The documented cases in this book, are very interesting and can horrorfy the reader. It is not for the weak of heart, or stomach for that matter. Great read for someone who is studying some form of criminology, or facet of law enforcement, especially homocide and criminal profiling. In my opinion, there needs to be a content "warning", because the pictures are "VERY" graphic, and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 18.

"The Sexual Criminal: A Pyschoanalytical Study", ISBN 0-9650324-2-6 (S/C), Bloat 1956 2nd Ed. is a 438-page repository by J. Paul de River, MD, FACS. A brief lucid intro. by Eugene Williams (Frmr. DA of L.A.) precedes an imposing 50-page prelude (Brian King) which chronicles de River's background & initial employment by LAPD as psychiatrist who founded the first Sex Offense Bureau (1937) after preparing (perhaps the first recorded) forensic profiling (1937) of Albert Dyer, subsequently convicted & hung (1938) for triple sexual child slayings, decades in advance of FBI's VICAP. (Justice was swift in those days).

Captious exposition is provided on the politics and the corruption within LAPD and of the travesty & rumble caused by revelations on child killer Chloe Davis (1940) and murdered Elizabeth Short ("Black Dahlia", 1947). With 4 other brutal L.A. sexual slayings within 6 months, Cal. PC Sec. 290 was passed with the help of Dr. de River in 1947 & it required sex offender registration some 50 years before "Megan's Law". King's 39-page Appendix (Chap. 5) details 4 high-profile cases that de River studied.

Dr. J. Paul de River expatiates (4 chapters) the essentials & 10 sub-divisions of Sadism (algolagnia), Masochism, Criminal Investigation, and finally Study in Crime which compiles 6 viewpoints on the sexual criminal as seen from prision, justice system, police officer, crime writer, criminal attorney (sanity issues), and psychological interrogation and investigation.

The book did find use as a teaching text at the time it was written. It is a truly scholarly text written by a shrewd psychiatrist who was largely self-taught because no academic courses existed in medical schools on the criminal study of sexual deviants. It is dated, however, by obsolescence of certain terminology and a modernized & re-defined psychiatric classification, i.e. homosexuality is no longer considered sexual persions, etc.

The Book has many good features and documents the author rubbing shoulders and trading punches with some of the most well-know politicians and law enforcement peoples of that era (1930's - 1940's).

The 5 1/2" by 7" format, excellent & essential psychiatric glossary, and puissance of pertinent and grisly graphic photos puts it high on my recommended list. (Note is made that Ernest E. Debs made public notice de River's book was pornographic and its access should be limited). The author's personal convictions on seriousness of sexual criminal behavior, his prediction of its increasing prevalence in society, and his foresight in beginning and directing a Sex Offense Bureau, and use of sexual criminal profiling makes him a major contributor to the study of sexual criminals. He was flamboyant, he was brilliant, and he was a family man who adopted a daughter and cared for his sickly wife who succumbed to ALS. This is a must read -

You may think you have seen bizarre coffee table books in your life, but you have ssen none like this. Slickly designed, it is easy to forget you are reading the records of criminals from the 1930's and 40's. That is, until you read about the individuals arrested and convicted of homosexual behavior and participating in S&M. The photos are disturbing for anyone of any age, yet bring a humanity to the crimes detailed by the perpetrators. Definately not for the weak of heart.

The art in this book was really good. I didn't like the black and white drawings as much, which is why I don't think the artwork deserves a 5, but the paintings are excellent. The drawings didn't always look much like the characters from the show. For instance, the drawings of Anya hardly ever looked like her. The paintings, though - some of them looked almost looked like photographs, put through photoshop filters or something. Very nice. I found myself wishing that some of the BtVS comics could look that good.

Now, the story. It takes place during one of those bleak times in the series - after Buffy died for the second time, before the musical. Willow and Tara have some rough relationship moments because of Willow's overdependence on magic, and it's this problem that starts the monster troubles in this book. Buffy's still trying to get over the fact that she was torn out of heaven, Dawn is doing her best to become a deliquent, and Spike loves Buffy. Oh yeah, Xander and Anya are having relationship disagreements as well while they plan their wedding. Basically, this book doesn't tell you anything about the series or characters that you don't already know. This wouldn't necessarily be a bad this, if the story had been better. I didn't think the story was all that interesting, and it was only because the book was so short that I managed to get all the way through it at all. I would recommend this book for the art, but the story isn't worth it.

