to another and live comfortably knowing you would be around others with similar beliefs, opinions and characteristic.

In other words they did not want us to become exact mental, emotional and social clones or mere automatons of a Federal Government "1984" mentality run amuck. People like Earl Warren and Warren Burger succeeded in putting us on that destructive hedonistic and anti-American coarse by hijacking the judiciary.

Local control as Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine advocated, would undeniably put the decision making process in the hands of the voters and real-democracy at the lowest levels, they did not believe in Stare Decisis which kills a true ever-changing democracy. They wanted the "one person one vote" majority-rule concept to flourish on a local level, instead of having a federal government, which steals that basic right, concept and liberty at every opportunity by manipulating entities at every level and corrupting the courts.

Certainly government at the federal level was and still is necessary for some very basic issues, like those identified in the Preamble to the Constitution for instance, but never at the level it is at today.

It all comes back to that corrupting influence of power. I found it strange that he did not speak of term-limits as a counterbalancing protection for his Juris Naturalis ideology, the only real protection to saved us from the decline in founding principles as society grew, matured, evolved and became corrupted. A corruption that transformed the philosophy of the people, by the people, and for the people; to one of me, we, our party and an "our cause only mentality."

As much as I enjoyed his wit, humor, intelligent discourse and insight, which will undoubtedly cause me to read the rest of his books, which I highly recommend as a Middle School introduction to all his subjects, I could not possibly agree with all his teachings, opinions and/or assertions. Perhaps it is just that in his attempt to cover so many bases he seemed to have numerous contradictory comments that makes one stop and say wait a minute that is just not true.

For instance he asked, "has anyone ever suggested to you that government may not be necessary?" That is a foolish question today, of coarse it is.

He also asserts for instance that the right wants to stamp out sin and the left wants to stamp out inequality of wealth. These are interesting assertions but facades and falsehoods and assumptions that have no real basis. Those comments could be just as easily phrased like this, "the right wants to make people merit conscious and responsible for their actions by teaching morality and the left wants to rob from those who work to give to those who don't. Both of these statements would be equally as true, but give a completely different impression to the reader.

How can the left be said to believe in stamping out the inequality of wealth when so many of them, and I do mean, many of them, are filthy rich and getting richer every day at the expense of the poor and middle class in America. They are in fact the arrogant Aristocracy of the western civilization so hated by the Middle East. It is not our government or our true American values and culture that the Middle Easterners hate so much, but the liberal rich people and their hedonistic tendencies, policies and activities that irk them so much. When someone asks why Islam hates America it is simply because of liberal ideologies, policies and programs. It is as simple as that.

When I see Ted Turner, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barbara Streisand, Dianne Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, Steven Speilberg, Hugh Hefner and several thousand other left-wing liberal icons give away their millions and/or billions and live on what I make, I will change my opinion of the left. But for today I disagree with Mr. Maybury's assertion about the goal of liberals, wanting to fix any inequalities, they create them.

They want power and the ability to oppress others at any cost and sit in their Eiffel towers dictating socialistic and hedonistic principle and rules of conduct on the rest of us peons. In others words I believe his definition of "Fascist" more aptly fits the modern day liberal than the word "liberal" does, and I would put fascist at the far left end of his scale rather than the right end, but hey it is his book.

There are many other inconsistencies of thought and assertion in his writings, but nothing significant enough to recommend skipping this truly enjoyable book. I have ordered and will most certainly read all the others as well, but with a critical eye. I truly enjoyed his work, with only minimal reservations, because I do read everything with the critical eye he instructs his readers to use.

As a series of books for beginners in politics, social issues and economic studies I can stand by the four star rating and highly recommend his thought provoking comments to those from all political persuasions. After reading this book I would have to classify myself as a Nationalistic Juris Naturalis of the Original "Classical Liberal" Judeo-Christian Founding Fathers Persuasion. Wow, what a mouthfull. Where are you in the mix?

