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The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin
Published in Hardcover by New York Review of Books (12 March, 2001)
Authors: Mark Lilla, Ronald Dworkin, Robert B. Silvers, Aileen Kelly, Steven Likes, Avishai Margalit, Thomas Nagel, Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer, and Bernard Williams
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Mark Lilla and Ronald Dworkin together???
Can't wait to see this one. Lilla and Dworkin is like a collaboration between Ken Vandermark and Wynton Marsalis.


Growing Up Catholic
Published in Paperback by Broadway Books (10 October, 2000)
Authors: Mary Jane Frances Cavolina, Jeffrey Allen Joseph Stone, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly, Richard Glen Michael Davis, Bob Kiley, Bob Jones, and Jeffery Allen Joseph Stone
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The Funniest Book I Have Ever Read
You really do have to be a Catholic to truly appreciate this wonderful book. As a Catholic schoolgirl entering her eleventh year in Catholic school (scary, isn't it?), I can fully relate to this. I honestly don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my entire life.

You know what the funniest thing about this book is? Everything in it is true...from the different kinds of nuns to Father What-a-Waste (sigh); from the description of mortal and venial sins to the purchasing of pagan babies. Well, they don't sell pagan babies anymore, but they did in my mother's day.

Even a staunch Catholic like my grandmother would have to crack a smile at the descriptive, colorful language and the abfab portrayal of the sometimes ridiculous traditions of the world's most scandalous, under-fire church. This book is a must-read for all Roman Catholics, practicing or no.

11th Commandment - Read This Book!
I laughed all the way through this, which must be a sin! If you are a Catholic like me you will remember everything this book talks about. In fact, I had forgotten a lot of it. I'm a little surprised it did not go into Knights of Columbus Halls (a.k.a. - the Catholic bar) and Bingo (a.k.a. - Catholic gambling) a little more. But heck, they sure covered everything else. I have to go now, I have to finish crossing myself and say a few dozen hail Mary's.

It doesn't matter how old you are...
...because if you went to Catholic school, you can relate. I first read this book ten years ago when I was in Catholic school, and the nuns didn't take it away from me (amazing!). I laughed my a** off. For those of you who have read it and aren't Catholic, yes, we do practice for everything, yes, the nuns are that bad (but they don't have clickers anymore). This book is hilarious. Please, please get it and read it, cover to cover. You will laugh every time you read it.


The Andy Griffith Show
Published in Paperback by John F Blair Pub (1985)
Author: Richard Michael Kelly
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More educational than the Geographic!
First published in 1981, Kelly's book was the first of what has become a groaning bookcase of titles devoted to one of television's most beloved sitcoms. To me, it is still one of the most satisfying. Far from being a gushy trivia tome, Kelly's book takes a scholarly look at the factors - casting, production values, writing style, etc. - that have contributed to TAGS enduring popularity. Fans who don't want to think that hard might find the book, shall we say, dry as dust. Others will find it hard to put down.

The insights of principals on both sides of the camera, from Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Ruben on the production end to Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and Jack Dodson on the performance side, are fascinating. The book even includes a working script (season four's "The Sermon for Today") from Griffith's personal collection, which Kelly presents as good illustration of Mayberry's (usually) unhurried pace and the show's character dynamics. He's right, but a more appropriate script to share would have been "Man in a Hurry" (often cited as the series best episode) from season three.

The book closes with summaries of all 249 TAGS episodes, including official script titles, filming sequence and airing order.

All in all, this is a valuable resource for serious TAGS devotees and anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of television production. Those wanting just another feel-good book about the folks of Mayberry had best look elsewhere.

Great Book!
This was the first book I ever bought on The Andy Griffith Show. My copy is now dog-eared, with some of the pages almost ready to fall out. I love it!! The comparisons between TAGS and other classic TV shows are a very interesting read, and the two scripts, "Sermon for Today" and the unfilmed "Wandering Minstrel," are the highlight of the book! I could clearly picture the scenes and dialogue in the scripts. If "Wandering Minstrel" had been filmed, it would've been a big hit! Anyway, go buy this book!

The most thoughtful book about the show
This is the first and still definitive study of the show. It contains extensive interviews with the major stars, directors, and producers from the show. It also contains two full scripts: one never seen or performed before and the other "The Sermon for Today" (NOT "Man in a Hurry" as another "reviewer" appears to think!) Also provides concise summaries of all 249 episodes. A terrific buy and a must read!


Professional Linux Deployment
Published in Paperback by Wrox Press Inc (2000)
Authors: Mike Banahan, Michael Boerner, Ian Dickson, Jonathan Kelly, Luan Dang, Craig Guthrie, Richard Ollerenshaw, Geoff Sherlock, Mark Wilcox, and Ganesh Prasad
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A hybrid
Actually, 5 stars as a quick reference, 1 star as an administrator manual. This is a somewhat weird book. Heaven help any company when an administrator decides to switch a NT network to Linux, or set up Linux from scratch, with just this book. If everything goes well, the network will run, but if something goes wrong, good luck trying to recover. But curiously enough, it is usually the book I reach for if I can't remember exactly how setting something up works. Short, to the point coverage of how to install or setup things. But if your options don't include nuke-and-reinstall, find an administrator handbook somewhere to supplement it.

What can Linux make for you?
The book approaches the principal subjects on Linux, FileSharing, LDPA, WebServer, FTPServer and etc, all very well documented, rich in details and examples. He was lacking documentation on LinuxClient (KDE, Gnome, applications for the user in general) very superficial. But it is a book that should be bought and read, all the topics are very interesting and useful, while I read I was thrilled, because other solutions NON microsoft exist.

Penguin anywhere!
It is a great book! It covers a lot of detail in deploying Linux, the consideration, advantage, and most important, the procedure. I have setup my fax server, database server, file-and-print server, web server, e-mail server, all running on Linux, after reading this book!


The Art of George Du Maurier
Published in Hardcover by Scolar Pr (1996)
Author: Richard Michael Kelly
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Chapman's Orthopaedic Surgery
Published in Hardcover by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers (15 January, 2001)
Authors: Michael W. Chapman, Robert M. Szabo, Richard Marder, Kelly G. Vince, Roger A. Mann, Joseph M. Lane, Robert F. McLain, and George Rab
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Daphne Du Maurier (Twayne's English Authors Series, 437)
Published in Hardcover by Gale Group (1987)
Authors: Richard Michael Kelley and Richard Kelly
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Douglas Jerrold,
Published in Textbook Binding by Twayne Pub (1972)
Author: Richard Michael, Kelly
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Graham Greene: A Study of the Short Fiction (Twayne's Studies in Short Fiction, No 35)
Published in Library Binding by Twayne Pub (1992)
Authors: Rosemary Kelly and Richard Michael Kelly
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The Idaho Review, Special Inaugural Issue
Published in Paperback by Boise State Univ (1998)
Authors: Mitch Wieland, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Michael Blumenthal, Kelly Cherry, George Garrett, Barbara Hooke, John Keeble, Bill Morrissey, and Robert Olmstead
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