This well written books follows nine year old David and his best friend, Georgie, through their once a week karate classes. Young readers will learn that a dojo is the name for the studio, an obi is the color belt worn and that a senei is a teacher. Blocking, sparring, punching are taught with respect for your opponent. The books ends with David and Georgie taking and passing their green belt tests. This is a great first look at a karate class for children. It would be good for parents to buy for a child, boy OR girl, who is thinking about join this wonderful sport.

In a world of recurring change, Morris's "Market Power and Business Strategy" comes as an intellectual breakthrough that proposes unconventional ways of dealing with the new realities. By contrasting Eastern and Western philosophies, the author offers to both the West and developping countries an opportunity to rejuvinate thought and action in practically all walks of life. A "must read book" for everyone interested in change, economic development, and the 21st. century. Mohamed Achahboun MS. Horticulture, MBA, PhD. Student (Political thought)

Unfortunately this is out of print. For anyone who's grown up on a dairy farm, this book will conjure up fond memories of a warm barn on an early winter morning. The only thing missing is the smell. (But that's okay!)

This is one of the seminal books on understanding what it means to be an American, and on what makes our character distinctive, if not utterly unique. Potter was a remarkable professor of American History at Stanford, where his final lecture in my Junior year taught me what the phrase " the crowd lept to its feet" meant. Among other remarkable traits, Potter never once uttered that or any other cliche in those lectures or in this extraordinary book. The work of a giant, engaging and accessible to almost anyone.

Summary of review:
Pros:
-Based on latest scientific research from an exercise physiologist, not just a good racer. This includes power based training which Dave Morris has been involved in for many years, and has not just jumped on the power bandwagon
-Best summary of ergogenic aids I've seen in print anywhere
-discussion on blood tests and what to look for as related to athletics.
-Great overview of phsyiologic concepts that while not required to ride a bike, provide background to the layperson that helps in understanding the WHY and HOW in training and ergogenic aids
-Great overview of basic nutrition specifically geared towards athletics. Just the simple guidline of #of grams carbs/body weight, and # of grams protein/body weight will be incredibly helpful to anyone training for sport
-Block training philosophy, and his overall macro periodization provides the best bang for the amount of time you put into it. Wonderful overall periodization plan and how to incorporate strength training into a yearly program.
-This type of training WORKS! Especially for the regular person, job, family, with little time to train, who is not a genetic marvel.

CONS:
-Physiology discussions might be too confusing for some who just want to get into the training part.
-While not a requirement, to get the most efficiency out of the program, some sort of power measurement is helpful. Also doing the intervals indoors in a controlled environement is more efficient than outside. Indoor riding isn't as fun!
-THIS IS HARD!!. Mentally hard to do these intervals. Don't expect a magic bullet here. If you are willing to work hard and rest accordingly this program will make you strong.

In 1999 there were two articles in the magazines, one by Dean Golich, and one by Dave Morris. Both advocated Block training. basically two-three low volume high intensity days back to back followed by rest. At the time, we had just had our first child. Struggling with new demands of fatherhood, I tried out this training philosophy and found that I was able to maintain and even improve with much less time on the bike. It was awesome.

I stopped riding seriously shortly after due to time constraints from family and work. Fast forward to 2003. Kids are getting older, I want to get back in to shape.I put together a loose program based on his training philosophies.

With no power measurement tools, I even did some of the intervals on life cycle at the gym, where you set a desired power setting and just ride. Riding indoors doing these types of intervals is VERY mentally and physically challenging. It is also hard because you have no feedback such as riding a known trail or riding with partners whos abilties you know. The question of whether this is working or not was answered on some regular rides. AMAZING. I was riding almost as strong as BK (before kids) Checking old training logs I was putting in much less volume, sometime as much as 50% of a weekly total. I am a regular joe, atheltically challenged person. 2 Kids, Job, Wife, house, other hobbies, projects, etc.. This type of training has provided me the absolute best bang for the amount of time you put into it. The downside is that it is HARD.

I just got this book and am really excited about it. For years, I've known that the Block training worked well for me on the micro level, but never knew how to incorporate it into a yearly periodized training plan. The chapters on training plans have answered all my questions. The other chapters on physilogical concepts, nutrition, ergogenic aids are written at a good layman's level to help me get a top level view of the HOW and WHY training works.

I like the references to real research as well.

Anyway, like anything this may not work for you but I strongly urge anyone interested in getting stronger and faster to try this type of program out. give it at least 3-4 months and test it out against a known timed ride.

Don't expect a magic bullet either. To get good takes planned effort over years. But seeing improvement on a regular basis provides me with the motivation to keep going.

