Stray Voltage provides rare insights into Information Age warfare and its practical prosecution in the physical, cyber, and cerebral domains . . . at a granularity I don't believe any author has achieved to date.

Hall presents Information Age warfare as a form of intellectual combat where the brightest, most cerebrally agile competitor moves to shape the environment, thinking, and practical outcome of his opponent--much like other futurists and military thinkers. But he goes much further. Hall's future battlefield is more than a geographically constrained force, state, or region; it's the here-and-now, day-to-day technical infrastructure delivering knowledge and knowledge advantage. Our opponents are not the seemingly predictable military forces of recent conflicts, but are thinking, adaptive threats maneuvering within the infrastructure, promising to become whatever our security posture is not. His view of the future soldier also defies convention. The future soldier is not simply the high tech-hybrid we see on posters, but a profoundly educated, well-trained cyber-warrior armed with knowledge engines, mining tools, protected infrastructures, and an unequalled capacity to sense, adapt, and act. . . as an individual, and in aggregate.

Exceptional. I gained something new in every chapter.

Stray Voltage deserves a careful read by any seeking to understand and apply Information Age principles in operations, security, and training. Advanced Warfighting and Homeland Defense practitioners probably should read it again within the first year, and annually thereafter. Too bad we can't encrypt the contents. I'm confident our opponents will read it as well.

Enemies of the U.S. who lack military might and money will use the strategies and tools of asymmetric warfare to win future conflicts: that's the contention of Wayne Michael Hall, a retired general with thirty years of intelligence experience. From potential conflicts prepared for with cyberspace to information superiority and deception, Stray Voltage advises a public and a governmental focus on merging brainpower with technology to meet and master this new threat.

"Stray Voltage" is, without doubt, one of the most intellectually hard-hitting and insightful books that you will ever read. This is a brilliant book that should be read and discussed by policy makers, warfighters and the intellectually hungry alike. BG (R) Wayne M. Hall, a seasoned scholar and warrior, skillfully presents the vital importance of Knowledge Warfare in the 21st Century. Readers will never view warfare in the same manner again.

In the opening pages BG(R) Hall starkly portrays our future operational environment and the growing asymmetrical threat to the National Security interests of the United States. He describes how a learning and adaptive adversary will continue to use asymmetrical means to circumvent the overwhelming and technologically superior forces of more militarily developed nations. Additionally, BG(R) Hall explains the concept of knowledge warfare and how it will form the underlying foundation of future conflict. At the heart of knowledge warfare lies the philosophy that advantages accrue to the side with the knowledge and decision-making capabilities to make decisions better and faster than their opponents. Hence, this need generates an intense competition for the valuable information and knowledge required by both sides to make rapid and insightful decisions.

Proceeding chapters further depict how the Nations adversaries will use knowledge warfare in an asymmetrical environment coupled with information operations. The book deftly explores information superiority, deception, knowledge management and cyber-warriors and their respective roles in knowledge warfare and information operations. Finally, in the chapter aptly titled "The Way Ahead," BG (R) Hall offers a wealth of ideas on how to deal aggressively with the threats we will face in the information age.

"Stray Voltage" is a balanced and readable examination of future warfare that, although written for a military audience and civilians interested in National Security, is suitable for a broad audience. A book like of caliber and impact only comes along once every millennium. BG(R) Hall joins the ranks of Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and John Boyd as one of histories greatest theorist. Wayne M. Hall's innovative recommendations will serve as the catalyst for change within the military and government and provide a blueprint for organizational, leadership and warfighting transformation. For those searching for that book to soothe their intellectual hunger, "Stray Voltage" will fulfill their hunger. The books recommendations serve as a proscriptive reading to help readers of all levels to think about and deal with the learning and adaptive adversaries and complex environment they will continue to face in the 21st century. Wayne M. Hall is clearly a theorist whose time has come.

an excellent book with excellent reproductions. i enjoyed it.

