i think this book talked in great deatail about not only my fathers rescue but alot of other interesting stories. my father repelled out of a helicopter to sve victims in the world trade center,and i think it is great his storie was included in this book.

VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND VERY UP TO DATE (1999)

Tracers is a compelling, harsh funny and moving look at the Vietnam War, as told by men who fought there. Originally developed through psychodrama workshops, the play takes several archetypal soldiers- the black militant, the scared kid, the hippie soldier, and places them in a series of vignettes that are frighteningly realistic in what the young men of the 60s and 70s went through in Vietnam. A must read!

Suddenly it all makes sense! Virtual universities get hyped up, but what have been the results? We hear of all sorts of initiatives, yet somehow the educational world hasn't changed that much - or has it?

In 'The Virtual University: an action paradigm and process for workplace learning', Teare, Davies and Sandelands outline a coherent vision of what is possible, backed up by real examples of what they are achieving today.

The book manages to sketch out the big picture of the learning society within the context of a rapidly changing, uncertain world. It presents an inclusive, 'open systems' model of personal and organizational learning. But it's not just a theoretical model, as is ably demonstrated by the creation of Our University for Industry - hospitality worldwide, among other experiences related.

The use of electronic communications media is discussed, but this is not a book for the techno-heads, it's for educationalists and in-company senior training and OD specialists. And it's for everyone seeking to develop themselves on an ongoing, 'lifelong' basis.

It follows on nicely for me in the tradition of 'The Knowledge Game' and 'Our Enterprise School of Management' by Gordon Wills, and all works by Reg Revans e.g. 'The ABC of Action Learning'.

I enjoyed it and feel I have benefitted from finding the time to read it cover to cover!

Claire Huntley Contributing Editor: Technology Strategies Editorial Advisor: Global Anthological Journal of Action Learning

This is a hard book to rate, for any number of reasons. For one thing, it's not nicely rounded; it doesn't tell a complete story, but provides a blistering snapshot of a small slice of history and an investigation still in process. For another, its photos and text don't work closely together, but provide approximately parallel looks into the same awful tale. Hardest of all is the stunning vividness of the photography by Gilles Peress, and the nagging suspicion that we share some small portion of blame for this.

Simply put, _The Graves_ is a collection of photographs of dead bodies and skeletons, the anonymous mass graves from which they were exhumed, the remnants of their clothing and contents of their pockets, the relatives that survived them; and a text that describes the painstaking and horrifying process of trying to identify them and divine how they came to die.

Srebenica and Vukovar are two towns in eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina, where in July of 1995, hundreds of Muslim men -- unarmed, defenseless, and bound -- were apparently shot by soldiers of the Serbian army under Ratko Mladic and then bulldozed under mounds of earth.

Five years later, most of those responsible still roam freely in the former Yugoslavia, though the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague steadily sifts evidence and issues warrants for their arrest. This book depicts some of the effort to establish evidence of their guilt ... and is itself damning evidence.

The photos by Peress, all black and white, are horridly beautiful in their mute, pinpoint clarity. They record a creepy new form of archaeology, where shiny white teeth peek out of the dirt, leg bones remain encased in socks and athletic shoes, entire bodies rise out of the near past, shorn of flesh but still comfortably clothed. They could be ancient remains, and one struggles to comprehend that they were alive, page after page of them, not very long ago.

Stover's text gives some historical context for these graphic images, records the testimony of surviving witnesses, and offers brief portraits of the men and women -- forensic pathologists, archaeologists, x-ray technicians -- who sift through this grisly treasure. Peress also photographs them at work, relaxing with a guitar, and the waiting, anxious families with their charity canned goods and stuffed toys.

This is a stark, stolid book, one that serves as a necessary reminder that what happens on the other side of the planet matters, and that no matter how much relative attention we give them, some things are worse than being sent back to Cuba to live with one's father. Much worse.

