With so many pronunciation books on the market, I would like to offer my opinion about this book which I have used to teach all levels of ACCENT IMPROVEMENT courses. I consider myself a dedicated and excellent accent reduction coach/instructor. If you want self/home practice, this book seems particulary suited to the intermediate level student. However, any level student could benefit from doing each chapter USING the audio cassette tapes--with CONCENTRATED imitative practice and get good "American English" models to imitate. The format of each chapter goes like this: First, an overview of the concept(s), also indicated by the title of the chapter, with pronunicaiton exercises. Second, you will find "rules" and exercises to practice and internalize the rules. This is followed by a few more exercises. This workbook was intended also to be used with groups therefore, the last thing in each chapter are "communicative practices" to be done with a partner or small group. Two sections of this book I particularly like: The appendices which contain practice for the most stubborn consonant and vowel sounds; and, chapter 7, the Rhythm chapter which is terrific practice to repeat OFTEN for any level. No pronunciation book on the market is perfect, meaning all inclusive and fitting eveyone's need exactly. Each book is only a tool which has it's strengths and weakness. Success with them depens also very much on a high level of motivation. Most books that I have used, including this one, work best as a reinforcement tool to "live" interactive lessons.

I have been using this text and the accompanying tapes with International Teaching Assistants who are polishing their oral English in a university setting for the past four years. I have found it to be extremely easy to use and highly effective. Because of its well organized presentation, the students continue to practice the skills they have previously learned in each successive chapter which maximizes their level of mastery. Thanks to the excellent diagnostic tools included, the students are able to broaden their understanding of those areas having the most impact on their intelligibility, and to see what progress they have made. The book's format encourages self-monitoring as well as peer group work; both are very useful for those trying to communicate in academic areas. The "Helpful Hints"are terrific. There is more than enough material for a semester course, and, students can continue to use the book as a reference and to practice with the tapes long after the course has finished. Students respond very favorably to this text; they are not overwhelmed with "lists", and they progress steadily when using it. I would recommend it very highly, and would encourage the use of the teacher's manual as well.

Like Linda Grant's previous books, this one is fast-paced and sharp with a nice touch of humor. No one seems more surprised than Catherine Saylor, childless career-woman that she is, when her gut reactions to her niece's wild behavior result in far more effective parenting than the girl gets from her own mother.

The characters, even while most are involved in the same line of work, are carefully delineated. There's enough information about genetic research to indicate Grant's really done her homework, enough to help readers understand the issues behind the crimes without drifting off. The tense atmosphere of academic competition is convincing, and the murderer's not easy to spot.

This commentary is aimed for the young Christian and the group study leader. It is well designed and easy to navigate. It is also reasonably detailed and readable. Generally it gives the various alternative interpretations for difficult texts, including the rapture and millennium. The text of Revelation is in bold, and the comments are on one or two verses at a time, with the fragment of text being commented on highlighted in italics. It alternates between different modern bible versions, which I found annoying. It does a reasonable job of interpreting the meaning of the symbols. It includes additional tables and maps, an index, application notes and classic quotes from noted Christian thinkers.

There are instances of sloppy interpretation or editing, such as saying that the church at Ephesus was filled with pride, which is not what the text says, pride applies more to Laodicea. The mighty angel of 10:1 becomes an archangel by 10:2. On page 173 it misquotes Tertullian by saying, "The blood of the martyrs is seed" it should be "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church" (or seedbed of the church). However these are minor criticisms on what is basically a sound commentary.

Its strength is that it avoids the crass sensationalism and fiction of some modern interpretations and in general it follows the interpretation given by the more scholarly commentaries, which is to be welcomed. It is readable and not over technical and will help make Revelation meaningful to the young Christian. It is not so brief as to be useless but it packs quite a lot of information in its 284 pages making it worth buying.

The study leader will find Keener useful for application and Johnson or Krodel useful for further detail, with Mounce as a more scholarly reference. Other useful commentaries for the layman are Hendriksen and Ladd.

I used this book in my ESL class last summer. The material was appropriate for my capability, and it will be much more helpful if you study in teacher-led class.

Catherine and her partner Jesse are undercover at a hightech firm to discover who's responsible for the sexuallyharassing pranks. The pranks turn deadly soon enough, however, and Catherine must find a killer before he finds her. Fourth in the series and no slacking off. Author Linda Grant is very talented and a great observer of the San Francisco scene, especially as viewed by Sayler's teenage niece. This series only gets better, and the protagonist is on a par with all the other female "dicks" we have come to know and love.

I cook a lot and after understanding the Hay diet found no reason I could not come up with better recipes. The dressings section was good but I found the rest to be pretty basic. Several recipes for steamed veggies, no need to tell me to add califlower and steam...

If you know anything about the Hay Diet and would like to spice up your plate with more exciting meals, this is the cookbook for you! The author, Erwina Lidolt, gives plenty of ideas to choose from. Even if you are picky, like me, and will only eat certain foods, Lidolt has recipes that you will find very appitizing and yet, easy to make. For those that are unfamiliar with the Hay Diet, Lidolt explains the most important facts briefly and gives good tips to the novice. Sadly, she cannot cover everything in her cookbook because it is, well, A COOKBOOK! I recommend that you find a book on the Hay Diet to give you more details and supplement this one. GOOD EATING AND GOOD LUCK!

