Leary wants to be remembered as a brilliant psychologist, philosopher, and agent of social change, not just as the "High Priest of LSD" who urged everyone to "Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out". He wants to be remembered for his contributions to and theories of human evolution, altered states of consciousness, and what he calls "re-imprinting" (which *might* be interpreted as a less-harsh way of saying 'positive psychedelic brainwashing'). In any case, Leary gives convincing justification for why he should be remembered as more than just a pop culture icon (and, he's not dead yet! ) But, I found it interesting to read "Acid Dreams" by Lee & Shlain because it provided another side of the Leary story. For example, Acid Dreams paints a very different picture of the encounter between Leary and the Black Panthers in Algiers than Leary's book does (Leary's side of the story is that his escape from the Panthers "demonstrated how to escape slavery in less than 300 years", which I thought was a gross comparison). In addition, Leary's book tends to omitt details like how Richard Alpert jumped out of the second story window of the Millbrook Estate because he was convinced he could fly while stoned on acid. But even so Leary's book is fascinating and revealing and I would certainly recommend it.

This book is great fun so i gave it five stars,however, it seems to take liberties with the truth somewhat.he attempts to paint himself as a mad, self-less saint out to save mankind single handedly but occasionaly the true, self serving clours of Leary shine through faintly and it seems to me the C.I.A had more than a little to do with his 'success'. When alls said and done (we all have an opinion on Leary +or-) this was an amazing man with a basically positive,healthy philosophy and the world is a more colourful,exciting place because of him. An exciting read whatever the truth!!! In this case the motto becomes Question Leary and Think For Yourself!!!

A really good book, lot's of funny stories about Leary and Liddy squaring off, a very intelligent man, comparable to John C. Lilly's Center of the Cyclone. Many Beatles references and 60's chantra's-Turn on tune in, drop out! The one where he escapes from CMC is funny, what an acrobat. The book is better than the audio cassettes. Book has his baby-boomer/whiz kids chart. Supposedly, any kid born after 1965, is a computer nut in the future, could be, but more like internet kids. Tells about his experiences at Harvard, and how stuffy they were in the early 60's. Tells about his [drug] experience with Marilyn Monroe, and he says"If I knew how sick she was then, my God I would of never given her the [stuff]." She in turn gave him some Randy/Mandy's, some Barb that gives feeling of Euphoria when mixed with booze. She was more wacked out than him. He talks about how happy he is, and how happy the world was in the 60's. Good book and I'm going to read it again, when I can afford it!-A good buy, for a book!-Love Marilyn(Garry)

C.K. Williams poetry often mimics the thought process, reasoning its way to significance. In his early poems, sections or stanzas divide this process. Later, as he develops his writing, the lines grow. The amount of thought and details expand As Sherod Santos describes in his essay " A Solving Emptiness", "The breathless insistence of Williams's line give ordinary moments a stupefying psychological power, an Orphic music. With a microscopic eye that notch by notch closes in on its subjects..." (127). Williams's "microscopic eye" allows us to experience his experiences almost as if they are our own. His poems have a strong sense of place, with large amounts of description and images to further this effect. My favorite poem is "Tar", but I enjoy many of his other poems such as "A Day for Anne Frank", "The Beginning of April", "The Sanctity." C.K. Williams is a poet that should not be overlooked by anyone interested in great poetry.

Yes, indeed. CK Williams' poem about the red wheel barrow is really something, especially since there's more to the wheel barrow than meets the eye--something about the origins of the word and how he/she breaks the stanzas. In this poetry class I took I heard that she/he used to be a doctor. I wonder if that has something to do with how he saw the contrast with the white chickens.

Why are the first three reviews on "Francis Ponge - Selected Poems not about Francis Ponge poems in this book, but rather about William Carlos Williams and C.K. Williams poetry? I mean, these men are good poets but let's review the right book guys.

The book is a collection of disjointed but interesting essays on the general topic of equity derivatives. There is a heavy US bias in the material and none of the topics are covered in much depth. Nor does there seem to have been much in the way of editorial control over the way that essays are linked to form a theme (the treatment of covered warrants is a clear case here).

One to get if the company are paying since, in a book this big on a sparsely covered topic, there is some interesting stuff here.