Stover and Peress, through searing words and photographs, have created a record of the two greatest war crimes in the conflicts that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia. The sack of the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991 by Serb forces, and the subsequent mass murder of over 200 patients and staff from the local hospital is still a powerful and pivotal event, not only because of the sheer magnitude of the atrocity, but also because it was the first. Vukovar came before the siege of Sarajevo, the rape and torture camps in Prijedor and Foca and elsewhere, before the destruction of Mostar bridge, and the massacre at Srebrenica. Vukovar set the standard for the atrocities that were to come, and eight years after its destruction, the town is still a hollowed-out ruin with weeds poking through shattered buildings and one-fourth of its prewar population clinging precariously to subsistence in a destroyed economy. The siege and fall of Bosnia's Srebrenica in 1995, engineered by indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic has been amply documented elsewhere, but this book is not a military history or the reconstruction of the crime. Rather it is about the search for the missing and the identification of bodies pulled from mass graves. The authors follow the forensic specialists, the anthropologists and physicians who have created a sad but necessary specialty in this field. The exhumations are part of the search for the truth, not only for the half-grieving, half-hopeful survivors who cling to rumors about their loved ones, but for all people of compassion who hope that finding some finality, and perhaps some justice, at the bottom of these graves will serve both the living and the dead. The exhumations and identifications are carried out according to strict forensic standards so the results can be used as evidence at the Hague war crimes tribunal. If we are to forge any positive legacy from these atrocities, it may lie in allowing the children of both the victims and the executioners to lead normal lives, free from fear and revenge and poisonous hatred. Memories are long in this region, and vengeance can take decades. The woman who runs an orphanage for young Srebrenica survivors observes, "What is important now is the message the international community sends to these boys and what they then tell their own children. If you say to a child, 'Look, that man there killed your father, and now he lives in your house.' What kind of message is that going to send? But if you say, 'That man killed your father and that is why he is in prison.' The message is very different. So, for now, there might not be a lot of hatred or revenge, but if we don't find a way to punish those responsible for these crimes, it will surely be something we can count on in the future." To date, neither Mladic nor the "Vukovar Three" are in the tribunal's custody. For the children's sake, we can do better.

This is an amazing book, detailing evidence collection by the ICTY war crimes tribunal at two mass grave sites - Srebrenica, a predominantly Muslim town in eastern Bosnia; and Vukovar, a mixed Serb-Croat town in eastern Croatia (contrary to the view of the previous reviewer, Vukovar is neither Muslim nor Bosnian). The photos are phenomenal. After a wrenching reading, one comes away with a few scattered thoughts. Namely: 'never again, and 'thank god there is an international tribunal to carry out prosecutions for these events when domestic courts are unwilling to do so'.

There have now been two ICTY indictees arrested for Srebrenica, the trial is ongoing as of this writing. None of the 'Vukovar Three', reportedly hiding out in Belgrade have been arrested yet.

Justice is far too slow. But at least with the ICTY, there is some chance for a bit of justice after all.

A friend was taking a computer class for new users and was told by the instructor that the class would use this book. I looked at it and bought a copy. I am an experienced computer user (Macintosh, Windows, Unix, Linux, Java, HTML, Office, Netscape, Explorer, Perl, etc.) and this book taught me so much! I learned about the workings of computers. Before I read this book, I know how to use computers, but not too much about how computers worked.

I bought a Windows computer recently from a customized computer store. Thanks to this book's teaching me about the components of computers, I knew just what to buy and ordered with confidence. At the end, when I was deciding what to do about speakers, the dealer showed me some wildly powerful units. I looked in the book and told the dealer I needed two 10-30 watt speakers. The dealer sold me a pair of sixty watt speakers. My advice to you is get sixty watt speakers even though the book mentions thirty watt speakers. I suppose that's my one gripe with the book.

