In his book Larry E. Lee claims to set forth guidelines for you to have a photographic memory. In the first several pages he also claims to be an alien and who is so nice to lower himself to "our" level of human being to teach us the ways he learned. His book is of a novice and anyone with the littlest amount of knowledge about the mind could have written a much better book. His techniques are childish and nothing out of the ordinary. This book is a complete waste of time and money. Not to mention the format of the book is of a second grader. It looks like he did it at home on his computer. Pictures are crooked and foolish and only added to take up more space on the page, because he has so little to say! Don't buy this book, you will be greatly disappointed!

This author primarily describes memory techniques such as the loci and link system so this book may not be useful to those who are already familiar with these methods. For those however who are new to the "memory game", this book provides simple ways of remembering anything from grocery lists to complex data. If used and practiced properly, these memory techniques can serve as powerful tools that aid in learning. The author's writing is honest, to the point, and easy to understand.

Simplicity can evoke some to see the light and provoke others to rage reviews. I like simplicity.

This is one of the early books on Bruce Lee's fighting methods. It's full of good stuff that will make any martial artist look at his own training to see how some of Lee's ideas can fit. There will always be the Jackie Chans and Jet Lis who will come along and dazzle us with their screen antics. But Bruce Lee was a seeker of knowledge, a true master of the fighting arts and philosophy. A great book to add to your collection.

Loren W. Christensen, author of Fighter's Fact Book

An excellent book at the original date of publication. It is now very dated and has basic concepts and techniques. Yet, mastering the martial arts is nothing more then perfecting the basic and understanding and implementing the concepts. So this book is a must own for those Bruce Lee fans and will be acceptable to those interested in basic self-defense concepts. For other recommendations for books about self-defense or the martial arts please refer to my listmania suggestions.

Excellent book by Bruce Lee that shows how to defend yourself in various "street" scenarios. The examples shown are basic and straightforward, allowing the reader and practitioner the ability to easily grasp the defensive actions shown. Although some of the examples are unusual (ie - defense against a staff), they are still effective and easy to master. Very good book for anyone at any age, men and women! Other books I'd recommend based on his fighting style would be the rest of this series, as well as "The Bruce Lee Library" series by John Little. The "Tao Of Jeet Kune Do" is also an excellent book that includes his own personal notes and thoughts about his fighting art.

Well, most of this book was pretty bad. The first two stories are pretty much exactly the same as the first two episodes of the show. The next few stories are not very good. They deal with stupid enemies that don't relate to the Batman Beyond universe. For instance, a mummy that comes to life or a magical demon from the netherworld. There are six stories and the last story involves a good enemy, Inque. However, the final story still isn't up to the Batman Beyond standard that you get from the show. Bottom line: If you really like Batman Beyond get the book, but don't expect the show. I suggest going to your local comic book store and getting a single issue to check out what the stories are like.

This book collects issues 1-6 of the comic series and BY FAR, the best part of this book is the first six pages. The first three deal with an aspect of Batman's career not mentioned on the show and the next three are the beginning of the first episode. This bit of back history makes me hope that when production is done on Batman Beyond that they do a series based on the time between The New Adventures and Beyond. The first story in this book recreates the first episode of the show, where we are introduced to Terry McGinnis and an older, crankier Bruce Wayne. All of this is done with great art and writing. A very good translation. The rest of this book isn't as good as this story. There is a dumb story about a mummy that has come back to life and a pretty good story about one of Batman's major enemies, Inque. Overall, this book very good at first and then falls a little flat. It is good, but not great. Recommended mostly for fans of the show.

The book is good with details about the show. It tells exactly what happens step by step. It is a great book to read where ever you go! I have been a Batman fan for a couple of years now and I enjoy it a lot! Keep up the good work.

I couldn't read more than one chapter. This book is very poorly researched and doesn't flow with much congruity. I am very disappointed in the lack of trust I found in the writing. I don't recommend this book to anyone.

This is undoubtedly one of the most poorly written books I have ever read. Being familiar with some of the key players in this story, I must also say it was extremely poorly researched. Mr. Benson got many simple facts wrong. Things which were mentioned numerous times in national publications, he got wrong. I seriously doubt if he devoted any time to checking his facts. The book is so awfully written that I found myself only able to read 2-3 pages in one sitting. The overuse of metaphors is nothing short of criminal. No wonder Mr. Benson had to self publish this atrocity.

This is more than just the story of Enid Greene and JoeWaldholtz, this is the story of the Republican Party in the microcosmof their lives. The corruption behind Enid Greene Waldholtz's Congressional campaign isn't exceptional, it's the rule of Republican Party politics. She just got caught, and like all politicians, tried to blame a scapegoat (i.e., the suddenly "psychopathic" Joe).

I was living in Utah during this entire sordid episode, and Enid's blubbering television news conference changed nothing. The money stains were all over her fingers. Corruption is as corruption does.

It is rare when I can find nothing good to say about a book. This is one of those times. The writing style is primitive, the organization of contents non-existent, and technical information provided either trivial,misleading or wrong. The book is currently unavailable. I hope it stays that way. Speaking probabilistically,any source of information on Jung is likely to be more useful than this one.Similarly, anything else you could think of to do with your money would give you more pleasure than reading this book. The author has good credentials. Why he published this is an enigma.A true waste of trees.

Jon Platinia's book on Jung is a fair introduction. The presentation and organization of the book overall is somewhat confusing while the writing is dry and unexciting. I found myself skimming over some lines either because the writing was uninteresting, or the subject at hand. The life of Jung was interesting, but once it moved into the psychological works, it lost some of its steam. There are better Jung intro's available than this one.