This is an excellent Anthology of an often maligned and misunderstood subject. The forward is written by Fischer Black who is a pioneer in the derivatives industry. These are clearly written essays on the multiple and intelligent methods of using derivatives in varying investment environments. This is a book about financial choices and the opportunities that abound for end users of these products to hedge, diversify, insure against disaster and customize investment positions. This book should be on the desk of every Treasurer or Money Manager who is entrusted with fiduciary responsibilities.

I refrained on reviewing this book until after attempting to use its material in my campaign. While the descriptions and information covering the various ships, the enclosed floor plans, and some of the rules regarding capsizing, ramming, and magic are indeed useful, my entire group found the ship vs. ship combat overly cumbersome, confusing, and bogged down by too many charts, tables and rules.

Still, I think I would recommend this book to those DMs planning to run adventures or campaigns involving lots of sea travel. Sometimes it's fun to roll on the various tables, or use them for inspiration for new adventures. It has lots of good gems to get the DM's mind rolling.

I personally more interesting in the 'ship' part. It really discribe various kind of ships that could be used in the game. However, it miss out something important:

- What is the life aboard? No discription at all. All up to us DMs to find the much needed informations.

- For most of the ships, it leak the complete floor plan. Only the main deck area is available.

By the way, if you and your player wants to have a live on the ocean wave, this is the one that you can't afford to miss.

This book holds an abundance of information that can be used in nautical adventures. Also it descrives what problems the PC's will have underwater, what spells work underwater, what weapons work underwater and how magical items react underwater. It even includes new spels and new proficiences. I recomend it to any DM who's campaign is even partialy in an aquatic environment.

This book is, indeed, a dandy for the old Saturday afternoon movie "serial" buffs. Mr. Witney certainly captures the atmosphere of Republic Pictures, home of the best-of-the-bunch when the studio was producing top of the line westerns and serials dating back to the '30s. (Republic also produced some outstanding non-western features, including "The Quiet Man", directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne.)

The book leaves bits still "hanging to the cliff". More focus could have been placed on the stars and off-screen activity that took place while filming those old screen gems. Also noticeable is Mr. Witney ignoring Roy Barcroft, the only actor specializing in "bad guy" roles ever to be signed to a ten-year movie contract ... and it was with Republic.

Although chapters are headlined for special serials, such as "The Lone Ranger", not enough detail to the subject is submitted, leaving true devotees of these old "goodies" wanting more.

William Witney died this year (March, 2002). He is an auteur
without ever being called such by critics who traffic in such
terms; he is an innovator whose influence is still felt today;
he represents a time and place when cinema was simply "a movie" and man oh man, did he know how to make a movie move. Would that all films today had the polish, pace and professionalism of a William Witney serial! This autobio is primary information from one of the innovators of kinetic film.

I think it will be good for me. however, there is others which is the best..

Now in a newly updated and expanded fourth edition with additional topical material and the results of current research and trends, Soil Science Simplified is an excellent guide to the basic principles of soil science. From soil physical properties, chemical equations, water, and fertility to soil conservation, surveys, and engineering, Soil Science Simplified is densely packed with so much information that it is eminently suitable as a high school or undergraduate soil science textbook. Black-and-white sketches and diagrams illustrate the scholarly, methodical, highly instructional text. Soil Science Simplified is strongly recommended for students and professionals in seeking to understand soil science principles -- especially engineers, environmentalists, landscape architects, as well as anyone with an interest or career in agriculture.

if you have spent some time in architecture and consulting this book might be disappointing. I bought this book because I wanted to hear something new about EAI - wanted to get some "how to" advice on typical forces, pitfalls and pragmatic solutions What I read (or better browsed through) were very basic concepts like "what is data integration" or "what is functional integration" or what is a message queue ... All things that you get from other titles onb distributed systems and some basics on data communications .. So .. not much specific on EAI here - for my goal disappointing

This book provided me with an excellent overview of possible architectures (from messaging to full transactional systems). It also provides good exemples. One of the key positive element of this book is that it provide an overview of current suppliers in this field.