Jan Morris has been everywhere, seen everything, met everyone, and tries to see the good in all of it. She seems happiest, though, among the young. She is surprisingly forgiving toward some of the hollower booster-driven cities of North America, while often coming down hard on New World cities that seem too full of themselves. (She memorably describes Washington, DC as seeming designed for nuclear annihilation.)

Not surprisingly, then, Morris is generous toward Sydney, honoring its brief history but focusing on its childlike present. Since the book was completed, of course, the child has become an adolescent, frantically acquiring attractions that will make it seem more adult -- preening itself for its moment on the world stage in the 2000 Olympics. Like many books about childhood, this one should be read wistfully, with the knowledge that the city it describes is only a snapshot, circa 1990, of a place that seems to be disappearing under its own need for approval.

Of course, during the inevitable post-Olympics hangover, this book may be useful in another way. When we lose track of who we are, when the purpose that has obsessed us suddenly evaporates, it's sometimes helpful to recall what gave us pleasure when we were children. At such a moment, Morris's portrait of Sydney in its last moments of childhood may offer the city a route back to its core, and thus forward into a happier adulthood.

I bought this book in Sydney and found it a wealth of information on Sydney's beginings. The first time I read it, I savored every page...I couldn't put it down. As I got to the end of the book I felt bad that it was over, so I re-read it every few years. Jan Morris's style of writing is so entertaining and makes for a easy read.

As an experiencd hunter, this book gave me very little in the way of new tips or knowledge about deer. It is filled with feeding requirements and habitat management specific to certain areas, but if you do not live in those areas it is worthless. There were some entertaining reminisces of the author's hunts, but I will buy a magazine if I want to read stories about hunting. I was looking for ways to improve my hunting, and I just didn't find any in this book.

Advanced Strategies for Trophy Whiteheads by veteran hunter David Morris is an exhaustive but thoroughly "reader friendly" guide to following deer movements and hunting the best trophy bucks available. From turning one's own land into the best possible place to hunt deer, to a variety of tips, tricks and techniques for optimum timing, to advanced advice on rattling, calls, and scents, Advanced Strategies for Trophy Whiteheads is an excellent and extensive resource for the novice hunter as well as offering a wealth of value and insights for even the most seasoned and experienced hunter. Whether you are a first timer or a dedicated veteran hunter, you will both enjoy and profit from a careful reading of David Morris' Advanced Strategies For Trophy Whitetails.

This book is an insight into the mind of the Trophy Whitetail. David Morris shares his lifetime passion with the avearage deer hunter as well as the true Trophy hunter. His teachings will certainly help me with my future pursuits of this elusive animal.

ksh is the shell of my choice, thus I was anxious to read "the" book co-authored by David Korn himself.

Clearly, it is the canonical reference for the Korn Shell Language. Every single feature and obscurity of ksh is described here.

However, the book is not in the least an enjoyable read, nor is it of use for people who, like me, prefer a book with lots of practical code examples, rather than dry text only.

The typesetting quality is very poor. The text looks like a 300k ASCII file printed out. For example, I believe this is the only technical book I know of that doesn't use any tables (!). These things (among others) make it very hard to come back to certain information while writing your scripts. All in all, a much clearer visual structuring would be desirable.

There are way too few programming examples (many of which are quite obscure). If you are looking for those small and practical code snipplets for "everyday use", pick up the ksh93 book by Barry Rosenberg instead of this one!

I make my living writing Korn shell, and of all the books on Korn, this is the one I could least do without.

Pros: I've known people to buy this book simply for its back cover, as the index of topics on the back is enough to dig up information on the topics covered. The book is dense, not a tutorial really, more a reference text for ksh related topics. This is a book to be read on an as-needed basis, a cookbook for the "how do I get -this- to work!?" crowd.

Cons: I don't recommend it as anyone's first programming book. Even for the systems administrator, I'd recommend Nemeth et al. and Aeleen Frisch's books on administration as supplements for Unix related topics. There are essential things about shells and shell scripting (statically linked versus dynamically linked shells) that will never be learned in a shell programming book, that are critical to knowing when and where a shell language can be used.

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This is a comprehensive, useful book detailing all aspect of the new Korn Shell. The Korn shell is not just a UNIX shell, but also a programming language that is powerful and well suited for a UNIX power user. If you are not computer or UNIX savy, you would be better off using the csh (C-SHELL).

Since, the Korn shell is powerful and hence, more complicated than typical UNIX shell programs. The need for a good book on the subject is mandatory for those who wish to master it.

