This book is a first person account of Terry Wendt's struggles in Nashville as a struggling musician (pedal steel guitarist). It should be read my anyone aspiring to be a musician in Nashville as it covers life on the road as well as touching on studio work. As well as the professional struggles the book also chronicles the battles that the author endured on a personal level and details battles with the "powers that be" in an attempt to get an independently produced song distributed.
After reading the book (2 1/2 hours) I was emotionally drained and glad that I had chosen a different path.

This book is loaded with history and information about the music business. I was in awe over the reference to many country (well known) entertainers I actually had heard of that the author has been involved with. I think this is very good for reference for musicians in general with attention paid to detail. Even as a lead guitarist in a rock and roll band I learned a lot about the music business in general. I think everyone will like it who reads it. You feel a part of the story too!

When I saw the book, I started reading.
As more I red, as more I would come to the end, to see and understand.
Terry took me into a world, unknown so far for me, but...with several well known names.
let me tell you this, when Terry or others write books about country muic , I would be updated.
Thanks Terry, Your book is a big help for me, for my radio shows.

Genocide is about a greedy billionaire whose empire is crumbling around him, all because of the horrible side effects produced by his company's widely distributed steroids which are made off the Aliens' royal jelly. Because he has the money to do so, he funds a military expedition to the Alien homeworld so he can get the resources to make his steroid perfect. However, things are going to be a lot tougher for the expedition as the alien planet is in the middle of a civil war(i'll leave you to find out why). A good story with morals based on greed, courage, friendship and trust. These are subjects not commonly integrated into an Alien story, making this book slightly different from the rest. The art was unique, it wasn't realistic in anyway but it was drawn with a lot of effort and the artist's style is very visible. The reason why i took off a star is because the dialogue was cheesy. A lot of Grant's lines, combined with his facial expressions were rather hokey. Get the book and find out for yourself. Grant's character was rather flawed, almost like a stereotypical greedy-man-turns-to-courageous-hero thing. But the original plot, the twists and turns, the entire concept and the overall weirdness of the subject matter makes this a classic in the Aliens library. A lot of other Aliens comics were loosely based on this book, so consider getting it to understand them a bit more. Either way, Genocide is an absolute must for any alien graphic novel collector's library.

This book had all of the usual stuff you find in alien novels, plus alot more! For one thing, the characters are completely new, so the story sort of resembles a mystery. Also, the main plot isn't to exterminate the aliens or get an alien and bring it back to earth; I've seen that many times before in the movies and also in the books. This time it is completely different and interestingly strange. I won't spoil the surprise for you, but I will tell you that you wouldn't think of it in a million years, that's how weird it is. Another good point of this book is that it has many new weapons and tools that the characters use. However, like all weapons, they can be a danger to the user as well. I cannot think of any parts of the story that were below average. All in all, if I could give this book 6 stars, I would.

Who hosts ghosts? All of us, I would think. In a remarkable and original intertextual study, Martin Harries brings Shakespeare and modern economic analysis under his purview to argue that the hunter is forever haunted by the hunted and that any attempt to disavow the supernatural will inevitably also welcome it to the party. Highly recommended.

I found this book almost by accident--which is the way I suppose others might find it, although people should seek it out. Anyone interested in literary and social theory, in citation, in ghosts, or in just a plain good read should read this book. It is beautifully written and contains subtle interpretations of not only Shakespeare but Marx and Weber, Keynes (whom I didn't know), etc. It has a light touch, but the concept of "reenchantment" is fascinating. Really--read this book!--you will be surprised!

Karl Marx is absolutely brilliant concerning his approach to peasant revolution. Such examples of his brilliance is China, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Cuba. Marx understood the importance of the proletarian's existence in the social order and food chain. In these selected writings, Marx discusses the manipulation of the proletarian by the bourgeois social class, the importance of a collectivist society, the failures of capitalism, the advantages of socialism, etc... Ultimately, Marx states that, with the exception of China, capitalism will evolve into perfect communism. He also states on page 175 10 characteristic of a capitalistic society evolving into communism: 1)abolition of land property and rent, 2)a progressive income tax, 3)abolition of all inheritance, 4)confiscation of property, 5)centralization of credit into the state, 6)centralization of communication, 7)state-owned businesses, 8)equal liability to all labor, 9)abolition of difference between town and country, and 10)free education in public schools. This book is an excellent edition to any student of political philosophy.

