I first was introduced to Nigel Tranter when I bought this book in a castle gift shop on a visit to Scotland. On my next visit, I bought every Tranter book I could find as this book was so fabulous! In fact, after reading many, I think it's his best work, and I continually read it again and again. No other book can bring Scotland to life as this does. It allows you to get into the heads of Robert the Bruce and William Wallace like no other book does. You HAVE to read this book! A 10 is not praise enough.

I had much pleasure reading "The Bruce Trilogy" and "The Wallace" both by Nigel Tranter, and both at the same time, as events were concurrent. I have read nearly all of this author's books and these are two of my favorites. Not the most favorite but perhaps 3rd and 4th.
The film director of "Braveheart" should have done a little more research as he would have discovered that Robert the Bruce would have, according to the legend, been the true Braveheart. When you read the book, witness what it was that Jamie Douglas cried out as he made his fatal charge against all odds, and find out why........here is the Brave Heart.

I have now read this book 3 times and enjoyed more each time. The book starts with the Scottish throne sitting empty and Edward of England ruling Scotland. The young Earl of Carrick, Robert Bruce and his younger brothers are enjoying the attentions of Edward and living a care free life.

Two events change all this, the Battle of Stirling Bridge, which unites the common Scots people behind a commoner called William Wallace, and the slaying of the Red Comyn at Berwick, on holy church ground. Robert immediately declares himself King of Scots.

What follows is a marvellous account and insight into a remarkable period of Scottish history. The way Tranter protrays Bruce's internal turmoil, of being excomincated from Mother church, worrying over his diseased body and the consist struggle to free Scotland ; the obsession that Edward Plantagent has with crushing Scotland and the hounding of Bruce, keeps the reader's fullest attention.

This book is a must. Superb, excellent, buy it.

Couldn't breathe. Bought this book. Showed my doctor who changed all my medications. That was six months ago. TODAY? I BREATHE so well that I'm training for the NY marathon. It's hard for me to believe that getting the RIGHT medication can be crucial for allergy and asthma. But I'm a believer.

As a physician, I'm always looking for books that explain diseases to patients--but that are comprehensive and easy-to-read. Breathe Right Now fits the bill. It describes the most common breathing problems in a manner that my patients can understand and gives easy, practical ways in which they can take control of their environment and their health. Superb chapter on exercise and stress!! I'm recommending to all of my allergy, asthma, and COPD patients in my clinics.

I live in Georgia and pollen season normally makes me dependent on my inhaler. I read BREATHE RIGHT NOW and started the new medication, Accolate, as described in the book. Now I take two pills (Accolate) a day, along with my Azmacort Inhaler, to PREVENT asthma. No more wheezing--no congestion--no flares. My doctor had not used this drug on patients and I was her first one. But now she is prescribing it to all patients with asthma. A true LIFESAVING BOOK that talks about prevention of problems and how to manage these so you can have a LIFE!!!!

Excellent and well-written book on the new SUPER ASPIRINS that end arthritis pain and stiffness. Tells all you need to know about the makeup of the COX-2 Inhibitors and gives a workable program to end pain and regain strength for those with all types of arthritis. BUY IT! READ IT! FOLLOW IT! You will feel better quickly as SUPER ASPIRIN DOES cure arthritis pain.

Super Aspirin Cure for Arthritis is an excellent book for those who are considering the new Cox-2 inhibitors for arthritis pain. Tells all about the new drugs (Celebrex, Vioxx) and how they stop pain and stiffness--without side effects. Can be read in one sitting--also gives a course of treatment to end pain including alternative methods. Am recommending to my arthritis patients.

An excellent review of the new SUPER ASPIRINS. This book tells what you need to know about the COX-2 Inhibitors--and how they end pain and stiffness of arthritis, end headache and menstrual cramp pains, and how these miraculous drugs may even prevent some cancers and Alzheimer's disease. Buy this book--inexpensive, quick read and could save your life.

This book does an excellent job of explaining color management from the theoretical level to how it pertains to the various elements in digital editing and printing. The goal is to get what you see before you to appear on screen or in print. Real World Color Management provides a clearly outlined path to achieving it.

