Very good read. Unusual Setting, not many book set in Jerusalem which mades it more fun. That changes with a move to L.A. Add all the adjustments the hero has to make. Plus a very good mystery. If you can find this book, it is worth the read.

I reckon the book gives a very good measure of Sir Isaac Newton's interests in philosophy. One shoulk ask why philosophy? Well we have to say that this writings contain some of the best arguments ever used in defense of God's existence. Moreover, the "Four letters to Mr. Richard Bentley" contain what should be considered the argument of "imperfection" for the existence of a Voluntary Agent in the Universe. Nobody before Newton dared to say that from the imperfection of this world it follows that God neccessarily exists. This argument will be, of course, a great subject for the criticism of Leibniz and Descartes' disciples. Then again, the book contains a very good paper on the natural and un-natural motion of celestial bodies, a very good treatise in itself on inertia and gravity, which makes us wonder whether our modern view on the universe is a Newtonian or a Cartesian one. After all the theme is very actual and it has not lost it's strenght.

This book is intended for a general audience and is great for anyone who wants to know more about frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. Despite this fact, I'm sure that even professional herpetologists will find this book interesting and learn something that they do not know. Chapters include: skin, breathing, food habits, voice, reproduction and declining amphibians. Overall, an interesting and highly informative book. Highly recommended!

I AM DENTIST AND I AM VERY INTEREST ABOUT THE PERIODONTICS PROBLEMS.I CONSIDER THAT BOOK USEFULL FOR THE SPECIALIST,AND THE CD-ROM IS AN INTERESTING THING.

This book, by Cohen, offers a good reference guide for begining students. It is comprehensive and well-laid out as it gives a basic overview of most aspects of the theatrical arts.

This is a great collection of short stories, snapshots of lives of ordinary, but of course unique people struggling to move forward in life. The use of language is masterful. Although I am not a writer, I am somehow envious of Cohen for the clarity and color of his wit and writing.

I really liked this book and plan to buy Cohen's other books.

This book is wonderful in informing the reader about the dangers of consuming another one of mans processed foods, milk. Once man steps in to mass produce a product at the expense of nutrients we have a disease promoting food. The pasturization, homogenation, skimming, antibiotics and growth hormones in modern processed milk does make it a poison. It contributes to indigestion and ultimately disease. Heating milk destroys vitamins, digestive enzymes, denatures proteins and fats.

Unfortunately the author fails to address the exact opposite effect on health when addressing the beautiful health effects of drinking RAW milk. All digestive enzymes intact for digestion, all nutrients fully absorbed, natural fat content for flavour and stimulation of bile salts to absorb the calcium. RAW milk is a super nutritious food, and especially when fermented. Kefir made from RAW milk will literally turn you into a different person. If you want the facts on milk and nutrition in general, I would recommend reading Weston Price's book, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration", Sally Fallon and Mary Enig's cookbook, "Nourishing Traditions" and Mary Enig's book, "Know Your Fats" Untill you begin to consume RAW dairy products(milk, cream, butter) I would recommend staying away from them. If you must consume processed milk I would recommend making kefir out of it. And I would recommend taking a good digestive enzyme supplement with your processed butter.

The author has passionately described in great detail the thing that most people do not want to hear. Cohen is attacking the the first cousin of apple pie, Mom, and the flag - milk. We all have drank it for years and most don't want to think about giving it up. However, if Mr. Cohen is correct (and I believe he is), you have a responsibilty to yourself and your family to test it out. Mr. Cohen is fighting an uphill battle, but I believe he is causing a groud swell of the population that is taking health into their own hands. The Wall Street Journal's (Aug 3) front page talked about the surge of non dairy milks (soy) and it's continued growing popularity. Read Mr. Cohen's book (stay with it, it isn't easy reading) and you will become convicted to research this topic even further. sjc

Mr. Cohen is a true American Hero. As a concerned parent, he took it upon himself to look into the controversy surrounding the injection of bovine growth hormone into cows that was meant to increase their milk production. It seems that all he wanted was to be sure that his kids would continue to be safe drinking their milk. What he uncovered was a web of deceit and coverup of such a magnitude that it reads like a movie script; big money, political manipulation and payoff at the highest levels of government; total abuse and disregard for the American consumer and citizen in this and future generations. A giant biotech company, able to put it's own people into the power spots at the FDA and USDA, who then provide rubber stamp approval of their formers employers products, though they have not been properly tested according to FDA guidelines. This same company able to manipulate Congress and pass into law that food addtives proved carcinogenic under laboratory conditions, may now be added to our food supply. Collusion at all governmental levels to keep the vital test data that will expose the truth, hidden from public view for all time. What you read in this book is unbelievable, however, it is quite verifiable and true. If you care to know how milk affects your health and the health of your family and friends, or if you care to know just how insignificant we little people are when taking on big business, read this book. Minimially, it should get you thinking about what you are ingesting, and if you understand the message provided, it may just save your life.