This book is a *technical brief*, not a technical "how to" book on EAI - it says so right in the title! For those who have a hard time discerning what "technical brief" means, if you see it in a title it is a good indicator that the book is going to give a high level view of the topic. This book does that, and it does it well. Like all well written technical briefs, and certainly those that address a subject like enterprise application integration, this book does a good job of tying together technical and business factors.

Personally, I believe that this book can be read by business people because the average business professional comes across as better educated in analytical techniques than those people who work in IT. I also thing that IT professionals should read this book because it shows them the business side.

I hope that people who are considering this book exercise a little analytical ability by reading the title and figuring out that this book does not go into technical detail. If the title doesn't help, perhaps some of the reviews here will.

Let's make it simple: If you want an overview this is the book. If you want technical details, it is not. If you want technical details and buy any book with the words "tech brief" in the title you probably should take some night classes in comprehension or analytical thinking, or consider a different profession.

For Kicks by Dick Francis. Pocket Books 1965

Good quick read.

In this, one of Francis' earlier books, Daniel Roke, and Australian, is hired by the Earl of October to try and discover how someone is fixing races by drugging the winners with an untraceable drug.. To do this he masquerades as a stable boy and shifts from horse yard to horse yard until he discovers who is doing it and finally how it is being done. In doing so, Daniel places himself and Elinor, the young daughter of the Earl of October, at considerable risk. In a final confrontation with the bad guys Daniel overcomes his adversaries but is thrown in jail accused of murder to await the return of the Earl of October.

Like most of Francis' protagonists, Daniel is youngish, handsome, honest beyond measure and quite capable at a number of things useful to someone working with horses. A sub plot to the main story is the wrongful accusation of Daniel by the older Earl's daughter of sexual abuse and his growing involvement with the younger.

To the seasoned Francis reader, this book does not have too much depth but like all Francis mysteries, a joy to read.

I found this book to be consistant with Francis's style. I enjoyed the plot, mostly because it is not quite the typical Francis book,perhaps because it is one of his earlier books. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the mystery Daniel had to solve. I would definitely reccomend this book to both Francis fans and new readers of his work.

This book was the first Mr.Francis's book I have read in my life. I was completely involved his world, and can not stop read his books. Unfortunately, I caught up with the latest book, and can not stand waiting his next one.

This book was really really borring

Bartram's "Travels" is an odd, idiosyncratic, and highly original book. There is really nothing else like it in all of English or American literature. Certainly there are scads of chatty travel narratives by later explorers who wrote of more exotic regions and more dangerous adventures, but there are none I can think of that rise to the level of Bartram's. Its rich and colorful images, the poetic quality of its language (in places), the strange juxtapositions of prosaic discussions of the habits of certain animals or features of certain plants with profound analogies between the physical world and the spiritual realm, and the narrator's frequent speculations on the meaning of human existence and humanity's relationship to nature and the creator mark it as distinct a contribution to American letters as Melville's "Moby Dick."

The world Bartram writes of is late 18th-century (just after the American Revolution) Southeastern America: mostly East Georgia and East Florida. Some of the places he visits, if you are a Floridian or a Georgian, you will recognize: Augusta, Savanna, the St. John's River, the area around Gainesville, Archer, and Micanopy; the Suwannee River and its tributary springs (specifically Manatee Springs). Below Savanna, it is a sparsely populated wilderness inhabited by various Indian tribes (such as the Seminoles and Muscogulges) and where whitetail deer, racoons, black bears, rattlesnakes, alligators, turtles, and various species of bird and fish grace the fields, woods, lakes, rivers and streams.

If you love good descriptive writing infused with a passionate appreciation for natural beauty, you will be moved by Bartram's descriptions of Florida, which comes off in the book, quite convincingly, as a sort of prelapsarian paradise. Bartram entering Florida is like Adam going back to the garden of Eden before the fall (I am admittedly a little biased, being a native Floridian): he sees seemingly endless vistas of sawgrass and sabal palms under amethyst skies, crystal-clear springs of the purest water bubbling up out of the forest floors, emerald hammocks of palmetto, sweetgum and cypress; groves of massive liveoaks and wild orange trees. All of this is taken in and recorded in an attitude of childlike wonder, and a deep awe and respect for the mysterious but benevolent power that fashioned all of it. Bartram is a scientist (botanist), able to engage (sometimes, to the detriment of the book) in detailed discussions of biology, so his effusions about the majesty of the deity seem all the more genuine and sincere.