The explanations are clear, the advice practical. A good balance is struck between necessary detail and non-technical information. Other books cover the topic in greater detail, but they are all aimed at color geeks rather than working photographers and printers.

Until I read this book, I had no idea how complex the management of color is in the digital environment. The level of detail in this book is impressive and the authors go all the way down to the most trivial of specifics. For example, they recommend that when you are finalizing your color settings, you should do so in a room with the walls the proper color and wearing the appropriate color of clothing.
The authors explain the various digital representations of color and are very honest about the reality of trying to make your colors portable. Their sections on profiles is complete, covering display, input and output profiles. The next segment of the book is how to manage the colors in the operating system, Adobe products, Macromedia Freehand 10, CorelDraw 10, QuarkXPress, and PDF files. It is all brought together in the last chapter, where all the stages in the "journey" of a pixel, from the initial capture to the final output are listed and summarized.
If color is an important component of your work, then reading this book is an absolute necessity. I strongly recommend it for web designers as well as graphics artists. It has been placed on my shelf of critical reference books.

Real World Color Management addresses the all too familiar lament: "My inkjet prints photos that do not reflect what's on my screen."

Color management always seemed like an arcane science. While Colorsync is in its 4th iteration, we have yet to see some sort of a definitive manual from Apple.

Real World Color Management puts all these to rest. It's not a color book for color scientists. This is a book for people who are interested in how color interacts between what they see through their digital cameras, what they on their screens, what comes out of their printers.

There are sections that cover profiling devices, the software and hardware used to profile, how color management is implemented in the Macintosh and in Windows systems, and in the most popular graphics applications (Adobe, Macromedia, Corel). There has been a gaping silence from Apple, from Microsoft, from Epson (and other printer manufacturers) on how to use color management, on how to get good color from input device to output device. This book addresses that.

This book answers most of the questions I had on color management. Color management is no longer a mysterious black box in which you see the input and output but in which you have practically no idea what happens in between.

This is the definitive book on color management.

I enjoyed this book, it brought back memories of when I was in Vietnam. I was in 7/17th Cavalry when Bruce was, only in a different troop. I was in maintenance and repaired the red birds. I have flown in LOH during this time and can relate well to the book. Bruce is very colorful and there is no bad lanquage I would let my wife and daughter read this book. Bruce is very detailed as to the actions of combat. There is some sad parts when people died. But combat involves death. The end of the books deals with some political problems faced by the troops. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Army avaition and avaition in Vietnam.

For those seeking an in-depth, firsthand perspective of the Great Helicopter War of Vietnam that is far beyond what any history book can offer, Red Bird Down is an absolute must-read. Although presented in the genre of fiction, the experiences of young Kevin closely parallel those of author Bruce Carlson as he makes the transformation from a young "Newbie" pilot into a highly skilled Scout. Get into the flight helmet and truly experience the joys of flight, the taste of fear, the intimacy between a pilot and his "bird", the pain of conflicting views of those "back home", the camaraderie of those who must put their lives into each others' hands, and the unspeakable loss of a dear friend. Red Bird Down is to the Vietnam War as All Quiet On The Western Front is to World War I.

With two tours with the 1st Cav Div (Airmobile) in Vietnam, I had ample opportunity to see this small craft in action. When they hovered close enough in hostile territory to find foot prints, I was glad that I piloted a large Chinook and did not have such missions.

This is a true-to-life depiction of how light observation helicopter pilots sought out the enemy so that other units could engage them. To do this took unheard of courage and Red Bird Down does them a grand tribute and truth. This book is a must read for anyone to understand airmobile operations.

LTC Carle E. Dunn, USA-Retired

Not to pan the book entirely: it's an easy read and offers hope as well as some helpful information - but I have two issues.

First, there are innumerable references to products which provide profit for the "Medical Editor", Dr. Murray Grossan. I'm a user of one of his products, and I'd endorse it too - but not under the guise of an medical self-help book.