Buffy is having increasing difficulty adjusting to her return to the living in the sixth season. No matter how hard she tries, she has been unable to reconnect with her life and friends. During her absence, everyone seems to have developed a completely new set of problems. Giles cannot decide if he is leaving. Xander and Anya are engaged, but do not seem very happy about it. Tara is increasingly distressed about Willow's compulsive quest for increased power. Spike is in love with Buffy and not handling it very well. And Dawn, well, Dawn seems intent on becoming a juvenile delinquent. Nobody seems to have much time for Buffy, except maybe Spike, and he has too much time.

Now Dawn has taken up sneaking out at night with her friend Melinda and hanging out at the local rave. This is a tough scene, and the guy Dawn likes best, Skeeter, makes a hobby of drug dealing. This is bad news, since Skeeter is hung up on Velatti the DJ. Velatti has one major flaw, her other night job is drinking blood. The beautiful vampire convinces Skeeter to team up with Parnassus another bloodsucker, with a new drug to sell. This concoction gets its human users high and then turns them into a whole new flavor of vampire intoxicant. Dawn and Melinda, teenagers anxious to be cool are drawn right into the middle of this vampire's version of a meth lab.

While Buffy frets about Dawn, and tries to figure out how to get her life back, Willow discovers an ancient volume called 'The Book of Tears.' Unable to control herself, Dawn delves deeply into the book's spells and somehow unleashes a new horror on Sunnydale. Parnassus suddenly finds himself entranced by the Queen of Tears. In return for a promise of the ultimate high, he begins the process of opening a portal to the Queen's dimension. The main ingredient for this is the sacrifice of a virgin. Enter Dawn, once again.

With the entire Scooby gang dealing with one kind of addiction or another, Spike turns out to be the hero of this piece. He is the only one who realizes that there seems to be a disaster in the making. Unfortunately, no one wants to listen to him until it is nearly too late. By that time, Dawn has vanished and everyone is clueless.

On top of the show, we have Buffy comics, graphic novels, plain novels and now, illustrated novels. One has to admire the determination of the BTVS marketing folks for continually finding something new for Buffy's fans. Brian Horton and Paul Lee have combined forces to provide some excellent color and ink work. This makes up a bit for a novel that reads a bit too much like a comic book. Fassbender and Pascoe are good with snappy dialog, but they lack the skill of someone like Chris Golden when it comes to making an entire novel hang together. Still, it's good reading, but not to die for.

This book was put out in a different format. Mostly story line, but a few pictures. I absolutely loved it, and hope more will be coming. So much better than the comics, where there are just a million pictures of monsters, and almost no story. Glad to see Spike taking a more prominent role. Any story with Spike (or Angel) is worth a look, and this is one of the better ones.

The statutory rapists Simone de B and JP Sartre neglect to mention the hordes of students they raped in this swan story of their sick love.

To get a glimpse of one of many that get glossed over after having been sexually harassed and raped by this duo one could read A Disgraceful Affair by Bianca Lamblin.

She was seventeen when these two old fogies began to do her.

It's amazing how the communist left sees itself and its heroes as such innocents when they were criminal scumbags from the ground up. Trained in anthropology these creeps would have known better than to see themselves as such perfectly innocent people.

A disgraceful pair whose memory stinks to the heavens and cries out as a warning to young leftists everywhere that you will end up as filthy as these two cochons.

Then you need to read this book. It is Simone de Beauvoir's first-person account of the last ten years of Sartre's life, and it is heartbreaking to read in several places. Her descriptions in particular of his final few days are wrenching, and I did actually cry as she described Sartre's death. The prose is characteristic of de Beauvoir: deeply and intimately detailed, meticulous, and dense in some places. But the reading is ultimately rewarding as it gives the reader an even more thorough understanding of the devoted side of de Beauvoir--and the very human and mortal side of the great philosopher Sartre.

