I'd like to say you could do worse than to buy this book . . . the truth is it'd be hard to find one worse than this self tutorial travesty. In truth no book would be a better way to learn C than having this one. Mr. Corriveau has numerous programming language errors within the first 80 pages that make it impossible to run most (if not all) of his 'samples' as they are. His lecture note style organization would be difficult to follow even if the book had had a proof reading before it was released to publications. His near 800 page book is 900 lbs worth of frustration. It took an experienced C programmer to clean-up and rewrite Mr. Corriveau's sloppily written 'sample code'. In his book he states that C programming isn't for everyone . . . well certainly not the way he approaches teaching it. To sum up, it'd be challenging to find a book equally poorly written let alone one even worse.

My introduction to this book was initiated as a Information Technology Student at DeVry Institute of Technology in Dallas, Texas. While the book does present a very detailed introduction into the C programming language (including a host of examples and exercises), I feel it lacks clarity as well as structure. There are many examples that are simply "incorrect" in this book. Also, I feel the author could have done a much better job in explaining "the right way to code" instead of focusing so much on debugging techniques. Overall, I think this book is quite exhaustive, yet it does present the novice with a host of examples and exercises in C programming.

While I would agree with the previous review on it's various errors in code, I found that correcting these errors were fairly straight foward. The author presented the subject matter in a clear and consise manner and in addition added sections called "Common Errors & Traps", which I found to be be extremely helpful. The author also discusses the importance of presenting a clear and readable code. I would have liked an appendix including containing a sampling of answers to the questions posed in the book. Taken as whole, the author provided the information in an understandable format.

Account of how the fearless leader hoodwinks yet another pidgeon. Too bad Toomer & the rest of them couldn't honor & respect those who truly deserved it...their wives & mothers.

I suppose the motivation for writing this book in the words of Gurdjieff in Beelzebub's Tales would be: 'to destroy, mercilessly, without any compromises whatsoever, in the mentation and feelings of the reader, the beliefs and views, rooted in him, about Gurdjieff himself".

I always thought that Gurdjieff took care that his own image was not without tarnish; this has been explained as his way of getting his followers not to identify the man with the teaching. Paul Beekman Taylor completes this work and achieves a clear separation, without leaving us any shadow of doubt.

Gurdjieff according to Mr. Taylor was a womanizer, father of his sister Eve and about half a dozen (if not more) of other children, who Gurdjieff left to their mothers to raise shunning all resposibility like plague (at least he did so with Eve). His Gurdjieff wrote appallingly childish letters in bad taste to Mr. Taylor's mother, Edith Annesly Taylor, who said of Gurdjieff: "He is not a nice man", and kept coming back to him like a jojo for about 25 years.

Jean Toomer, one of the many lovers of Edith Taylor, comes out much cleaner. As Gurdjieff would say: "very handy, no children, just handkerchief".

Nobody is a prophet in his own country; only very few of Gurdjieff's relatives, official or unofficial, seem to have learned from him about the things he taught. Mr. Taylor is almost family, but he learned at least one thing. His book has a one page record of the conversation he had with Gurdjieff in 1949, in which he said: "Come see me in New York, you pay me for summer here with story there, at Child's. Story is breath, life. Without story man have no self." Gurdjieff died before Paul Beekman Taylor told his story to him.

Now 50 years later he achieves with his story a good increase of the distance between Gurdjieff the man and his teaching.

Paul Taylor's book has two perspectives. One is that of an insider who grew up within the Gurdjieff movement. His mother was Gurdjieff and Jean Toomer's lover. His own father remains an unsolved mystery. He tells many stories of the rather Bohemian love affairs the various members of the entourage "enjoyed" -- although they mostly sound miserable and crazy.

Taylor, an English professor at the University of Geneva, also manages to put Jean Toomer and Gurdjieff into a larger academic perspective -- commenting on Toomer's race, and Gurdjieff's proximity to other philosophers and writers of his period.

The book is well-written -- maintaining at one time a personal perspective, and a wider, more objective, academic perspective. For Gurdjieffians and Toomer fans alike -- the book is highly readable and informative.

-- Kirby Olson

I was disappointed with this book as with most books about J P Getty because it failed to talk about his home life in any detail. In particular, it failed to mention how he treated his wives, children, and grandchildren; how he refused to pay the ransom for one even though he knew about his whereabouts. It basically glossed over everyone he left behind, including his grandson William Paul Getty who celebrated his birthday one day after J P Getty's death.

--Gummi Bear

This book is an outstanding history of J. Paul Getty. It well covers the story of his business career and the building of a sizeable fortune. This book covers his career from the beginning until his death in 1976. The novel also points out the fact that Getty was a millionaire at a young age. This publication also gives good coverage to the establishment of the Getty museum.It is pointed out that Getty,in his older years had actually become a philanthropist. This book is without question a very good coverage of the life of one of the giants in American industry. Read this book. You will be well satisfied.

I had a hard time forcing myself through this book. I gave it to my 10 year old son, who is a Francophile and a voracious reader, and he couldn't get through it. Just kind of dry for a biography of a person who was probably pretty interesting.

Lafayette, young brash and bored, takes as his life motto the "Why Not?" on his family crest and answers the call to adventure by leaving the ennui of European court life and taking up arms in the American cause. His personal life, including wife and kids left at home, his adoration of Washington, and his instrumental role in the success of the faltering colonial revolution are all adequately explained for young readers, but there is an uncharacteristic flatness to the telling. Fritz' many other biographies certainly qualify her to tackle this enigmatic subject, but the intricacies of political intrigue seem to oscure the storyline. Lafayette's life seems to have been about boredom, about opposing constituted authority and about swashbuckling adventure, no matter who pays the price. A tough subject to cook down for readers 10-14, by any standard. It's a great read for an overview of Lafayette's life, but lacking in the fire and passion of Fritz's other books.