I'm taking anthropology in College, and Marx has been a big influence in the studies. One of the required textbooks was this one. It was great. It goes deep into socilogical culture analysis, communism, and religion.

i would recommend this book to anyone!

After seeing the rave reviews on this book, I decided to order it. As a designer, I was extremely disappointed, there was not a shred of anything in this book that I found useful. If you're looking for ideas and inspiration, I wouldn't recommend this one, if you want coffee table clutter, go for it.

My first impresion of this book was very very bad. I thought to myself that there is no use for such a book and that it is an ugly, cheap looking and unattractive waste of paper and dollars. But after spending some time with this book and diving in to the layouts i realized that i was mistaken. There is indid something in this eperiment that is very interesting and good, and it has the distinct imprint of a personal work that to me is fascinating. good work!

This is not a regular book, you dont read it, you have to experience it emotionally, if you dont have the patience to do so, dont bother. But if you do, you are about to travel through a whole new media. never seen anything like it!

(Is there a way to give it no stars?)

A great disappointment to fans of Stephens and Catherwood. If you're looking for the real thing - this isn't it.

More properly titled:

"Karl Akerman's Unfortunate Abridgment of Stephens' and Catherwood's Incidents of Travel in Yucatan," this 286 page compilation is abridged, elided, and largely meaningless for anyone wishing to get the look and feel of the 600 pages of the two original volumes brilliantly written and illustrated by John Lloyd Stephens And Frederick Catherwood.

This book barely resembles the two original books, as it's missing a tremendous amount of historically styled and interesting text - and around 100 of Catherwood's exquisite drawings.

Go hunt down the Dover two volume edition - gladly pay the price - and settle in for a stunning read that hasn't been repurposed as an overview for the modern casual traveler to the Yucatan.

I cannot believe that I read this book. I started because of a long trip and there was nothing else handy. Take my word for it, as travel memoirs go this one is among the best; Lewis and Clark included. I was quite ingrossed with the whole story.

If you have ever been or are planning a trip to the ruin sites of the Yucatan this is a must read book! written over 150 years ago it still holds up today. It is a fascinating look at the early exploration of the Ancient Mayan cities lost to the jungle. Reading this book will make your trip much more enjoyable and educational. On a lighter note, I also recommend the thriller "A Tourist in the Yucatan" set in the modern day yucatan--nothing to heavy, but a good beach read.

This was a short and wonderful book on the introductory theory of digital signal processing. It was clear and to the point on each topic. It should be part of everyone's DSP book collection. The only problem I have with this text is that there does not seem to be a web site for it to point out any text or equation corrections (if there are any). Since this is a first edition book (1989) - there are probably some errors but I don't have them. Also, I wish there were answers to the problems in the back of the text (or at least a student or instructor's guide with solved problems). It's pretty hard to know if you're right or wrong when solving the problems when there are no solutions or answers given! Other than this, it's a terrific book. I hope there're be a second edition someday with some of my recommendations incorporated!

The chapter on Swedish social democracy (I was surprised how much better than manage their economy than the U.S.) is quite informative, and by far the best part of the book; however the chapters on Galbraith, Keynes, and political economy, among others, tend to be a little too short to do their subjects justice.
Having said this, this book is still a good effort, and would go far in a classroom to give an alternative to a subject too often biased toward the right.

I have had a life long interest in philosophy although I didn't major in it in college. After finishing this book I was left with an unsatisfied feeling. I really hadn't learned much about the philosophy of Wittgenstein or Popper. Nor had I been given a clear account or accounts of what happened during the Poker Incident. I did like the details on Popper and Wittgenstein's lives leading up to the Poker Incident as well as the information on some of the other philospers who were there during the incident.

1) Wittgenstein is considered to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century by many/most philosophers. After reading Wittgenstein's Poker I couldn't tell you why!!
2) I think the book makes Popper out to be more of an important philospher than he really is. Although I could be wrong!?
3) The biographical details on Wittgenstein and Popper are intestesting. Although I didn't think the purpose of the book was to be biographical.

The bottom line is that the book didn't put enough meat behind the differing philosophies of Wittgenstein and Popper which would have gone a long way toward making their encounter meaning full for the reader. In short, a thumbs down.