It also contains a good tutorial and, my favorite, a quick reference guide on the back cover. The quick reference is a very useful item worth photocopying and pinning to the wall by your workstation. Each entry is keyed to the page with more detailed information on the command. It is fast and handy.

Anyone who reads this book will develop a better understanding of shells in general. The author explains many of the common shell tools such as piping and redirection.

This book is an excellent text for the subject. I strong recommend it for those who are presently Korn shell users or those who wish to master this shell. It includes everything you will ever need to know about the shell.

KORN Shell Index:

Part I: Introduction

1. About the KornShell Lanuage

2. Notation used in this book

Part II: Turorial

3. Operating System Concepts

4. Command Language

5. Programming Language

6. Customizing your environment

Part III: Built-In Editors

7. Introduction

8. emacs Built-In Editor

9. vi Built-In Editor

Part IV: Programming Language

10. Syntax

11. Command Processing

12. Compound Commands

13. Parameters

14. Built-In Commands

15. Other Commands

16. Invocation and Environment

Part V: Application Programming

17. Shell Funcitons and Programs

18. A Complete Application

Part VI : Apprendix

19 Glossary

20. Quick Refernce

21. Portability

22. Character Set

Index

Quick Index-Back Cover

I have always been a fan of the intellectual debates in the New York Review of Books letters to the editor pages. This book consists of two articles by Crews and the subsequent debates surrounding them. I would have liked to see better defenses of Freud, but none of the eminent defenders of psychoanalysis is able to mount a serious challenge to Crews's devastating attacks.

This devastating book has two parts: (1) The Unknown Freud, where the reader gets a picture of Freud as a dictator, a megalomaniac and egotripper. A pope who alone knew the truth and who founded a secret commission to protect his 'church' against the heathen. He was a bad psychoanalyst (e.g. the Wolf Man case) and a venal man (e.g. the catastrophic Horace Fink case, where he tried to get his own hands on some money of the heiress).
I agree with the author that psychoanalysis is a pseudoscience - statements cannot be tested and the research results cannot be verified uniformly. Although it is not totally without meaning (Karl Popper), it is not a science.
(2) the revenge of the repressed
A frontal attack on the caste of the psychoanalysts, depicted as 'religious zealots, self-help evangelists, sociopolitical ideologues, and outright charlatans who trade in the ever seductive currency of guilt and blame, while keeping the doctor's fees mounting.'
The author is particularly severe with their latest 'school' : the 'recovered memory movement', based on the rape of children by their parents (really!). This lead to false accusations and condemnations of innocent people. No wonder the author predicts an accelerating collapse of psychoanalysis as a respected institution.
A much needed and courageous book to halt a profession riding at full speed on a misty highway. And a much needed angle on Freud as a person, written in a style to slaughter the not so innocent father of psychoanalysis.
After reading this book, I agree with Peter Madawar, who called doctrinaire psychoanalytic theory "the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the twentieth century".

Frederick Crews really knows how to tap that deep reservoir of hostility found in modern Freudian psychoanalysts. In 1993 and 1994 FC wrote two essays in the New York Review of Books debunking Freud in the first, and tearing to shreds the recovered memory movement in the second.

These two essays and the letters in response to them have been put into the book The Memory Wars. As someone trained in experimental psychology you can guess my own personal bias in this matter. Crews discusses Freud's botched cases; his frequent vacillation in theory formation; some of his sillier theories; and his serious interjection of personal bias into the formation of his beliefs. The main problem with the whole Freudian system is the total lack of scientific evidence supporting it. Freudian psychoanalysis is founded on anecdote and supported by anecdotes. To be fair, much current non-Freudian therapy is also based on anecdote. Indignant Freud followers write back, and their letters are indeed interesting (and often pompous).

The second half of the book takes on the recovered memory movement. It would be great to poke fun at this movement if it weren't for the fact that it has caused so much damage to all parties involved. Symptoms checklists are published with the statement if you suffer from these symptoms you may be a victim of sexual abuse. Read the list and you will find that the majority of Americans will find that they have been abused. It's all a patient seduction game with the intent to make big money. Hospitals have even set up units to treat such patients (Having worked in the psychiatric hospital industry I am well aware of the "product lines" that such facilities set up in order to fill beds). Crews does an excellent job of dissecting the memory movement, and once again we get to read the indignant responses.

Those who believe that psychological therapy should be based on sound scientific evidence will love this book. Those who have accepted Freudianism with a religious like faith will, of course, hate it. To me this whole subject is analogous to the evolution vs. creationist debate. It's science versus pseudoscience.