If an experienced user can learn so much from this book, a new computer user will definitely think of this book as five-star. This book is very easy to understand; there is simple language and the explanations are given step-by-step. Computers Simplified is a great reference. If you want to learn hypertext markup language or something else, go to the amazon.com Home Page, follow the links to Books, type in Computers Simplified, and take a look at the results. I recommend Creating Web Pages Simplified and agree with Amy Brazo about this book cutting through all the jargon.

This book is what I've been looking for the longest time. The technical terms become understood by simple graphical explations using cartoon characters. The book is well organzied from the first chapter to the last to let you understand what a computer is and it's various basic operations. If you are think of buying a computer and you want to understand what kind of computer to buy or not buy this is the book to have. This book is very simple to understand if you've never used one before. Which is unusual I was able to read 10 pages in one hour using this book. I still use this as a reference. I am pleased to have read this book.

I really do owe the author of this book, as well as the book salesperson who included this book, without my asking, with two other books on computers which I had asked be held for me at a local bookstore for me ( all three of which I picked up later), many thanks, because I did not know that I needed this book and I absolutley did. At the time I was thinking of buying a computer for the fist time, knowing very little about computers at all, and this book provided me with information that I absolutey needed in order to make an informed choice about what kind of computer to buy. I am very happy with my purchase and don't know what I would have done without this book. The book provides a good overview of computers including hardware and software, how computers work, bytes, and types of computer systems(PC-personal computer, Macintosh, mainframe, set-top box) and then, using very helpful graphics-a typical computer, as well as operating systms, 9 pages on the Macintosh, plus a very nice introductions to the internet and web,including what the internet offers, e-mail, getting connected, web browser, multimedia on the web, web portal, children on the web, web pages and shopping, ), as well as buying a computer (considerations such as cost, Brand-name and clone,and after sale-service), upgrade(condsiderations such as cost and effective upgrades), mouse, keyboard, input and output, printer (ink-jet and laser),modem, processing ( memory-memory size, program requirements, memory chips, virtual memory,ROM and CPU, Memory Cache and Bus). If you are thinking of buying a computer, especally if you are new to computers, but even if you are not, I really can't recommend this book enough to help you in making your decision. The edition of this book that I have is the Fourth Edition © 1998 and it only goes up to the Windows 98 operating system and Windows NT in Windows and Mac OS 8 in Macintosh (UNIX is also covered, as is MS-DOS), however. It's time for a new edition.

This guide is great. I would pay 15 Dollars for this if I had to. It gives you a comprehensive look at all the modes and things in the game, and along the way gives you unneeded,but cool, info like some wrestlers nicknames, birthplaces and height & weight. It is an excellent example of what Strategy Guides should be. It also shows you (indirectly) how much better this game is than Warzone, Nitro, and World Tour.

Well WCW/nWo Revenge is way better than World Tour, and it blows Warzone to bits. This strategy guide is a must have if you have the game. It has good tips on the game and how to survive if you are getting beat easily. I really like the illustrations and the easy directions on how to play as your favorite wrestlers. The bios about the wrestlers are cool too. If you have Revenge get this guide.

