Before I read this book, the only works of M.M. Kaye that I had read were the Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon. Both were excellent but I had seen her as more of a romance writer and was therefore surprised to learn that she has written mysteries as well. Death in Kenya is a very well-written mystery with a nice touch of romance but the best part is the atomosphere. Kaye does a masterful job of recreating Colonial Kenya at the end of WWII where many settlers were born and bred in the country yet clung stubbornly to their British roots. The world they inhabit is one of bungalows, afternoon tea parties, card parties at clubs, and hunts - this sounds old-fashioned even for the 1950's, but you recognize that the winds of change were already blowing over the remaining colonized countries and the white settlers were desperately trying to hold on to a disappearing lifestyle. The mystery itself is intruiging - Victoria Caryll, a young girl who had been born in Kenya but was subsequently sent to England for her education is asked to come out and be with her aunt, Lady Emily DeBrett. Victoria is reluctant because returning to Kenya would meen meeting her cousin Eden DeBrett, who she had been formerly engaged to. As a teenager, she had been in love with Eden when he had broken her heart by abruptly calling off their engagement and marrying another girl. However, her aunt prevails upon her to come. But as she is on her way out, Eden's wife Alice is brutally murdered and the story takes off from there. The mystery is interesting and genuinely suspenseful and reading about Kenya was amazing! Kaye had actually lived in Kenya and her love for the country and indeed all of Africa clearly comes through. Highly recommended!

I must tell all you that I enjoyed this just like I have enjoyed ALL OF HER BOOKS since I first read 'Far Pavillons'. She is the reason I still want to go to India! In "Death In Kenya" I could picture the setting having traveled to Africa in 1989 and I was fortunate to spend some time in the bush on safari and it was simply wonderful. Her books once again bring enjoyment to me. I am ashamed to admit that after I read 'Shadow of the Moon' I was sidetracked and never read any of the others, but I am making up time for the lapse now. "Death in Kenya" is thoroughly enjoyable and I am now looking forward to reading her "Golden Afternoon". How special!

I've read "Death in Kashmir", "Death in Zanzibar", and now "Death in Kenya". I liked them all, but found this one to be the most fun. It has a very good twist at the end, with the discovery of the murderer. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the M.M. Kaye "Death in..." books!

If you have heard of candlesticks but know nothing about them, look no further, this is THE book for you. In beautiful form and style, Steve Nison brings you into the world of Japanese candlestick charts and patterns. First giving you a fascinating history of the birth of the futures markets in Japan. Armed with that knowledge, Mr. Nison delves into the "psychology" behind the patterns that develope in the chart. He provides a thorough explaination of each pattern, down to it's historic name, and what to anticipate when the pattern unfolds. There is also a large part of the book devoted to using candlestick charts with various indicators i.e., stochastics, moving averages, relative strength, etc. You name it, he's got it. Actual charts are provided to visually enhance Steve Nison's explainations. Not only does he tell, but he showes you using various markets from coffee futures to the S&P market. This book is a must addition to the library of any trader who relies on technical analysis, from the beginer to the master.

This is an amazing book - in fact it is one of the better trading books that I have ever read. Mister Nison does an excellent job of explaining the functions of Japanese candlesticks. He begins his book with a brief history of how the candlestick came to exist and then starts with the basics. As the reader progresses, he explains some of the more advanced candlestick formations.

This book has many chart examples throughout the text. Mister Nison does an excellent job of illustrating the formation he is currently explaining. In addition to seeing new material in each chapter, the author also illustrates formations that we discussed in earlier chapters. This helped to engrain some of the more common formations in my head.

I feel that it is important to explain that candlesticks, while powerful, should probably not be used on their own. I feel that they can be a powerful tool when coupled with other technical indicators, such as trendlines. This book does explain how to use candlesticks along with other indicators, moving averages, oscillators, stochastics, volume, and open interest just to name a few.

The final section of the book contains a glossary of all the formations explained in the text. This will prove to be most useful due to the fact there are tons of formations to remember.

All-in-all, I found this book to be most informative. It is fairly expensive but I am sure it is fairly cheap in comparison to the knowledge that will be gained.

Reading charts is really just an advanced form of poll taking. A chart is a visual snapshot of crowd psychology- that is, greed and fear- graphically represented.

