This book is very easy to follow and understand (diagramed pictures, step-by-step directions, glossery, and a review at the end of each lesson). It's really ideal for individuals who are not familiar with Office whatsoever, but even as a novice I still got a lot out of it (who knew there was a format-painter in Word?). I highly recommend it for anyone who is new to the Office software, and who wants to learn it on their own time. You can go through the book at your own pace and focus on any one particular program in Office if it suits you (for instance, how well do you really know Access?).

It's a good buy. Also, Eastern Michigan offers a course online with Professor Preston - should you want the extra help.

I bought this book, along with three others in the series, for Winter semester classes. Since I needed to know PowerPoint right away, I went through this book over Christmas vacation on my own. Each step includes a picture of what the screen should look like. That made it very easy to tell if I did the steps right. I occasionally used the CD, which showed every step of every lesson, and actually talked you through them. I learned enough PowerPoint that I will be able to create really good presentations! What a great way to learn PowerPoint. I'm actually looking forward to learning the other Office programs.

I bought this book, along with three others in the series, for Winter semester classes. Although the class lasts through April, I finished the PowerPoint book in December, then the other three in the next six weeks, because I need to know these programs immediately! Each step includes a picture of what the screen should look like. That made it very easy to tell if I did the steps right. I occasionally used the CD, which showed every step of every lesson, and actually talked me through them. Word is a fairly easy program to learn, and I moved through this book rather quickly. It was a fun way to learn for a visual learner. What a great way to learn Word. I highly recommend this series!

This collection of Sasse's essay written between 1927-1939 are thus particularly fascinating and enlightening as the context of the Nazi regime and intro to American Christianity way heavy on the author.

Here one will discover what it truly means to confess one's faith in light of pressure and temptation. Thus, the lonely way.

Confessional words from this studied church historian and exegete and ecumenist pour forth on observation of his own ecclesiastical scene as well as ours here in the States.

The opening essay is fascinating, since it entails Sasse's initial visit to America. His comments are penetrating and analytical, e.g. "This churchliness of life has a down side to be sure: the secularization of the church. ... Tkhey have opened their doors in part to modern civilization, which has endangered the purity and depth of the faith. Here is the reason for that superficiality of American church life which repulses us Germans." "The consequence of this, along with the concurrent leveling effect of American life, is an elimination of confessional anthitheses. .... All this has created a common religious atmosphere, in which the confessional lines are blurred. Thus fighting has been replaced by cooperation, one of the great American catchwords."

Delivered in 1928, an essay on the church as body of Christ is yet another of Sasse's confessional themes, strongly confessing the Lutheran substance of sacramental presence of Christ: "The church is the body of Christ, is identical with the body of Christ, which is really present in the Lord's Supper. The participation in the body and blood of Christ present in the Lord's Supper is synonymous with membership in his body."

Instructive thoughts and admonitions which provide more than ample reflective thought of their adaptation and input to current theological issues and ponderings.

A valuable resource for the church of the Reformation and those interested in listening in on this timeless saint of the Lord's literary output.

This collection of pulp tales brilliantly shows just how different the meaning of a writer's work can differ between a fan and the writer. Editor John Stanley, host of the once popular San Francisco based late night horror movie television show Creature Features, put together many of Robert Bloch's 'famous' Lefty Feep stories. Each yarn involved a very contemporary (for the 1940's that is) con man named Lefty Feep who delighted in telling some long suffering schmuck in a coffee shop the wild tales about his failed get rich quick schemes. Written for the fantasy pulps of yore, each tale has a magical trapping of sorts (i.e. flying carpets, genie in a bottle, etc) that inevitably trip up our tireless, and quite clueless, fall guy of a hero. Not surprisingly Bloch barely remembered writing some of the stories (most were written at the request of the publisher and not out of any desire by Bloch to explore the character further) and this workmanlike attitude casts a humorous light on Stanley's obvious, and quite fanatical, love for the character in the interview segments with Bloch that bookend each story. The small press edition, from Stanley's own, and now defunct, Creatures at Large Press, was intended to be the first volume in a series, but none ever followed. Bloch, in his unauthorized autobiography, blamed the stories with his trademarked bemused self-deprecation. Highly recommended for both the silly stories and the probably unintended fan/writer insight.

I eventually bought this book because none of the libraries in my area had it! Marvin Pope was one of the big figures in Northwest Semitic studies a generation back. His ground breaking work in Song of Songs as well as his theories concerning the cult of the dead in the Levant provide the background for the title of this collection of essays. The list of contributors to this feschrift reads like a whose-who in ANE. Contributors incluse M. Dahood, W. Hallo, B. Foster, C. Gordon, R. Murphy, D. Pardee, and S. Parker just to mention a few. There are 35 articles in all. While the articles are a bit dated -- especially those involving the cult of the dead -- this is still an important work that will provide the student of the ANE with hours of fascinating reading.

I've been a linguist/translator for over 20 years (English is my native language). I've used literally hundreds of reference books in my life, and for the average user (H.S. and college students, parents helping kids with homework, people proofreading their own or colleaques' work...) I would rank this as one of the two best English grammar books I have ever encountered. It is well organized, so it is easy to find the right section. It is clearly written, so you don't have to decipher the text. It indicates whether particular items are required by grammar rules, or merely prefered, so you don't have to wonder if something could be phrased differently if you want to. I give it my highest recommendation!

"Managing For Excellence" is a portable well-illustrated handbook, which harbours all the essential tips for improving (individual) performance. The book is very straightforward. It is comprehensive, and highlights all the important factors that strengthen and weakens partnerships.
This is one book which helps its user to better understand strategies and improve output. It is superbly organized, and presents its techniques in a practical format.
However, anyone who already has the "Successful Manager's Handbook" need not spend on this one. Both books contain similar information.

This excellent text which is now in its 6th edition is probably the best general coverage of the science of parasitology available. I teach parasitology at the university level, which means that I have surveyed the competition. For completeness, abundance of relevant illustrations, and well-written coverage, this book is the best I have seen. I reviewed parts of the book for the publisher prior to this latest edition, and I believe that this latest edition is significantly better that the 5th. One point I should make is that this is not a clinical parasitology text covering only parasites of humans and our domesticated animals, nor is it a medical guide to treatment. Rather it is an excellent and broad coverage of the strange and interesting world of the parasites of animals.