After working this past summer in the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC and being there for the opening of the Thiebaud show, I can certainly say that I have become filled with a nostalgic longing and a love for both Thiebaud's art as well as the manner in which he comports himself as an artist and as a person. I could have received no better gift from my supervisor at the end of my summer employment than this beautiful and gentle book. Though certainly there is nothing like looking at the works of art themselves, this book was fully capable of stirring my memory...much the same way as Thiebaud's art itself had a few weeks prior. This book is a highly treasured part of my collection of art books...truly a high point of my books in general, and I would highly recommend it to those well versed in the works of this gentleman as well as those who have not yet had the pleasure of his honest and warm friendship. ~greg

I purchased this book right after walking through the Thiebaud retrospective at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. I usually don't like to buy books after I've seen the work firsthand as the color never compares with the paintings I had just seen. In this case, though, I was impressed with the reproduction color. As an artist I get to use this book to study how Thiebaud makes his works "sparkle" by painting one color next to another.

This book belongs in every Porsche owners library. It goes over things from the basic oil change to engine removal and teardown. There are full color and informative pictures thoughout the book to guide you. It even has a section on how to adjust your suspension height.

Just when you thought the factory manuals were the last word, along comes 101 Projects for Your Porsche 911. This book is divided up into many sections (Engine, Electrical, Transmission), and offers full-color photos of all the projects as they are completed step-by-step. It would seem impossible to jam all this information into one book, but this 245 page book has it all! From an overview of rebuilding the 911 engine, to the repair of 1st gear on your transmission, this book has it all. Each project is introduced with a table that has time and effort, as well as tools and materials used to complete the job. If you own a 911, this book is more important than your owner's manual. It also covers all years 1965-89, but is semi-applicable to the later-model cars as well...

Get your hands dirty with this book, just like the author suggests! This book is the best darn how-to I have ever had. Beautiful color pictures and step-by-step projects that look like they will work. If I could afford 2 copies, I would keep one in the garage, and the other with my porsche library. I really, really like the format and the notion of 101 projects. Some are easy enough for me to do, some just tough enough that I would consider and a few that should be left to experts, but certainly provide me with the right questions to ask if I hire someone to do the toughy jobs.

Great Book I will recommend people to read it.

Wow! Excellent book! I have read this aloud to my kids...we are all amazed at the content...even though I've been a Christian for 20 years, I am learning an amazing amount of information and love the tie-ins from Old Testament stories and how they relate and foreshadow Christ! What a great addition to our Home schooling...our discussions are incredible and so appropriate for the here and now! ALL of the children take part...from a six to 15 years of age! WHO SAYS THIS IS FOR GROWNUPS?!! Great book!

The Old Testament comes alive as 28 Bible Stories segue into the New Testament, and into our lives today. Each "Story" is divided into three bite size parts:

(1)"The Story" is a brief digest of events as they occurred (w/o commentary; covered in 2 or more pages).
(2)"The Inside Story" hits the reader with exciting & unexpected bullet points. "WOW, I never knew that", is this section's likely reaction.
(3)"Treasures for Life," reveal why God gave the story space in His best seller, and how it can transform our lives into ones of confidence, expectancy and joy.

This book will be a much-appreciated gift for Christians or Non-Christians, as God's word reaches them in a plain-spoken and uncritical way.

James Devita is a talented writer and Actor! He has written a great childrens book!

This book sits up there along with the imaginative storyline of Harry Potter. The incredible detail allows the reader to visualize as well as understand the story. The storyline keeps you wanting to read more and more. The concept seemed unusual to me at first (a boy turning into a marlin...) but once I read it, I loved it! I've shared with friends, young and old. This is a great book for younger readers!

I read to my two sons, ages 7 and 9, every night before bedtime and sometimes it can be hard to find books that meet both of their expectations. When we picked up "BLUE," both boys were skeptical. A boy turning into a marlin was not a particularly inviting premise. However, it did not take long before the three of us sat captivated by the descriptive detail, brilliant imagination and amazing storyline. The author took the time to dwell on the details vividly and beautifully without losing sight of the plot. It's really about inspiring kids to be what they want to be, even if it is so out of the ordinary as becoming non-human. I recommend it as a book to read to your children or have them read it themselves. Start to finish, it's great - we could not bear it to end! ENJOY!

