"No More Lone Rangers" blends practical ideas for establishing a ministry team with the theoretical and theological mandates for doing so. Chapter 4, "Inspiring Your Team" is an invaluable asset for all those who work with youth. It challenges us to have a specific "vision" for our ministry in our neighborhood! David gives clear, powerful and useful steps towards discovering your ministry's unique vision. This book should be on every youth worker's bookshelf, or better yet, read by the entire staff!

Dave Chow has hit a homerun. This book is not only filled with practical information that can help to empower and restructure a youth leadership team, it also inspires and informs us how to build strong teams that can impact kids. Every Youth Leader needs this book in their hands.

Out of all the chow books I've read this is definitely the best! On almost every page there is a color picture of our favorite furballs, and it's packed full of information on the usual info such as grooming health care, etc, but I especially enjoyed the chapter on showing (or not) and the chapter explaining canine behavior. But my favorite feature of the book is that every page contains info about chows in particular, not just watered down generic information that could apply to any breed of dog. Thanks to the authors for helping me better understand my chows!

This inexpensive book is one of the best Chow books available. Written by a well-respected breeder/judge of Chows. Covers all aspects of care and training. This is the best selling Chow book at the Dog Shows. Don't be misled by the small size, the true description of the Chow's unusual character is there.

Understanding Telecommunications: Systems, Networks, and Applications Vol 2 is a store house of valuable information about advanced telecommunications topics. This is the second book of a 2 volume set, and it covers Wireless, Data Communications, LANs/WANs, VoIP, FAX, Network Management, Error Control, and System Timing & Synchronization techniques. The content is presented in a text book format that can be easily adapted for self-study and general review. The scope of the material is broad, and covers not only technical details but also practical applications. The combination of Vol 1 and 2 provides an unmatched reference work, that is a reliable source of conscise and accurate information. These books deserve to be included in any engineer's, technician's, marketeer's, or student's telecommunications library. They are extremely informative, and you will use them often. The author has written two other excellent books (Understanding SONET/SDH, and Understanding Wireless), and these latest works are welcome additions to this outstanding series.

Understanding Telecommunications: Systems, Networks and Applications Vol. 1 & 2 fills the need for an up to date reference that clearly explains this complex and rapidly changing subject. This two volume set contains over 1,400 pages of material that cover virtually every aspect of telecommunications. The presentation is crisp, the descriptions are conscise, many clean illustrations are included, and a variety of meaningful examples are provided that can be applied to real-life situations. Review questions (with answers)accompany each topic to confirm the reader's comprehension, and the numerous acronyms/terms used in this field are carefully explained in a manner that eliminates confusion. The scope of these two volumes is broad, but the depth and amount of detail devoted to each topic provides a thorough level of understanding. The format follows a logical sequence, and every chapter contains a brief history of the technological advancements that formed the foundation of present-day systems. These books are valuable as both a reference and refresher, especially given the fast pace of this industry and frequent changes in work assignments. It is highly recommended for system engineers, designers, marketing specialists, technicians, and students. These two volumes will certainly be frequently used books in your technical library, and a source for obtaining reliable information. The author has published two other books: "Understanding SONET/SDH: Standards & Applications" and "Understanding Wireless: Digital Mobile, Cellular & PCS" which are also recommended for readers that require detailed coverage of these specific subjects.

Until I stumbled onto Acrobat 5 H O T (Hands On Training) I had thought the most helpful training books for the Adobe series were the Classroom In A Book series.

I found the authors Garrick Chow and Lynda Weinman to have found an excellent way to get the salient points succinctly put, particularly using the short movies to highlight certain features.

Although I remain a devotee of CIB methods, my library will include the HOT books for all complex software.

Until I purchased Acrobat 5 HOT I had no full appreciation for the capabilities and ease of use of Acrobat.

Chapters 8 through 11, Forms; Indexing and Searching; Document Security; and Creating an Interactive Multimedia Presentation, proved to be the most valuable chapters for me as I have started producing a newsletter for game and small livestock farming and intend to make it net-savvy. Without Acrobat the task would be impossible. Without this book, too daunting.

This book is a must for any one-person e-zine publisher.

Just because you're on vacation doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune on good food. My experience has been that the best food is generally at the little hole-in-the-wall places. "Cheap Chow Chicago" gives you a little of both- restaurants with entrees ten bucks and under, and those that are fifteen bucks and up. Chicago is one of the best cities to visit for a smorgasbord of electic dining, and this book covers it all- from late-night Latin food to African, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Chinese, Sushi, and the fave cheap hangouts in Bucktown (my favorite place to go for food). Even if, like me, you're from Chicago, you should check this book out. Chances are, you'll miss these little Mom and Pop places when driving through the city. E.G. I'd never heard of Cafe Croatia, but am making a date with my husband to go out there this weekend. If I hadn't gotten this book, I'd never have known. Have some fun- become a tourist in your own town and get "Cheap Chow Chicago".

