Just buy it. There are so many good ideas in here everyone who reads it will benefit.

This is perhaps one of the best technical football books I have read. Great diagrams and detailed explanation in a simple form make for a good read and easy installation instructions. A must for any offensive coordinator.

I ran the wing t offense for 10 years with great effectiveness forcing teams to play eight man fronts. I always felt I could not pass because you need talent thrower and speedy receivers to pass. So I forced my teams to continue running the football even with eight man fronts. Kind of chopping down a tree with a sledge hammer. Then I read this book. Not only do you not need a good thrower or speedy receivers, but if you want something that is going to confuse the defense. Then do not look any further. This book will completely change your offensive attitude towards the pass. I no longer pass with fear. The book is easy to understand and is a great reference for both offensive and defensive coordinators. It goes with any offensive philosophy. Mine is wing T and I have not change my philosophy it just enhance it. If you pass this book by you are making a big mistake. I now have defense playing 6 and 7 men fronts which is a lot easier to run on. No matter how much of committment you choose to use in your passing game: a lot or once in a while, this book will give that edge over today's defenses.

A collection of essays wrote by african american and biracal young adults. The essays are about struggles the writers have been through while growing up, and on college campues. I throught all the essays were good.

This book is a very well-done sociological study of African American/bi-racial college students and the telling of their stories to get to this point in their lives. The stories are diverse yet similar. Bright, misunderstood, sticking out like sore thumbs because they were of color and intelligent. That is not the way it is supposed to be. Why is it African Americans are ridiculed for being smart. I read Kunjufu's book some years ago when my daughter was in middle school, Black Peer Pressure: To be Popular or Smart. Why must you choose. I am trying to remember my childhood experiences. I cannot remember being ridiculed for doing well in school. It seemed that was the norm for my group and the kids seem to have more respect for one another. I know this is unusual. I think about my brother who is now a well-known cardiologist in the Bay Area and when I look back on it, he must have felt isolated because he was one of those super-smart, gifted students. From the first story of Prince which was heart-wrenching. He was truly a testament to the poverty and hardship. He proved he could succeed against the oods. So, it is with Malik who had a drug-addicted mother. These young men's stories is in contrast to some of the more affluent of the group. Maria, Rob, and Steve had all of the amenities to have a good head start, well-eduacated, financially secure, and good neighborhoods. However I must say, I was disappointed that these students felt they had little in common with other black students because of their status. And it seemed their attitudes were reinforced by their parents attitudes who seemed to feel if it's white, its right. I am trying to reconcile these parents with the generation that had to strive for basic civil rights in housing and education. Where was the pride in being black. Why were they not going to black churches and putting their children in contact with other young black people with groups such as Jack and Jill or church youth groups? I always thought it was the generation these students that lost the black pride, not their parents who I guess are in their forties, fifties, and sixties. Claudio and Alessandro had to do with the problem of being both black and Latino and all the trials associated with being of a double culture. So often in Latin cultures, children are told they are Latino and then they get out into the world where no one will let them forget they are black. That can be a rude awakening when culture and color clash. The bi-racial students angst of being between two world, not knowing where they belong. This story was also very well told in "Black, White,Other" by Lise Funderburg. Christina and Susanna's black fathers evidently had problems with their black identities. It seems in these and many bi-racial families they do no discuss race, as if not talking about it, it won't be a problem. But as they find out, these issues need to be discussed. Sure these kind of parents say they just want their children to grow up to be good, healthy individuals, regardless of race. Not in America where race and race matters are so pervasive. The editors forewords before each chapter, Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson among them were provacative, intelligent studies. I would highly recommend this book to high school and college student of African descent as well as their parents and students of black sociology. Very well done.

Souls Looking Back is a thought-provoking, engaging and critical work that solidifies the validity of personal narrative as form of interpretive research with a focus on critical race theory. Anyone who may posses any questions regarding the power of such representation should read, ingest and reflect upon the stories of the young people presented in this book. The editors splendedly synthesized these educational and personal memoirs within the context of personal identity, critical race, critical feminist and critical race feminist perspectives. I would strongly recommend this book for all those with sincere interests in anthropology, sociology, psychology, African-American/African-Carribean/Afro-British studies, and education. This book truly exemplifies the multiplicity of lives our young people of color experience.

