What a great read. It captures the mood and humor of the movie characters well. It has also been "cleaned-up" from the movie version so it is suitable for all the young readers out there.

Any fan of the Back to the Future triology who wants to be able to take the movie with them should think of picking up this book. One of my favorite movies of all time, Back to the Future Part II goes just as well in book format.

The second part of the famous trilogy , starts off right where the first one ended. Doc Brown shows up in his time traveling Time Machine to take Marty and his girlfriend Jennifer to the future to fix a problem with their future kids. Little do they know that their troubles are far from over after they arrive there. Biff steals the time machine from the future and hands himself a sports almanac giving all the scores for the next half centruy. The time line is totaly changed and its up to Marty and the Doc to fix things before its to late by going back to 1955 where the trouble starts.

The great thing about the book is that it gives more detail then the movie. It goes into what the characters are thinking that we can't see during the movie and gives details that were cut out of the movie as well. Theres a part where Marty meets his brother Dave in an alternate 1985 and his brother is drunk and a bum to say the least. Another moment where the old farmer Peabody from the first movie shows up trying to still get at the DeLorean that busted up one of his pines is pretty intersting as well. Theres also a lot of description of the moments we find ourselves in, so we can pretty much see the movie without having to actualy see it. Its very true to the movie and I think captures the great sequal quite well in book form.

The only true problems I have with it is that they did edit out the curses and even not so bad words making them even nicer then they were. I do feel it took a little away from the book as there aren't that many curses in the movie as it is and it was noticible. Also some of the scenes seemed rushed through towards the end. A lot of the stuff at the end of the 1955 climax of the movie just didn't come off as exciting as it did in the movie. While I know its hard to do a non stop action scene like the tunnel chase where Marty has to get the almanac off of Biff's car in a book, it still came off as half as exciting as it truly was.

Its great to be able to take with you though whereever you are. you can't always bring a VCR or DVD player with you, but this book can always be in hand and it is defiitely a worth while buy as its as much fun as the movie and the movie is one of the greatest sequals of all time.

This was an excellent book. It had lots of action and it was flawless. I liked the way it described the characters. It never got boring. I would recommend this book to anyone.

I grew up in Pennsylvania, in the coal country. When a friend told me about Black Days, I thought I would give it a try. I'm glad I did. I have heard and read much of the way of life in 20th century Appalachia, but never had it tied together in a single book. If you are curious about life in the beginning of the last century; about the workings of the coal industry or simply want an insight into "How things used to be in West Virginia" try Black Days. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

One of the joys of life is the opportunity to have a conversation with someone whose life experiences are vastly different from our own. My curiosity about the real-world work life of an underground coal miner, ... plus a chance web search, led me to Black Days, Black Dust. What a gem!

In reading this book it almost seemed like I was having a 'personal conversation' while sitting on the miner's front porch. It is a true account of 40 years of working underground in the coal fields. Very interesting account of every day life in a coal town (both above and below ground). It is a world apart from today's high-rise city office worker, ...yet curiously in other ways, there are many similarities!

Easy to read & very informative.

This book is not too bad. It presents the basic material while giving lots of examples. However, the book presents a lot of "cute" examples and theorems that often deviate from the main point that is trying to be conveyed, which is something that is not at all desired in a first adv. calc or analysis course. Few difficult problems are in the book, which could allow the student to truely miss a topic they should deeply know. With all said and done, it is difficult to recommend this book over say rosenlicht: introduction to analysis, which covers the same topics (except puts everything in a metric space setting, which is more appropriate in my opinion) more smoothly, has better problems, and costs about [$$] less, which is always nice. The section generalized integrals is nice, but is not worth an extra [$$]

"Introduction to Real Analysis" by R. G. Bartle and D. R. Sherbert gives an excellent introduction to the topic of real analysis. The chapters are presented in a logical order, such that one topic flows seamlessly into the next. The authors explain the concepts of real analysis very clearly and succinctly. This book would be an excellent reference for those currently enroled in a real analysis course, or for those that simply need to brush up on the concepts and ideas of the subject.

A good introduction to real analysis. Proofs are detailed. This book is definitely for anyone who loves real analysis.

Yeah, yeah, I liked the book. What I don't get is the one review that said RAW was paranoid but then warned you not to play with a Ouija board because "you never know what you might dig up" (paraphrased). Since when did a stupid toy acquire strange, demonic powers? Now THAT sounds paranoid to me.

You've obviously never used a Ouija Board. By the way, R.A.W. has done it again - telling it like it is (from his point of view, anyway). To those who aren't sure whether or not to take him seriously, just remember - Hermes was a trickster, but he was the only way out of the underworld. Welcome to Wonderland.

