This is an excellent review of the most common problems found in the clinical practice of Critical Care. It helps with the initial assessment of the patient and formulates a systematic approach to the differential diagnosis and therapeutic plan. The bibliography is updated and it has detailed illustrations and diagrams. Certainly, recommended as reference for those persons involved in the management of Critical Care patients.

For any beginning singer, this is a must have. It teaches the basics of necessary Italian singer. After a few years, it becomes exhausted do to the overuse of the songs within, however, a necessity for any beginning!

Ever wonder why Maria Callas got so famous? Well, believe it or not she sang every song from this book. (To bad none of them are available on a recording!) This book teaches you the art of bel canto, a technique for an opera singer in training. As said before, they are also great audition pieces. To go into a bit more detail, these songs will impress a judge at a vocal competion, or a choral teacher for a choir department, professional or at a school. If you have any problems learning the tunes, Cecilia Bartoli has recorded a CD with most of these songs recorded onto it...Every GOOD vocal coach knows that with out this book, you can never really excell. Even if you want to become a pop singer, you should get this book. I say this because these songs will help you become the best singer that you can be, and they will also prevent you from becoming the worst singer you can be.

A tip- don't get the CD with the back ground music, they are not very good CDs. They play to slow, so just have your vocal coach play for you...

My name is Lisa and I am a 13 year old opera singer. When I started my singing lessons the first book my teacher have me was this one. Each song is very unique and is challenging in some way or another. I have sung a few songs from it and it has helped my technique a lot! It is great if you are beginning opera singing.

Another reason to buy this book is because everyone that sings opera owns this book and it is refered to a bunch in the "Opera World." They are also great audition pieces (I know from experience)! In addition, it is not rare that you will be asked to sing these arias at recitals since all the songs are very beautiful. You must get this book!

It is a wonderful journey where the author takes you back and forward in a smooth way through the live in Macondo the little town in the middle of nowhere.It may takes you a while to understad I read the book 3 times the first time I had it and so far I read it 8 times in my lifetime and it never stops to excite me.You want to forget your problems, travel to Macondo and learn about making gold and many other things! discover another world.

It is impossible to describe this book in all of its facets, just in a few lines of text. It's too complex for that, it has too much depth. The magic-realistic style in which the book is written makes it difficult too penetrate to the deepest meanings that the writer put in it. I am sure that I missed much, so much that I want to read it again (but then in my native tongue Dutch), something I normally never do.
It is also convenient to have some knowledge of the South American history, which has been woven throughout the whole book. I missed that knowledge, although the book makes a lot clearer about that history. De numerous civil wars have never led to something good, a leaning to power leads to isolation.
Despite the lack of background knowledge, the book is definitely an absolute must for those who have the ability to pierce through the magic shell of sometimes absurd supernatural events and penetrate to the core of the story. Enervating was the speed of the story; from the first page it takes hold of you and drags you along with breathtaking velocity. On every page something happens, never does it become boring for a moment.
What fascinated me the most was the deepening of the characters, who are described in a very crystallised, almost caricaturised way. Solitude, pride, hatred, love, fear, devotion and so on are enlarged, but still these qualities stay completely recognizable.
Márquez has, to my point of view, received completely rightly the Nobel Prize for literature, which was based mainly on this book. It is not an easy book, but who takes the trouble to read it will not remain untouched.

