Journals are my favorite historical reading. I was amazed at TKW's World - and his view of the final antebellum years in New Orleans.

The read is interesting for what it includes and what it excludes. TKW knew and met every major citizen of the time; from Polk to Beauregard to Dr. Barton. You get a very detailed picture of what it was like for a man of the times; his everyday travels and travails. What it excludes is equally interesting - very little on the women he lived with, slavery, Mardi Gras and occupation.

The accent is definitely architecture and I found myself scanning - rather than reading - page after page of discussions on bricks and beams. Also, novice that I am, I found two errors (in the footnotes).

Still when I reached the end, it was a shock to the system. It felt as though TKW could not deal with occupation - of New Orleans and of his beloved Custom House - and just decided to die. It left me wanting more.

A very luxurious book, richly printed with tons of illustrations.

Favorite passage: "Some are Americans, but the French predominate, and the difference between them appears to be that the former have a little to say about everything, the latter a great deal to say about nothing at all."

This volume is mostly a reprint of the manuscript mentioned in the title. Adam McLean gives some brief observations on the material and the manuscript's history then let's the user do the interpretation.

Why I call it invaluable is that it really constitutes one of the most important links between John Dee and the late 19th century schools of occult (i.e the Golden Dawn and the Aurum Solis). For those who, like myself, question the why's of the correspondeces formulated by the GD (esp. in terms of geomancy) this book unravels that mystery. While Rudd did not actually describe the specifics of his attributions, it becomes clear where the GD was borrowing from. It's catalog of spirits also contain entities from other Grimoire traditions and their associated sigils which probably make it useful for anyone investigating those traditions (e.g. Solomon).

I use this book as a main reference book for Remote Access network setup/maintenance in my daily work. And this was the only book I read throughly during preparing my BCRAN test ( I took test the first time last week and passed with a score of 853). I did NOT read Graig Dennis' Cream book but I did all practice questions. I spent one day read briefly on Catherine Paquet's BCRAN book and did all questions on each chapter(Very good questions). I believe ANY single one of those books contains ALL the information you will need to pass the test. The question is how much you can understand the technology only based on the reading. I have to say, I work on the remote access on the daily basis, but still there were a couple of questions on the test I was clueless (the solutions are on Catherine's book but I doubt if I would pay attention on them even I read). So the best bet is get your hands on. At least do all the Case Study on each chapter of this book. Good Luck!

This book is awesome. It goes a step beyond all the other BCRAN study guides out there. It is obvious that the author intended to go beyond the BCRAN objectives and wants you to use it well after you have finished the exam. While many of the other books tell you to how to implement TCP/IP over PPP, none show you how to implement IPX/SPX and NetBEUI over PPP! (For material not related to the exam they make sure to note it before he discusses it). Another example of how the author went the extra mile is the inclusion of an extra chapter on implementing VPDN's (L2F and L2TP). This subject matter can not be found in any other BCRAN book!

I found the approach to the material excellent, because they always start out by discussing the technology without regard to any Cisco product. Once finished, he shows how to implement the concepts using Cisco equipment. Then there are the case studies which give you a chance to do it yourself, and if you are having problems there are step by step instructions showing you not just how to do it, but why you need to use that command. While some of the case studies have some mistakes, if you are CCNA you should easily catch those mistakes (missing subnet mask when setting an IP address, etc.)

I give this book an A+. Oh, if you are wondering, I passed the BCRAN exam easily with a score of over 900!

In every certification process there is a beginning, in this case CCNA. Then there is the ongoing certification process and tests and BCRAN is just one step in obtaining the CCNP certification. Leading experts in the Cisco certification process puts the book together and now you get to benefit from their knowledge and experience.

To give you the best chance of passing, this 750-page fountain of information is packed with diagrams, actual router screen shot examples, tables, figures and real world examples to make sure you are completely prepared for the exam.

Coverage of topics like identifying remote connections, assembly of WAN components, configuration, DDR, X.25, the 700 series router configuration, frame relay and ISDN and many others. The detail of the information is great and the author's way of presenting the information is also excellent.

Included in the book are review questions, case studies and tasks, all of which will enhance your chances of passing the exam first time around. The breakdown of this book makes it sure-fire winner and for those serious about CCNP this should be your first stop.

The Harrison family move into their new house and James wants the attic turned into his bedroom but whilst they are cleaning out the attic they find a bottle with a message in and they accidentally smash it and what they don't know is that a spirit is released.After this there is lots of messages being left around.No one believed james and no one ever did until things got too bad and they all wish they had believed him. It is written by Penelope Lively who is a very affective author.