R.A.W. is my new favorite Writer. This man is a Genius. He is so far ahead of his time, that he will be Immortalized with Einstein, Crowley, etc. Robert Anton Wilson is one of the very few writers I have experienced, who sees through the smokescreens and delves into the mysteries, with a SMI(2)LE on his face
R.A.W. does not take himself too seriously, nor does he take society, government, religion or Secret Societies too seriously. This is one of the most Humorous books I have read recently--however, it will only be funny to those with a fairly decent knowledge base of; Physics, Quantum Physics, The Occult, Anthropology, Psychology, Secret Societies, Conspiracy Theories (see R.A.W.'s "Everything is Under Control"), and a good understanding of the fact that we are, indeed, living on "The Planet of The Apes."
R.A.W. hit the nail on the head, with his theory that we are "Domesticated Primates" --look around, and read the news.
The Essays, articles, quotes, reading lists, poetry, Scientific/Psychological breakdowns of the situation Domesticated Primates have gotten themselves into is fascinating and makes more sense than most of the theories circulating in the media, schools, etc.
I am studying Anthropology, and I have always studied various religions and Psychology...and I find "The Illuminati Papers" to be a revealing and important book to be circulated among the Eggheads. Most folks will not like it, because Americans do not read much and this book will make them feel inadequate. However, many people will "get it" and they will treasure this Tome of Wisdom.
"The Illuminati Papers" contains wonderful articles, essays, etc.--such as "The Abolition of Stupidity," "Quantum Mechanics as a Branch of Primate Psychology," "An Incident on Cumberland Avenue," "Beyond Theology: The Science of Godmanship," "Stupidynamics" & "Hey, man, are you only using half of your brain?"
This book seems small and appears to be a "quick read." However, this is a book that will often have you thinking more than reading. I often found myself wandering back to the pages, after some paragraph or line triggered a series of thoughts that carried me away into Contemplation for a while. I was astounded that I did not finish it in one or two sittings. This is definitely a Thinking person's book. I would raise a suspicious eyebrow at anyone who reads through it, swiftly....or look for Diplomas on their walls, stating that they are a Physicist, Neurologist, or Psychologist.... or, perhaps, a "Super Anthropologist." :-)

I would agree this is more of a reference for the seasoned XPath/XSLT programmer. I'm a intermediate java programmer with some decent background in xml. I haven't really been able to get that much from this book in the way of examples. It's very light on examples.

Any book that takes the dense, tedious specs and translates them into layman's English is always worth it and very welcomed. The form of the translation in this case are a number of very clear and focused examples. Sure, one could trail and error and deduce the behavior of the stylesheet, but who has that kind of time? This book will serve you very well if you need a quick jumpstart into XSLT and XPATH. I await a similar volume on XSL:FO.

In my XSLT work, I feel I refer to this book more often than the other book on my desk (Michael Kay's XSLT Programmers reference). This book exudes a much greater level of technical detail, especially when relating to XPath (a thorough understanding of which is incredibly important to any XSLT developer). The explanation of XPath Axes and Nodetests was extraordinarily helpful (it is a better reference than the standard itself).

The information provided for each XSLT element is quite detailed, and explains in great detail how those elements are used in actual stylesheets.

I suggest anyone interested in doing hardcore XSLT development have this book on your desk. While this is definately not in the league of "XSLT for Dummies", it certianly is an perfect reference for the seasoned developer trying to push XSLT to its limits.

Not Silverberg's best. Set on an alien world inhabited by humans but their culture and technology is like that of Earth's middle ages. Therefore, the book is more like a fantasy or historical novel than SF. Told from the point of view of a political/sociological/religious rebel, it can get a tad preachy at times and the whole psychedelic drug thing seems a bit dated (the book was written in the late 60's or early 70's) though interesting nonetheless. If you're new to Silverberg check out "The World Inside" or "Downward to the Earth" before this one.

I have to concur with a fellow reviewer - there is very little here that is science fiction. However, the science fiction genre releases the novel from some restrictive bounds and allows Silverberg to fully develop his ideas. The story: a planet has been settled by what I call "Catholic Puritans" - religious fundamentalists that believe self-containment and self-effacement are the keys to a stable society. They retain the idea of confessional (called "draining") to allow some relief from the totality of self-reliance. Referring to oneself directly (i.e. use of the pronouns I, we, etc.) is a sin, as well as burdoning someone (other than a Drainer) with any personal problems.

Into this society is born Kinnall, a noble. He meets an Earthman (with no such cultural conditioning) who introduces to him a drug that allows, for a short time, the direct communication between minds. Kinnall comes to the realisation that to know someone is to truly love him, and sets out to spread his newfound knowledge with the fervor of a prophet, even though it is illegal.

The story, while interesting, is not the reason to read the book. It is a superbly crafted tale, told in the first person by Kinnall, so you come to be immersed in the culture and morals of the society. The background is so consistently maintained that you feel it is a real place (or, that it could be a real place) and philosophy.

This is not really so much a science fiction tale as a parallel tale (rebuttal?) to the sexual revolution of the late '60's. The technology is similar (for example, they have automobiles), although the government system is more autocratic. Instead of sex, however, it is friendship and brotherly love that are the revolutionary concepts. One could argue that such a revolution has not yet occurred on Earth, and we could certainly use it! This book is not meant to preach, but is an immersing experience that is both enjoyable and a little thought-provoking.

