It lists how to stay on a 'Mech's tail and blast him to a million pieces! Also cheats, specs and more...

Only one complaint...numerous misspellings and grammatical errors.

The book Spring Break is one of my favorites. It is a book for christian teenagers. The book focuses on tough teenage christian issues including what god wants me to do and purposes for what God has given me. Spring break is about a girl, named Cooper who moves from new york city to go to a school in Seattle. In college she rooms a girl named Emily who just happens to be Cooper's boy-friends sister. I recomened this book expescialy if you like books which you can't seem to put down!

This is a good book for a child starting to play tennis. It explains terminology and provides a general overview of the game. Color accents highlight important points and excellent diagrams illustrate the text. The book is not too long for young readers, but includes a bibliography for those who want to read further. A glossary and an index make the book even easier to use.

This book is great when teaching number concepts to young children. It has a predictable text, which makes it easy reading for children.

If you're one of the many aficionados of TV's long-gone but well-remembered "Twilight Zone" weekly program, you'll really enjoy this book. It deals with the same space/time fascination that keeps us interested up to the final denouement, when we are offered an explanantion of what might have taken place.

Drawing upon his years of experience as a newsman, the author writes clearly, his characters act logically, and he holds our interest weaving a story of a mysterious odyssey, all the while making references to pieces of classical music and apt quotations from the works of well-known poets. At the same time, we are given a good dose of astronomical and astrological information. The author is obviously well-read and well-informed and presumes that his readers are intelligent people.

This is a book you can pass on to a friend without worrying about the use of crass language or detailed sexual scenarios. It's just a good story that everyone can enjoy.

No, it's not the next "Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven", but "Burglar in the Rye" is worth a couple days' reading. This book has gotten a lot poor ratings, and the only reason I can think that they gave him 1s and 2s is that they were expecting more. Why? This is Lawrence Block, not J.D. Salinger.

Anyway, the much-maligned dialogue is a staple of Block; either you love it or hate it. The Bernie Rhodenbarr series is intended to be light-hearted, so don't expect major issues to be confronted. Block likes to end the novels in this series with a Nero Wolfe-style group interrogation, and this one is no different. Again, it's fun if you're not expecting high literary merit.

If you're looking for something a little more hard-boiled, I highly recommend Block's Matt Scudder series, which read so differently that you'd swear another author wrote them.

Bernie Rhodenbarr runs an antiquarian bookstore in Manhattan. He’s also a burglar, and just about everybody knows it, which has its good and bad points. (People always know who to go to for a quick breaking and entering…but the cops also suspect you every time one occurs. Oh well, life’s a two-sided coin.)

A woman named Alice walks into Bernie’s bookstore and hires him to steal some letters that a reclusive writer named Gulliver Fairborn sent to his agent. No problem. Except that Bernie breaks into the agent’s apartment and finds the letters gone and the agent dead. Did I mention the police knocking on the apartment door at that very moment?

Lawrence Block’s protagonist is a completely likable criminal with a quick mind and a heart of gold…uh, for a burglar. Block masterfully moves the reader along through a series of wild, yet believable occurrences that make for very entertaining reading. The dialogue is snappy, the characters are well-drawn, and the writing is sharp. What more could you ask for? Be prepared for loads of fun.

308 pages

I have read all the books in the series. "Burglar in theRye," was well worth the wait for the 9th Bernie "theBurglar," Rhodenbarr caper. Of course it came as no surprise that Bernie is caught and is suspect in murder. Of course his companion, dog groomer, Carolyn is there and so to is Ray "the best cop money can buy." The refreshing novel is a very good read. I was introduced to Lawrence Block when I read "The Thief who Traded Ted Williams," while traveling two years ago. Since then I have read most of Blocks series, novels and collections of sort stories. I am now waiting for the sequel to "Hit Man," due sometime next year. I had the pleasure of meeting Lawrence Block at a book signing a few weeks ago. I found him as charming and interesting as the books he has penned.

Bernie Rhodenbarr, burglar extraordinaire is recruited by the friend of an old acquaintance to break into an apartment to steal some documents. Unfortunately, he is interrupted during the attempt and the documents disappear. When murdered bodies begin showing up along with mysterious visitors, both threatening and friendly, Bernie finds himself drawn into a mystery whose origins come from an unknown European country.

While it had it's amusing moments, I thought the plot became very convoluted and was bogged down by a bewildering number of characters. I was also a little disappointed with the explanation for the murders and for the interest in the object that Bernie was meant to steal. All in all, it felt a bit anti-climactic.

Humorous references are made to Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone series throughout the book with Block making up names for a new book that had supposedly just been released. 'I is for Claudius' was my favourite title.

Lawrence Block is one of the finest mystery writers, bar none. In particular the Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries are among the best in the genre. Block stumbles a bit in this installment, but still produces an entertaining story.

In attempting to pay homage to Bogart and throw some romance into Bernie's life, the plot becomes strained under the weight of extraneous plotlines and characters. Relationships, characters and plotlines seem contrived in places, lacking Block's usually laser-sharp writing and story development. The resolution of the mystery is also a bit unsatsifying and feels forced.

With that said, it's still an entertaining read. Bernie is as charming as ever and the dialogue is as crisp and realistic as you will find in any novel. While not the best book in the series, it's still a fun ride.