This game is the follow-up to the wildly popular WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. World Tour was hailed by wrestling fans as the best wrestling game to date, and were delighted to hear that a sequel would be coming out. The popularity of World Tour created a market flooded with great wrestling titles, as well as some mediocre ones. But don't worry, this is definitely the best WCW title to date, even though it's horribly outdated. ----Graphics----The first thing you'll notice once you start playing is the better skin colors. World Tour had hideous skin colors. They were all white. I mean, literally, white. This problem has been solved in Revenge, so it is already better than World Tour. The faces in World Tour were also horrid. They looked absolutely nothing like their real-life counterparts. This problem was also solved in Revenge. Some of the faces are just amazingly realistic, such as Bret Hart and Hollywood Hogan. Some look less detailed, such as Chris Benoit's and Booker T's. But they are still a vast improvement. The areans look great. It's fun to pop in this game just to look at the old Nitro set of 1998. The moves are also more realistic than ever, although the atomic drop is animated too fast. There are still some graphical glitches that occur when doing suplexes and moves like that, but those really don't interfere with the gameplay too much. Graphics: 10/10 ----Sound----The in-game music is nothing to be amazed at. It's not bad, per se. But it just doesn't fit in with the game. I don't want to hear guitars in midi format while doing the Jackhammer on Scott Hall, do I? So like I said, it isn't bad... just out of place. The punches and the sounds of bodies slamming on the mat are great. Nothing to complain about. No entrance music. This annoys me. The ad for this game clearly states authentic WCW entrance music. But do I hear Wolfpac music? NO! Do I hear nWo music? NO! Do I hear DDP's theme? NO! You get the idea. Definitely disappointing. Sound: 8/10 ----Controls----If you've played any of the THQ wrestling games before, you know what to expect. If not, let me attempt to break it down. The moves are pulled off thanks to a grapple system. Basically, you engage in a grapple via the A button, then press a direction the control pad and A or B, and a move is executed. Trust me, this is a lot easier than it sounds. And of course, you also have punches and such, which are executed with the B button. Very good, responsive controls. Controls: 10/10 ----Roster----Yes, the roster for this game is horribly outdated. Please keep in mind that this game was released in 1998. The roster is still great though. You've got all of your favorites, including Hogan, Hall, Nash, Goldberg, Bret Hart, DDP, The British Bulldog, Sting, and more! Roster: 10/10 ----Modes---- Modes are pretty lacking. You have exhibition, which includes singles and tag, career, and battle royal (which is essentially a Royal Rumble.) The career is pretty lacking. You fight 8 wrestlers, and the 8th wrestler has the belt. But the modes are still fun, regardless. Modes: 9/10 Challenge: Moderate ----Rent or Buy---- Buy, brother, before my 24-inch pythons run you over in style and profile, because I am the excellence of execution. Or something like that. Anyway, this is a great game for vintage WCW fans... A definite must-buy.  Reviewer's Score: 10 / 10

But you need to have a few comercial plug-ins and this means spend money, instead of this you can learn many tricks other people learn with experience and time. I really don't know if the book isn't good enoght or 3D Studio is very incomplete, filling the holes with expensive IPAS.

First of all, I want to say that I'm from Sweden, so please be indulgence with my language. I've read the magnificant book of 3d Studio & Hollywood Gaming Effects. I used both 3d Studio and 3D max for the tutorials, and I was quite impressed. The book is based on examples and tutorials, made by pros'. The examples in the book are very detailed, and are understandble, even for an amateur like me. And the best thing is that, if you dont understand what they're talking about, just put in the CD-Rom (that comes with the book) find the chapter for the example, and run it. There you have it, step by step, all the exaples in the book on the CD-Rom are explained on the CD-Rom too. A book for both amateurs and proffesionals, that increase the flexibilaty you need to become a graphic artist. And even if you're using 3d Max, the examples in the book - and on the CD-Rom - works properly. Since Max and Studio are based on the same system. The examples in the books are well illustrated, and the layout makes it very easy to find and read. You learn new things every time you browse through the book. And just by watching the exapmles on the CD-Rom, you can load a project - and go through it - see for your self how it's build. And in that way learn some useful hints & tricks. A low cost educational book, that you can get useful hints & tricks from, that you cant get from anywhere else. As I said, my English is bad. I sometimes can't find a way to express my feelings in words. But it is a good book. I rated the book with a 9. Now that, is self explained. Happy rendering, Your Friend In The Jungle Of 3D.

When I first picked this book up I was expecting it to be another book on teaching the beginner how to do simple effects. I could never have been so wrong. Starting at an advanced level, the book assumes you not only have lots of experience with 3D Studio, but some additional software tools as well. Then, it shows you, in detail, how to create certain effects, all of which can be easily adapted to your scenes. Some of the effects include overlaying your animation with video so that it 'fits' together, or extended use of 'Bones Pro' and 'MetaBall Modelers'(which are plug-ins for 3D Studio) to create organic models.

