
Buy one from zShops for: $4.00



List price: $83.40 (that's 30% off!)
Used price: $40.80
Buy one from zShops for: $40.80





Used price: $2.64
Buy one from zShops for: $8.53



The quality of the indivual chapter varies greatly, though, which isn't surprising as the book was written by four people.
The information in the book is mostly accurate, and it is clear that the material went through an editing process, but some problems remain. In particular, the use of the "%systemroot%" pointer is clearly wrong, and some of the answers to the exercises in the "Lab" section are inaccurate. Ah--the exercises! This is clearly the weakest part of the book that really needs to be revised. Too bad, especially for an exam preparation book. Language and style is another part that needs improvement.
An excellent reference for TCP/IP is Windows NT TCP/IP Network Administration (C. Hunt; O'Reilly)--not an exam preparation book per se, but it has all the material necessary to pass, and then some. For those of you who actually like reading, the writing style of this book is far superior to the one under review, which makes it a pleasurable experience to read.


Used price: $8.50
Buy one from zShops for: $16.76


Do not let the lighthearted subtitle "From Marcus Welby to Managed Care" beguile you into thinking this is causal reading. It is not. It is a well-researched, well-written and scholarly look at changes in healthcare delivery in the last several decades. This does not lend itself to casual reading. While healthcare administrators and physicians may find this material worthy, it is not a book that many would read for enjoyment.
Mr. Dranove has done a very fine job of concisely summarizing the issues in a very complicated subject. The reader is not presented with any equations or formulas and numbers and jargon are kept to a minimum. This is a very nice conceptual presentation of the issues surrounding largely unsuccessful attempts to reform American healthcare delivery. Emphasis is placed on prior attempts to affect marketplace forces and how these efforts failed because of unforeseen variables. The dullness of the material is not the fault of the author. The material is actually very well presented; it is just a very dry subject.
If you are motivated to read this book, a better understanding of very important issues surrounding the economics of American healthcare will reward you. I found reading this book to be like taking bitter medicine. I'm better because of it, but I didn't enjoy it.



List price: $20.00 (that's 30% off!)
Used price: $4.95
Collectible price: $10.59
Buy one from zShops for: $4.99



Ben Bradlee - Author of That Special Grace, a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Bradlee is a vice president at the Washington Post. He previously was the executive editor at the Post who oversaw reporting of the Watergate scandal.
David Maraniss - A reporter at the Washington Post since 1977, Maraniss earned a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. He subsequently wrote the Clinton biography, First in his Class. His latest book is When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi.
The "Power and the Presidency" series was created on behalf of the Montgomery Endowment by alumnus Robert A. Wilson of Dallas, a communications consultant who put together a similar series, "Character Above All" (dealing with the impact of character on presidential leadership) in 1994 at the University of Texas at Austin.


Used price: $6.89
Buy one from zShops for: $6.27




Used price: $0.95
Buy one from zShops for: $1.88




Used price: $8.77
Buy one from zShops for: $11.75



Used price: $3.50
Buy one from zShops for: $8.96



Used price: $3.18


Having just read the incomparable Julius Caesar and longing for more of the same after Antony & Octavius Caesar's sound defeat of the "noble" Brutus and Cassius at Philippi, I ordered Antony & Cleopatra. Although in some respects it is similar to its predecessor, Antony & Cleopatra, having been written by Shakespeare much later in life after the tragic death of his lone son Hamnet and a turbulent relationship with his wife, brings forth a much more cynical and wily Bard than the young and idealistic one who wrote Caesar. This disillusionment can be witnessed not only in the tragic deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, but moreso subvertly in the incongruity and disingenuousness of their supposed driving impetus - their love for one another. Both Antony & Cleopatra continuously and almost purposefully betray each other throughout the play - undermining their ability to lead and therefore leading to their tragic and untimely demise.
I recommend this to those who adored Julius Caesar as well as those Shakespeare aficionados who simply cannot get enough of The Bard. Antony & Cleopatra proves a lucid, enjoyable, and easy read, although somewhat longer, but with less substance than Julius Caesar. Enjoyable nonetheless.
"Make not your thoughts your prisons." - Octavius Caesar

The language in this play is often romantic and lush, a grand language suited to rulers of the world. Cleopatra's "O, my oblivion is a very Anthony,/ And I am all forgotten" has to be some of the most erotic stuff that the Bard ever wrote.
Cleopatra is a very passionate woman and a great role-player, but she is always herself, never inauthentic. What she feels may change from moment to moment, but while she's feeling it, it's REAL. I find her to be the more mature one in her and Anthony's relationship. Notice how she never yells at him for marrying Octavia, which is certainly a terrible betrayal. She accepts that he did what he had to do and is only glad that Anthony is again united with her. Her love for him is beyond judgement.
The relationship between Anthony and Caesar is a very complicated one, and one that fascinated me almost as much as that of Cleopatra and Anthony. Caesar admires Anthony, but he betrays himself as having contempt for him in the way he expresses that admiration. Dodgy man, that little Caesar.