"This is the great invention of our time," says Jose Arcadio Buendia about ice. This book is the greatest literary work in our time. Gabo is one of the most gifted writers in literature and journalism, and "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a perfect example. My teacher first mentioned it as one of the best books, therefore I decided to read it. Upon reading it, I fell under the spell of Macondo and its magical realism. As I am so accustomed to highlighting and jotting down notes, I completely forgot about it when I read this novel. I was captivated by every page and craved for the next. There are many levels to this book. If you want a book that captures your imagination and leaves you entertained, then this is the book to pick up. If you want a complex novel that is allegorical to history, then it should also be picked up. I am reading this book for my second time except this time is for class and I did not realize how meaningful and deep this book actually is. It's densed with irony, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, symbolism, and of course magical realism. This book is historical as it is literature. This book contains some of the best moments I have ever encountered from a book. For example, there is a sentence that takes up two pages, there is a vivid description of blood's personality, a women ascending to Heaven when folding clothes one day, and of course the discovery of "ice." This book is said to be a pessimistic view on human nature because time is a cycle and we succumb to Fate. We are not entitled to change our past. But I find this to be a morality book as we learned to appreciate the little things in life and how we have lost our innocence. Macondo was an innocent village but was lost in the discovery of science and wealth. It comes to show how we take things for granted such as ice. Ice was like "the largest diamond in the world" and its paradoxical comment "It's boiling," reveals the innocence to which they view the world. If critics argue that this is a pessimistic book, then that is due to our pessimistic world and environment. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most influential figures in Southern American history since Simon Bolivar. When he speaks, South America listens. Many also shun him for being close friends with Fidel Castro, yet he is also friends with Bill Clinton, whom's favorite book is "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Gabo went as far as to defend Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal. Gabo loves to be around with powerful figures, and I believe he uses it to his advantage to fix problems that lurk in South America. In his Nobel Lecture, "The Solitude of Latin America," he pours out his feelings for his people and comments on the many turmoil that is destroying South America for centuries. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a start as it has many connections with real historical incidents in Columbia. His new book, "Vivir Para Contarla," (To Live to Tell It) is the first part of his three-volume memoirs and talks about his childhood days up until his first book I believe. My spanish is limited but I have begun reading it because I cannot wait until the end of next year for the english translation. But if you want to know the essence of Gabo, then read "One Hundred Years of Solitude." It will leave you in awe, as if you have just discovered ice.

A good beginning and ending but slow in the middle. It holds your interest; I read it in 2 days. A complicated plot but amazingly, easily followed. The title is interesting. I'm planning to read his new novel hoping it will be as pulling as his first attempt at suspense

Great suspense! I couldn't put it down at night. The story has lots of twist and turns that always keep you guessing how it is going to end.

I used this book for an assignment in completing my masters degree in Student Development. I thought it was comprehensive and very informative, both for the RA and the residence life professional. A good blend of theory and practical pointers from understanding students to program planning. This would be a good resource for anyone wanting to work in a residence hall.

As a resident of a dormitory at a Christian Liberal arts school for the past four years, I have learned many things about residence life and student development. This book, however, expands upon experience of working in residence life. It is a well written book with much insight and guidance for either Hall Directors, Residence Life Coordinators, or student leaders who desire to know more about this particular field. I would highly recommend it to anyone pursuing such a career and would suggest it as a guide for any student development leadership program. It is easy to follow and is applicable across gender, religious, racial, and cultural fields. In summary, "The Resident Assistant - working with college students in residence halls" is the most practical book I have read in this particular field.

In this installment, Fletch goes to work for an American Presidential candidate after a murder in his campaign hotel. Along the way we get a lot of unique Fletch insights into the political process. This book would have made a much better sequel for the original Fletch movie than the idiotic "Fletch Saved." Overall, an excellent entry in the Fletch saga.

I have read two Fletch books (Fletch (the one on which the movie was based) and this one), and found both to be entertaining comic mysteries. I can't speak for the artistic quality and subtle nuances, but I can say, "Read it, you'll like it!" An easy read from start to finish

If you are a fan of the Fletch book series (not necessarily the movie versions), this is the best Fletch book in that series. In it, a number of characters that appear in other books are written where you finally get an idea of their backgrounds, relationship to Fletch and true character. The books "Son of Fletch" and "Fletch Reflected" are best understood by reading this book first. Apart from character histories, this book provides insight into the political process of the campaign/primary trail. As with some of the better Fletch books, the twist of the ending will have you immediately re-reading the book to look for the subtleties and nuances missed the first time around when you were simply enjoying the storyline. I highly recommend this book!

Useful book, but consider the second example. Listing 2.5a: Spec() constructor in wrong place (causes multiple definition errors as is; move inside the struct) Listing 2.5b: needs #include ; references to npos should be string::npos. Listing 2.6: AVvector should be ValueExtractor::AVvector, AVmap should be ValueExtractor::AVmap. I thought this code was supposed to have been tested? When you finally fix it and compile it, you find C++ STL version: 128(text)+40(data)k, 33.2(usr)+11.0(sys)sec Plain C version: 8(text)+ 8(data)k, 7.2(usr)+ 0.8(sys)sec The plain C code is shorter and considerably simpler than listing 2.6, and runs 5.5 times faster (Alpha/OSF, cc,cxx) when reading 100 000 copies of the sample data in the book. What's more, I had to try three C++ compilers before finding one that could handle the code at all.