Lastly, what endears the book to many of its readers, I suspect, is the personality of the author. The "William Bartram" of the book is a kind, gentle, reverent, simple, generous, tolerant, and quiet person. The great thing is, he doesn't really tell us about himself--we get an idea of what he is like mainly from his observations on the people and things he encounters. His Quaker faith in the wisdom and omniscience of God undergirds all of his observations and speculations.

Regarding the book's place in literary or intellectual history, it stands at one of the turning points when one episteme is giving way to another. In the "Travels" we can see the influences of the Enlightenment: an emphasis on empirical observation and data-gathering, and the emphasis on the role of reason in securing man's betterment--but at the same time we can see the influences of the then-ascendant Romantic worldview: a belief in the "noble savage," that all people are basically good but corrupted by institutions, and a pantheistic sense (looking forward to Wordsworth) of God as immanent in nature.

Belongs on the shelf with Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia," Thoreau's "Walden" and "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers", the "Journals" of Lewis and Clark, and Melville's "Typee."

This Dover edition is the best buy out there. It has an attractive cover (some unknown artist's rendition of a Florida hammock) and has all the illustrations included, plus Mark Van Doren's short but helpful introduction. It's also a very durable volume--you can keep it in your rucksack to pull out and gloss over choice passages as you hike the wilderness trails of Florida.

This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in the nature, landscapes, Indians, and early settlements of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee around the year 1775. I haven't read this book in about 10 years, but I do remember checking it out of the library about 3 times, and I'm going to buy it for my birthday. The landscapes the Bartram describes will by and large never be seen again. Bartram described seeing a 45 square mile forest made up of nothing but magnolia, and dogwood trees. He saw forests that were covered by grapevines for miles. The trees were sometimes 20 feet thick, and the grapevines were so old that the vines were more than a foot thick. He saw canebrakes that covered miles, and some of the bamboo cane was 40 feet high. Canebrakes are practically extinct as an environment. He saw virgin forsts, abandoned Indian fields, overgrown Indian villages, open pine savannah forests, and uninhabited swamps. He saw wildlife which today would be scare, or extinct. He reported seeing a bobcat stalk a turkey. He pleaded with a market hunter not to kill a mother bear, and lamented the reaction of the bear cub to it's mother being killed. Bartram also reported seeing wolves, and bison skulls from recently killed buffulo. Bison were just rendered extinct in eastern Georgia at that time. Bartram took literary licence with some events. He exaggerated his encounters with alligators in Florida. After enjoying a meal of fish, rice, and oranges from the Spanish missionary orchards, he battled "fire breathing dragons." Bartram had many encounters with the Creeks, and Cherokees, and most were friendly. He feasted with Indian cattle raisers. Bartram also gives a good account of early settlements. If you decide to get this book, also get a copy of a tree guide with the scientific names, because Bartram tells exactly what kind of trees he came across in each forest. What I wouldn't give to see what Bartram saw?

The book does not cover very good examples on each topic specially on Datatypes. Also it is not exclusive on detailing schemas. The kind of material/information provided by this book can be read from any core xml book. XML Bible describes the Schemas very well in one chapter.

At first glance this book impressed me by its sheer volume and the fact that there seemed to be some interesting topics discussed that went beyond the schema spec itself. However, as I looked at it more closely, I have two big problems with it:

1. There _are_ a lot of errors, and they're not just harmless typos. I found numerous examples that are incorrect, and not just because they are missing a quote or something. It makes me wonder if anyone bothered to validated the examples with a parser.

2. It was very obvious that the book was written by multiple authors, with little coordination between them. There is a lot of overlapping and even contradictory information in the book, which is frustrating. It is also not organized well - I had a hard time finding the simplest of concepts - for example, what attributes are allowed on the "element" element if it is a ref vs. a name, whether it's global vs. local, etc.

Overall, I was not impressed.

I had to create an XML schema out of an XML file that was already existing (I am sure that rarely happens:-)) and I could get the job done by reading half of this book. Would be a five star if not for the typos.

This is a much better way of learning to write XML schemas compared to formal language at the XML schema specification site.