This comic book is a great introduction to Jung for young adults and adults alike. The drawings in this book immaculately illustrate Jung's theories giving the book a real cosmic flair. In this book, as with all Beginners Documentary Comics, you get a great mixture of biography and theory...Allowing the reader to not only explore the works of the person being examined, but also offering a peak into the mind/life experience of that individual. I highly recommend these comic books for educational purposes. They allow topics that may generally seem overwhelming to be viewed in short hand with the benefit of innovative art and wit.

I bought this book while caught up in a wave of excitement over the current Grant Morrison run on X-Men. I mean, how bad could it be, right?

Oh boy....

This is possibly the worst Comic Book I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Awful. Just AWFUL. I'd go lower than 1 star if I could.......

The only redeeming quality is Alan Davis' art, which takes up less than a third of the book. Other than that.....The story slavishly adheres to the Chris Claremont formula, keeping the X-Books in their own incomprehensible corner of the Marvel Universe. Genosha. The Acolytes. Villains with such awe-inspiring names as Fabian Cortez and Mellencamp. (MELLENCAMP!!! WHO THE HELL THOUGHT OF NAMING A VILLAIN THAT????) Page after page of so many expository word-balloons that the art is almost buried. The first chapter shows the X-Men rescuing people from a burning Hospital, complete with HUGE BLOCKS OF TEXT that just reiterate what we're seeing in the pictures. Isn't that the POINT of the art- To move the story along WITHOUT the writer having to spell out EVERY LAST THING? Wolverine cuts through a wall, while we read pages of dialogue about how Wolverine is cutting through a wall.....Gee, I never would have figured it out on my own!

I can honestly say that I suffered through this horrible book without ONCE being interested in what was going on. Character development is nil, readers unfamiliar with the characters will be totally lost, the writing is awful, the art is mostly poor-man's Todd Mcfarlane (Which ain't saying much!)......If you're looking for 200 pages of people talking while they fight pointless battle after pointless battle, you've come to the right place. Anyone with even a modicum of intelligence should steer clear.

And what brain at Marvel decided this poop needed to be collected?...

Ok, first off, I won't say that this trade paperback is awe-inspiring, but it's not bad. The story is average, continuing Magneto's constant attempts at ruling the human race, with the X-Men opposing him. Most of the battles are fought between the Acolytes and the X-Men, which is somewhat disappointing because the Acolytes are pretty incompentent. Yes, Mellencamp is a lame name for anyone (especially a bad guy), but get over it man. He's only in a few panels. As for Fabian Cortez, he's been around for a while and has his own place in the Marvel universe. Who's to say he can't use his own name? Jean Grey is known more as Jean Grey than Marvel Girl or Phoenix.
No where could I find the text reiterating the art to the degree that the reviewer talked about. I did notice it to a very small degree, as all comic books have that once in a while. All of the non-dialogue text serve more as a narrative explaining the characters' backgrounds or as an exposition on the characters' current state of being and emotion. All in all, there is a fair size of reading to do, but who says comic books need to be less writing? As for the art, I thought it was great. Marvel has been putting out great artwork recently and this continues the trend.
Hmm, as for the other points, I don't understand what his problem is with unfamiliar readers not understanding what's going on. That's how it always is! These comics are part of a series and if you don't keep up with the series, you'll get lost. That's how it's always been. Marvel would love to have anyone pick up these comics and get right into them, but that's completely unrealistic. Marvel lovers will enjoy this paperback, especially X-Men buffs like me. There is some character development... and the writing is decent. The one problem I have is that this X-Men vs. Magneto thing is getting monotonous, but there's actually more to this paperback than that. If you like Magneto (like me), pick this one up. If you like the X-Men, pick it u with a little caution. Anyone else, read it and judge it before buying it.

When Batman was first created in 1939, Bob Caine and his partner Bill Finger created a very human/complex character. With all due respect to Stan Lee, his take on the Batman story just does not work,although I give him credit for at least trying. I think most of the other Just Imagine stories that he's done have been good or fairly good books to read and hope DC releases them all in a collected Trade paperback book some day.

I bought this book thinking that Stan Lee would be re-creating Batman with some spark so you could go WOW but once you have read it was more like OH the story as to how he became Batman was crap, the Batman costume was disgusting there was just nothing that I liked about it, I was very disapointed with it, I would really think twice before buying this book. I hope that I have helped you.

Comics legend Stan Lee teams with fellow icon Joe Kubert to give a new spin to legendary DC character Batman. (Lee was the co-creator of such Marvel Comics as Spider-Man, Thor, The Hulk, etc.) This is Stan's first attempt at doing DC characters, and the result is a nostalgic mixture of Modern DC and classic Marvel.

Stan gives us Wayne Williams, an inner-city teen framed by gangster Handz Horgum. Wayne languishes in jail, building his body and mind, waiting for the day when he can have his revenge.
Of course, he adopts the guise of a bat.....and in a tip of the hat to Spider-Man, Batman becomes a world-famous professional wrestler.

The only place where the story really stumbles is when Stan tries to lay the groundwork for the rest of the series by introducing another villain. It doesn't really fit with the tone of the book.

Fans of Stan Lee's classic Marvel work will find this first chapter of Just Imagine a trip down memory lane. (And how great is Kubert's art?)

I own this book and use it everday in my Pre-Calculus class. I like the way the book uses examples, it is very helpful to the reader. Yet, the book has some faults. The book does not keep a consistent pattern of how they like their answers. In the back, there are the answers to the odd problems. More often than not, those answers are either wrong or in no way helpful. The book goes through different concepts much too rapidly for comprehension. Each section is practically totally different from the previous one and only in several instances does it have anything to do with the chapter as a whole. The book is informative and well organized, though, and is better than some others I have seen. Overall, I will rate it with a score of two stars for it's lack of consistency, user-friendliness, and evil.