Part 1 (6 chapters) - Absolutely a waste of time, not worth a read. And the code examples are not related to JWSDP.

Part 2 (6 chapters) - Discusses on SOAP, UDDI and WSDL. The code discusses using a Older version of Apache SOAP and Apache Axis. The code needs a complete rewrite.

Part 3 - Discusses on JAXP, JAXB, JAXR, JAXM and JAXRPC. Good introductions but the JAXB chapter is based on DTD (which is obsoleted in the latest specs). JAXM and JAXRPC chapters just reproduces the Sun JWSDP tutorial...not much value addition.

Part 4 - Security, WSFL, WSIF (based on IBM Specs) currently these specs are obsolete no further releases.

It might've been a good book during 2002. The code and content needs an update to the latest specs and SOAP implementations.

Just as I stated in the title, it's a great book to start you with. It's written in a clear and precise manner where you could learn the basics of Java Web Services and not be intimidated by it.

It is a good introductory book to web services standards like SOAP, WSDL and UDDI but also goes further and talks about topics like WSFL, WSIF which are not covered by all books on web services but are essential to any real business processes exposed as web services where flow control and service unit(s) choreagraphy is as important as the single unit service request/response. Java specifications relating to web services are also covered like JAXM and JAX-RPC. I wish more examples and code was given, perhaps even a chapter or two, for ebXML which may not be a part of web services standards but still uses SOAP and defines industry standards for business to business collaborations especially dealing with supply chain commerce issues.
I agree with a previous reviewer (John Sfikas) that this book alone isn't exactly an eye opener for experianced professionals who have been dabbling with all the tools mentioned in this book like Apache SOAP, Axis, WSTK, Tomcat, Jetty etc. and know the challenges facing B2B collaborations on the internet quite intimately, but this book combined with "Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI" will give a much needed practical grounding to start making sophisticated web services in the real world. I highly recommend getting both these books but be prepared to use your brain and further what is presented in these books to deploy web services satisfying your needs. They will certainly not amount to spoon feeding you a near solution to your collaboration problems.

How anyone can rate this book at 5 stars is beyond me. This book is not only one of the weaker contributions to the literature on complexity in the past two years, it fails to live up to the title. No one who reads this book will know how to take the first step toward "harnessing complexity." At best, they will have the broadly useful idea that it's good to experiment with new ideas (exploration) every now and then, and then pick the ideas that work (exploitation). That hardly seems like a great breakthrough. Organizational Implications of a Scientific Frontier?! Get real.

In the first paragraph of the preface of this book, Axelrod and Cohen ask, "In a world where many players are all adapting to each other and where the emergring future is extremely hard to predict, what actions should we take?" As a "reader from Boston" recommended, providing recommendations for practical application (7 Habits of Complexity?) would have helped answer this question.

Unfortunately, even the authors' anectodal examples provide little insight into HOW to "harness" complexity. While this book is primarily aimed at "designers and policy makers," it may actually be most useful to consultants looking to add new buzzwords to their bs lexicon.

I would recommend Briggs and Peats's "Seven Life Lessons of Chaos" for those who are looking for a more nuts-and-bolts approach to these issues.

As my first venture into the world of complexity and complex adaptive systems this was an interesting book. A lot of what I anecdotally thought about complexity was reinforced through the authors' own anecdotal examples. The examples were from a wide variety of situations, but were explained in a way to be understood by someone without a background in those various areas. However, I think the title was somewhat misleading. It seemed that a lot of the value of the book depended on having at least the initial, possibly intuitive, understanding of the interrelatedness of events, structure, and environment.

The diversity of the areas affected by complexity would seem to make it difficult to formulate a simple step by step approach for using complexity. However, it would have been helpful if the authors spent some time on what initial or environmental conditions might have been changed in their examples and how those changes would have affected the end system.

Reading Robert Cohen's A-Z book is like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone -- a grain of truth is exploded into a big, disturbing fantasy. This dreary little tome is full of innaccurate information about Cancer, Diabetes and Acne (Cohen claims that milk is the root of all of these evils). If you enjoy conspiracy theories and paranoia, this book is for you; if you actually wish to be educated about health and consumer issues related to dairy, you will want to look elsewhere.

I completely disagree with Mr. Cohen's treatment of this subject. I am most interested in understanding what it is that has Mr. Cohen so scared? Milk is an essential part of a balanced diet and has been a staple of the the northern hemispere foods systems for 100s of years. It would be helpful if Mr. Cohen went to dialogue rather than diatribe.

but this guy way overstates his case. Many can't tolerate milk but milk has been used by very healthy people for a very long time. Grains and soy are probably much worse for you than milk. If the only problems with soy were phytates - soy wouldn't be so bad. But thats actually only the tip of the iceberg.

So yes, todays pasteurized milk is not a healthy food but clean raw milk can be a healthy food for some. In contrast, soy and soy milk isn't fit for anyone.