Being a gay man, I found this book well written with insightful exercises, stern advice, and help. Yet, the one thing this book fails in setting forth is the myriad of gay men out there. Unless another gay guy is actually performing the same approaches as you in garnering a long-term relationship, the contents within this book are useless.

Gay men, almost intrinsically by nature, are predominantly promiscuous, failing at ever attaining and nurturing something meaningful or ever-lasting. Gay relationships are not like their heterosexual counterparts of growth, success, stability, and true equal partnership. Instead, its based upon looks, financial opulence, and the hopes an open relatiopnship will definitely happen after the initial "romantic" spark has long flickered out . . .

I commend the author for his analytical and structural prose. He makes a bold attempt at telling the reader what to do and what not to do -- such as accepting a guy with set attributes, like smoking, and not aiming for changing such characteristics. However, to assume and bestow credibility that other gay men out there yearn for a committed relationship (especially in this information age of "online gay bars" like personals and "chat"-rooms) and how to go about it is an actual disregard to a reader's integrity at best.

This was an insightful book worth reading and then rereading. Much of what I read the first time didn't sink in until I put to use some of the authors suggestions. Rereading it then gave more insight and moments of "oh...THAT'S what he meant."

I found Dr. George's book extraordinarily helpful and insightful. One of the aspects of this book which has earned my regard is the honesty and openness of his discussion. Particularly, his primary focus is doing the personal reflection and work on becoming ready for a relationship with another man. This is not a book about tips and hints and methods to attract men, but about creating a healthy mentality about relationships and emotional intimacy. He outlines several excises to help individuals think about and outline their own attitudes, opinions, and feelings. While some individuals with a great deal of relationship experience may find this book pedestrian, for the person who is struggling to build new relationships, even friendships, it is a supportive and hopeful tool.

This books shows you how to get started with an investment club. Such clubs are great educational opportunities, yet I have never seen an investment club help its members learn about options. In today's troubled markets, hedging with options makes good sense. THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS explains how investment clubs can use options to generate the "expected" profits more quickly. Get both of these books and establish your investment club as one that reaps additional profits using options.

The strength of this book is that it's quite easy to read. The book is a great resource for beginning investors who are interested in forming an investment club. It can make for a great present to each member of your family. My brother got me this book as a present, and I finished it in a night; the following morning, we had devised a way to start a family investment club. I find myself contantly referring back to this book, especially the Apendices; the Glossary provided is rich with terms every investor needs to know--if you don't know the lingo, how do you expect to make any money?

This book will give new clubs information on reading annual reports, preparing and using N.A.I.C. tools such as the Stock Selection Guide and more. This is the Investment Club Bible.

This book is especially good to advanced users with some basic pharmacologic background. It contains clinically useful drugs and their effects, abandoning those which you will never meet in hospital. I recommand it to senior medi students for their clinical rotation.

This new and significantly updated edition of Melmon and Morrelli's classic textbook of clinical pharmacology is a must- read for anybody interested in improving their therapeutic practices. The editors need to be commended for getting leading authorities to contribute chapters in their respective fields. This book should be equally relevant to medical students and physicians in practice. Overall, an excellent buy !

This book, organized by geography, is a good source of Native American songs and chants. The reader will gain insight into the Native American cultures represented herein through their songs and chants. Some are short, simplistic and straightforward in meaning. Others are long and filled with metaphor. Most of the songs and chants are about life events such as birth, marriage, death, traveling, and rituals.

This book contains four short introductory works by the profound Swedish writer and thinker Emanuel Swedenborg, who lived and wrote in the 1700s. His works as a whole offer thoughtful Christians a richness of insight and spiritual development comparable to the greatest religious texts of Eastern religions, like the Bhagavad Gita, the Yogasutras, the Dhammapada. These short works on faith, spiritual life, sacred scripture and the Lord show the reader some of what Swedenborg's longer works offer - a thorough renewal and revaluation of Christianity, focusing on revelation, doctrine and charity. As with all spiritual texts, these give the reader back many times the value he or she puts into working with them.

