... As the Introduction makes clear, this book was written to chronicle the associations between the Titanic and the town and people of Southampton. ... it is a fascinating and detailed record of considerable interest to any true Titanic historian, (as opposed to someone whose knowledge of the ship is based entirely on that dreadful movie). ... This is a fine collection of anecdotes, letters and photographs, many of them not found in other books, and a fitting tribute to the 686 crew members who were residents of Southampton who died in the disaster.
Also recommended - The Odyssey of C.H. Lightholler by Patrick Stenson - the astonishing life story of Titanic's Second Officer.

Titanic Voices presents vivid accounts of the construction, victualing, sailing, and sinking of this virtually unsinkable ocean liner. An exhibit in Southhampton, England spurred the creation of this book, which utilizes period newspaper articles, oral histories, and many previously unpublished photographs to help people understand the personal significance of the disaster. A highlight is the inclusion of accounts of many crew members, who are often ignored in other volumes on the disaster

THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC. IT STARTS IN 1907 WHEN IDEA OF THE "TITANIC" AROSE. IT DESCRIBES THE HARDSHIPS PEOPLE AND COMPANIES HAD TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE THE TITANIC FANTASY A REALITY. IT SHOWS IN-DEPTH PHOTOS OF THE TITANIC,PASSENGERS,CREW,WATERLOO STATION,ETC. THE BOOK ITSELF IS PUT TOGETHER SO BEAUTIFULLY. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE, BUY IT TODAY AND START YOUR OWN TITANIC LIBRARY.

on the whole this is a very good book for beginners
The last two chapters which i thought were the
most useful was RUSHED!!

The performance chapter should not have been a chapter
since it was non-existent

The most important chapter of all the bidding web site
construction, I failed to get it to work!! one error
after the other. For a book with so many authors, I
would have thought at least one of the would have had the
time to review the code for the last chapter.

I give this book a 3 but it deserves a 4.
Unless the code in the last chapter works, the last chapter
might as well not be there either

I went through this book. It is great for the beginner to ASP.Net. However, I think it is because there are many authors worked on this book. Its contents is NOT so integrated.

I felt I gain a lot from chap 1-6, however after ch7, it seems worked by another author. The concept between two of them has conflict. For example, the author ch1-6 said using ADO.net data adapter you don't need to open and close the data connection, but in ch7, the author said, you must close the connect obj after you used DataAdapter??

Their writting style are also different, after ch7, the contents is not so good and has a log of mistakes.

This one gets you up and running with database prograaming with ASP.NET in a matter of few hours. In the process, it also provides you with useful real-world tips. Great book for getting your feet wet with ADO.NET.
The treatment is to-the-point and precise.
All the sample codes work.
The pathway followed is quite logical, starting from establishing connection to database, to various ways of reading and displaying records, followed by inserting and updating records, all using ADO.NET. Each chapter builds on the previous one, and the net effect is a coherent, easy-to-follow, enjoyable book. It really takes the complexities out of ADO.NET and helps us understand the simplicity behind the model.
The later chapters on componentization, performance etc are a real bonus.
Good value for money.

-From Groucho Marx:

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it!

This book really helped me understand how to run a successful enterprise. After completion, it was a great paperweight.

I adored this book because it told me about how to run a successful company.

I don't believe I've seen more than two of Mazursky's films but I enjoyed his book, especially the juicy chapter on his adventures with the increasingly more bizarre Peter Sellers. This is not a biography, but rather a series of essays about his involvement with different Hollywood people and some chapters about his current life and childhood. Recommended.

An interesting, light and witty Summer read that gives you insight into Mazursky's career and tales of movie production. Mazursky, born in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn started out as an actor (Blackboard Jungle), moved on to be a comedy writer (Danny Kaye, I Love You Alice B Toklas) when acting parts were infrequent, and made his directorial debut with Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. My favorite scenes in the book? When a young Mazursky catches his zade eating his bubbe's herring on the afternoon of Yom Kippur; when Eisner and Katzenberg ask Mazursky if he thinks that the I.B. Singer story (Enemies, A Love Story) is too Jewish... maybe it can be about the Cambodian Holocaust instead of the WWII one; when Richard Dreyfus pulls out of the Enemies project; and the creation of Down&Out in Beverly Hills.

I loved reading this book, both from the standpoint of appreciating Paul Mazursky the director of many of my favorite films and reveling in Paul Mazursky the no-holds-barred storyteller. But--and, I'm sorry, there is a 'but'---why devote one sentence to the great Art Carney, who Mazursky calls the most pure actor he'd ever worked with, and then not tell the reader WHY he feels that way about Carney? There are no anecdotes to share about Jill Clayburgh or Robin Williams? Come on, Paul, give! This lapse is mostly compensated for by Mazursky's tales of traveling in the "then" Soviet Union and South America, his memories of working for Danny Kaye and his sharing the bitter and the sweet about his family, his friends and the ups and downs of his life. The chapter about Mazursky's relationship with his mother is especially powerful and a reminder that much of the pathos within even his funniest films came honestly to him. So, five stars for what's here---just would've liked to have seen more!

A documentary anthology focusing almost exclusively on writings by and about people using drugs before the 1960s -- before, as one of its editors states, "the modern era of drug use and drug hysteria." The sources collected within are excerpted from some of the more usual suspects, like Jean Cocteau, Aldous Huxley, Albert Hofmann, and Baudelaire, but there are also a few surprises (for example, Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud). The reader will come away with a newfound understanding of how unoriginal much of our present dialogue over similar issues actually is.