The ghost of Thomas Kempe is a spooky story written by penelope lively. The Harrison family have strange things going on in their new house. Messages are being left in places in werid writting and odd things have been happening. James Harrison is sure there's a ghost haunting the house but no-one will beive him until things start to get too out of hands........ This book makes a good read and is suitable for anyone who is willing to sit down and get engrossed into solving the mystery of the Harrisons house.

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a very good story of which the Harrison family move from their old house to a new Countryside Cottage but they dont knpw that a 300 year old bloke is trying to haunt them. The family recieved letters and messages as if the GHOST was trying to haunt them.The atmospheric detail and Archaic language used,was to a good effect. The book was quite good but the ending was not very well thought out!

Too vague and general for someone using the book to use as a reference. Does not go into a lot of key points you actually use on patrol. Also, tends to make remarks that do not reflect the reality of todays police work. The author seems out of touch with policing today.

I had to read this book for a promotional examination and found it to be a good refresher of the very basic points that we all learned at the beginning of our police careers. When I am approached by someone who is not yet in police work and wants to read a good, simply written and understandable book on law enforcement, I always recommend this one. It may seem to be too basic for those of us in this field for the years I have served, but many areas are still very relevant.

I have never been a fan of condensed books for the obvious reason that they leave out content and motivation. This book, however, could be shrunk by 3/4 without any real loss. Yes, there is much in-depth case study information here, but the paper could have been much better used by substituting much of it for some harder, theoretical motivation and analytical discussions. The authors are capable of this. Also, despite the painstaking redundent detail and a few regressions, for me the authors fail to place inflation targeting and inflation targeting countries into the greater context of inflationary policies and countries facing inflation. It surprises me that there is no mention of some of the, especially developing countries, where inflation has been a serious problem and where most battles of the future are likely to be fought.

An easy to read book for people of all levels. It takes the reader through case studies on the various countries which have introduced inflation targeting. This is interesting from a historical perspective, but since inflation targeting really is a very simple concept (announce an inflation target, describe why you aim to hit this target, make it clear how you shall go about achieving this target and at all times be transparent in your pursuit of that target) the book tends to be repetitive. This book simply goes over too many similar regimes and thus cannot help but cover the same points over again. The last chapter is a study of the U.S. (a rare example of a country with very steady inflation which has not introduced an explicit inflation target) with some recommendations on how (and why) it should implement an inflation target. This book is recommended if you want very indepth case studies on the introduction of inflation targeting in countries as different as Sweden, New Zealand, The U.K. and Australia, but if you only need a quick overview of what inflation targeting is then buy a good general Economics textbook and read the section on it.

The book claims to be "known to be far superior to the generic manual provided." It isn't. As noted in previous reviews, the examples are worthless if you've every heard of, say, an if-then-else statement. If you know the basics of RPL, you won't need this book. If you don't, read the manual that came with your HP. I should also note that reviewing a book that you admit to not having read is rather bad form. And yes, it does claim to be what the reviewer from Loiza believed. Oh, and racial stereotyping, also, is bad form. Have a nice day, hopefully with a better book. (Or, hell, just go to your neighborhood friendly search engine and type in "hp48g" and you'll get a ridiculous amount of resources, many of which are utterly excellent.)

What this book offers is basically the same thing as the user's manual, adorned with words we mortals understand. I think that the user's manual, and a little practice, is all you need to get started with a HP 48G.

Just wondering why 11 of 13 people found Pablo's review helpful?

From the title and description of this book, it does not claim to be a HP48 programming book.

There are plenty of those, this is obviously a better user manual.

No offence to Pablo, but giving a book a poor rating because it does not meet criteria that it never claims to, is really bad form.

I have'nt read it (yet), but my rating is an attempt to help rectify the poor first reader review.

I bought this book thinking I was going to learn how to use the equation library. It dose not even mention it.

The overall style of the book is lacking and the quality of type face is patchy. At least Amazon will allow you to change the book or refund your money.

V. Jones

This is a very basic book for true beginners. It has very long narratives that include statements like, "Be prepared to be amazed and astonished." If you want to learn to program the HP 48, I do not recommend this book. It does give several examples but it does not tell you HOW to do specific programming functions. The various examples do include things like subroutine and system calls but it does not explain what each part of the example actually does. If you buy this book, Don't throw out your HP User's Guide! If you know of a good programming guide that tell's how to do different functions, including examples, please notify me.

Within 800 pages, the authors have tried to include everything from basic structural equilibrium to finite element method. The effect is obvious, it has touched all topics superficially without any details. It has finished structural dynamics in one chapter and finite elements in two chapters! Examples lack details and jumps steps and are too complex to comprehend. Moreover it contains numerous printing mistakes. Theories are too obscure to follow. In overall, not a good book.