The authors make a great contribution to the need for small groups in churches today. The book is easy to read but filled with great information and principles needed in order to start and maintain an effective small group ministry.

If you are a beginner or an experienced SQL developer this is the book for you. Full of had to find details and tips

The book contains a nice balance of guidelines and tips coupled w commonly used reference material. A nice to have close by when developing w MS SQL. Good for DBA and programmer/ developer.

Professor Allen Speer has kindly shared with us the innermost thoughts of his Confederate ancestor, Colonel William Henry Asbury Speer through a diary and a number of letters to his folks back home. While the diary does show the horrors of the war and the problems of being captured, the focus of the work is to show the inner conflicts suffered by those who answered the call to duty to fight for their nation (whether it was the Confederate States of America or the United States) and the pain those men felt because they were fighting against friends and family.

The bitterness of family members over the war and the death of loved ones is made painfully clear by a letter written by Col. Speer's mother several years after he was killed fighting in the 28th North Carolina at Reams Station in August of 1864. This book brings us closer to understanding the complexities of the Civil War, a war that was not only fought between nations, but between friends and families.

Paul's letter to Philemon is generally read as a plea to forgive and accept back a runaway slave named Onesimus. Starting with John Chrysostom in the fourth century AD, commentators have invariably maintained that the apostle was interceding on behalf of a thieving slave in flight from his rightfully angry master. But Chrysostom's interpretation had more to do with his own situation in the 300's, in a day when a serious anti-slavery movement had been challenging Roman hegemony. Chrysostom repsonded to this situation with a theological interpretation that was "humane while conservative", enjoining masters to treat their slaves fairly, slaves to obey their masters and eschew rebellion. Paul's letter to Philemon, for the first time, was interpreted as a moral commending "genteel despotism and servile obedience".

Allen Dwight Callahan proposes a very different reading of Paul's letter to Philemon. He argues that Onesimus is not in fact Philemon's slave, but rather his own brother. Due to some past injustice Philemon hated his brother and refused to have any dealings with him. When Paul was imprisoned and still needed to work closely with his colleague (Philemon), he sent Onesimus in his place -- whom Paul loved like a son -- and assured Philemon that he would pay the damages for Onesimus' past injustices himself. In other words, Paul's letter to Philemon is not about reconciling differences between a master and slave; it's about reconciling differences between two estranged brothers.

Callahan is certainly correct to protest the traditional interpretation stemming from Chrysostom in the patristic period. Paul's letter to Philemon is not about commending masterly charity and servile obedience. But Callahan's alternative interpretation has an obvious problem. His exegesis becomes forced and strained when it comes to verse 16 -- "accept Onesimus back, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother". It's pretty clear that Onesimus is Philemon's slave, and that Paul is simply asking Philemon to free him. But despite my disagreement with Callahan, this commentary is an important contribution to Pauline studies.

Dr.Callahan must be commended for submitting this intriguing proposal the the world of NT scholarship. Callahan must be applauded for bringing to light the fraternal/paternal bonds that dictated the tempo of Greek society. But, contrary to Callahan's argument, Philemon and Onesimus are not blood brothers. The slave readings that he has so wilfully dismissed is erroneous. His final thesis is fueled by his rhetoric more than anything else. Most of all, he twists the recognized variant of the Greek text to lend credence to his thesis. In my view, S.S. Bartchy's recent presentations tender the best hypothesis surrounding the epistle. That is, Paul is urging a honor-encrusted master, Philemon, to embrace his honorless slave. Modern readings of this epistle is needlessly haunted by images of American slavery. Neither should Enlightenment ideas of freedom be imposed on the text. On the contrary,what is crucial to an understanding to the text is an understanding of honor and brotherhoood as practiced among the Greeks and early Christians. I am intrigued by the comments of the previous reviewer who has applauded Dr.Callahan while completely being oblivious to the gist of the book.

Doctor Callahan has done New Testament studies a wonderful service with this thought-provoking, and stimulating exegesis of the largely ignored Epistle to Philemon. Challenging the historical view of Onesimus (from the time of Chrysostom-forward), Callahan brings a depth of historical analysis and greek exegesis that is scarcely found elsewhere. That a noted Harvard theologian could write so succinctly and clearly with such tremendous impact is in itself cause for rejoicing. This commentary will serve the Christian church well, for years to come, in how we view Pauline theology in light of Philemon. According to Callahan,the Epistle to Philemon is more than just a letter about a slave, and we will do well to understand it as such.