To be perfectly honest, until Deep Space Nine went off the air I scorned Star Trek books. However, not only was DS9 my favorite "Trek" series, it just got better and better and ultimately became my all-time favorite program. I consider it the most admirable, well-written and well-acted long-running TV series--EVER. Since it went off I haven't bothered to turn on my TV except to watch tapes and DVDs. After being spoiled by the quality of DS9, there's nothing worth watching. So, since I prefer reading to watching the idiot box anyway, I started buying the DS9 books and have a fair collection of them.

Who better than the intelligent actor-writer-playwright Andrew Robinson to perform some intricate self-analysis and produce this history of the life of his own character on the show, Elim Garak, DS9's fascinating, morally ambivalent Cardassian tailor-spy? Motivations, characterizations and descriptions are right on the mark. This book would stand on its merits had DS9 never been produced, but it brings special joy to someone who misses the TV program as much as I do.

If Robinson wrote this with only minor editorial help, then let's have more from his pen, please!

I remember hearing word that Andrew Robinson was going to write a DS9 novel, and experienced a very mild reaction. Thoughts of an actor just trying to earn an extra paycheck by letting someone else fill in every piece for him except for some creativity here and there filled my head. I picked up this book at the bookstore, read the back cover, and my emotions still didn't overflow with anticipation.

But there was something that snatched me and persuaded me to buy it. Call it curiosity, call it Deep Space Nine withdrawal, whatever it was gave me the needed "oomph" to purchase it. And it was one of the biggest surprises in not only Star Trek history for me, but fiction writing in general.

Plain and simple Garak evolves in this novel, and fills in all the pieces of Garak's past and personality like a well-placed collar. You can feel Andrew Robinson's connection with this exiled and lonely man, and in watching Deep Space Nine episodes after reading this book - particularly "Improbable Cause," "The Die is Cast," "In Purgatory's Shadow," "By Inferno's Light," and "Empok Nor," it causes a ripple of understanding and fascination with Garak, even stronger than by watching the series alone.

All in all, this book was fantastic. From Garak's childhood, through his adolescent years, his relationship to Enabran Tain as both protege and son, his experiences with love, politics, death, and heartbreak, and the reasons behind his exile from Cardassia, this book will have you latched onto it like a vole on an electrical conduit.

The VERY few negative comments I could even possibly make are just some omissions. A lack of character interaction between Garak and Gul Dukat slightly hurts the explanation for their series-long feud and leaves that area too unexplored, and references to the Romulan/Cardassian fleet that attacked the Dominion in "Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast" were nearly non-existent to provide some more insight to the Tain/Garak relationship.

These points pale in comparison to the elaborate and perfectly designed situations Andrew creates for Garak's tapestry; you can truly see how his experiences and adventures correlate to the personality you see on the screen in the series. The reasons and foundations for Garak's mysterious ways, blind ambition, thirst for acceptance and companionship, fondness for philosophy and vicious circles, are all explored and presented here. What you read is what you get in the timeline of things. The one thing that's hard to do is mentally visualize the fictional Cardassian characters, and Garak as a young man. But other than that, Andrew does a beautiful job of utilizing explosive and vivid imagery in his descriptions.

I can say little more to persuade you, you will just have to do yourself a favor and purchase this one as soon as you can. Don't be hesistant on the actor/author situation, Andrew Robinson brings Garak to life one stitch at a time.

"A stitch in time saves nine...."

I was resistant at first. I wasn't a huge DS9 fan and I was skeptical about an actor's ability to write about his own character. This book was such a pleasant surprise. It was enthralling and insightful and made me wish DS9 had done more "Garak" episodes. Easily one of the top 20 Trek books published. I hope that Andrew J. Robinson writes more about Garak.

Worth seeking out, warranting reprinting, this is a dense, substantial, but readible biography, less concerned with literary criticism than with the psychological dynamics and political realities of Tagore's creative life. Ultimately, it is about East and West, which is to say, about Tagore the globalist who sought integration of east and west, as contrasted with Gandhi, the nationalist. Tagore believed that the human condition was first of all cultural, Gandhi regarded it as first of all political. This is a comprehensive but penetrating study not only of Tagore, but of modern India.