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre were *the* couple of the 20th century. For all the immense history they created, it may be beyond our ability to imagine just how and why they were first drawn together, or more why they *stayed* together right up until Sartre's death in 1980. This two-part memoir is remarkable for its poignant intimacy, first as an historical record from 1970-1980, and then as a transcription of de Beauvoir's own interviews with Sartre during that same period of time. These two were a rough mix, as though that was a revelation. And, ironically, it's perhaps de Beauvior's own deep emotional commitment that comes through most clearly in these pages. On the other hand, we're also offered a fascinating view of their long public life together. From the times of divided German-occupied France, to the political activism of the 60s and beyond...and, above all, the writings they produced! If anything, this book reveals how moot is the point of Sartre's caustic personality, and to what extent he may have "used" her. (As if a woman of this caliber *could* be used!) Their focus was always on the change they hoped to produce in the world. Well, and for de Beauvoir, at least, there was also the issue of their own personal relationship. Therein lies the charm of this book. You won't be disappointed.

This may be a good book if you need a complete introduction to IPv6 (the first half of the book) and some Cisco specific configuration details (the second half).

I agree that it's easy to read and seems to be well organised, but it is certainly not well written.

There are numerous errors throughout the book ranging from the trivial to the totally misleading, and many IPv6 concepts are repeated as nauseum in the first half suggesting that they were written by different authors without consulting one another before the book was published. Worse, it seems to have been rushed out without any overall proof reading.

No specific target audience seems to have been kept in mind - if you need an explanation of how to convert decimal to hex (pages 122 - 124) then perhaps this book isn't your first priority.

If you want to know more about IPv6 in Cisco IOS I recommend you look elsewhere - especially to the authoritative guide from Cisco Press by Regis Desmeules.

I give this book three stars for the Cisco IOS specific material, but only two for the general IPv6 material.

Configuring IPv6 with Cisco IOS

I found this book to be excellent reading. It covers enough to help you understand IPv4 and carry that over to IPv6 very adaquately. I have to say I have a technical library of over 300 books and manuals, and this is a welcome addition. It is definitley the best book I've read on IPv6, and know that I will have it around for reference for some time. It is very well written adn organized.

I am a proffesional Internet Security Expert, and find this book Configuring IPv6 with Cisco IOS to be very helpful in understanding what to expect in the new version of IP.

I recommend the book to anyone who is serious about IT, and wants to be on top of the game.

Having previously read "Netware Professional Reference" by Karanjit Siyan, I hoped this edition would follow in the same light. This book is a real help for network administrators as it gives good examples and solutions of day to day problems.

This book is designed as a reference not a study guide.This is one of the best Intranetware books I have read to date.

I have all of my "favorite places" marked for quick reference. The book is not organized to study for CNE exams. However, it has the information for Intranetware Network Administrators need for managing their networks. It contains a great index for quick look-ups.

This trade paperback contains two stories: 'Hunting Ground,' which ran in issues 153 thru 155 of Dark Horse Presents, and 'Beneath the Surface,' which appeared in issues 8 and 9 of Angel. Both stories are by Chris Golden and Tom Sniegoski.

In 'Hunting Ground,' Cordelia finally gets a part in a film. Not just a bit part, but a starring role as one of a team of treasure hunters who are searching for the Helm of Haraxis. Deep in the woods things suddenly start to go wrong. Suddenly real life becomes too much like a horror film and Cordelia is desperate for Angel's aid.

'Beneath the Surface' finds Detective Kate Lockley in the middle of a series of killings that have all occurred close to underground accesses that Angel also uses. His investigations turn up a suspicious demon, but the case gets complicated when Kate decides to search the sewers herself. Worse, topping her list of suspects is the broody vampire himself.

Typical of Dark Horse Presents stories, which are originally done without color, the illustration for 'Hunting Ground' (done by Brian Horton and Paul Lee) is simplistic and two-dimensional. The coloring, which was added as an afterthought is also too flat. In contrast, Eric Powell's work on 'Beneath the Surface' is much more alive and the colors show much more modeling and shading. Even so, this is a case where both stories are much better than their graphic presentation.