For beginners, I recommend "3D Studio Special Effects/Book and Cd Rom" while this book is more for users with a solid grip on 3D Studio.

I agree with Mr. Maybury's assessment of the situation we find ourselves in today in America. I particularly enjoyed finding that he agreed with both Patrick Henry and James Madison and that they both gave an accurate prediction about the upcoming problems, downfalls and failings of an ever-mutating Federalist mentality that is ripping the heart out of our founding principles. It killed the true goal of our founders, which was to allow states and communities to remain diverse, different and unique and economically and socially controlled by the people who lived in them. If you did not agree socially or politically with one community and/or state you could move to another and live comfortably knowing you would be around others with similar beliefs, opinions and characteristic.

In other words they did not want us to become exact mental, emotional and social clones or mere automatons of a Federal Government "1984" mentality run amuck. People like Earl Warren and Warren Burger succeeded in putting us on that destructive hedonistic and anti-American coarse by hijacking the judiciary.

Local control as Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine advocated, would undeniably put the decision making process in the hands of the voters and real-democracy at the lowest levels, they did not believe in Stare Decisis which kills a true ever-changing democracy. They wanted the "one person one vote" majority-rule concept to flourish on a local level, instead of having a federal government, which steals that basic right, concept and liberty at every opportunity by manipulating entities at every level and corrupting the courts.

Certainly government at the federal level was and still is necessary for some very basic issues, like those identified in the Preamble to the Constitution for instance, but never at the level it is at today.

It all comes back to that corrupting influence of power. I found it strange that he did not speak of term-limits as a counterbalancing protection for his Juris Naturalis ideology, the only real protection to saved us from the decline in founding principles as society grew, matured, evolved and became corrupted. A corruption that transformed the philosophy of the people, by the people, and for the people; to one of me, we, our party and an "our cause only mentality."

As much as I enjoyed his wit, humor, intelligent discourse and insight, which will undoubtedly cause me to read the rest of his books, which I highly recommend as a Middle School introduction to all his subjects, I could not possibly agree with all his teachings, opinions and/or assertions. Perhaps it is just that in his attempt to cover so many bases he seemed to have numerous contradictory comments that makes one stop and say wait a minute that is just not true.

For instance he asked, "has anyone ever suggested to you that government may not be necessary?" That is a foolish question today, of coarse it is.

He also asserts for instance that the right wants to stamp out sin and the left wants to stamp out inequality of wealth. These are interesting assertions but facades and falsehoods and assumptions that have no real basis. Those comments could be just as easily phrased like this, "the right wants to make people merit conscious and responsible for their actions by teaching morality and the left wants to rob from those who work to give to those who don't. Both of these statements would be equally as true, but give a completely different impression to the reader.

How can the left be said to believe in stamping out the inequality of wealth when so many of them, and I do mean, many of them, are filthy rich and getting richer every day at the expense of the poor and middle class in America. They are in fact the arrogant Aristocracy of the western civilization so hated by the Middle East. It is not our government or our true American values and culture that the Middle Easterners hate so much, but the liberal rich people and their hedonistic tendencies, policies and activities that irk them so much. When someone asks why Islam hates America it is simply because of liberal ideologies, policies and programs. It is as simple as that.

When I see Ted Turner, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barbara Streisand, Dianne Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, Steven Speilberg, Hugh Hefner and several thousand other left-wing liberal icons give away their millions and/or billions and live on what I make, I will change my opinion of the left. But for today I disagree with Mr. Maybury's assertion about the goal of liberals, wanting to fix any inequalities, they create them.