This book probably deserves 2-3 stars for the quantity of information it contains, but the quality is quite another matter. Throwing warrior peoples in with fighting groups, e.g. the Green Berets or the Long Range Desert Group from World War Two, simply lumps together units which have little or no connection (beyond merely being warriors) except possibly in the mind of the authors. The result is a work which has no conceptual coherence apart from whatever interest the authors may stimulate in their audience.

Even taking this work on its own terms, there are many omissions among "warrior peoples;" only the best-known are included, such as Gurkhas in the Indian or British Army, or Zulus from South Africa. Others who have ben labeled in this fashion, such as the Ila of Zambia or the Ngoni of Malawi and Mozambique, simply aren't here. But the Sikhs are included, despite their assigned role in British India as police, not soldiers. So it is conceived in vague, even misleading terms.

The grossest flaw, however, is that "warrior peoples" simply do not exist, except in the colonial mindset that pigeonholed and then drafted/enlisted them. The term is presumably updated from "warrior races," which is archaic to say the least. But no peoples are naturally more suited to be warriors than others; their history or circumstances may impel them or compel them to combat, but not heredity. People may resemble a warrior race if one looks only at the warriors, but this slights the full range of human endeavor pursued by all human groups.

There are also some factual errors which tend to limit the book's value for reference, and the deceptively long bibliography omits key works which might aid readers (and the authors) in critically analyzing their preconceptions. Cf. Cynthia Enloe's book "Ethnic Soldiers," and Anthony Kirk-Greene's article "Damnosa Hereditas," in Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Though this book has been recommended by reviewers for high-school students and other readers, it may actually interfere with their understanding by encouraging them to think in terms of ethnic and racial stereotypes. For those willing to think critically, rather than stereotypically, about warfare's relation to forms of group identity, this book is simply not satisfactory.

This book is fantastic! I learned more in two days with this book than an entire semester in a college classroom. I love the writing. Some of the pieces read like novels. I do wish there were more illustrations, but one can't have everything. And I agree with the review by Clint from Texas that the guy from Turtle Island or where ever definitely has an agenda. ... Whoever reads this, listen to me, "this book belongs in your collection." I just hope there is a volume two in the works.

After reading the first review from Turtle Island, I wonder if he is reading the same book that I am. After some reflection, it occurs to me that the reviewer has much more of an issue with his own limited perceptions than with this book. I found WARRIOR PEOPLES to be informative, educational, VERY useful as a research tool, and amazingly well-written. It would be interesting to see what actual credentials the Turtle Island reviewer possesses; he certainly cites no concrete examples, but instead engages in unfounded and obviously biased criticisms. I give WARRIOR PEOPLES five stars; any military historian or history buff would do well to have this book in their libraries.

The Tiper physics textbook, while excellent for an engineering student, lacks much of the theoretical rigor desireable in a physics curriculum. A great many of the problems at the end of the chapter prove to be remarkably simple, and boil down to hunting through the book for the right constants and the right equation to plug into to find the answer. Actual problem solving skills are not developed for a physicist. The chapters on circuits, while excellent for electrical engineering majors, are almost a waste of time for a physics major. Even though the textbook is very thorough with what it teaches, it does not teach at a very high level nor does it prepare physics majors for more difficult future classes. Having used the Kleppner and Kolenkow Introduction to Mechanics textbook for Intro. to Classical Mechanics, shifting gears to something as trivial in difficulty as the Tippler for Electrostatics just leads to frustration over spending more time finding the right constant than actually solving the problem.

This is a calc-based physics text.

Quick Reference: the material in this volume covers electic fields, electric potential, electrostatics, current (DC and AC) and circuits, magnetic fields, inductors, Maxwell's Equations/EM Waves, properties of light, mirror/lense optics, and interference/diffraction.

Review: the chapter on Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves was exceptionally bad. It should have tied Electricity and Magnetism together, but just leaves the reader confused. The rest of the text makes everything more complicated than it actually is; Tipler won't give the concepts of the reader, the reader has to discover them on her own. The examples are not a sufficient level for the problems in the book. This book is NOT FOR SELF-STUDY.