More than mere common errors, Brians' compilation explains some cleverly deceptive mistakes as well. His analysis is clear and - I admit - entertaining reading for a lover of words.

"The Oxford Companion to the Earth" is one of the more recent titles to be published by Oxford University Press (copyright 2000). One of the defining characteristics of the "Companion" series is comprehensiveness and this volume is no exception. In 1,174 pages, closeto one thousand entries appear, from "Acid Rain" to "Zoogeomorphology." All the topics one would expect to find in an encyclopedia of the earth sciences are here: volcanoes, plate tectonics, earthquakes, glaciers, the weather and other such standard fare are represented. A pleasant surprise is the unanticipated subject matter, such as "Art and the Earth Sciences," "Geoscience and the Media" and "Wine and Geology." Think of it as a rounding up of the unusual suspects. This kind of inclusiveness is a double-edged sword. While many topics are touched on, many are given only superficial treatment. "History of Geochemistry," for example, is not particularly helpful, as it is litle more than an enumeration of dates and events, without any analysis or context. To be sure, this shortcoming is due partly out of necessity, as an in-depth discussion of every topic would result in an unwieldly tome. I found the longer articles more informative, such as "Mantle and Core Composition," which takes up better than four pages. On the whole, this book presents an overview of a particular topic, rather than an examination of it. While well illustrated,l the majority of visual material consists of line drawings. Photographs, what few there are, have been printed n black and white only and generally are quite small. One of the features of this series that I particularly like are the "extras" presented to the reader. In the case of "Earth," they include paleogeographic maps printed on the end papers and a number of appendices covering the gelogic times scales, comparatative data on the earth and other planets of the solar system, the periodic table of the elements and several pages of scientific units, conversion tables an abbreviations of scientific terms. All in all, I regard this as a worhty addition to the library of anyone who desires a "just the facts, ma'am" approach to topics in the earth sciences.

This book provides a thorough view of purchasing strategies and strategic purchasing. It emphasizes the need for support from the top as well as established purchasing guidelines.

It's primary benefit comes from a thorough explanation of strategic purchasing. How to determine a need, determine the possibility of seclecting one (or more) suppliers to fill that need and how to use your position as a buyer to create the type of supplier that YOU need. It also highlights the need for "upstream" planning to avoid the pitfalls that often result from unplanned purchasing.

It's nice to know that next to things like 'Box Office Poison' and 'Strangers in Paradise' there's more like it available in my favorite subgenre, namely 'The Waiting Place' (this books collects #1-6 of the series).
I compare it mainly to Strangers in Paradise because it really is a lot like it, only it centers around more and more various young people. Where it differs from Strangers in Paradise is in the fact that it doesn't try to built a humorous factor in it. It just 'reports' everyday, typical life.

It's about:
Jeffrey just moved with his parents to a place far away from where they used to live. He came from a big city and now has to live in a minor village full of rednecks, with all their presumptions. Needless to say he's having a hard time at it. In the meanwhile the other youngsters there are also trying to create some movement in their lives, since their habitat in itself offers little.
Most of the time all the characters are dealing with typical problems you face at their age (the phase between youngster/young adult), like insecurity about oneself and about girls, wether you're gonna fit in, and how you're gonna tell your parents your "awful" secret. Some of them start realizing the difference between what things used to mean to them when they were kinds and now. It has a high "Deja-Vu' factor.

This book collects the first 6 issues, like I said, which are not a completed arc. That is not a bad thing because there ARE no arcs really, it's more like watching an ongoing tv-series. Little subplots start and end all the time, but they are intertwined, there are no 'real' endings anywhere.
Another, what I consider, strong point is that Kelly (he writer) tells it like it is, no romanticized elements. This makes it unpredictable all the way, you never know what is going to happen next. Artwise it's pretty nice. It's no Terry Moore but that's mainly due to the difference in style, not in skill. It's very clear and more than sufficient. My conclussion shall not be a surprise: if you like Box Office Poison and/or Strangers in Paradise (for those who haven't read those: comicbooks about 'real life', in all its aspects with as little as possible exaggeration) this will probably be to your liking.