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Maybury clearly understands the biggest threat in history has always been the state, which is based on violence and death. This makes him a classical liberal (which has nothing to do with the ignorant and dangerous liberals of today), or, in modern terms, a libertarian. However, he uses the cliched continuum of Nazis and fascists at the far right and communists and socialists at the far left. Someone like Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn argues they are all far left. I'm not sure it matters; all of them are idolators who worship the state. But it does make it confusing, since this book is aimed at the young. Still, it is an excellent introduction to political science, law and economics, and I would recommend it to anyone. I do wish that in addition to his two laws, "Do all you have agreed to do" and "Do not encroach on other persons or their property" (which are nothing more than the Biblical injunctions against lying and theft) he had included the one about coveting (envy), which is the little-understand cause of centuries of untold horror.

This is a wonderful book which helps you clearly define your political stance, i recommend these books for young students who need to learn about the political parties and adults who think they know all there is all to know about political parties. I myself am a juris naturalist, if you'd like to know what that is then check out this book, i'm amazed at how much knowlege i gained!

p.s i also recommend evaluating books: what would thomas jefferson think about this,and whatever happened to penny candy?

Before our first visit to Hawaii I searched to find something that would serve as a useful guide for a trip that would permit only casual bird-watching. This book is really best for someone able to dedicate time to exploring the recommended hikes. Having said that, my main complaint about the book is that the illustrations are of little use to someone from the North American continent who is unfamiliar with Hawaii's birds, as the majority of readers probably are. After all, which would be more useful, good color photos of Northern Cardinals, or a photo of the 'Apapane? A photo of a Black-crowned Night Heron, or a photo of the 'I'iwi? The Birdwatchers Guide has very good photos of a male and a female cardinal and the heron, which are close to ubiquitous in the mainland USA, and none of the latter, which are totally unfamiliar to mainlanders. There are lots of black and white photos of things like people looking through binoculars, road signs, and trails, none of which are terribly useful to birdwatchers trying to ID unfamiliar species...

Rick Soehren knows Hawai'i and its birds, and this site guide is a great help to visitors. Soehren describes, island by island, where to find Hawai'i's birds, and in the process gives the reader some of Hawai'i's avian history. The book is illustrated with good black-and-white photographs. I have used the book on Hawai'i and Kaua'i and have found it clear, accurate, and very useful.

This is not a field guide with pictures to help you identify the birds. It is a wonderfully insightful reference to the diversity of birds that may be found within the state of Hawaii. It is far more than just a birdwatching guide. It gives one a feel for the plight of the native Hawaiian birds and the beauty of the state and its avifauna.

I have to say that although I have been captivated by Mr. Maybury's books for some time, reading each one in order. I found this one interesting only about half the time. Wehn I got half way through it I lost interest. It seemed to be going over and over and over and over the same old stuff which could have been imparted in half the time and half the pages, and just plain got boring. It simply did not hold my interest like the first seven.

After finishing it, I picked up the "Thousand Year War" a little apprehensively to see if Maybury had lost his flare after the success of his previous books, as so many do, sort of like movie sequals that never meet or match the standards of the original, and luckily found that it was back on track with interesting, coherent information taht once again had me wanting to finish it in one setting.

Mr. Maybury needs to work The "Clipper Ship" over and could easily reduce it by half.

Of course I enjoy his work and will order the two follow on books WWI and WWII to round out my collection. All in all, he has made me a little bit wiser with this series and I still recommend it (all of them) to anyone who wants to understand the competing "models" that exist in the world and what makes the world go round.

Jim

I am very impressed at how Rick has made economics so easy to understand. I was very ignorant as to how economic policies effected me. After reading this book I am truly looking foward to learning more about our system. He also indirectly mentioned the company I work for in regards to a P&G (Protor & Gamble)issue. I can attest that he was on the money with his conclusion. I have long understood how much manipulation occurs within our political system. I just never thought that it effects our economic structure to the degree that it does!

In this excellent book Uncle Eric provides you with all of the facts about cones.What they are, how to find them, and how you can make a profit from them.