Value of Book and a Better Text: the value of this book is minimal. For the price that is being asked (for just a single-volume paperback) is absurd. In place of Tipler's book, I would refer anyone to "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" by Serway; this book is sufficient for self-study, which is a quality you really need in a physics text. This book offers the material of 3 volumes of Tipler's books (the 3rd volume of Tipler's series is modern physics) at half the price. One of my friends has actually completely turned over to Serway, despite that her assigned text is Tipler (she doesn't even open her Tipler text anymore), and is now doing better in her class.

I am a Physics major who finished my classical physics sequence and Tipler's volume of Classical Physics text is fantastic. Volume 2 focuses on Electricity, Magnetism, and Light. The text is clear, the problems are great. The biggest advantage to this text is its format. It has great pictures and amazing examples. Here is what makes Tipler's text in my mind better than Serway or H&R. There are numberous examples reflecting the problems set on the end of the chapter. many of these examples also are "try it yourself" examples, which has suggestions on one column, and the equations on one. Every example Tipler spells out the concept in words and puts the equation next to it. This builds on problem solving techniques, the hardest part of beginning and learning the introductory physics discipline. Other things worthy of note for TIpler is his subtle references to Modern Physics, indicating more is on the way in terms of the way we understand the universe. Overall, Tipler is fantastic. I highly reccomend his textbooks, He even has a Modern Physics text is the best in its class like his classical physics text. (remember a good book is never a substitute for a good teacher)

the different slides in the book specially philippine editions are not complete and obsolete and should be further revised.

If one is looking for a microbiology text that contains clinically relevant information, diagnostic approaches, and tests need to specify and diagnose an organism, then this is the one book that you need to get. Things like molecular basics in bacteria, viruses, etc are not extensively covered, but the text is clinically oriented. I would recommend this book highly to anyone in the medical/clinical field as well as to clinical pathologists.

The recent edition of the "Color Atlas" is the standard by which all other comparable works must be judged. The volume should be the standard reference for both laboratory personnel and clinical microbiology educators. Previous reviews to the contrary, charts and figures represent the current state of the art in microbiologic taxonomy and identification methodology. The book is highly recommended for both professional microbiologists and for the interested layperson with a background in biology, chemistry and pathology.

Kerry Snow, Section Leader, Clinical Mycology and Myobacteriology Laboratory, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

I really didn't like it. I'm a newbie & I didn't find key concepts or advices for planning or installing NT (unleashed?!), but things I could see by myself. Sorry.

This book was helpful to me in providing support to our end users while upgrading our department to windows NT workgroups 4.0 (from win 98). This book would be best for someone already familiar with windows (win 95 or 98) and now needs workstation. Chapters are divided into readible text for theory and background and then sections with step by step instructions for configuring various aspects of the OS. There is a good balance between theory and very practicle information. This book will probably not be very helpful to a very experienced network engineer. It is also a little out of date, we used service pack 6 and it was not included.

This book will not boar you with introductory lessons on how to use wordpad and other utilities you learned with Windows 95. This book jumps right in and explains how the architecture of NT differs from windows. Very readable

I thought this book is extended version, why not, seller never declare this. If the book was divided as volume 1, 2, 3, why seller doesn't mention this is volume 1? Apparently the seller wants you have got wrong idea about this book. It may be strategy of selling, but harms the customers.

Generally a good book, if you just want to learn the formulas. The reasoning behind deriving the formulas and explaining physical concepts lacks depth and thorough explanation, so much of it is like "this is the way it is, so this leads to that". Tipler seems to be caught up with juggling the mathematical equations. This means that you will not grasp the ideas behind it all, and leaves you without the proper understanding to tackle the level III problems, as stated by so many of the other reviewers. Even though there exists a lot of examples, they still don't make up for the lack of profound explanations. One way to deal with it is to first read the corresponding chapter in Feynman Lectures On Physics and look at Tiplers examples, perhaps then you will be better off. So unfortuenately this is not the book that inspires you about the subject just dealth with, more it gives you the feeling of "phew! I got past this part", this I consider is the most critical point of all books, they should be more than a reference manual, they should inspire and exite you about the subject.

Posted book was not right needed volume, not specific to which volume and incorrect picture of book.