The second item that makes me wonder about the expertise of the author ("A long time sinus sufferer"). Opposite the title page are some of the other titles from the author - "The Super Aspirin Cure for Arthritis". "Super Calcium Counter...". "The Osteoporosis Cure". "The Fibromyagia Handbook". Can "The Tao of Ephedra" be far away?

The book is worth a read. But if you're deciding between it and other well-rated volumes - I'd look elsewhere.

Thank you for this book. Finally, after years of mouth breathing because of constant congestion, I can breathe through my nose again (something most people take for granted). The book was extremely well written and easy to read. I'd recommend to anyone who has allergies, sinusitis, rhinitis or other respiratory problems. It gives you HOPE!!

This is VERY IRONIC!!! I just heard the author Debra Bruce on the radio in Atlanta, Georgia this morning. A friend gave me her book three weeks ago and I read it--cover to cover. An interesting and easy read. This was BEFORE tree pollen season hit the South. I used the techniques suggested in the book--the nasal saline irrigation, avoiding iced drinks, avoiding key pollen times, and a nasal steroid spray. I changed my medication to a decongestant/antihistamine combo. For the FIRST time in my life--I have MY LIFE. It's super. I'm not a shut-in anymore. Thank you for a very credible book. A must read for ANYONE with sinusitis.

I am in third grade. My teacher read my class this book and the one before it to. Every time when my teacher would stop reading the whole class would beg her to read more. the author does a great job of stoping the chapter right at the really exciting parts.I LOVED it!!!!!!!!! Normally I don't like books about castles but this one I really liked!

It has been around 2 years since we read The Castle in the Attic which was one of the best adventures my son and I shared together. I was previously unaware that there was a sequel to this engaging book. After reading the first couple pages my son's came to rapt attention. "I remember this now," he said excitedly. He began remembering the charecters and adventures of the first story. Almost immediately we were captivated by this next adventure - familiar, but new. It was like coming home to the castle. Each chapter of Battle For the Castle brings a new depth of feeling and connection with the charecters - and, yes,each chapter opens to greater surprise and suspense. My son said feelingly, "I love this book." Even on Saturday morning when his favorite activity is to watch cartoons on TV, begged, instead, to hear "one more chapter!"

The Battle for the Castle is about a young boy who go to a different world to save a castle from billions of rats, who hate light.

This is an exciting book that leaves you breathless at the end of the book!!! READ IT!

If you were born during the tail end of the Baby Boom or are part of Gen-X, think of "Retro Hell" as a travel guide to Memory Lane. This book covers almost every aspect of life in the 1970's and '80's, from the most profound to the most trivial. What makes this book a joy is its ability to remind you of the little things you've forgotten -- toys, fads, fashions, one-hit-wonder bands, TV shows, commercials -- and bring back a flood of memories.

Though much of the writing is strongly tongue-in-cheek, it's not all cynical... which is quite refreshing. Not everything about the '70's and '80's was horrible; indeed, in an age of terrorism and war, roller disco doesn't seem so bad.

This book was originally published in 1997. If a newer edition is planned, adding some context would be especially helpful, now that the entire decade of the '90's has passed. For it's the seemingly frivolous things that ultimately shape our lives in unexpected ways.

This book is great. It provides wonderful memories, clears up misconceptions/debates, is remarkably reader friendly and is a real laugh. But perhaps most of all it provides total proof that America has had a major influence on the development of pop culture throughout the world. I mean when someone from a small town in New Zealand (total population 3.6M!)knows what the authors are talking about when discussing Sid and Marty Kroft or that the wheels on skateboards today aren't as good as the wide ones of the seventies then if that's not an all-pervasive influence what is. Read this with friends - it's a scream.

If you were born between 1965 to 1979, this book is aimed at you. You may end up disagreeing with many of the entries, but not because they're wrong- just because it can be so embarrassing to see your past held up in a modern light.

This is an encyclopaedic recounting of pop-culture memories of many authors, and was originally published in 3 consecutive issues of Darby's magazine "Ben is Dead". One of the unfortunate side-effects of the translation from magazine to book has been the loss of a bit of material. Most/all of the supplementary articles and sidebars have been lost; a lot of pictures have been dropped (possibly from copyright or trademark infringement?); individual entries have been changed, either to remove possibly inflammatory material, or for some judicious editing. Some entries are gone all-together.

