In life Amon G Carter was all for getting the American plane industry off the ground. In fact, he flew the first airplane to Ft Worth, Texas, in 1911. With his death, in 1955, he hoped to open up the arts to all. So, by his will, a museum was set up to house as many works as possible by Frederic Remington and Charles M Russell.

His museum more than meets that goal. Its catalogue shows it to be the place to go for the art of both American frontier artists. For example, the museum has A dash for the timber. This oil on canvas made Remington a major painter, in 1889. The museum also has The fall of the cowboy. Two cowboys with their horses about to pass through gate rails, under a gray sky, in a wintry landscape, are painted so close in tones that you know a way of life's in its twilight years. Also, the museum has The outlaw. The bronze freezes in time the realistic folds in the rider's hat and his shifting weight against his pitching horse.

The catalogue also shows the museum to be the place to go for American drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures and watercolors. The staff sees as landmark additions American Indian symbols by painter Marsden Hartley and Barber shop, Bass rocks #2, Blips and ifs, Chinatown, and Egg beater #2 by lithographer and painter Stuart Davis. John Singer Sargent's portrait of Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, too, is seen as a catch. It contrasts the girl's carefully worked face with the thinly painted rest. Who can forget the brilliant white with blue and pink in her jacket and folds of her blouse?

Pride of ownership also goes out to sculptures by Alexander Calder and David Smith. There's Lunar landscape by Louise Nevelson, on painted wood. It goes out also to photographs. In fact, the museum's photography collection now swells at over 250,000 objects. For example, there's Berthoud by Robert Adams. There's Great gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, by Linda Connor. There's Music - a sequence of 10 cloud photographs by Alfred Stieglitz.

There are even daguerreotypes by Josiah Hawes and Albert Southworth. Two women posed with a chair has quite a range of clear tones, because of an extra layer of silver having been electroplated to copper plate. The smallest detail in their lace collars is caught. The light from the ceiling skylight also catches both women, in a Rembrandt-like highlighting.

Patricia Junker et al have come up with nicely arranged illustrations and clearly thought out write-ups for each item in the exhibition. AN AMERICAN COLLECTION's a keeper. It works well, too, with Junker's JOHN STEUART CURRY: INVENTING THE MIDDLE WEST and WINSLOW HOMER: ARTIST AND ANGLER.

For more than a decade, 'Ecosystems of Florida' has become the standard by which all other books on Florida's unique ecology are judged. The flora, fauna, soil, climate, and hydrological characteristics of all of Floridas ecosystems are explained in exhaustive yet accessible detail. The book also has general information about the soil, climate, and geological history of Florida that helps the reader explore the ecosytem chapters with a broader understanding of the ecology of the state as a whole. Concluding chapters tie in the influence of people to the history of Florida's ecology and explain the role people will take in shaping or breaking Florida's natural areas in the future. This book has become more than a reference to me. It presents a very complex set of information in a clear, easily-read, and entertaining format that makes it hard to put down.

I loved it! If you like ghost stories, this is for you. I have already looked some of the places up, and they go along with the book. (I almost emailed England about another place.) Great stories. I highly recommend it!!!

An excellent "must have" resource for families, practitioners and anyone in the legal community facing the daunting task of child protection after the discovery of incest in families.

John E.B. Myers writing style is straightforward, practical and honest. This "must have" enables the reader to gain a better understanding of today's complex legal system and the critical roles our medical, child protective services, and educational support systems play in protecting our children. Understanding these integrated processes will allow families to best serve and protect the needs of our children to break this devastating cycle. It is a must read for all protectors of children facing the crime of incest. Don't wait, order it and read it today.

I gave all my family members copies of this book. It was so fun to sit down and put on paper all of our special memories. Everyone should have this book!

John Myers has obtained recorded accounts of people on the verge of dying and written the accounts unedited. The stories are so realistic that you are brought to tears and wonder. The time covered goes almost to the time of Christ. I have read the book several times and have loaned to friends only to almost fight to get it back. I would not part with my copy for any money.

Finally, somebody put a face on type! This is a wonderful book: a graphical guide to the 16 MBTI types. I feel like I have just switched over from DOS to Windows. Why hasn't anybody done this before? I have always found the 16 MBTI codes to be a little dry and lacking in "personality." For many years, I have failed to get my friends and family interested in the 16 MBTI codes. Now, when I show them the picture system and icons in this book, they light up, they finally start to get it. And, I am seeing the 16 types in a whole new light myself. It is so great to be able to talk to my loved ones in the same language now. I copied and put icons of the whole family up on the refrigerator. It works! We are very different people. Now, we argue a little less, and laugh a little more. Picture=1000 words. I am so happy to have found this book. Thank you.

