A great insight into the path to the nhl for the mighty ducks of anaheim. an insight into the players and coaches which make the team who they are. In such a competitive league (NHL) It shows great courage to join the league. Overall a great book and i highly recomend it to any mighty ducks fan or to anyone who enjoys a kind of feel good book

I came across a book called "Hyperprofits" by Goodman and Peavy which, unlike it's title, seems to be a down to earth way of beating the market by choosing stocks according to three "pillars":

1) choose stocks that have a low PE relative to their industry
2) from these, select stocks that have a low PE relative to the stock's own average PE over several years
3) from these, select small market capitalization stocks, say < $100M

They claim 32% average annual total return over the period 1970-1980.

The book's story is written in a style mimicing Miro's early surrealistic style and would be difficult for many young readers to grasp, many details are left out, the reader must figure them out as they go along. An interesting technique but probably more confusing than appealing to most youngsters. The insets of photos of the artist,his work,places he lived and things which influenced him all with explanations are excellent and highly informative.

At a school sleepover Cecilia is puzzled when her teacher says "you're wrapped in a Miro! You're sure to have sweet dreams." The next morning Cecilia learns a Miro is not a type of sleeping bag, but the name of a famous artist. Claire-Helene Blanquet combines this narrative with information about the life and art of Joan Miro. "Earth and Sky" is illustrated with both reproductions of Miro's paintings and photographs of the artist and the places where he lived and worked. I have the feeling that while Blanquet is obviously responsible for the story of Cecilia and her friends learning about Miro and trying to use his ideas about art in their classroom, that John Goodman is not only responsible for the translation but the sidebars that get into considerably more detail about Miro and his art. So this is really an interesting hodge-podge of a book and as long as you read it in that light I think it will make more sense to you. At the end of the story, Cecilia and her friends finally discover the painting that inspired the design of her sleeping bag was "The Skiing Lesson." Of course, young American readers might not be as familiar with Miro as they would with other Spanish artists, such as Goya, Picasso and Dali. I will have to track down some more volumes from the "Art for Children" series from Chelsea House Publishers to see what they do with Da Vinci, Matisse, Van Gogh, and one of my personal favorites, Rousseau.

This was the first book I read on computers, when I didn't know anything about them. That was two years ago and now that I look back it was a decent book. I remember reading it and being fascinated, even though some stuff was a little complex. All in all this was a good book. If you're an absolute newbie then read it.

This book is not good for advanced users though. Whether it claims to be or not, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU KNOW A FAIR AMOUNT ABOUT COMPUTER HARDWARE ALREADY. If you do you will be disappointed. That's why I always go for books that are more advanced to push myself.

.. I was not overly impressed. Being new to the inner workings of a PC I was immediately lost. I've had to read chapters over in order to understand what the authors are trying to say. What has helped me was another computer manual that was beutifully illustrated and helped me to recognize the parts & pieces of hardware that Mr. Norton referred to in his book. I did like the glossary though. This book is definitely not one to recommend to beginners.

Peter Norton's Inside the PC, Eighth Edition, and holds your attention better than most other technical books. It is written in a conversational style, which is easy to understand. Norton lays out his topics logically beginning with basic hardware information and becoming increasingly more complex. He uses pictures, graphs, and tables sparingly, only when necessary. Some of the most interesting sections are his Historical Asides, Notes, Technical Notes, Tips, Standards, and his own Principles, which come from his personal experience. There is a Quick Navigator inside the front cover that tells you where in the book to find general areas of information. The book has a useful glossary and a cross-referenced index. This is a good informational book at an intermediate level.

First of all, let me correct any misconceptions you might be having about this book: It is not about general, three-tier web development using Oracle and Java - instead, it is focused entirely on in-database programming with stored procedures, using Java where PL/SQL either has no solution or lacks in some aspect.

For me, this book was very useful. Before I read it, I didn't see much use in Java stored procedures, finding PL/SQL a much better alternative. In short, this book tries hard to illustrate the role of each language within the Oracle database, and in the end, is successful in doing that. The issue of PL/SQL vs. Java - both in terms of performance and usefulness - is a concurrent theme throughout most of the book.

For me, that latter half was the real meat on the bone. The first chapters are thought for beginners to Java and JDBC, but I skipped them mostly. The chapters on security, OS resources and PL/SQL-Java interoperability were very useful. I actually found more than one case where Java would have made a great difference for a past project! Additionally, I appreciated the performance section at the back, which cleared up many of my initial misconceptions on the subject.

To summarize: If you are interested in extending your Oracle database applications by using the abilities of Java, this is the right book for you.

As an Oracle developer, I found this book very helpful in my day-to-day chores. It is divided into four main sections, which I discuss further below.

The first section is a Java tutorial, for the Oracle developer. Having dealt a little with Java before, I found little new in this section. A word of caution, though: this book assumes some familiarity with PL/SQL (while no assumptions are made of Java knowledge). The material is divided so that you can just scan through, or skip, the first section (ca 100 pages), if you feel like it.

In part 2 of this book, we have a few chapters on both JDBC and SQLJ. Most emphasis is on Oracle-specific stuff and extensions. These chapters were different in quality, but served their purpose.

Part 3 is the heart of the book. This is where the authors delve into the details of Oracle Java, and illustrate how PRACTICAL problems may be solved by using Java or the joint efforts of PL/SQL and Java. I found some of the chapters in this section very pleasent to read, and I have already used some of the code presented in my own work. Highlights include the chapters on the Oracle JVM and the uses of Java utilities and OS resource handling (e.g. mail client that takes BLOB attachments).

Finally, section 4 discusses performance, both of Java and SQL, and compares Oracle Java with PL/SQL. Although this discussion is a little lightweight (this is material for whole books!), the emphasis on using bind variables is easily justified.

Overall, I greatly recommend this book for any Oracle developer seeking to use Java stored procedures in the database!

This book is a great guide to writing Oracle Java stored procedures. Of course, it has its cons and pros. On the bad side, there are the obvious differences in writing style and flavour of the different chapters (although not to the level of irritation), which is probably a result of so many authors.

Although I had some experience with Java, JDBC and SQLJ before, I really liked many of the chapters dealing with the fundamentals, especially the Exception chapter. I found much of the Oracle-Java specific material very useful, such as the chapters on Java and SQL performance, on using Java and PL/SQL together, and more. All in all, this book is packed with useful examples and practical solutions to real-life issues (mostly scalability and performance related), which made it very useful and pleasent to read.

This document is of no value. Save your time and money and look elsewhere.

This is not a book, it isn't even a meaningful document.
It is an accenture marketing collatoral piece that has no substance. To even pay a couple of bucks for this, I feel robbed.
This should be free brochure-ware on Accentures web site not something sold (...). Shame on Accenture!

This is a brochure that is largely useless. Shame on Accenture for offering it and shame on Amazon.com for calling it an E-Book. I didn't notice the page count was 2 and so I am fooled once. Not again. (Readers: Note that 0 stars is not a choice.)

This is marketing brochure ware for Accenture. 3 pages long like their mapping the channel brochure. This is just wrong to sell even for a couple of dollars. Shame on you!
In the future put this as free advertisement on your web site as it should be.