This is an excellent resource. The summary at the beginning of each chapter is simple to understand. The sample test will give you lots of practice. The exams I had were similar to the ones in this book. And the crossword puzzels at the end of each lesson made studying fun. I highly recommend this book as part of your study curriculm. No accounting student should study with out it.

This is a good book with many illustrations and examples of design. It explores what makes us like a particular product. It is very easy to read and to understand. It is concise and has large print and dozens of illustrations (more than half the pages of the book seem to have illustrations) that make the book fun and accessible.

A unique and very highly recommended addition to any family, art department, or community library Art Instruction reference collection, Projection Art For Kids: Murals & Painting Projects For Kids Of All Ages by self-described "talent-free" artist Linda Buckingham is a compendium of twenty-one projects ranging from small-scale designs to full-scale wall murals that kids aged 10 and older can make on the wall of a nursery, daycare, classroom, or bedroom. Buckingham's projection technique will enable children to utilize a favorite photograph, slide, drawing, painting, clip art, cartoon, or logo in the creation of a memorable and eye-pleasing, imagination-engaging work of art.

This books reflects the work of both a good doctor and a good writer. It describes the complicated world of prostate cancer well and, as best we could tell, pretty objectively for a urologist. An excellent resource for those just diagnosed and trying to make a decision. Some of the info may be a bit dated, though--by the time any writing is a book, it's not the latest, so read other sources on the Internet and elsewhere as well. Also recommended: Patrick Walsh's (for surgery) and Bob Arnot's books (for diet), The Prostate Miracle for info on whole-body, building-immunity approaches.

This book is a great mystery book with just the right helping of romance. Miss Danforth first mystery to solve is that of the missing punjat ruby that was supposed to be given to the prince of whales. Miss danforth first suspects Max and Fergus, her courtier Fredricks friends, then realizes that it is was...who took it. Well read it for your self and see who did it!

it is to my best of knowledge when i first read this book i found out that a lot of my relatives were in this book and i was very pleased that there knowledge was wrote down and passed on.

The brilliant mind of cinema and philosophy is made new again in this book by two writers passionate (and informed) about their subject. Where else can you read of American philosophy's presence in the films of Charlie Chaplin and Frank Capra? Interdisciplinary studies at its best.

When I first read this book in 1997 I thought it was interesting, but quirky. When I recently re-read it I had the benefit of four more years of experience and more scars from grappling with many of the issues that this book addresses. The 12 chapters in this 225-page book cover a spectrum of issues and factors that most books on software engineering risk management only lightly touch upon or overlook completely.

The chapters are sequenced as follow: 1-Introduction, 2-Industrial Espionage, 3-Software Engineering, 4-Software Metrics, 5-Security, 6-Process Maturity Models, 7-Asset Valuations, 8-Security Threats, 9-Security Controls and Tests, 10-Safeguards, 11-Economic Analysis, and 12-Reiterative Processes.

Chapter 2, Industrial Espionage leaps out at you and tells you that this is not a run-of-the-mill SW risk book. If the risks are not obvious, consider the threats to intellectual property that can manifest themselves when development is contracted out or contract labor is used to augment an in-house development team. If this book goes into a second edition I hope the author also includes patent issues as well, because the book was published in 1996 and since them two significant legal cases (State Street Bank vs. Signature Finance Group, Inc. [1998] and AT&T vs. Excel Communications, Inc. [1999]have set precedents that add further to this particular category of risk, and may merit a separate chapter on patent risks.

Each of the other chapters exposes risks--some obvious, and some not-so-obvious--inherent in software engineering models and their associated processes. Bear in mind that while this book introduces quantitative methods, it is no substitute for a book on software engineering risk management if you are new to the topic. The reason is this book covers the subtleties and often overlooked aspects, but is not an introductory text on the subject.

My favorite chapters are 4 (software metrics), 67 (asset valuations) and 11 (economic analysis) because those are areas in which I am interested. I also liked chapter 6 (process maturity models) because it exposes risks that need to be considered if you are in the process of selecting or implementing one of the models (CMM, SPICE, etc.).

Overall, this is a useful and interesting book if you have a great deal of prior experience in software engineering, SQA or process implementation. My only complaint--and it's minor--is Chapter 5 (Security) should have been grouped with the related chapters (8, 9, and 10). If you fall into the audience I cited above you'll benefit greatly from this book.

This juvenile biography of Robert E. Lee focuses on the man as one of the most distinguished and respected generals in U.S. history. The fact that this military service was done in service to the Confederate States of America, and therefore in support of the institution of slavery, is ultimately explained by the words beneath Lee's statue in the Hall of Fame in the United States Congress: "Duty then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."

Marian G. Cannon begins this study with Lee's decision to refuse President Lincoln's offer to take command of the Federal armies at the start of the Civil War because of Lee's loyalty to his native Virginia. This speaks to one of the hardest issues for young students to understand: the idea of putting your state above your country. Consequently, the book begins with Lee being born as a Southerner the goes on to cover his marriage, early military career during the Mexican War, and then his leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.

This is a solid biography of Lee, that covers all of the basics in a fairly objective manner. The book is illustrated with historical photographs and paintings of the life and times of Robert E. Lee. Younger students assigned to do a research project on Lee will find this a good place to start. Other First Books on the Civil War look at Ulysses S. Grant, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the battle of the ironclads.

Having just seen the exhibit of Robert Heinecken at LACMA I can say this book is a very complete collection of his work. The pictures are beautiful and clearly show the brilliance of his craft. It is my first experience with his work and I am in love with it! The collection is a collage of photography and media related pictures mixed and overlapped expertly in erotic and humourous fashions. Heinecken uses eroticism blatanly and beautifully and his nudes are drawn on and overlapped with various images and often surrounded with written commentary by the artist. If you can't see the exhibit this is a beautiful book to experience a revolutionary artist!