There are good things later in the book, but this was a very off-putting introduction.

This book is intended for those who already know C++ but also want to be exposed to the future trends of applying STL integrating with Object Oriented Database Systems and CORBA. Although STL, ODMG-93 and CORBA are covered in an introductory manner, their relationship with the process of framework design is very appropriate.

Rogers writes well and the presents his topics in an organized manner. After reading it completely, I enjoyed rereading individual chapters in a random order to glean more of his insight. I recommend the book to those programmers that want to look into the future of effectively designing their products to be used in a distibuted environment.

Possibly the Wirfs-Brock of the late '90's (approach that is likely to be emulated by high-profile experts), this book has uncanny insight for framework-based development. Especially liked the coverage of domain analysis, which provides unique reuse benefits for developers.

Certainly "artsy," certainly original, and certainly tiring is John Brown's second and most recent novel, The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Gerard Lafleur. At points in the story, it seems that Brown achieves something great. At other points, I wished I never picked the book up. The novel's complex plot circles around a handful of eye-catchingly interesting issues including racism, life as a seriously handicapped child, mentorship, and others. Suspiciously reminiscent of the Forrest Gump screenplay, Shelton Lafleur (abr.) also contains a nice dose of casual, meaningful, and insightful philosophy in the form of Shelton's occasional reflections on life. The story is told from the retrospect of Shelton Gerard Lafleur, who is narrating the story as a moribund and decrepit old man. He tells the story of his most unusual childhood in New Orleans during the Depression -- the story of his mysterious adoption by an affluent and aged white woman, his life-crippling fall from a backyard oak, and his experiences with the eccentric and impoverished black mentor who adopted him for a second time. Despite the poignant issues involved, Brown fails to create anything close to a moving novel. The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Gerard Lafleur is instead victim to long spells of rambling and trifling.

I completely disagree with the previous reviewer and with Kirkus. Maybe some of the plot is implausible, but that isn't really important. This author has touched deeply into things about human nature. And I loved the irony of the ending.

I bought this book because the description on the cover made it out to be a great romance novel about love and war. Instead, this book is twisted, dark and just a big let down. The many tragic events in the book are just too extreme and depressing. Not only that, but once you get to the last chapters the ending becomes very predictable and feels as though it was done in a rush because the author already drove the book into such darkness that she needed to find something (no matter how unimaginative) and quick. I would'nt recommend this book to anyone looking for something romanic or uplifting and I don't think that publishers should mislead buyers with their book descriptions.

Fallen Skies is a delicately written book full of dark and terrible imagery. The main character of the book is Lily Valance, a naive young singer who longs for fame. Lily catches the eye of WWI vet Stephen Winters, a middle class man who has been scarred beyond belief by his fighting experiences. He determines to marry her, despite the fact she herself is more concerned with singing and the elusive, attractive piano player Charlie. The lives of these three people intertwine, and lead both to tragedy and joy. A word of warning - the story is wonderful, yet some of the images (Stephen's flashbacks from the war) are explicit and brutal. If you are looking for a fascinating read that studiously avoids cliches, then I would definetly reccommend this book!

I discovered Philippa Gregory within the last year and have now read five of her books, Fallen Skies being the most recent. As always, she has created multi-dimensional characters where it's possible to even feel some sympathy for the "villain" of the piece. The heroine of the book, Lily Vallance, is very much a product of her times when roles for women were quite restrictive. Gregory does a great job of portraying just how much power husbands had over their wives in the early part of the last century. Her husband, World War I vet, Stephen Winters, is a tragic figure although to state he was purely a product of the horrors of the war may not be quite true. His own upbringing and profound sibling rivalry also had to have played a part in the man he became in the trenches of Belgium.

The supporting characters of Charlie, Lily's true love, Muriel, Stephen's mother and Coventry, Stephen's chauffeur/best friend are wonderfully written. I especially enjoyed Gregory's constant reference to the food that "Cook" served the family during the rigidly proscribed meal times. She ably described the societal customs of the upper middle class and how Lily constantly chafed at them.

This is not a romance novel, by any means, but a fascinating story of what happened to the generation of men who fought in World War I and the impact of this on those left on the home front.