This is the best book since sliced bread

I read this when I was 10 and crazy about ninendo. I still read it again and agian. I loved how it uses nintendo characters. The story changes every time you read it. The puzzles give this book and intresting twist. They just don't write books like they used too.

There have been many books that I've read but there is none like this one. It has everything a kid could want from a book--action, plot, memorable characters with a humorous twist.

Written through pain and with literary reflection, Wayne Tefs has provided an excellent resource for those struggling with a life-threatening challenge.
Tef's struggle is with a slow-growing cancer, which he acknowledges as "the worst possible thing that could happen to a person." His angst is further compounded by the realization that his cancer is, in fact, him, and a prerequisite to healing demands nothing less than a complete re-evaluation and restructuring of his life.
In this emotionally taxing journey for the author as well as those close to him, Tefs recounts the pain, fear, and rage that accompany him on his quest to deal with the single most important aspect of his life - his continued existence. As a confessed optimist, however, Tefs always leaves one with the spiritual support of hope, related with indomitable courage.
For those who would seek wisdom about life's trials, this volume has much to recommend.

Tefs has written a layer cake of a book, in which chapters of autobiographical experience alternate with an imaginary dialogue between the author and his cancer. The dialogues are contrived, but escape artificiality and reveal some of the real pain and difficulties confronting someone with a terminal diagnosis. The autobiographical chapters relate Tef's struggle with cancer to contemporaneous events in his life: his divorce, the birth of a child, the triumphs and defeats of his professional career. Cancer undermines our existence and its unwelcome introduction into our lives not only threatens ultimate defeat but also warps our self-image and self-confidence. Tefs recognizes this and struggles with the threat to his athletic, manly, capable and confident self-image, eventually defeating this threat without resorting to the seduction of denial.

This book is about carcinoid cancer from the inside out, by a teacher of literature, and is well crafted without being oppressively literary. The story is told straightforwardly and with courage.

This book is a must read for everyone, and their families, dealing with any kind of cancer -- and especially the rare neuro-endocrine cancer called Carcinoid.
After reading the book I hope people will search the internet for the web pages that have solid medical information....

Based on the premise that "people NEED insults," Hill and Ottchen here offer a catalogue of every insult the immortal bard ever published. It must have been a tedious collection process, but the work was well worth it; as anyone even the slightest bit familiar with Shakespeare would expect, here in this isolated form his insults reveal themselves as powerful, picturesque, and scathing. The language and the diversity of emotion and expression will not fail to impress you.

My one quibble with the collection is that is seems rudderless in its organization. If we are intended to use the language as our own, why does most of the book consist of a list of insults organized by PLAY (which is hard to use, and a bit tedious to read unless you are treating the book as a concordance for the play itself) rather than by type of insult or applicability? (The final section offers this, but it is VERY short). In terms of content and concept, though, this book makes for a great addition to a classroom, resource collection, letter-writing desktop, or to the Shakeseare-lover's coffee table -- a good gift for the scholar or bibliophile.

"Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose,
Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent!"
-Midsummers Night's Dream

My favorite quote since I love cats.

Here is a volume of quotes designed to insult, yet some are far too crude to really use. I find myself asking: "Did Shakespeare really write this? And how did I miss this when watching a play?"

Well, it is much clearer in writing and if you don't quite comprehend it the first time, at least here you can read it again. Each insult is on a separate line of text complete with reference as to the play and the line.

The section on "How to Handle this book" is the funniest "introduction" to a book I have ever read.

"People need insults. Most people behave so abominably that they cry out for abuse. Charity moves us to meet this need. Abuse is a form of attention, and a little accommodating attention makes anyone feel human again."

It goes on....

Next a section on name calling lists short and snappy names you can use under your breath to amuse yourself. I would not say most of them!!1 I am however now interested to know what "drudge" really meant then! You will need a dictionary to uncloth these words as they are clocked in some mystery.

The plays are listed in alphabetical order...find your favorite and look up a few lines..memorize and keep them handy for posting at a discussion board or for rebuking someone who is especially rude to you.