One day I was visiting my friend, and he gave me this book to read. I always knew Tagore from my childhood, but this relevation was too captivating... I still wish I have the book wherever I see myriad flowers .... A must for a Tagore Fan.

Our staff implemented the basic quick pass schemes into our offense and were fairly successfull this past season. We had a freshman make 38 catches. It would be worth your while to purchase the set of 3 books or minimally the first 2 books. Very helpful if you are looking to quickly develope a quick passing game. The video series is quite helpful also.

The decision of Major League Baseball to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier by retiring his number 42 for all major and minor league teams, was a masterstroke. Young readers will have a better understanding of why Jackie deserved this singular honor after reading Andrew Santella's Cornerstones of Freedom book. I have read several juvenile biographies of Jackie Robinson and usually end up focusing on the details they have left out that I believe are important to appreciating why Jackie Robinson was the right man at the right place for what proved to finally be the right time. Santella covers all the bases and since this book was published in 1996, the year before the 50th anniversary, it could not include the honors and tributes Jackie received at that time (e.g., a U.S. postage stamp). However, Santella does talk about the impact of what Jackie did: there is a section on some of the great baseball players (e.g, Campanella, Mays, Aaron) who went from the Negro Leagues to the Major Leagues after Jackie opened the door, as well as a look at the first African-Americans to play in the NBA and be tennis stars. Yes, I would have liked to have seen the story about when the Dodgers were in Cincinnati and Pee Wee Reese made a point of going up to Jackie and putting his arm around him to show the fans where he stood, but Santella does include the story of Eddie Stanky defending Robinson in Philadelphia. For that matter, there are details in Santella's book that were new to me (e.g., Jackie, who had been playing minor-league pro football in Honolulu, left Hawaii two days before Pearl Harbor was attacked), so my quibble is minor at best. After all, the Cornerstones of Freedom books are only 30 pages long and their goal is not to tell students and teachers everything there is about a topic, but to provide more information than they are going to find in an American History textbook. This is an excellent series for finding additional information about the great events and Santella's book is one of the better ones I have read to date, illustrated with black & white photographs, including some showing Robinson in action, stealing home against the Yankees and Yogi Berra (who still claims Jackie was out).

Riding on the hype and legendary "Lord of the Rings" resurgence, I was skeptical about purchasing this book, thinking that it may be a quick exploitive means to cash in on the fantasy regrowth. While this book has many of the recurring fantasy themes found else where, the contributors to this graphic novel have produced a fun, can't-put-it down comic.

The story centers around the person Robin Drake as he journeys to warn the other inhabits on "earth" of the return of the Beast, a villian the others thought had died fifteen years ago. Many of the superheros are cleverly introduced and united under the banner of saving the "world." Some heros take more proding than others, which aids in the story telling. It was interesting using Robin as the central character - considering he has always been a sidekick (even on his own, Nightwing has never really broken out of Batman's shadow).

This move gives the story more force and gives a "Frodo" of the Lord of the Rings" trilogy feel to the book, without copying the material too much. The formula also works well, so why change a genre that works so well - an unlikely hero, who saves the world.

The art is outstanding and many great artist contribute their unquie talents to provide pertinent images as the story progresses. A must for graphiic novel fans, who just want to read a good story, view some great art, and have a nice evening.

To review such a Tagore's work is a terrible task, though you've got the pleasure and adventage of going through pure still unknown masterpieces, a feeling that makes you believe that you've entered the Temple of Solomon delivering its secrets. Besides, to complete a biography of such a "myriad-minded" man, I believe that you need both to love the author, or at least his creations. I doubt that, although they have a high knowledge about the great man, Dutta and Robinson (this seems to be William Radice's opinion too) have preserved the bases of his syncretist and pantheist thought, they forgot the message and rather focussed on tiny anechdoctical passages of his tremendous life. I propose you to go through another biographies, such as Krishna Kripalani's or even E.J.Thompson's rather than focussing on such critical pieces of works that would tend to produce a negative effect on your love for Tagore's poetry --which I totally share with you. Take care though to the biased statement of Kripalani, who lacks objectivity being an in-law of Rabindranath and one of his rare truly close friends. However his report is both detailed and representative of the Bengali thought towards its greatest modern artist. I am working out on a thesis reflecting the influences on Tagore, and am ready to share my point of view. And best would be not to spend so much time on your computor but read once more one poems of Gitanjali. Just kidding.