This is certainly not the best book in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series, but it is still entertaining in the way I expect from Block. Bernie is back with his wisecracking and his lockpicking, this time with a convoluted plot involving Humphrey Bogart movies and an attempted country called Anatruria. But it's all really unimportant, and the main clue, the word "caphob," turns out to be the key to the solution but in a really obscure way.

It's really too complicated for its own good, and Block has definitely done better, but I would read another Burglar book for the reason anyone reads a series novel, for the main character and the regular supporting cast: Carolyn, the lesbian dog groomer; and Ray, the ubiquitous policeman. Oh, yes, and Raffles, hard-working, toilet-using feline about town.

The Bogart references are fun, too, especially for a film fan.

My copy is on its way back to Amazon as I write this. I tried to tough it out through Chapter 2 after gagging on Chapter 1, just for the sake of gleaning some information, but it was no use. Each page is rife with grammatical howlers, bizarre self-contradictions, and needless "jokey" humor that simply makes it take longer to get to the next mistake. What a disaster! And I really need a book on the topic, too...

So far this is the only VRML book I have found that is written at a level which is useful to serious graphics programmers. If you've programmed graphics applications using some other API and would like to learn VRML, I would strongly suggest buying this book. The topics range from the incredibly simple (here's what VRML is) to topics like subdivision curves and procedural modeling (they have some neat Lindenmayer / fractal plant demos). I actually lost my copy, and am somewhat upset that the book is now out of print.

This was the best book to get me started writing VRML and Java. If you know Java and want to integrate it with VRML, then this is the book for you.

I'm a huge fan of Bernie, that is why I am so disappointed with this book. Before you buy this book wait until you go to a bookstore and thumb through the last chapter, which is sizable. You'll see the book is completely unorganized. Bernie will start off talking about his wife and as he gets going he'll suddenly switch to talking about racism, then sex for two sentences, then his sister's drug habit for a sentence, then how his daughter is going to college, all in half a page with no connecting theme or idea of any kind. Kind of a stream of thought type of writing. Just a totally random narrative. Very difficult to read, in addition to many, many words being shorten with an appostrophy after it "wo' ya' stop dat' Berine." Yes, I know Bernie talks like this, and there is nothing wrong with it, it is just that it did not translate well from hearing Bernie say it to reading it. The big sin is when the book starts using the same jokes with only slight changes. It also uses the same picture twice. Seriously, I thought I bought a misprint; didn't I see this picture before? Didn't I read this joke already? Oh ya, I did, here, it is about 40 pages back! I think they did this because the book is short and need some more pages. Regardless, I spent $ for this? Bernie has a great story that needs to be told. The background he came from was harsh, and how he became one of the funniest men around is a victory for the human spirit. If you just *have to* get this book, get the audio version, my guess is it would be somewhat better to hear Bernie tell it. Otherwise, let's hope his next book is better.

I have been a big long time fan of Bernie Mac for many years now but this book is a disappointment.Bernie Mac has a great show on Television every week as well as some great movies but this book is not what I expected Bernie Mac to put out.The sentences in this book are put together like they are from a little kid just learning how to use english for the first time.Bernie Mac is still an Original King of Comedy and I will continue to be his fan and support him but this book is just flop he will have deal with in his career.

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. BERNIE MAC(ALONG WITH DARRELL DAWSEY) USED HUMOR TO TELL HOW HE DEALT WITH AND OVERCAME MANY OF LIFE'S MANY OBSTACLES. HE DIDN'T TRY TO HIDE, OR SUGAR COAT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. HE JUST USED LAUGHTER TO HELP HIM WORK THROUGH HIS STRUGGLES. OVERALL IT WAS A GOOD BOOK. BERNIE- BE ENCOURAGED!

This book offers good advice to local community groups, but it is in need of a serious update. Although it is targeted to grassroots groups, it is often used by people in planning practice. Given the juvinile content of the book, and the limited consideration of current methodological standards and technology, it could result in a marginalization of citizens groups and practical planning efforts directed at them. Why do so many authors of these types of books think that citizens are stupid? Why do so many authors of these types of books think that freehand drawings are common in the urban planning profession? Why do so many authors of these books give examples of bad survey methodology to citizens? Obviously they don't understand that citizens are smart, and they are capable of presenting cogent proposals to public officials. Unfortunately, this book doesn't expose citizens to the techniques to make that possible.

This book gave great insight to the task at hand in planning our neighborhood association. The layout of the book makes it a great reference piece.

This guide is a very practical for citizens who want to begin the neighborhood planning process. It provides step by step procedures on how to get started and what to expect. It begins with an introduction to neighbhorhood planning and why it is important. It then goes on to describe a seven step planning process that begins with data collection and ends with implementation. Though somewhat vague, there is information on how to collect and interpret data, how to pinpoint issues, and how to set goals. The descriptions are easy to read and practical for the layman, but the professional planner might find the reading a little to "thin". The appendix contains a very useful example of a citizen survey and specifics on how to perform a goal setting exercise. Overall, Jones uses easy to understand everyday language to describe what can be a complex and intimidating process. Every neighborhood group should have a copy in their office!