I say "surprisingly interesting" because having only a limited exposure to the study of philosophy (that introductory undergraduate class was a long time ago!) I was unfamiliar with the event at the heart of this book: the single meeting between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, at which Cambridge faculty member Wittgenstein may have brandished a hot poker at guest speaker Popper. The authors begin with a recounting of what is known about their 1946 meeting, and it is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated why a 10-minute argument regarding whether there are philosophical "problems" or merely "puzzles" warrants an entire book. The authors then detail the competing accounts of the meeting before turning to biographies of the main players, placing their dispute in context of world events and their individual personalities. We meet the aristocratic, charismatic Wittgenstein, driven in his perfectionism; we see Popper striving to overcome economic hardship and to gain acceptance to the inner circle of academia; we see both in Austrian society which turned from nurturing to potentially deadly (descended from Jews, both fled Austrian anti-Semitism during World War II). Along the way we learn only a bit about their core philosophical differences, which may be just as well; a more thorough treatment would probably be incomprehensible to the average reader yet still inadequate to the reader with a strong background in philosophy. I'm pretty sure I got the gist of what the authors presented, and it's the nature of the men in question, not their ideas, that makes this book so compelling. By the time I was ¾ of the way through, I found myself turning the pages as fast as I could, eager to get back to the confrontation even though I knew what was coming - and that the specific nature of the event would remain an enigma.

Wittgenstein's Poker is a well-balanced overview of an ambiguous 10-mintue confrontation between two of the most prominent thinkers of the 20th Century. The book is part history, part biography, and part philosophic analysis of the two thinkers works and theories. It does not side with Wittgenstein, as the title might imply, but rather, until the latter chapters in tone only, presents the background and genesis for the conflict between Wittgenstein's claim that all philosophical problems are mere puzzles due to problems with language. His declaration is once language is cleared of all its ambiguities, all problems would dissolve. Popper's refutation is that by merely "cleaning up" language might, at best, help ratify some faulty premises but it would not solve all philosophic dilemmas. Most would approach this text due to an interest for Wittgenstein but it also succeeds in presenting Popper and his thought in a fair light while serving as an introduction to an (as the final chapter states) otherwise secondary figure in philosophy.

This is NOT a book for beginners who wish to learn JSP/servlets and EJBs and the techniques of J2EE. On the other hand, if you already have some knowledge with these techniques, the book may help to improve your background of J2EE and its components.

1.The strong points of the book are:

- the book does a wonderful job in explaining different key points of J2EE techniques especially at the beginning of each chapter; although the discussion sometimes becomes pretty vague and less clear at the end.

- the book's code examples use j2sdkee1.2.1, orion and jboss which are available for you free with unlimited time.

- the book looks quite impressive, 1600 plus pp. hardcovered.

2.The weak points of the book:

- all the code examples are fairly easy. In fact, too easy to do much help to the readers who need a better workout to pay attention to some key points of the techniques.

- Since only half of the book is devoted to really J2ee techniques, people who already experienced with jsp/servlet may find the other half of the book unecessary.

In conclusion, you may want to check this book out if you alread know jsp/servlet and j2ee( through the Sun's tutorials and examples and wish to have a better understand of this popular but pretty complex technique.

This is one of the earliest J2EE 1.2 book that hit the market and it does a decent job. Coverage on individual topics such as servlets, JSP's, and EJB's are good and coherent. I especially like the EJB topic which spans 6 chapters that gives a lot of details and guidance in architecting your apps using EJB's. Other J2EE topics like JDBC, JNDI, RMI, XML, JMS, and JavaMail also received adequate coverage in the book. Compared with the book by Perrone et al. (Sams), this one is more focused and more in depth.

However, I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of substances (i.e., code, code, code to a developer like myself!) in the later chapters that deal with design strategies. It will have been a lot better if the book used an integrated sample to illustrate how to implement the design principles layed out in chapters 24 and 25. Instead, we have a chapter (30) which basically borrows a canned sample from Orion Server release, which in itself is OK but is not tightly related to earlier chapters. So if you already have servlets and JSP experience and would like to add EJB/JMS to the mix, I wouldn't recommend this book. Pick up the new book from Wrox on BEA WebLogic Server instead.

This book is one the most comprehensive ones that I've bought. It provides you with most of the possible technologies that you could use in a basic J2EE application. I love the section on the J2EE architecture. For newbies I typcially request that they read that section first. It does justice to basic topics like JDBC & Servlets & tag libraries, and the concepts about them. As well as introduces EJBs and other technologies. I am a long time java developer and I use it as a constant reference. Great job WROX!