I had the pleasure of attending Mr. Lopker's presentation on
personality types and parenting at the Sun Valley Mountain Wellness Festival in 2002. I then purchased his book "Pictures of Personalities" and I was amazed to say the least. My daughter and I had what you would call Personality differences. After reading this book I see my daughter in a whole new light. I understand "her" and myself better and we have had an open communication ever since.

Pictures of Personality illustrates everything very well including the four letter MBTI codes. Also, it covers the four temperaments and shows how they fit into the 16 types. It is certainly not bedtime reading. Parts of it are very challenging, but I found that it soon soaks in. It is very precisely written with clear definitions of all the different divisions that create the types. The color coded graphics (one set looks like the icons on international road signs) made it easy for me to get a mental picture of each personality type.

After hearing about this book in Jan.'99 on public radio,I finally bought it and read it in Feb. It changed my life. I've sent over 30 petitions, with 37 friends' signatures, to food and beverage providers, requesting further info based on the book. I received several letters, most notably from the Coca Cola Company and Campbell's Soup, that they line all or part of their canned items with Bisphenol-A, an estrogen mimic and hormone disruptor that is biologically active and leaches into the food.. They tell me that it's FDA approved. Some responses from providers stated that the amt. of bisphenol-A is too minute to be harmful. I answ. them that acc. to the book, minute amts. are more damaging than lg. quantities..esp. for pregnant women & young children. My mother died in 1977 from experimental estrogen therapy in the mid-70's. They since have added progesterin into the mixture. Thousands of women are currently having Estrogen therapy pushed on them, with no advice to more holistic options,(soy milk, broccoli, exercise). I miss my mother. Please contact me if you need to know what else I've found out. Stay away from all canned beverages to play it safe. Tell everyone you know to do the same. So far, the PET (polyethanol) plastic bottles-(recycle#1) seem to be a safe container, Evian water was professional enough to get me as much info as they had avail. to ease my mind of that. Thank you, Floris RGF.

Without doubt, this is the most terrifying book I've ever read. Stephen King, move over, reality bites.....Nope, this is not fiction, this is the air we breathe, the food we eat - even the very containers we eat from. No place on the planet is safe anymore, so would someone please stop it and let me off now?

For me, the most terrifying aspect was the dawning realization that I had read many of the research papers cited within, but had not drawn the elements together. As the pieces fell into place, my eyes opened in horror at the implications....and I looked down at my infant son, who I was breastfeeding, appalled at the choices now confronting me.

But make no mistake, this is no tabloid horror, nor a new age book on the environment. This is a well-researched work, with an opening prelude by Vice President Al Gore. The facts are presented in a clear, concise manner that does not require a college degree to understand, but nor will it bore academics. Told with the same mounting tension as Richard Preston's The Hot Zone, the real terror comes when the reader realizes that unlike Ebola, there is no possible escape. This is not some emerging virus in a distant country, this is here...now, already in us....

Current human population growth masterfully disguises an insidious biological time bomb already exploding within us all. In our desire to create new and better chemical nightmares manufactured under the guise of modern living conveniences, we may be headed to extinction as fast and sure as any currently endangered species. ...And it's hitting is right where it hurts most, the physical and psychological abilities we need to reproduce.

But like a well presented piece of research, with the null hypothesis clearly in mind, this book does not draw unfounded conclusions. It allows you, the reader, to draw your own. And when you do, you may never sleep well again.

Buy this book. Read it, lend a copy to a friend and encourage them to buy it. It may be the single most important book you ever read.

This book is a must read for anyone concerned about the survivial of the human race and the terrible price we are paying by pouring toxic chemicals into our environment without thought for the consequences. As a gynecologist I have been trained in reproductive embryology and endocrinology. Cancer is only one of many worries from these pollutants and this book makes more sense than any I've read on the subject. Easy to read for laypeople and scientist alike. Should be required reading for every high school and college student and every parent.