Uncle eric shares many examples of cones through history especially the history of the clipper ship. Also included with each history overview is the summary of what those who found the cones did to profit from them. This i find to be an extreemely useful item within the book. Uncle eric does not only tell you what to do, he shows you actual instences in history when the cones were taken advantadge of.

Along with uncle erics guide to finding cones he also has a description of what types of cones there are, and which ones to get into and which ones to stay out of.

I find all of uncle erics advice to be extreemely useful in this book.

sincerely Piffer H

It's easy to learn playing well when you get this book and CD. Good stuff

This is a great beginning place for drum instruction. It hits on the basics of all need-to-know information, as well as in-depth looks at theory and method. The CD is a great bonus!

I really liked this book. Its written in a very interesting way. Very contemporary language. There are all kinds of exercises with many different types of beats. You are going to be able to play Reaggae, Funk, Bossa Nova, Country, Hip-hop, etc. Just sit down, get your sticks and don't stop practicing. You are gonna love the exercises. The CD is very helpfull too. If you never played drums before, maybe you wanna buy the first edition but if you have some knoledge, this is the book for you.

With 4 stars I may be erring on the high side of rating this book. However I do so as it is well written. The Deep Space Nine television series is not one that I kept up with and I chose this book as it was to include The Next Generation cast that I am familiar with. Before the actual tale starts there is a history of Deep Space Nine up until the book's beginning so, if your lack of knowledge is like mine, a general overview is provided. It cannot make up for dozen of missed episodes but it does make the read possible and enjoyable.

This is book one of a series and The Next Generation plays the minor role in this first installment. I believe this will change dramatically in book two due to a discovery that the Enterprise makes on an old Cardassian Freighter that requires a trip to the space station DS9. The one character that I always wondered what happened to plays a key role in this book and I would guess in many others that have preceded this volume. Ro Laren was always one of my favorite enigmatic characters from TNG series, and after she betrayed Captain Picard's trust and fled I was always curious as to what happened to her. Her back story is explained in broad strokes, but at the time of this book she is now in a position of authority on DS9. Nothing about her personality has become any smoother, but it appears as though there may finally be an opportunity for her to find someplace where she will no longer feel suspect, feel the outsider.

Prior to taking on any more new DS9 material I will have to go well back and reach a point where I can appreciate these stories without only having a brief historical overview for a crutch. This book seemed well done and I believe that to the extent it failed it was solely due to my lack of knowledge.

It explains how a Jem'Hadar came to be on DS 9.

It was slow to start but has an excellent recap of Star Trek history

First of all, no need to be misled by the cover art this time. It's as true to the story as the artwork is beautiful. Applause to Cliff Nielsen, and I hope to meet him some day.

Second, allow me to make yet another point or two regarding how wonderful is the DS9 re-launch: This book clearly shows that more was going on in the universe during the Dominion War than just the war. While Starfleet might have you believe *everyone* was directly involved in the war effort, if you think about it, that could hardly be the case. I also enjoyed the continued idea that everyone doesn't use Federation lingo. You could never quite tell that from the show, but it certainly makes a whole lot of sense.

I'm also enjoying the running Morn joke, and I laughed right out loud at the reference to Vash. Too rich! Okay, onto the review:

Anyone who thought Jake Sisko should have been given better treatment as the series came to an end can take heart with the re-launch and with this book in particular. And I mean take heart. S.D. Perry has captured the true soul of this deep-thinking, honest young man. Ben Sisko raised his son well, and evidence of that can be read on every page.

Back in one of the first of the re-launch books, Jake left DS9, ostensibly to visit his grandfather on Earth, when in reality he was going to check out a prophecy revealed to him at B'hala. The story of what happened to him is told here, and, my, what a story it is - delightfully complex and containing ingredients guaranteed to keep you turning pages well after you should be asleep so you can make it to work on time the next day.

I would take up far too much space trying to explain every detail and nuance in this novel, so let's just say...in it, Jake Sisko comes full circle.

And so does Kai Opaka.

And we are all the better for it.