With immense pleasure and great anticipation I read this Anthology. I feel the world is ready for Tagore's poems, short stories, and plays once more. His interest in world peace, his sensitivity for the human condition, and love of humanity is the kind of message the world needs, perhaps *even* more today than when the author first wrote his words. As with most translations of this author's famous work - there is a wonderful and necessary "Introduction" which gives many examples of his life experiences, interests, and achievements, helping one to sense the broad scope of knowledge and range of ideas to which the reader will be exposed.

Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson so wisely selected his play, "The Post Office" as the first chapter. This play is like a pearl found in an oyster shell ... the outside appearance gives no impression of the valuable gem to be found within. The message is breath-taking in its simplicity and sublime due to its universal message which transcends culture and time. The beauty of this Anthology is the wide range and depth of Tagore's writing to which the reader is exposed. His writing is awesome and inspiring, filled with love for mankind, by one who sees the complete picture, but nonetheless is filled with hope. We read Rabindranath Tagore's memoirs in "My Remininscences" - we learn about his relationship with his father, a journey into the Himalayas, and his boyhood days. Tagore's travel writings about Russia, Japan, England, Java, Persia, and a day at the spa in Balatonfured, Hungary are fascinating to read. We have the privilege of reading Tagore's personal letters to his neice, the poet Yeats, the poet Ezra Pound, many of his friends, the philosopher, Bertrand Russell, and many other people with whom he corresponded. From this one garner's more about the personality of the man whom Tagore was, a person who lived his values and beliefs, not one who merely just wrote about them. We read a fascinating exchange of ideas with Albert Einstein on "The Nature of Reality." Tagore's mastery of the short story has won him recognition in Bengal and throughout the world. He conveys social, political, and human relationships of the villager and city dweller with equal ability. He gradually exposes feelings and conflicts, and carefully builds suspense until the mystery is revealed or the situation is resolved often with unexpected consequences. Although fewer poems are included than one would expect, two important ones, "The Sick Bed" and "The Recovery", written toward the end of his life are included. Also, "The Ocean of Peace" a song Tagore himself planned to sing after a play, was instead sung for him at his funeral, which he requested while he was ill. If someone is unfamiliar with Tagore's writing this book is highly recommended as a starting point. It contains a full measure of the author's broad interests and truly represents the universal message, "the unity of mankind" which he attempted to convey in his writing.
Erika B. (erikab93)

As I flipped through the pages of this 400-pg assortment of Tagore's Letters, Essays, Anecdotes and other like items, I could not help comparing the same to Barbara Holland's "Endangered Pleasures". The parallells are quite striking; however, An Anthology is in a completely different league of it's own. It's always a welcoming experience to read about Noble laureates, but Tagore wasn't just another Noble prize recipient - a man whose works had left the indelible etching in the minds of millions of Indians and steered the country to independence, inspired hopeless souls and rekindled the hopes of victory in a god-forsaken land. Striking yet more are the personal letters of Tagore, letters to his nephew Indira Tagore which I must admit were humorous far beyond what we expect out of a man whom we usually associate with sterner and solemn works. The book clearly draws a calm and serene picture of Calcutta back in those days. Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson has produced a magnificent compilation of Tagore's works that appeal directly to the Westerners and Easterners alike. The book begins with a translation of 'Dak Ghar' (The Post office), and recursively descends down the various phases of his life through essays, letters and other small works. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in learnign more about the man and his most interesting escapades and experiences in life - a truly refreshing journey indeed.

An excerpt - "In certain years in Calcutta, birds strange to the city used to come and build in our banyan tree. They would be off again almost before I had learnt to recognize the dance of their wings, but they brought with them a strange lovely music from their distant jungle homes. So, in the course of our life's journey, some angel from a strange and unexpected quarter may cross our path, speaking of the language of our own soul, and enlarging the boundaries of the heart's possessions. She comes unbidden, and when at last we call for her she is no longer there. But as she goes, she leaves on the drab web of our lives a border of embroidered flowers, and our night and day are for ever enriched."