But, after 5+ years, my copies of BiD are brown and curling from acidic decay, water damage, constant re-reading. This book is a more durable, more easily transportable, more easily read and shared compendium of what is undoubtedly the best part of the original 3 issues.

For most entries, there are comments from multiple authors- if you don't like what someone wrote about your favorite subject, there's someone else right after them that wrote exactly what you wish you could say. You'll have old dusty memories jarred- both pleasant and unpleasant. You'll cringe in agony when you realize just how stupid we looked drawing a "Z" in the dirt to run faster when wearing Zips shoes. You'll recall that night you saw Pink Lady & Jeff on TV and realized adults didn't know what they were doing, either. You'll also get a lot of info on regional fads (typically southern California) that may not mean much in the rest of the country, but makes for interesting reading.

The best part about the book is the editorial decision to not just concentrate on the happy/good parts of our collective past. A lot of dirt is listed, too, which will make some people uncomfortable, but it makes the book probably the most honest of the pop-culture books that reference the 70s. Instead of sanitizing and making palatable what was, in all honesty, an incredibly vapid and tasteless era, Retro Hell is more of a catharsis for everyone who grew up in that time. The book's not just a fun read, but it'll probably make you a better person, too.

We love Jesse Bear. My husband and I are touched by the way our now 15 months old baby loves this book...she likes to hear the story over and over (like is normal for all kids at this age) a lot more than she like to hear other stories, she knows many words and acts out (in her very own way) the things that Jesse Bear is doing. When Jesse Bear's pants dance she dances, she touches her toes and screams TOES! when Jesse Bear is playing with a rose in his toes...She waits excited for the part about Jesse Bear wearing his CHAIR! and for the carrots and PEAS!, she loves the blanket that's blue and plays peek-a-boo and gives "bear hugs" to us...She just totally loves it. The illustrations of the book are beautifully done...Although I did notice that the papa bear comes home at night just for bath and bed time I don't consider that to be incorrect at all...the story portraits a very loving papa bear who -in this case like for many real life families- is working out all day. The mama is home taking care of Jesse Bear...I think this story could represent any happy family's normal day, whether is the mom or the dad working out of the home or both, the story has a main caregiver with the child all day and a loving parent who comes later on. The rhyme is nice, sweet and musical. My daughter can spend a long time just browsing through its pages and mumbling with joy things about Jesse Bear's adventures. This book is MUST HAVE for babies and young children.

This book is just delightful. Jesse Bear, the toddler protagonist, spends his day "wearing" different items -- from a shirt to sand to his chair (my son's favorite). The story is told in rollicking rhyme with gorgeous illustrations. I'm a fan of board books for this age group -- they tend to be a little hard on the paper versions. A definite must-have!

My daughter has loved this book since receiving it on her first birthday. We like that Mommy, Daddy and Jesse bear are interactive in the story.The ryhming text makes it easy and enjoyable to read after a nonstop day.

I've read tons of books on spiritual awareness and am amazed that even though some of these messages were not new to me, they were expressed in a most powerful, enjoyable, practical and enlightening way.

I truly believe this book will be remembered as a guide book that helped raise the consciousness of many, many people.

I'm a Reiki Master&Feng Shui Consultant and very conscious. I believe Relax, You're Already Perfect is an awakening you don't fall back asleep from!

I think this is the one book that truly directs you to realize and access the information that you need to remember who you are and why you are here. It is complete and not difficult to read and understand no matter what level of consciousness you are. I personally have already and continue to use the centering techniques,that are taught in the book, to create abundance in many aspects of my life. This book will absolutely teach you to recognize messages that we so often take for granted and then later realize we should have acted on or thought about when we got them. I recommend this book to anyone also who feels they are happy with their life but they can't quite pinpoint whats missing! They will find it for sure.

Dip into "Relax, You're Already Perfect" with a closed mind and at minimum you'll learn some wonderful relaxation and meditation techniques. Read this enlightening book with an open mind and you'll discover so much more.