This book explains how candlesticks take reading crowd psychology to the next level. Not only does Nison teach recognition of the important patterns, he explains the psychological motivation behind those patterns, the emotions and sentiments unfolding as those patterns are created.

It has been my experience that candlesticks are most effective at giving advance warning of a reversing or flatlining trend- thus I apply the patterns more to my exits than my entries. But I take information from candlesticks every day regardless. Just as an example, if you look at a bar chart, you can't really tell which of those bars were up closes and which were down closes unless you look veeerry closely. With candlesticks you get this info at a glance, adding to an intuitive feel for price movement that can make you more profitable. You also get more specific and accurate signals. There's just no comparison.

I wouldn't trade without candlestick charts any more readily than I would without streaming quotes. They simply provide another dimension to market action that bar charts completely miss.

Sure to be compared to the Ray Bradbury classic, Fahrenheit 451, Bisson's satirical romp posits a future in which 20th century works of art (books, films, records, paintings, etc.) are being systematically deleted to make room for new artists. Hank Shapiro works for the Federal Bureau of Arts and Information as a "pick up artist," (kind of a repo man/IRS auditor) employed to make house calls to confiscate items that have been "deleted." The story follows what happens when he confiscates a Hank Williams record and has the urge to play it before destroying it (strictly against the rules). It seems his father, who abandoned him, named him after the singer, and Hank hopes to catch a glimpse of his father through the music, which he has never heard. This leads him to an illegal underground "Misdemeanor Cafe" where he tries to buy a record-player but ends up losing the record, and eventually on a surreal cross-country quest with a long-pregnant woman, his ailing dog, an amazingly resilient homing bug, and a dead clone Indian as companions.

Oddly enough, once the road trip starts, the book starts to rapidly loose steam. Bisson has a knack for great little details like various futuristic drugs, including Half-Life', which allows the dead to speak (Hilariously, they tend to say things like, "Oh no! I'm dead aren't I? Tell me I'm not dead!"). Or the giant landfill being burrowed through by miners on a drug called "Dig" who retrieve old ephemera that gets sold in "flee" markets that straddle state borders. Vehicles generally run on a massive electrical grid, and Indian casino chips function as a currency franca. But even with these nifty details, the trip'in which Hank is trying to recover the album, and the woman is trying to reunite with an old love'never really goes anywhere interesting.

Fortunately, every other chapter is a history of how the deletion system came into being, starting with terrorist acts against art and museums, and continuing with the support of the shadowy software giant "Mr. Bill" (Bill Gates, duh), and a celebrity trial. This history shows how the production of art has outpaced the world's ability to absorb it, placing new artists at a stifling competitive disadvantage. It's a kind of interesting satirical concept that Bisson riffs on rather well, but it can't completely conceal the tepidness of the road trip chapters.

Hank Shapiro is a pick up artist. He spends his days confiscating literature, music, art, and movies that have been scheduled to be deleted. Some clients are surly, others just want the money they get for turning items in, but Shaprio is always professional. Its a people job and he's a people person.

The trouble starts one day when he picks for destruction up a Hank Williams record. He remembers that his father gave him the name Hank as he was a fan of this musician. He becomes obssessed with hearing the albumn and even goes as far as to visit a "Misdeamenor Cafe" where someone can hook him up with a black market record player.

Shapiro finds himself on the run with a pregnant librarian called Henry, a dead clone named Indian Bob, and his dog Homer who is female. They travel ever west in search of Hank's stolen record.

Full of interesting characters and also the history of this future world, the pick up artist is both entertaining and thought provoking. Its hard not to compare it to the classic "Fahrenheit 451," but the reasons for deletion are more complex. I highly reccomend this title.

I haven't read science fiction for a long time because science fiction had stopped being what it used to be. Science fiction used to be fun, challenging, stimulating, and critical. This novel brought all of those things back to me and I recommend it unreservedly. It starts with a neatly drawn, nicely consistent future society richly described with gritty detail. The characters are few but interesting and believable. The plot commenses with a nod towards Fahrenheit 451, but travels in unexpected directions. The author's style is reminiscent of Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester, and Cordwainer Smith. Fine company for a contemporary author.