I'm not a heavy consumer of Star Trek fiction, but I have to take my hat off to Andrew J. Robinson's excellent novel. I was always a big fan of Deep Space Nine, in which Garak was the most compelling character.

Andrew Robinson, excellent actor that he is, undoubtedly invested much time in pondering the background and motivations of Garak. Here it pays off, and we have a rich introduction to the life of our favorite Cardassian tailor.

One of the most delightful things about the book is the way that it thoroughly explains the relationships that Garak had with other Cardassians on the show (which were usually hostile). Robinson effortlessly weaves (this is definitely the right verb here) each such interaction into his story.

The picture that emerges is by no means plain or simple. Garak is at once capable of great decency and chilling indifference. He is neither a monster nor a heroic figure - and it is informative to see how often he is manipulated by those more ruthless than he.

Most of the book is retrospective, although there are fascinating passages that cover the immediate aftermath of the final episodes of Deep Space Nine. I for one would greatly welcome another contribution by Robinson charting further into the future of this always-engaging character.

This is, I believe, the best Trek book I have read to date. The plot is relatively simple -- it fills in Garak's life before Deep Space Nine, it fills in Garak's life and feelings in the events surrounding the Cardassian invasion, and then it tells us about his efforts on the devastated planet afterwards.

The beginning segment, at the school et cetera, was the closest that Star Trek has gotten to "Ender's Game." While this novel isn't that good, that was the general feeling I got as I was reading it. The characterisations were consistent and superb throughout the novel, and to differentiate between the different plotlines, the author simply uses different fonts. It was a neat effect.

It is clear when reading this book that Robinson is a fledgling author. While the vocabulary is okay, the sentence structure is somewhat elementary, but this doesn't really hurt the novel, because it is a lot better than some of the drivel we've seen before when it comes to ST books.

This book is written in a series of first-person entries into Garak's journal, which he has arranged into an interesting order and is sending to Dr. Bashir. Although the premise and writing are clear, the presentation was a little dissapointing. These didn't feel like journal entries; I can't picture anyone writing a journal looking like that.

Still it was an interesting, sometimes thought-provoking, and always fascinating view of life through Garak's eyes. Kudos to the author for a job well done!

Cardasia is in ruins in the wake on the Dominion but the people begin to build again, this time, they hope, without the government corruption. Garek is at last home and takes his place in picking up the pieces of society and also writes a letter to his friend Dr. Bashir on DS9.

This novel is Garek's letter in which he describes who he was as a child, a young man, on station, and now on his broken planet. The novel truly shows and explains Garek. We find out his story- what happened to him before he came to DS9 and how he was exiled, who he has lost and how he is changing.

The writing is well organized and interesting and the story clearly defined. This has got to be one of the best Star Trek novels I have ever read. I could include it in the top few except it is only about one character. Otherwise, I would include it almost near Imzadi and Q-in-Law. I can't wait to read Robinson's next book!

I just started paintball and this book describes just about everything a newbie would want to know about the sport. A lot of really good pictures give you an idea of what type of clothing, camoflauge, marker accessories you might want to try. The more experienced player would probably use this book to get an idea of other types of games to play since quite a number of different games are described. A great book for beginner players and a very good book for the experienced players

This is a great book that i would recomend to anybody interested in paintball. It covers it all from the basic skills need for your first day of play all the way up through skills pro players work on everyday. Not only does it cover skills but many other things like equiptment, tactics, the history of this new sport, interviews with top companies like WDP Smart Parts and WGP, and much much more. This book is a worthwhile investment to improve your game or start it.

This is a great book for both the weekend warrior, and those wanting to join a competitive team. Regardless of your skill level it holds something for you. It covers history, game rules and in depth gear and accessories information. The book outlines game tactics, techniques, equipment and how to use bunkers and cover to your advantage. Professional players are interviewed, and their tips to success are revealed.

For the battle hardened players,there are analysis' of guns and air systems, along with advanced strategys and training drills.

I enjoyed this book because it was informative and fun to read when I was a beginner, and I am still learning advanced techniques such as capturing and defending a building/fortress.

Chapters are well sectioned off, so it is easy to dip into or re-read an area of particular interest. Well worth a look for those who enjoy the game.