They want power and the ability to oppress others at any cost and sit in their Eiffel towers dictating socialistic and hedonistic principle and rules of conduct on the rest of us peons. In others words I believe his definition of "Fascist" more aptly fits the modern day liberal than the word "liberal" does, and I would put fascist at the far left end of his scale rather than the right end, but hey it is his book.

There are many other inconsistencies of thought and assertion in his writings, but nothing significant enough to recommend skipping this truly enjoyable book. I have ordered and will most certainly read all the others as well, but with a critical eye. I truly enjoyed his work, with only minimal reservations, because I do read everything with the critical eye he instructs his readers to use.

As a series of books for beginners in politics, social issues and economic studies I can stand by the four star rating and highly recommend his thought provoking comments to those from all political persuasions. After reading this book I would have to classify myself as a Nationalistic Juris Naturalis of the Original "Classical Liberal" Judeo-Christian Founding Fathers Persuasion. Wow, what a mouthfull. Where are you in the mix?

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Maybury clearly understands the biggest threat in history has always been the state, which is based on violence and death. This makes him a classical liberal (which has nothing to do with the ignorant and dangerous liberals of today), or, in modern terms, a libertarian. However, he uses the cliched continuum of Nazis and fascists at the far right and communists and socialists at the far left. Someone like Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn argues they are all far left. I'm not sure it matters; all of them are idolators who worship the state. But it does make it confusing, since this book is aimed at the young. Still, it is an excellent introduction to political science, law and economics, and I would recommend it to anyone. I do wish that in addition to his two laws, "Do all you have agreed to do" and "Do not encroach on other persons or their property" (which are nothing more than the Biblical injunctions against lying and theft) he had included the one about coveting (envy), which is the little-understand cause of centuries of untold horror.

This is a wonderful book which helps you clearly define your political stance, i recommend these books for young students who need to learn about the political parties and adults who think they know all there is all to know about political parties. I myself am a juris naturalist, if you'd like to know what that is then check out this book, i'm amazed at how much knowlege i gained!

p.s i also recommend evaluating books: what would thomas jefferson think about this,and whatever happened to penny candy?

I have to say that although I have been captivated by Mr. Maybury's books for some time, reading each one in order. I found this one interesting only about half the time. Wehn I got half way through it I lost interest. It seemed to be going over and over and over and over the same old stuff which could have been imparted in half the time and half the pages, and just plain got boring. It simply did not hold my interest like the first seven.

After finishing it, I picked up the "Thousand Year War" a little apprehensively to see if Maybury had lost his flare after the success of his previous books, as so many do, sort of like movie sequals that never meet or match the standards of the original, and luckily found that it was back on track with interesting, coherent information taht once again had me wanting to finish it in one setting.

Mr. Maybury needs to work The "Clipper Ship" over and could easily reduce it by half.

Of course I enjoy his work and will order the two follow on books WWI and WWII to round out my collection. All in all, he has made me a little bit wiser with this series and I still recommend it (all of them) to anyone who wants to understand the competing "models" that exist in the world and what makes the world go round.

Jim

I am very impressed at how Rick has made economics so easy to understand. I was very ignorant as to how economic policies effected me. After reading this book I am truly looking foward to learning more about our system. He also indirectly mentioned the company I work for in regards to a P&G (Protor & Gamble)issue. I can attest that he was on the money with his conclusion. I have long understood how much manipulation occurs within our political system. I just never thought that it effects our economic structure to the degree that it does!

In this excellent book Uncle Eric provides you with all of the facts about cones.What they are, how to find them, and how you can make a profit from them.

Uncle eric shares many examples of cones through history especially the history of the clipper ship. Also included with each history overview is the summary of what those who found the cones did to profit from them. This i find to be an extreemely useful item within the book. Uncle eric does not only tell you what to do, he shows you actual instences in history when the cones were taken advantadge of.

Along with uncle erics guide to finding cones he also has a description of what types of cones there are, and which ones to get into and which ones to stay out of.

I find all of uncle erics advice to be extreemely useful in this book.

sincerely Piffer H