Gee, look at this another out of print and utterly awesome Robert Silverberg book, how the author himself can let all these great books of his go out of print is totally beyond me, sometimes I think that the chance that a book will stay in print is inversely proportional to how good it is (check out my comments on the Helliconia books by Aldiss for more of those rants). Needless to say this one was awarded either the Hugo or Nebula or both and it darn well deserved it (and I think there was some stiff competition that year). Unlike the shift at the time toward "hard science fiction" (Ringworld had just come out the year before and changed all the rules about scientific accuracy), Silverberg fills his novel more with ideas and feelings, using the medium to ultimately make comments that can apply to us and showing us the necessity to know yourself so you can know others. In a nutshell, the book details the story of a man named Kinnall who lives on a planet where selfhood is totally abolished, everyone talks in the third person ("one this and one that") and some talk totally in the passive voice and basically people close off to one another completely. Into this world comes an Earthman with a drug that can break down the barriers between people and let you enter into their minds and upon tasting it, Kinnall embarks on a quest to let his world know about love and knowing each other. The book is told in devastatingly searing prose, and Kinnall's observations are always poignant, you can feel his conviction for his cause and get a feel for the emotional barreness of a world where the words "I love you" are a total abomination. While not as intense as Dying Inside, this one further served to cement Silverberg's reputation as one of the best authors of the seventies. Probably one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, if only for its complete examination of a society where self baring is a crime, it deserves to be read even today and its message taken to heart. If you don't know yourself, you can never know anyone else. Who says reading never teaches you anything important?

THE BOOK IS EXCELLENT. I USED THIS BOOK FOR MY CHEMISTRY COURSE AND I FEEL THE AUTHORS DID A FINE JOB WRITING THIS BOOK. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL OF YOU COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY OR THE ALLIED HEALTH FIELD. THIS IS FOR THE REVIEWERS WHO GAVE THE BOOK ONE STAR. HOW CAN YOU GIVE THE BOOK 1 STAR WITHOUT EVER READING THE BOOK.

This is a very good text book. It has many colorful pictures to keep my interest when I was reading it along my course. Generally, it is well written and easy to understand.

This book is very clear and easy to understand. It 's good for Undergraduate student. For working problems, you should buy a solution manual for full understanding.

SMERSH is back in this intigue packed adventure that has Bond running from Ireland to Hong Kong. However, The Bond girl is ditzy and not as interesting as most of the women he usually shacks up with.

This is one of John Gardner's weakest bond books. VERY, VERY complex plot and hard to understand. 007 protects members of W.W.II spy ring. Kind of boring :(

Buy this and read it!! Grab something and hold on! Great excapism from the second author of the 007 books!

This book takes on a VERY ambitious topic. The integration of UNIX with Windows NT is a thorny issue...both operating systems require dedicated study to truly master, and mastering both is quite likely impossible. Add to that trying to integrate the two and the job requires a modern-day Renaissance man. Given this, I was expecting this book to fall a bit short of its goal of enabling sysadmins to manage and integrate their NT and UNIX systems. Instead it fell HUGELY short.

The general description of UNIX contains a large number of straight-up factual errors that any junior sysadmin should be able to spot. I don't know how it ever made it past any technical editor. I am less familiar with NT than with UNIX, but the overview of NT seemed to be reasonably accurate, although shallow and rather devoid of useful information. The remaining chapters on running both systems are not so bad, but they too suffer from an overabundance of text with a glaring scarcity of useful information. A general system administration primer on UNIX combined with one on NT will probably offer far more insights into the administration of a heterogeneous system (containing UNIX and NT) than will any of the information in this book.

The one redeeming feature (why this review is for *2* stars instead of 1) is the command references that make up nearly the second half of the book. First is a list of UNIX commands and descriptions, then a list of NT commands (or procedures for the GUI-based tasks) and descriptions. The lists are fairly complete, generally factually accurate, and contain interesting cross-references (pointing out what might be relevant to know about NT in the description of the UNIX commands, for example). The book may be worth the purchase just for these two sections. It's just too bad I read through the first half of the book before I got to them.

This is a great book for professional system administrators. I could easily toss out a half dozen other reference books on UNIX and NT because of the complete and accurate info in this book. Almost 800 pages of pure fact.

I run a technical education company that specializes in training both UNIX and Windows NT administrators and developers. This book will be used in our future classes. It addresses all the key fundamentals of both operating systems. As a reference for either UNIX or Windows NT alone, this book is good for any system administrator. As reference for interoperability, it completely reviews every major concept, command and utility in a very understandable manner.

The content of this book is good, although in going through the examples and figures I did find missing figures and numbers that didn't match what Mr. Gardner has written in the text. ASA needs to do a better job of editing.

A Multi-engine Flight Instructor

I used this book to prepare for my Instument/Multiengine/Commercial check ride and it was extremely useful. This book is easy to read and very informative providing a lot of practical applications as well as theory. This book is essential to your library as an instructor or professional pilot.