Kenneth Rose is an excellent scholar and this book is about scholarship--debunking the myths and telling the straight story about King George V and the politicians with whom he dealth. My only wish is that I could know more about George V the man, but this is the same objection that I've had of all scholarly biographers of Kings.

My professor suggested this book and deemed it the "Bible on Evidence". I bought it and it is. A great book that will clear up many of your questions. If you don't understand what your law professor is saying, this book will make it clearer.

For those who got into computing before the DEC (Digital Equipment Corp) and Compaq's merge, DEC's VAX/VMS, Alpha processor, elegant workstation and notebooks are way too familiar. This book gives an insight to the making of Digital. Ken Olsen and his people who took a $70,000 investment and turn Digital into to a Fortune 50 company worth over $25 billion.

This is not today's silicon valley IPO thriller that an unprofitable company is worth $50 billion overnight. This is a book about a company in a competitive emerging market that survived and thrived.

Digital has an irreplacable place in computer history. When IBM missed the minicomputer trend, Digital took it. Then both missed the PC trend (first IBM, then Digital). When Apple's order processing system run out of capacity, they was put on wait list for Digital's PDP-11.

It is an interesting reading for anyone who is interested in computer business and history in general. Even if you are not going to become an entrepreneur in the computer business. The lessons in the book can be invaluable.

This is a horrible book. The writing is bad and the photography is even worse.
It is not even worth the shipping charge.

The title of the book is a bit misleading. I thought it would be entirely technique, poses and lighting. It's more of a "how to get started in a wedding photography business." But to its credit, the wedding photographer isn't trying to make a career giving pictures away for nothing, but that's where many make mistakes right off the bat.

The book delves into facets that others don't. It has a sample contract which is very thorough. The verbage in the book about clients is very strong, almost bullyish. I wouldn't simply make a copy and show it to a client. The section that gives a list of expected photographs is very useful. Many of the poses and techniques kindle imagination and are very helpful as a quick refresher course.

The book seems geared toward an experienced photographer interested in handling weddings. The equipment checklist in the back of the book sounds more like an everything plus the kitchen sink list, and many beginning photographers will not have anywhere near that much equipment.

All in all, I'd recommend this book in a heartbeat. Its drawbacks are insignificant in comparison to the benefits.

I am about to photograph my first wedding and this book has helped me prepare for it. The book goes through the basics of setting up your business (booking, pricing, etc.) and then takes a detailed look at what is expected of today's wedding photographer. There are lots of interesting photos in the book and most of them have an explanation on how you can create the same look. There are also checklists of photos you should always take and equipment that you will want to take to the wedding. Overall, I found this book very helpful in starting my photography business and would recommend it to any beginning wedding photographer.

Author Kenneth Morgan presents a very thorough and well researched history of Great Britain from the end of World War Two until the end of the twentieth century. His work is detailed in content and provides copious notes. He does a commendable job of covering the different aspects of modern history ranging from political and economic aspects, to social and religious ones. However, Morgan apparently wrote this text with a British audience in mind, therefore his work assumes a certain degree of familiarity with many things British. These include persons, titles, places, and especially the terminology and nomenclature of the British. For example, if one does not know who the Chancellor of the Exchequer is or what a white paper is, you are left in the dark because Morgan gives no explanation. Understandably, and quite so, if this was written for educated British readers, its no shortcoming at all. However, for Americans this only serves to cloud the picture of Britain Morgan is attempting to paint for us. For students knowledgable with Great Britain this book is indeed recommended, but for those with a limited understanding of Great Britain, it's effectiveness is much diminished.

This is a good polical, social and economic history of Britain since the end of the war. He goes over in detail the major policies and trends in Britian and gives the audience a pretty good over view of the current era of Britan.