This book is kind of an oddity in the world of Hank Williams oriented literature. The earlier chapters (the ones about Hank Williams) are sketchy, in places, and though one senses a real affection for Mr. Williams in Lycretia's narrative, there are few new details to surprise the more than casual reader. Where this book comes to life and becomes a good read is in the second two-thirds, as the focus shifts to Audrey. Audrey has generally gotten a bad deal, both in life and in print, and this is the first book that has even attempted to humanise her. That it succeeds in doing so makes it all the more likeable, although the picture it paints of her final ten years is a bleak and depressing one, and the comment that it makes about Nashville and the music establishment deserves to be expanded to book length. Although only the most "completist" of Hank Williams collectors (or masochists) would want to hear Audrey's "greatest hits collection" (formerly available on Bear Family Records), most would do well to read this book, to get the full story of the oft-maligned "first" Mrs. Williams, and the horrible sad turn her life took.

I am looking for the contributor of this book, Dale Vinicur...Does anyone know how to reach her?

When I saw the page I recognized the cover of the book, but I could not believe what people were actually writing about it.

First I want to say that I am an undergraduate biotechnology student. I have a very strong background in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, tissue culture techniques, and immunology; but I have not had any classes dealing with anatomy or physiology since Bio 101 way back when. I have read and am quite comfortable with Alberts Molecular Biology of the Cell and Stryers Biochemistry, and even a handful of primary journal articles, so I do know how to read a textbook.

Now with that out of the way, let me say that this book is completely incomprehensible. It is so full of anatomy and Latin derived words (which it does a poor job at explaining BTW) that I can only assume that it was meant for medical students, and to have physiology an a prerequisite for it, but it doesn't even have an introduction describing the recommended background or whom it is supposed to be for. In fact, most of the book is devoted to the physiology of sensation and movement, not neurobiology. Now if you have the background for it and thats what you are looking for then it is a very thorough text that goes into a lot of depth.

If you are looking to understand the biochemistry or molecular aspects of neurobiology, find another book!

As an undergraduate Psychobiology student, this text served me well in my Neuroscience course. In all honesty I never went. I just read this book. I got excellent marks in the class. As a serious slacker and bibliophile, I recommend this textbook for any like-minded student.

As an undergraduate Neuroscience major I found this textbook to be highly informative and well-written. It was used to a Freshman-level course, and was easy to understand, yet thorough and interesting. The graphics are well done, and the format is better than most textbooks I'm used to. Anyone, even with minimal science experience could dive right in and learn a great deal. It may not be advanced enough, however, for grad or medical students. As a reference it does okay, but there are more-advanced texts which would probably do better. All-in-all it is an excellent book. In-fact, I liked it so much that I didn't sell it back at the end of the semester and keep it on my bookshelf for future reference (and future classes!)

I can't comment on the educational value of the book, but as a Rescue Rangers fan I can say I like it. It's reasonably drawn, despite thickly drawn lines (targeting the young audience?) Gadget's name is probably a nasty little introduction to silent consonants. ;)

I loved the page where Dale asks about the safety of Gadget's boat (which does indeed look like it's full of leaks!) and Gadget's dismissal of his concerns. Generally, everyone is as in character as they can be in a book like this. Nicely done.

This book discusses Olivier's choices as an actor and director for the trio of Shakespeare films he made. The first was Henry V, the second Hamlet, and the third Richard III.

I am not a film student and for me this was a fascinating look at how Olivier helped achieve some of the dramatic impact of these films through various cinematic devices. I am not sure if it's something that would be obvious to someone who studies films or not. My sense is that they would not learn as much from this book as I have.

Additionally there are comments on how Olivier altered Shakespeare's scripts and read certain lines as an actor. This is not quite so useful as it's easier to reference that information, and I was familiar with most of the major changes made.

Since reading this book I have watched Richard III again and was amazed to see how many things I had not noticed in my more casual viewing of the film. I personally love Olivier's enigmatic performance in that film (it was my primary motivator in buying this book), and I found that my further understanding of his choices as an actor and director only made me appreciate the film more. I had experienced the film as a "casual" viewer and now as someone with more insight. A worthy experience!

I would not suggest this book to someone who does not appreciate both Olivier's films and more importantly Shakespeare's plays. I think that if you are familiar with only Olivier's work and not other performances of the plays it might be worthwhile, but I would urge you to watch other acclaimed versions of the plays first, and possibly pick up Shakespeare's folios (if you cannot find them online). Ian McKellan has made Richard III more recently and Kenneth Branagh has made Henry V. There are countless Hamlets out there (including one by Branagh again). Without some knowledge of other performances I think the appreciation for Olivier's choices is lost.

But all that being said, I learned a lot from reading this book, and find it's still a nice reference to keep around.

Typical story. Evil suburban man Good suburban woman. Every cliche of horror was used in this book.

This book is not worth reading.