This book merits no review. It is insulting to mislead anyone to think he/she can understand Jean Paul Sartre in ninety minutes. Most people do not have the intelligence to understand his ideas; those who do spend years thinking. It isn't pablum, and there is no clue if you don't have a brain. There are those who get it and those who don't. A book which claims to have the key should have been written on disposable paper.

I picked up this book hoping that it would help me sort through some of Sartre's basic ideas....which I found quite challenging. The book was very disappointing in this respect. It was full of generalizations and opinions and failed to give me, a newbie to sartre, any valuable help. I would spend your money on "SARTRE FOR BEGINNERS" which I found much more helpful and useful.

In contrast to the other reviewers here, I found this to be quite good. Granted, it is extremely basic but that is it's stated purpose. It doesn't claim to be a comprehensive analysis of Sartre's ideas, merely a biographical jumping-off point for those with no prior exposure to the man.

These "IN 90 MINUTES" books are wonderful introductions to the greatest minds of the Western world. I take sincere issue with those (see review below) who would attempt to cloak the study of philosophy behind a smokescreen of intellectual elitism. Such snobbery is contradictory to the goals of all philosophical thought.

Philosophy is for EVERYONE!

Sartre is difficult, yes, but not beyond the intelligence of anyone truly interested and dedicated to understanding.

I recommend this book without reservation.

I picked up this book and was very disappointed--even more disappointed than after watching Death to Smoochy. It lacked all of the wit and satirical insight that Stewart usually brings with both his writing and delivery. Granted, his performance in the movies that he has been in have somewhat failed to bring forth his dynamic humor, but this book failed beyond that of even his movies. Unfortunately, the ending never delivered the cynical turnaround/punchline that I thought he spent most of the book setting up. Honestly, I can't really even enjoy his show any more. Stay away, this book is bad news.

This book, although amusing in sound, lacks the depth and intricacy that normally shows the extremely involved beliefs of both Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.

I'm sure this book covers all the stuff that it's meant to and I'm sure that if I was a post-grad in maths this would be a good book to use. However for anyone else this book is way too heavy reading. The authors have made no attempt to keep the material easy to study and understand. The whole book is just a continuous stream of information with the density of a neutron star and where every 5th or so word is a mathematical formula. Then again maybe I'm just biased because I hate the subject matter - I think it's unnecesarily obscure and difficult for a general computer science course.
And look at the price - that's nearly $150 for us Aussies, (although our uni co-op sells it for about A$90) and that doesn't include shipping fees. Don't you hate it the way they jack up the price on these text books because they know that you have to buy it to have any chance of passing the course.

Save your money. This book is not worth the paper it is written on. It contains TONS of typos. It looks like someone did not proofread the book before hand. It looks like someone created the guide out of their home. This book is totally worthless. I am appalled that Amazon would carry such trash. Save your money and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!

I agree.. I just received the book and I was very disappointed. The book looked like it was written for 10 year olds and was full a typos. It looked like someone wrote it out of their home. For the intermiediate Business Objects user.. save your money.. this book is not worth the pages its printed on. I can not believe Amazon would stock such a book like this. I would strongly suggest savinging your money and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!

Very disappointed with the content of this manual. I ordered the book, because it was the only book available on Bus Obj 5.0. The book is full of typo's - I don't believe it was proof read or even spell checked. There are parts of the book that were not updated from the 4.x version of the software. The few things it shows, I figured out while waiting the seven weeks for the book to arrive.

Bad Harvest? condemns the international timber trade and advocates a new strategy for the sustainable management of the world's forests. It is, therefore, of relevance to environmental and development economists, foresters and timber traders alike.

Bad Harvest? attempts to debunk the accepted view that slash-and-burn cultivation is the major cause of global deforestation. It argues that the timber trade is the primary threat to the world's forests and examines the role that the timber trade has played in global deforestation. However, many countries-and not just those in the Third World-clear vast tracts of forest to make way for agricultural food production. While global demand for wood is increasing, there are plainly other factors at work.

Bad Harvest? is just another addition to the body of alarmist literature churned out by environmental NGOs. Alarmist tactics, unfortunately, drive consumers away from wood, one of the most environmentally-friendly products available, to substitutes such as aluminium, plastic, glass, iron or steel. In their production, these substitutes require more energy than wood, and more carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere, thus contributing to global warming. It would be lamentable if this book unwittingly revives the boycott of wood, which in recent years has led to a partial boycott of tropical timber imports in a number of OECD countries. This has had the negative economic consequences of devaluing wood, and accelerating the conversion of forests to other land use in tropical countries. It is vital that in trying to solve the problem of the world's forests, the authors do not inadvertently contribute to the creation of a whole new set of economic and social problems.

This lab manual, to be used with the accompanying recordings, is of extremely low quality. The mistakes are so frequent that you cannot use the material for effective feedback. I am about two thirds of the way through this course and, if anything, the errors are getting worse and more frequent. I am required to finish the material for a class, but am considering not doing any more of the lab work to focus on higher quality audio learning sources. This is my third foreign language and I have never seen such an incompetent attempt to throw together materials. Do yourself a favor and go with French in Action - it is in every sense a superior system of learning french.