While Dale Myers' explores a neglected aspect of the assassination of President Kennedy, his investigation stops short on a number of lines of inquiry that are extremely significant, and so he fails in his task of exposing the total truth. Like CBS, the HSCA, and the FBI before him, Myers traces the license plate of the car seen with Oswald driving near the scene of Tippit's murder to Tippit's best friend Carl Mather. He doesn't tell the reader that Mather's alibi was that at the time of the assassination and murder of Tippit he was at work at Collins Radio. Nor does he convey, and he must have known, that Collins was actively engaged in anti-Castro Cuban activities through its ownership of the ship Rex, which on Nov. 1, 1963 deposited a team of assassins in Cuba. "This is one story that may never have survived had the license number T.F. White supplied not been linked to Tippit through Mathers. The resulting investigation clearly shows that the Mathers were not involved,and that White was less than sure of the information he was supplying than the investigators had been led to believe. Perhaps, that explains White's reluctance to come forward." (With Malace p. 333) Wes Wise, the reporter who obtained the license number from White, in no uncertain terms (HSCA Reports - "The Wise Allegation"), said that he had to use all the powers of persuasion at his disposal because White was afraid and not because he was unsure of his facts. Everyone who has gone down this road before has stopped at Carl Mather's front door and not gone the Collins Radio Route, which I believe is the codex of the Rosetta Stone that helps solve the mystery. Myers has left it for others to investigate that line of inquiry, so his work is not totally comprehensive. His attitude of attacking "critics" is annoying as well, as like Posner, he comes across like he's setting the record straight, but still comes up short with Carl Mather and other points, ie. - Igor Vaganov and the mystery of the wallet found at the Tippit murder scene. Well written, well documented, good graphics, but still short of the total truth. For more on Collins Radio, see my COPA abstract: THE COLLINS RADIO CONNECTIONS to the Assassination of President Kennedy (1994). The best book on the assassination of President Kennedy has yet to be written - the one that solves the case. Bill Kelly billkell@bellatlantic.net

One aspect of the JFK assassination story often overlooked by conspiracy theorists is the alleged murder of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald. The late Warren Commission Attorney David Belin called it the Rosetta Stone of the assassination; that is, if you accept the fact that Oswald killed Tippit, it doesn't require a huge leap of logic to find him guilty of the death of JFK as well.

In With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J.D. Tippit, Dale Myers provides the first in-depth study of the "other" killing in Dallas that fateful November day. Myers, a twenty-year veteran of the Radio and Television industry who has won three Emmy awards, succeeds in proving Oswald's guilt in that crime beyond any reasonable doubt.

First Impressions

This fine book makes a powerful first impression. The hardcover volume is an oversize 10 and one fourth by seven inches. The beautiful dust jacket, designed by Myers, features a collage of important evidence with Oswald's eyes watching in the background. The 702 page book contains 157 photographs embedded in the text as well as 16 color plates and 13 maps and illustrations. For documentation, Myers provides over 1,000 endnotes and 182 pertinent documents. With Malice also gives researchers a first look at the Tippit autopsy photos with the facial features tastefully (and properly) obscured by computer graphics. Also included in this researcher-friendly volume is a list of principal figures and an excellent chronology.

The Case Against Oswald

Myers begins his work by providing context and offering answers to the question of why so many people seem to doubt Oswald's guilt in the Tippit killing. He then uses a short biography of Tippit to provide insight into this "quiet cop" and to humanize him. Myers also carefully follows Tippit's last hours before the shooting.

In a book of this type, a thorough and accurate description of the crime and its aftermath is of paramount importance, and here Myers does not disappoint. Using Dallas Police radio transcripts, photographs, and his own computer-generated diagrams and interviews, Myers returns the reader to 1963 and places him/her inside the crime scene. Even veteran researchers may be surprised to learn something new. For example, I had never heard the story of Adrian Hamby, a 19 year-old student who nearly had a fatal encounter with police due to a case of mistaken identity. In a chapter called "Proof Positive", Myers uses hard evidence to link Oswald to the crime. He carefully discusses the autopsy, murder weapon and ballistics evidence, fingerprints (Oswald lucked out here), and jacket.

Hints and Allegations

In a section of the book sure to be of interest to conspiracy theorists, Myers discusses some of the allegations that have been made through the years by such theorists. In each case, Myers either debunks the allegation completely or casts sufficient doubt as to render it useless. The issues discussed are:

1.Oswald's Wallet 2.The Waitress 3.Igor Vaganov 4.Roscoe White 5.The Reynolds Shooting 6.Cecil Small 7.T.F. White 8.Gene Roberts 9.Dobbs House 10.Carousel Club Meeting

Profile of a Killer

It is in this chapter that Myers probably breaks the most new ground. He first uses a technique developed by the Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI Academy to classify the Tippit murder scene as a disorganized one. The picture that emerges is a veritable blueprint of Oswald's murder of Tippit. In such a crime scene, according to the FBI analysis, the following characteristics are found:

1.The crime was committed suddenly with no escape plan. 2.The killer attacks quickly, catching the victim off guard. 3.The murderer depersonalizes the victim by targeting specific areas of the body for excessive brutality. 4.The victim is left at the crime scene. 5.No attempt is made to conceal other physical evidence at the crime scene.

