Hal Foster is the Master of Cartoon Art, without peer, without equal, he is simply extraordinary. Little is known of his life--until now. Thanks so much for bringing us this book! Many terrific anecdotes, in depth stories of his life and influences and work habits. I have never seen many of the illustrations included here. A truly terrific book! Very handsome in every respect. I was delighted by this purchase.

Brian Kane has a lot going for him to begin with; the cooperation of Hal Fosters grandchildren and extraordinary access to the Foster family and private papers; but without a sensible recognition of the importance of the sequence of events which lead to the assignment of Hal Foster onto the TARZAN strip, and the eventual culmination of Fosters aspiration to produce his own strip, the storytelling and illustration masterwork PRINCE VALIANT, this pedigree could have been lost or mislaid.
However the pedigree is not lost; this books remains a standard for anyone attempting to pay due homage to a historic artist, a master of his media, and a disciplined Professional who won awards within and outside of his field as a matter of course.
And one doesn't necessarily need to be a firm fan of Popular Culture to see, on the page, the initial artworks provided through family archives, but watch the commercial illustrator become the accomplished storyteller cartoonist/illustrator to the craftsman who transcends his adopted field.
A power read, yet eyefuls of narrative,illustrative, and evocative draughtsmanship which will allow anyone owning it to want to revisit this book as anyone reading the Sunday Funnies has revisited the two classics which Foster brought to pinnacles of powerful evocation : TARZAN and PRINCE VALIANT.
An affectionate and heartful reccommendation by a long time and familiar fan of Hal Foster; impossible to imagine anyone could have completed the task with more vigor and commitment and completedness.

The Lost Boy is one of the best books I have read. This book tells an adventurous story of Dave Pelzer's struggle to get away from his abusive mother, his trip through several foster homes, being labeled as a foster child, and finally becoming a successful writer and father. The adversity that Dave Pelzer has to over come is amazing and inspiring. Dave Pelzer shows how strong the human sprit is. This book will leave many people feeling better about there own lives and inspire them to do more. After reading this book, a person should feel like he or she can overcome anything.

This book is very emotional. People that cry easy may want a box of tissues near by while reading. It is unbelievable what Dave Pelzer went through. The Lost Boy is a "roller coaster" ride through horrible times and positive highs. The lows will bring tears to the biggest man and the highs will leave a person feeling good about life. I recommend this book to be read as soon as possible.

The Lost Boy is the inspiring sequel to A Child Called "It". Although the books are a lot a like, The Lost Boy will make a person feel good about life and inspire him or her to do more. This may be one of those rare occasions when a sequel is better then the original.

The Lost Boy is the second book of the trilogy written by Dave Pelzer. It shares the trails and tribulations of a child trying to start a new life after spending many years in a severly abusive home, with alcoholic parents, a mother who caused physical and emotional suffering, and a fireman father that is rarely home. The book covers his last few months at home, the discovery by his school that he is being abused, his escape from his abusive home, and stories of the things that happend and the several foster homes that he was in and out of from the time he left his house until he was eighteen. Dave is faced with many decisions throughout the book. During the time when Dave was in and out of foster homes many people did not realize that not all children in foster homes did something wrong to have them there, making it very hard for Dave to make friends and lead a normal life. The book shows how hard it is to cope for a child who has had a terrible childhood. I highly recommend all three books in the trilogy, especially The Lost Boy.

I did read the first of these three books. This is a wonderful story. I still have a lot of unanswered questions. Hopefully they will be answered in the next book. I have a few friends that have been moved into different foster homes. The one thing that they have told me is that the hardest part is to feel wanted and that you maybe finally have a home. So I can only imange what Dave has gone through. Yet his mother still seems to be there to haunt him. He does a few things that he should not do, just to make friends and feel that he fits in. He does put his trust into his social worker. Which is good. He also hads a family that he can call his. When he sees his brother he tries to help. I really don't understand why the system would let his brothers stay with his mother. This women should have never had kids. The father to sit by a let this happen is sick. Hopefully they will get theres in the end. Well I recomend this book. It is a wonderful story. I know a 12 year old who is reading it and they know that they have a good life. Thank you for the wonderful story of your life Dave and God Bless you.

I have been a diehard Snort user and member of the community since day one. Snort is awesome and there are so many incredibly talented people involved with it. I always wished that there was a book that documented everything, and gave lots of very cool information on all of the inner workings. I was psyched when I heard this book was being written, and I orderd it before it came out. I got mine on Friday and spent the weekend reading it. Considering the guys (and gal!) who wrote it, I shouldn't be surprised that the book rocks. Everything you ever wanted to know about Snort is in there. And, you know you are getting it from the Pig's mouth--er, or Snout ;)

I teach a graduate level course on Intrusion Detection. The core textbook is long on security concepts, network topographies, and is about 900 pages. It's long on theory and short on specifics---even shorter on actual tools and products.

This book has proven to be a breath of fresh air. It provides detailed product specifics and is a reliable roadmap to actually rolling out an IDS. And I really appreciate the CD with Snort and the other IDS utilities.

The author team is well connected with Snort.org and they obviously had cart blanche in writing this book. I've looked at the other books that have just come out andnotice that (1) they are shorter and have much less information on the actual sstme administration of Snort and (2) they don;t include software.

I've been using Snort for some time. I really like it, but I've always found it a little difficult to keep up with all of the features and everything. If you spend a lot of time on the snort.org site and on the mail lists you can learn a lot from everybody. But I don't always have the time to monitor the list or go through the archives. It is great now having everything I need to know in one book. Brian Caswell is the guy who makes all of the releases and keeps everything on the site maintained and he definitely knows his stuff.