A compilation of selections for those interested in drug use by historical figures. Features Anais Nin dropping acid, Sigmund Freud on cocaine, Mark Twain nearly becoming a coca trader, as well as the usual suspects (Hofmann, Baudelaire, Huxley, Ludlow) and others.

This book is incredibly cool. It has 15 ViewMaster reels with it that give you an up-close look at some things that can go wrong with your eyes. In fact the problem with this book it that it is too close -- and all the VM photos look more or less the same.

However, Volume II -- "Orbit, lacrimal apparatus, eyelids, and conjunctiva" by David D. Donaldson is much better. Stomach-churning pictures of the grossest eye problems you've ever seen -- all in glorious ViewMaster 3-D.

Both of these books are must-haves, but after Donaldson's masterpiece, Gass' is a little bit of a let-down.

Gass provides the "gold standard" for textbooks regarding macular maladies. I have read many other texts purporting to review macular disease but none do so to the extent Gass does. Each sentence is jam-packed with information and the references are extensive and complete. The text is a must for any serious student of macular disease. One drawbrack is the black & white photos but I recognize the prohibitive costs of printing the text with color prints. I recall reading the beginning part of the chapter on choroidal neovascularization as a resident and marveling at how Gass explained the pathophysiology with simple yet telling diagrams. This book rates a solid 6 stars (on the five star scale!).

If you're in business or thinking of owning a business (big or small) consider Trumped! This book is a good learning tool for keeping your ego in check and dollars in the bank. Trumped! takes the reader on an endless roller coaster ride into The Donald's doings, and how his huge ego and whacked business deals finally led him to his undoing. The book reveals that a large part of Trump's downfall was the death of his three lead guys, but it's ultimately The Donald's own irresponsibility that was driving the train wreck to financial failure. Trumped! is an excellent venture into the mind of an irrational, ego-driven tyrant. As far as a business book is concerned, I think it serves as a reminder to all those present or future business owners to keep a sharp eye on the books, and a big heart open for all the people who make their business a success. At times Trumped! reads like a soap opera. But the book seems to maintain an even balance between the surreal world of Donald's many romances and the cold hard numbers that make or break financial success. END

This was a well written book by someone with inside knowledge of the Trump organization. The reader learns a lot about Trump's personal life and the inner workings of the casino industry. Highly recommended.

I have used this book for four semesters in my Communication Theory courses. In terms of organization, readability, and application this is one of the strongest communication theory textbooks I have found. It has good breadth and is particularly strong in examining the theoretical positions which are endemic to the discipline of communication. When considering a new textbook for your communication theory course this book merits serious consideration.

I am a college student currently in a class with Dr. Cragen and I find the book to be an excellent companion to his lecture. However, having one of the authors as my instructor is a large advantage. The reading may be tedious, and not having direct access to one of the authors may be detrimental. Overall, the book is able to accomplish what it intends to do.

This text provides a quick, concise review of the pimary topics covered on emergency medicine exams. I found it to be a good way to prepare for inservice exams and the written boards.

I bought this commentary on John, and this is not a bad one, and Carson gives you several good insights, but he follows one of the routes of the protestant tradition, the worst one, the zwinglian. He tries to hide any sacramental sign of the Gospel of John: He says that the water and Spirit of Jn 3:5 is not about baptism. He says that water and Spirit is a reference only to the Spirit, and that we to understand Jn 3:5 as pointing to Ezekiel and the divine promise of the gift of Spirit and water. But Carson can't avoid the fact that Ez could refer to the giving of the Spirit via the sacrament of Baptism. Carson is a baptist, so he follows the bias of his tradition. George Beasley Murray is a Baptist exegete, but he admits as the christians of the first 3 centuries that Jn 3:5 is about the One Baptism: the sacrament of baptism, which wash away sins and gives the Spirit.
Carson tries to twist Jn 6, to avoid the obvius: that Jesus is the Bread of Life who must be believed, and Who can gives us life by eating His flesh and drinking His blood at Lord's Supper. Carson tries to convince the reader that Jn 6,53-58 isn't about Eucharist, and he fights against the clear meaning of the text and the reading of the first christians as Ignatius, but, Carson finally gives up and says, "well, this text is about the Eucharist as any other text of the Gospels". Even though he is a follower of Ulrich Zwingly, he at least admits that John 6 has an alussion to the Eucharist. Beasley Murray also a baptist says clearly that the firs readers of John could understand that John was talking about Lord's Supper. Carso'ns interpretation of Jn 20,23 is wrong as the Translator's Handbook on the Gospel of John shows. Well, you better buy George Beasley Murray commentary on John or C.K. Barrett, which is better.

One of the strengths of this commentary is its introduction covering issues such as authorship and date. For those who prefer commentaries with a more conservative approach, Carson's argument for the authorship of this gospel is helpful. He argues that the beloved disciple is the primary author of the gospel, and that the beloved disciple is John, the son of Zebedee. Carson also arrives at a date of composition around 80-85 C.E. and sees no reason to doubt the tradition of Ephesus as the probable place of origin.

Another strength of this commentary was the theological insights provided by Carson. He does a good job of bringing out John's message and I'm sure this would be a helpful aspect for preachers. The NIV is the text used by Carson. There are frequent discussions of Greek terminology, and thankfully the commentary was written with footnotes instead of endnotes. This helped to make for a much smoother read. While not an excellent work on John, Carson does an above average job in providing a work written from a conservative, evangelical perspective.

Athough Carson's on the gender-inclusive bandwagon, this commentary on John is excellent. Leon Morris' commentary on John is equally valuable. I would highly recommend either of these, both extremely well written and both by conservatives.

Eric