For those of you expecting a thrilling, gripping novel, you will be thoroughly disappointed if you read this obscene, often boring, and absurd romp through amoral sex and the business world (which the author knows very little about, by the way). The characters are typical, though because Simpson is as untalented as he is perverted, he manages to make them ten times more boring than if they'd been modeled by someone else. For some reason, he believes he can make up for his lack of interesting content by repeating the full names of his characters and their alternates without cessation. This grows dull rather quickly, as does his writing style (if it could be called that), his plot (or the lack thereof), and the entire mess in general. If anyone has enjoyed this "book" (is it even?),I seriously question their ability to form any sort of opinion at all. If you haven't had the misfortune of reading this waste of paper and ink, then please don't make the mistake of doing so now.

In the suspense thriller, "The Caretaker" by Thomas William Simpson, a careful blend of vivid imagery, smart dialogue, and extremely life-like characters make this book an ultimate page-turner.

This book is the first in a while that I've read so quickly. I started reading one day and swallowed nearly 100 pages in a sitting. Simpson keeps the story progressive and all the elements are essential to the plot and storyline. I won't give away too much, but if you're searching for a gripping suspense novel, I'd recommend this one.

--Ryan S.

The Great Reckoning is a long but great read. It will NOT appeal to those who focus on 30 second sound bites and 120 second interviews on Good Morning America. If that's your bag, forget this book. It also requires thinking, so if you don't like to think about things in general, or dismiss history and the liberal arts in general, this book will be a total turn off.

A number of people bought this book when first published as a "trading" strategy book. I don't know where they got that idea from, perhaps they simply assumed to much. Rather, it is about probabilities and possibilites in the 1990's on the macro level with plenty of caveats.

In retrospective hindsight, the authors had some outstanding hits, and some complete misses. However, on the whole, those who dismissed this book during the tech bubble are now looking at themselves in the mirror and wondering how stupid they were to dismiss it out of hand.

If you think through what they have to say, you begin to realize that some things will take longer to work out than others. A "must" book to read if you enjoy looking beyond the daily "noise".

All those who, in 1999 and 2000, rated this book 1-star should sit down and re-read this greatly informative and prescient book! Because its "timing" was off by a decade does not render this book useless, though it may indeed have cost investors lost profits. For this reason only do I give it 4-stars. HIGHLY recommended read!

This book has enough truth to make you loose sleep at night. What I found most interesting was that this country can't possibly continue much longer the way it is: Keeping people of african descent down. People in this country actually think that they are independent from the poor people in this country. Those same people they're oppressing will one day rise up and bite them in the [butt]. We all didn't come over here on the same ship but we're all in the same boat!

Logical errors run rampant throughout this book. Definitely stay away from it.

If you have just one week to study, and plan to spend less than $30. This book with ETS Official Guide is what I recommend you to get. Cliff Notes gives a brief review, give you one diagnostic test. If you have $100 budget and months to study for the test, this book would like be as helpful as other books. However, If you only have one week and just want to have a brief prep, this is a must have.

It's worthy every cent you invest on it. Despite the fact that it's not as fashionable as some others like Kaplan, Princeton, etc. Cliffs does a very serious job, covering all GMAT subjects and providing many good questions with explanations.

ALthough this text contains about 10x what the average 1L will need for a Property exam, it was a very helpful guide through a very difficult subject. It will remain on my shelf just in case I change the very core of my being and someday become a real estate lawyer. Students of Property: this is the ONLY text that will help you outside of the classroom.

This is an excellent treatise covering the major areas and topics of property law. It is sighted often by leading casebooks, including Singer's Property Law. I highly recommend this book to law students as the other secondary sources in this area of law are woefully lacking.

seems untrue, false kind of security within a self-deceived heart ,,, maybe hoping against hope for real love once had and lost

This book is for the very begineer. Do not expect to pass the exam with this book alone. I did not find one item on the test that this book actually taught me. Waste of my slim and very valuable reading time.

The book is not great, but it's the only one I used to study for the exam and I passed. I thought it did an adequate job with the project assessment aspects of this exam - identifying and prioritizing problems and goals. It does a poor job of covering CIDR IP addressing, however. For this test though, you must have mastered the material in 216 and 217. My field experience helped me quite a bit, but was not a must for this test. I don't work with international WANs for example, but there are international scenarios in the exam. And there's no substitute for exam prep like one of the many test engines available.

Just yesterday, I passed this test studying from this book alone for about a month. But I didn't pass for the reasons I thought. Having a business background and having done case studies to death in graduate school, I believed (based on this text) that I would find myself on familiar ground with this exam. Not so. Although the test is ALL case studies, it requires an in-depth technical comprehension of how Microsoft products work together that this book spends very little time conveying.

That being said, however, I should also mention that although vague on interoperability issues, technical aspects that are covered here are well presented - for the most part; there are too many typos and inconsistency to make it really reliable.

I cannot recommend any other books as I haven't seen any, but I know there have to be better texts out there on this subject. But if you DO buy this book: a) forget about chapters 1, 2, and 6; nothing on the test relates to anything there and b) don't bother with the practice tests; these too are completely irrelevant to the actual experience.