Additionally, the FBI found that the murderer of a disorganized crime scene was likely to be of below average intelligence and a high school dropout. He may also have a poor military record and employment history. The murderer was likely to use public transportation rather than drive a car and tends to be a sloppy dresser who enjoys solitary pursuits such as reading. He lives alone or with his parents and often has a physical handicap or speech impediment. Obviously, Oswald had many (although not all) of these characteristics. The remainder of this chapter continues in a similar vein, convincingly analyzing Oswald's actions using both insight from experts and Myers' own ideas in a fascinating and fresh manner.

Conclusion

In With Malice, Dale Myers offers the student of the JFK assassination an in-depth treatment of this vital aspect of the case. Myers pulls together and refines old information while providing new ideas and analysis in a readable and visually pleasing fashion. Whether you are a seasoned researcher looking for a comprehensive volume for reference purposes or a student who needs a solid introduction, this book fits the bill. Dale Myers is to be commended for writing what will be remembered as the definitive work on Lee Harvey Oswald's culpability in the murder of Officer J.D. Tippit.

Regardless of one's opinions on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, one MUST read this book and see the outstanding work Dale Myers has done on this long-neglected aspect of the case.

Myers does not give us speculation and innuendo: He gives us the cold, hard facts, and he gives us the most reasonable, compelling scenario ever advanced for exactly what happened at the crime scene and why.

Again, regardless of one's feelings about the assassination of JFK, if the Warren Commission had put together the evidence as effectively as Dale Myers does, there would never have been any room for doubt about who killed Officer J. D. Tippit that dark day in Dallas.

This is NOT a book for beginners who wish to learn JSP/servlets and EJBs and the techniques of J2EE. On the other hand, if you already have some knowledge with these techniques, the book may help to improve your background of J2EE and its components.

1.The strong points of the book are:

- the book does a wonderful job in explaining different key points of J2EE techniques especially at the beginning of each chapter; although the discussion sometimes becomes pretty vague and less clear at the end.

- the book's code examples use j2sdkee1.2.1, orion and jboss which are available for you free with unlimited time.

- the book looks quite impressive, 1600 plus pp. hardcovered.

2.The weak points of the book:

- all the code examples are fairly easy. In fact, too easy to do much help to the readers who need a better workout to pay attention to some key points of the techniques.

- Since only half of the book is devoted to really J2ee techniques, people who already experienced with jsp/servlet may find the other half of the book unecessary.

In conclusion, you may want to check this book out if you alread know jsp/servlet and j2ee( through the Sun's tutorials and examples and wish to have a better understand of this popular but pretty complex technique.

This is one of the earliest J2EE 1.2 book that hit the market and it does a decent job. Coverage on individual topics such as servlets, JSP's, and EJB's are good and coherent. I especially like the EJB topic which spans 6 chapters that gives a lot of details and guidance in architecting your apps using EJB's. Other J2EE topics like JDBC, JNDI, RMI, XML, JMS, and JavaMail also received adequate coverage in the book. Compared with the book by Perrone et al. (Sams), this one is more focused and more in depth.

However, I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of substances (i.e., code, code, code to a developer like myself!) in the later chapters that deal with design strategies. It will have been a lot better if the book used an integrated sample to illustrate how to implement the design principles layed out in chapters 24 and 25. Instead, we have a chapter (30) which basically borrows a canned sample from Orion Server release, which in itself is OK but is not tightly related to earlier chapters. So if you already have servlets and JSP experience and would like to add EJB/JMS to the mix, I wouldn't recommend this book. Pick up the new book from Wrox on BEA WebLogic Server instead.

This book is one the most comprehensive ones that I've bought. It provides you with most of the possible technologies that you could use in a basic J2EE application. I love the section on the J2EE architecture. For newbies I typcially request that they read that section first. It does justice to basic topics like JDBC & Servlets & tag libraries, and the concepts about them. As well as introduces EJBs and other technologies. I am a long time java developer and I use it as a constant reference. Great job WROX!