Professor Chow is a distinguished economist who is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and the former chief of econometrics at Princeton University. His statements carry some weight. The key point of this book may be summarized in this sentence: "Hence the Chinese economy can be expected to generate about the same real GDP as the US economy in 1998 PPP terms in 2020." (p.103)

In other words, China will be an economic superpower rivalling America in 20 years' time.

Barring an unforeseen disaster - like an asteroid from outer space or World War III - Chow's prognostication may turn out right. What does that mean? Well, China will be resuming its former position as an economic superpower which it has occupied throughout history.

The most surprising and controversial part is Chow's contention that China's population is too small (chapter 11). He considers a number of factors in making this odd point, including arguments by Malthus and counter-arguments by Mao, as well as a number of intangibles (like the higher number of intellectual elites available from a larger population base). I think he goes wrong here, because he doesn't seem to have considered one serious fact: most of China is neither arable nor habitable - virtually useless - large though the country may be. What's more, the amount of usable land is getting less by the day, due to desertification from the north. China is bone dry.

Customers who are wondering whether this book is worth the price to invest in would do well to reflect on China's importance on the world stage. China is one-fifth of humanity and is exactly equal to America in territorial size. China has the world's third largest stockpile of nuclear warheads. (The Pentagon believes China's stockpile will quadruple in the next decades fully in line with its economic expansion.) China has a highly developed rocket and ballistic missile technology, and has publicly announced its intention to be the world's third nation to launch astronauts into space (to be realized in late 2003). China is one of the top ten oil producing countries, with larger proven crude oil reserves than America's (the largest in the Fast East - much larger than Indonesia's). China's relations with Muslim countries are excellent, and is probably the only major power to be popular among people of that faith. China has the veto on the Security Council. The WTO recently reported that China overtook Britain in 2002 as the world's fifth largest trader in goods and services, after the US, Japan, Germany and France. If the EU is counted as one unit, China is now the fourth largest trader. And according to the CIA World Factbook, China's economy is already the second largest in Purchasing Power Parity (the fifth largest in nominal GDP), and at $6 trillion it is 13% of the world's total.

Now Chow is telling us that China's rapid growth rate is an average of 7% per year for the next two decades, which is by far the fastest among the major powers (about twice India's, three times America's, and more than four-five times Europe's and Japan's).

In short, China is already a giant today (hardly the "modest" country as described by Bill Emmott of the Economist). People like Margaret Thatcher, Jack Welch and Paul Wolfowitz are already predicting China's rise to superpower status. And the economic transformation taking place there, fully and professionally detailed by Chow, will make it much bigger still. On top of all these, China today is also interesting because it is the oldest civilization among the major powers (America, China, Britain, Russia, Germany, Japan) and by far the biggest of the surviving ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia (Iraq), Egypt, Palestine, Persia (Iran), China, India.

Of course, China's per capita income will remain relatively low for the foreseeable future, but given the size of its population China will be a superpower long before it achieves American levels of income and standards of living - a prospect that is beyond the timeframe of this book.

Overall this book is excellent - serious and credible, without being excessively technical. It fills a big niche, and meets the needs of students, journalists, businessmen, Western observers and analysts alike. All of us should pay attention to the most significant event of the late 20th century and early 21st - the transformation of China's economy - and this book is an authoritative guide. It deserves 6 stars out of 5.

This is a lovely book for the young chow enthousiast. The text is kept simple, but still portrays the main facts about the breed and its history. Almost every page is decorated with sweet pictures of both roughs and smooth, blacks and reds.

This book is a must for anyone who lives or spends any amount of time in San Francisco. Locals and visitors alike will find it indespensible if they love to eat out but don't always want to do it on a champagne budget. This book reveals not only where the great food is in the City by the Bay (and surrounding areas,) but also addresses the pocketbook, too. It's based on the premise that the meals must not come to more than a [certain amount of money.] It covers the gamut from fine dining to taquerias to everything in between. I find the reviews to be comprehensive, realistic and often mirror exactly my impression of the dining establishment. (So it MUST be good!) ;^) The index is divided by both neighborhood and food type and is very easy to use, as the restaurants are then listed alphabetically. I keep mine in the car so that it's always easily available. I use it often. I'm also buying 10 of them as Christmas gifts. My only complaint is that the book falls apart easily.

Chow Chow Chinese Princess Dogs is an exciting book for children and adults! This book will walk you through such places as the Forbidden City and The Great Wall of China. Children love this book for the precise illustrations which show the Chow Chow having a ball in many different contexts! The book is a great gift idea for anyone . . .especially the Chow Chow lover!

I used to check this book out constantly from the library on the local Army base. Chow provides a look at cooking in the field in mass quantity. The author provides an overview of military cooking from a historical viewpoint and includes many recipes. It is interesting to see how to cook for 400 people at one time. This is great reading for those interested in cooking and military history. This book SHOULD be reprinted.