From the moment you begin this book, you will want to read it aloud and get caught up in the rhythm of the language..."Mrs. Sump doesn't much like seein' the orphans restin' or havin' any fun, so she puts 'em to scrubbin' the floor with toothbrushes. Even the ittiest, bittiest orphan, little Sweetness. So one day, Sweetness hit the road." Children appreciate the humor in the sheriff's attempts to rescue Sweetness from the perils in the desert.The illustrations are an interesting blend of mediums.This book is just plain, good ole fun.

This is the best of the California Young Reader nominees in it's catagory this year. I thought it was a real hoot, and I am adding it to our school library. It is funny and has a good message about adoption. I really think the children are going to have fun with this one.

Saving Sweetness is a very entertaining read-aloud. Children love the characters and are delighted with the humor. Some childrens comments have been: "I like the way that Mrs. Sump starts to say something about the orphans and then changes her mind and says it in a nicer way." " I think its funny that the sheriff thinks he is saving sweetness." The Illustrations are an extremely integral part of the story. In fact, the pictures add a dimension by presenting an aditional point of view.

The humor in this book is very sophisticated, like The Simpson's. It has that same "bite," and I laughed out loud many times, unexpectedly. It is clearly the result of genuine experiences and real strategic thinking about how to get away with doing as little work as possible. The only reason I'm not giving copies to co-workers is that I intend to put some of the ideas to use myself!

For those tired of reading endless and self- important business titles such as "Work till you drop" or "How to work constantly, have no life and love it!" this just might be up your alley. This book cuts right to the chase and tells you how to live a stress free life in the nasty corporate world we live in. Oh, and its pretty funny too.

The Sweetness of the title is a plucky little orphan who looks a lot like Tatum O'Neal in "Paper Moon," without the cigar.

She and seven other orphans have been adopted by the kind, but addlebrained, sheriff of Possum Trot. He had rescued them from Mrs. Sump, the evil (naturally) head of the orphanage, in Stanley's previous book, "Saving Sweetness."

In this funny sequel, the Sheriff takes to housekeeping like a fish takes to a pile of sawdust; that is, he is sorely lacking in the home arts. He serves tuna fish soup and pickle and banana pie and washes the windows with butter. The orphans, with Sweetness at the fore, decide to domesticate him. First, they need to learn to read so they can decipher a letter from the Sheriff's long-lost love, Lucy Locket, and then find a way to get them hitched.

The twangy Texas lingo is snappy without being laid on too thick, helping rather than hindering when the book is read aloud. The mixed media illustrations, combining scribbly colored pencil drawings with collages of wallpaper, cut paper and masking tape, perfectly match the warm absurdity of the text. A heart warming and hilarious story.

My daughter found this book at her school library. My daughter is in first grade and enjoys a healthy sense of humor. She and I found this story to be hysterical. Laugh out loud funny. You can't help but fall in love with entire cast of characters. We enjoyed it so much we had to buy "Saving Sweetness". Now our only disappointment is that we can't find anymore books in this series.

This sequel to Saving Sweetness is a chance to romp in Possom Trot one more time. Stanley's adoptive father may be inept but he's a hoot, and Sweetness(his ever resourceful adopted daughter) is the perfect heroine. If you teach K-6 your students will love the colorful language and silly idioms, especially when read aloud.

Naturally everybody is very curious about what really happened within Enron from an insider point of view. Unfortunately Mr. Cruver position was a junior one, and he didn't stay long enough - just a few months - to become senior. Probably just one or two years would do; he seems to be a smart guy and people at Enron seem to either move fast or get fired. To me it seems the author, after selling some small Enron memorabilia, such as cups etc. - decided to sell his "junior" Enron memories.

If some one is looking for a good, non technical book about Enron, I suggest "Pipe Dreams", by Robert Bryce. If someone is really serious about Enron's accounting and financial practices, I suggest Mr. Neal Batson report to the USA Banruptcy Court, Soutrhern District of New York.

By the way the second star is given because Mr. Cruver didn't loose his sense of humor despite all his troubles - and included some witty comments along the book. Also his periodic information about Enron's stock price is an interesting idea; one can compare the stock market's reaction to the sequence of Enron events.

My husband lost his reading glasses, so I read Anatomy of Greed to him...we marveled together at Cruver's ability to remember and then create such vivid pictures of the dad-to-day experiences he and others had of the rise and fall of the Enron empire. We loved Cruver's wonderful sense of humor and can see how this book will be easily adapted into movie form, as you really get to know and care about the characters.

We felt we became part of the rank and file as we read each page, and knew what would eventually happen, but kept hoping it wouldn't! We also loved the personal notes Cruver includes throughout - this is a real guy with real dreams that crash and burn all around him - and enjoyed as well his clever use of time frames for each chapter.

Along with being so entertaining and easy to understand, it is a wake-up call, and should be mandatory reading, particularly Chapter 11 (!), for all leaders of industry. Mr. Cruver learned a lot from his experience of Enron - you will learn a lot, on many levels, by reading his book.

Loved this book - most of all just couldn't put it down. Cruver worked at Enron, so his stories and his experiences are different from any journalist; although Cruver also reports on the story with unexpected humor. The characters are real, and I could not help turning page after page waiting to see what happens to each of them (read the book in two days!) - even though we may THINK we know how the story ends. This was also the first book, and while other reviewers say Cruver borrowed from news stories they forgot to notice that he wrote this book BEFORE those stories came out. Others question the fact that Cruver was forced to disguise names for legal reasons. Nonsense. Every story I've ever read on the subject of Enron has at least one "anonymous source" so Cruver takes you a step further and pushes the envelope on identifiying these not-so-innocent people. This is simply a great book that will be remembered as the Enron book most entertaining, most interesting, and most well-written. I hope he writes more books, and I can't wait to see the movie version of this one (CBS "The Crooked E").