This is the only edition I could find here, but my copy has a different cover. The image in the lower right corner on mine has a light blue pattern with a few circles and bubbles. (That's what it looks like to me.) Mine is definitely the second edition.

I do agree with many of the other reviews here. In some ways, this book is very basic, and they reference other Sybex books throughout. Each chapter states what book the information came from. This is almost like a Best Of collection.

For me, the book was very helpful. I'm very expirienced with Windows. Over the years I've also used Apple DOS, ProDOS, MS-DOS, DR DOS, OS/2, and Mac OS. This book had enough information for me to understand Linux better. The writers mainly compare Linux and Windows. Most of the focus is on Red Hat and GNOME. I'm actually using SuSE with the KDE desktop. There's a chapter on installing Red Hat.

I do like the information presented on using the command line. It's basic but enough to be useful. Later chapters discuss more advanced topics like server configurations, using Samba, and setting up Apache. It also covers how things work. ...under the hood. Since I'm not a Linux veteran, I can't really comment on the advanced topics, but I did find the book easy to follow.

I basically bought this book because I was tired of scrolling through the pages of HOWTO documents, which I think have tons of useful and time-proven techniques to solve problems related to Linux. A better index could have done this book an excellent one. There is an extensive command reference at the end but finding a command is not that easy. If you basically want a desktop reference I would recommend the O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell which is thumbindexed thus letting you access the information you want in no time.

I really love this book and have owned it since it first came out. True, Linux has become more complex since the book was written, but if youy can understand the things in this book, you can easily be productive in any modern linux. I am glad I bought it. I think everyone should have a copy especially if they are on a dial-up account and cannot get the HOWTO's in an easy manner.

Here's a women's history which you'll never find as a text of any Feminist Studies course. The Feminist Movement would just as soon forget their "sisters" who have succeeded in the bloodiest business of men, warfare. None the less, there have been millions who have, and this book ambitiously attempts to mention most of them. In my opinion, it falls short simply because the topic is too massive to condense into one volume. The exploits of Soviet airwomen in combat -- who are curiously omitted from this work -- are in themselves enough to comprise several books. Likewise African amazons among the Dahomey and Ashanti; and Moslem warrioresses from the time of the Prophet to the current civil war in Eritrea. Besides combatants, "Battle Cries and Lullabyes" also attempts to cover female camp-followers and nurses throughout the entire history of warfare. In its effort to retain "readability", the book intersperses legend and anecdote with the drier history. It is a fascinating book which will certainly appeal to military women and to those who appreciate the distaff side of women's history. But ultimately its all too fleeting glances into each of its subjects leave the reader dissatisfied and enticed to know more.

I'd like to agree with the reviewer who noted that men's military menoirs are considered legitimate, while women's are considered to be antecdotal. Frankly, I'm still trying to completely understand why so many people consider the idea that a woman could be a successful soldier, so threatening. This book is not revisionist history- had the author attempted to claim that these wars had never occurred, or that all soldiers were women, than yes, it would be revisionist. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in military issues, feminism, women's issues, or history in general.

Linda Grant De Pauw does a superb job with this engaging account of the History of Women in War. You will find, while reading it, that you annoy anybody within earshot as it is full of interesting facts forcing "do you know's..." every once in a while. For example, do you know the origin of the term 'guerrilla warfare?...'You will find the explanation to this and countless other little mysteries within the pages of this book. There have been other books written on the same topic, for example 'Women Warriors' by Anthropologist David E.Jones, but none with the page turning, readable quality of 'Battle Cries and Lullabies.' If there is ever a time when Women and Warfare is considered a subject worthy of it's own course in the University then Battle Cries and Lullabies would be the perfect textbook. A lively, interesting and colorful account of a much neglected part of world History.

Catherine Saylor is a San Francisco detective with twelve years experience as a private investigator and ten years experience practicing Aikido. She is contacted by bank executive Daniel Martin who fears his bank's vulnerable computer system may be ripe for a $5,000,000 theft by missing key employee James Mendoza.

Catherine thinks the key to the mystery has its origin somewhere in the army experiences of Mendoza and his buddies in Vietnam. While tracking Mendoza to his hiding place in Colorado, she uncovers an elaborate plot of deception and the identity of the real villain.

Due to the fact that I got a graduate degree in from Cal in molecular biology, I was mostly interested in the background Linda Grant uses for her mystery. And the background is dead-on. I was constantly wondering whether I didn't actually know some of the real world people the characters in the novel were based on, and the sociology of a research lab with all its warfare and intrigues was also all too familiar. The science, by the way, is also rather accurate (aside from a few dramatic liberties).

However, I think that most students and scientists would have been a lot more shaken by sabotage and deaths in their lab. To me most of the characters seemed unrealistically single-minded. Also, at times the well-developed background setting turns into pointless name-dropping without really capturing much of the rather weird spirit of Berkeley. Maybe it's a matter of economics - there are a couple of other sub-plots going on that are not really related to the main plot line! , like the heroine's troubles with her niece, but which also take up space in the novel. Maybe that's the professional narcism speaking - what could be more interesting than reading about science and scientists? Still, all in all a pretty good read that doesn't insult the brain too much.