Although some of the love letters become repetitive, this book captures better than anything the true nature of the destroyer war in the Pacific against Japan. The commentary gets to the point of the hard work and anonymous sacrifice of the common enlisted man in the desperate fight against Japan. The final letter written by Yeoman Raines, and delivered to his wife after his death, is one of the most wrenching and moving literary expressions to come from this war.

Orvill Raines was my friend. We were together from the time the ship was commissioned 4/3/44 until he died on April 6, 1945 at Okinawa. Ray Ellen (his wife) kept these letters and when I first contacted her in 1990 she mentioned them to me and offered them to the HOWORTH VETS. We published them at our own expense. Williams McBride took the War Diary AND Letters/Memories and completed the manuscript that became Good Night Officially. After our Memorial Service aboard the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, I escorted her around the ship and was able to answer all the questions that she had, had down thru the years. It made it possible. It made it worth while

FOUR SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS is an exceptional compilation of the absolute best the genre had to offer in the 1940s and 1950s. It is composed of six powerful stories which transcend the decades in which they were written, stirring the heart and mind as powerfully now as when they were first published.

While these stories would shine under any conditions, the narrations of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy actually serve to further energize the prose. I was especially moved by the performance of William Shatner. Despite having been a fan of Star Trek for decades, I was completely unprepared for the depth and the brilliance of his vocal talents. Shatner's clear insight into the stories and their characters radiates with every word and intonation.

I could not more strongly recommend either an audio book or a science fiction collection.

I only wanted "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" and it did come separate on tape and even on vinyl at one time. It did not hurt to get the rest of the tapes. Foundation: The Psychohistorians is what the Foundation trilogy is all about and the newer foundation books you can read the separate reviews. The Martian Chronicles is ok but I do not want to spend time reviewing this section, as better reviews will be under the book description.

However Mimsy is a different animal. So I will say something about this. It is a small sci-fi story about a formula that allows you into an alternate universe that everyone used to have access to. The problem with getting there is that it requires a different paradigm and a formula. The paradigm requires a mindset that diapers as we get older and the formula is in front of us if we know where to look. An added plus is that it is read to us enthusiastically by William Shatner

I thoroughly recommend the purchase of this book to anyone engaged in the study of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy as it almost functions as a "bible" of standard spectra for the elements. I also like the simple summary of the technique which actually includes a lot of information that would be hard to tease out of the overly technical texts on XPS that are around. For Universities and Research Institutes who have personnel experienced in XPS or who have the instrumentation, it is an essential purchase

I know someone who wants to learn Unix, so he picked up the book and I read it as well. I'd heard from a friend that Sam's Teach Yourself books were really good. I've been using Unix for over 10 years, so I was curious to see what this book could show a beginner in '10 minutes'. I will say the lessons are intended to be short so you don't end up getting bored. The explanations are good, giving enough detail so you find out what you need to know.

I was glad to see the book mentions how not to get frustrated if a particular command doesn't exactly work as you see in the book. There are many flavors of Unix nowadays so it's very possible each version may have the command that's being talked about but it may be just a bit different.

I found a couple of commands that I hadn't heard of before (pushd and popd) so this old girl learned something too :-). I didn't give the book 5 stars because of its section on the editors available in Unix. The section on vi needed to show a few more basic commands plus maybe one or two tips. The vi editor can be hard for some because due to the structure of the commands.

Overall, the book gives a newbie good information to get their feet wet. Once a newbie gets going and wants to dig in to Unix some more, I highly recommend the OReilly "Unix In A Nutshell" book. Once you get the feel of how Unix is structured, using the Nutshell book will make more sense.

This book is for those who need the ability to move around the Unix filesystem, edit text files, and perform simple commands such as copying, moving, and deleting files. It also gives a good review of Unix as a whole. I'm not sure if there is a Linux version of this book, if there is I would recommend it instead of this one. But most of the book is applicable to both Unix and Linux.

A very good UNIX tutorial. Covers yhe most basic 'need to know':s Excellent for Beginners

I have bought previous books by this author and have always found them helpful and the first place to look for a solution, especially for a new function.

Until now.

First and important, Mr. Camarda instructions are simple, easy to follow and "by the book." Except that my computer does not always go by the book and there are no suggestions or thoughts on what to do when something doesn't match.

But the big problem is what was left out. And a great deal was. If you want to learn about "smart tags" a brand new feature and perhaps a reason why many updated from a previous version of Office, you will not find it and many other new functions, here. Instead, Mr. Camarda refers you to a web site where you can down load, through Acrobat, (you would thing he'd use "WORD) another few hundred pages that were left out of the book. It takes a long time to print this material out too.

The items in Acrobat are not included in the Book's index so good luck finding quickly what you need. For several new items you will have to look in several places to get the right information, negating the need for this book. Many book publishers are putting the contents of their books on CD's so you can use a search function to find what you want. No so here. Que also has eliminated the CD with extras they used to provide, having us go to the internet for additional materials.

If they couldn't print the entire book, the least they could have done was included on a CD, complete with search functions.

I used to buy Que books sight unseen, knowing they were among the best. That time has passed.

As with other reference books I've found, the answers are there, if everything works the way it is supposed to. However, when it doesn't work the way it should, you're on your own.

Also, there is barely any information on working with graphics except for clip art. Most business or technical users do not use clip art, they use imported graphics.