Otherwise, just keep it around to amuse yourself to no
end with quotes you wish you had thought of yourself.

The "treasures" are buried in a ton of "unmentionable" phrases. While I abhor crudeness, I did find many quotes I absolutely loved. With pen in hand, I am marking off all my favorite lines.

"I must discontinue your company." Much
Ado About Nothing, 5. 1. 183-85

The final section on "Ready Insults" is a handy reference for specific encounters.

I would definately not say some of the phrases in this
book, nor do all of them amuse me, but if you find
just 10 phrases in this book you can use...to amuse...

It is quite worth it. An Index makes looking up
your favorite quotes a breeze.

Also look up: Brush up Your Shakespeare! by Michael Macrone

This was the best book I ever bought!

A Taste of Blood belongs in the true horror fan's library sandwiched between David Friedman's A Youth in Babylon and The Amazing World of H.G. Lewis. Taste offers capsulated reviews of all of Mr. Lewis's films as well as interesting interviews with key players. This book is definetly a work written "by a fan, for the fans" and lacks the objective insights to make it a five star work. It is ,however, a compasionate and long overdue tribute to one facet of a multitalented gentleman who deserves the title "Wizard of Gore".

Christopher Curry has done a remarkable job of gathering information and interviews and has made A TASTE OF BLOOD a must-have book for horror movie fans, independent film fans, and of course, gore-hounds! The reviews are informative and entertaining, and never talk down to the reader (a fault found in many film books). The big draw here for me is Curry's personal interviews; not only with Lewis and his longtime partner David Freidman, but also with some of his players, including Fuad Ramses himself, Mal Arnold! This book is a valuable addition to my collection... one I will turn to many times for reference.

A Taste of Blood will surely become a treasured part in the collection of every fan of the Godfather of Gore. The book is a comprehensive guide to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis and an insightful and candid look into the world of exploitation films. It is one exceptional fan's tribute to H.G. Lewis and a fond look back at some of the defining films of the drive-in era. The author provides a detailed look at each and every one of H.G. Lewis' bloody and bizarre (but always entertaining) films. The book contains exclusive interviews, behind the scenes information, detailed plot summaries, and plenty of great insights provided by H.G. Lewis, David Friedman, and many others. Also, the book is overflowing with tons of rare pictures that you will probably never find anywhere else. A Taste of Blood is an entertaining, educational, and engrossing book for the veteran or novice horror/exploitation fan. If you're an H.G. Lewis fan, this book should already be on your shelf. As a long time fan of the Godfather of Gore myself, I'm in awe of the wealth of information included in this book. Give Christopher Curry some well-deserved credit by ordering his book. You will not be disappointed.

It's been some time since I last read this biography of Wayne Rainey, but I certainly remember the emotions, and especially the growing pride, I felt with each turned page. The writing was very easy to read, and the content flowed well from Wayne's childhood and foundation of a Champion in the making, through his personal relationships, and to the present (time of writing). I recommend this book to all that loved to watch his battles with Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer, and Mick Doohan, and wish to simply know more about the Champion. And I recommend it to anyone that thinks the world and life aren't fair. Perservere!

I met wayne as a fan in 1987 at Road Atlanta when he rode for Honda after having read so many magazines about him.I never Heard of Kevin Schwantz until that weekend and Wayne despite being very busy, courteously found time to have Shay take a photo of both of us and give me an autograph.He was so receptive and pleasant.That weekend I watched in awe his amazing battle against Kevin's Suzuki and would never forget that day for the rest of my life.Then I continued to watch him on TV from 1988 to that fateful day.The book brought tears and lumps in my throat.This book tells it all and is a must buy.I am also a racer a know the will and the determination to win at all costs.This book also helps us analyze ourselves and our personal relationship with GOD.A precious collector's item to have.

This is a must for every motorcycle racing fan. I am a GP fan but unfortunately Wayne's career ended a couple of years before I started getting into bike racing. This book is an amazing tale of courage. I could not imagine going through what he had to go through. One of the best biographies I have ever read.