This work takes what has been the sad loss of an American fighting man, and would have the reader believe that there have been sinister government cover-ups and plotting to keep evidence of his alleged imprisoment concealed from the public.

A nice try at creating a story, but it unfortunately lacks any real evidence to support the tale.

There's a genre out there that is morbid to say the least, but is also compelling. It achieves this because it manages to grab us at a gut level by evoking the equivalent of the boogie man under our bed. We fear it's true.

I'm talking about the issue of POWs being left behind with their captors. While it's been a topic for decades, it became a cottage industry after Vietnam, when so few of the reported captives returned. These books posit the premise that American POWs were retained by the Russians, the Koreans, the Vietnamese for their knowledge, or as bargaining chips, or as trophies.

The books - Mark Sauter's "The Men We Left Behind" and Scott Barnes' "BOHICA", to name two - present an enormous amount of data that varies greatly on a qualitiative basis (second or third person accounts, assumptions based on foreign articles, or interpretations of classidied documents), and often with thin linkages to other facts presented. Yes, it's a lot like the UFO genre.

This is not to say all POW books are like this. McConnell and Schweitzer with "Inside Hanoi's Secreat Archives" used very careful research techniques and documentation to lay out the premise that The North Vietnamese killed most of the POWs that did not return either during torture or heat-of-battle encounters with villagers and/or soldiers just after shoot-down.

So, it can be done - presenting the case for what happened to POW's who do not return - in a reasonable manner.

"No One Left Behind: The Lt. Commander Scott Speicher Story" does not fulfill this requirement. <... The story drifts along, grabbing a data point here, a personal reflection there, acknowledged poor recollections, then puts it in a pan of government cover-up. After baking it, we have...a half baked story.<...

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This is a masterfully crafted story of the bittersweet story of a Navy pilot lost in the first Gulf War only to become a hot-button story in the second Gulf War action. Today, the American military reports Special Forces assets inside Iraq to help locate this pilot, brought back to the living largely through the work of this author and her meticulous research of his case. The book is brilliantly written narrative nonfiction.

I (marginally) do not feel ripped off. The first 9 chapters (62 pages) offer an accurate and concise intro to SAX -- the 3-star rating is for these pages... content could be improved. The API reference material (pages 63-284) is nearly worthless as content. I wish authors would stop putting detailed API documentation on books like this. For a few bucks, it's not a bad buy.

This book takes a single aspect of xml technology, SAX, and gives it a rather comprehensive coverage. The first portion of the book is a tutorial on Java programming for SAX. It helps the reader to understand the conceptual differences between processing xml using SAX as opposed to the DOM. A small application is developed in an iterative fashion to illustrate the programming issues with SAX. Some guidelines are given along the way to direct the reader in developing robust code. The examples are based in SAX 2.0. A chapter is devoted converting SAX 1.0 applications to SAX 2.0

Chapters 10 and 11 are devoted to the SAX 2.0 and SAX 1.0 APIs respectively. In these references, a real convenience is that the class names are printed on the page edge to form a thumb index. Each class or interface has a brief description of its use, the Visual Basic Equivalent, the Constructors, and Methods with coding examples and descriptions.

Since xml is increasing in importance to Java programmers, this book can be a very useful tool. However, it would be helpful if the authors gave updated information on the book web site about using the examples with Xerces 2.0 and Java 1.4. Technology moves on.

As a Java developer just getting my feet wet with SAX, I find The Book of SAX to be quite helpful and understandable. While I am not exactly a novice, I found this book to be very readable, instructive, and to comment on some other reviews I saw, original.

It is difficult to find any programming text that does not read like an translated VCR manual - however, in this case, SAX is presented fluidly and intelligently.

Additionally, the sample code was practical and well-written. I was able to use many examples almost verbatim in completing one of my own projects.

I highly recommend. And I just bought another copy for a friend.

This author does a half... job at tearing down the accomplishments of social science - particularly sociology. He often fuses ideas of the individual (psychology) and the social reformers (I suppose he means sociologists). Moreover, while it appears that his sources are abundant his examinations at best are remedial. This work is the epitome of the kind of subjective methodology one can expect from scholars of history. I found his work to be completely bias and often times contradictory.

Mr Scott has demonstrated that the left and right have often distorted the African-Americans' humanity. This study serves to correct the position of Black folk and to return their humanity. Black folk are neither pathological as a group or helpless victims. Rather the African-American has faced discrimination and continues to face discrimination. Yet the solution to the African-Americans problems aren't exceptional, but rather are the result of years of discrimination. The African-American response has been admirable considering the discrimination we have faced. We have built our own institutions and thrived, irrespective of racism. Still a group with such baggage can go so far--so quickly. However, we deserve neither contempt nor pity--just a fair shake.

Scott's book is a comprehensive and insightful overview of the story surrounding the Black psyche as it has been understood by those that create American race policy. It is an invaluable text to anyone seriously interested in the intellectual history of Psychology, and/or race in America.

The Hunter game is a nice addition to anyones WoD collection. This book can help one to build better characers. You know onesa that can actually live for past 60 seconds.

When I purchased this book, I was expecting something along the lines of a a player's guide or such. What I got, on the other hand, was a sourcebook chock full of information on supernaturals around the world. Be careful that you know what this is before you purchase it. It's an excellent book and I liked it very much, but it was not what I had in mind for a survival guide.

I liked this book. Its written from the point of view of the hunters, a different one for each section. The book does not have any game mechanics, its pure story. It begins with a few tips for novice hunters, something you should get your players to read through. Then it goes on to describe each continent. It spends a lot of time discussing the world outside of North America, so if your planning on running a game in a different country then this is the book for you. I liked the fact that since the information is given out by hunters, it is full of various facts that are completely not true, so your players can read through the book and still not have any of the real information. Full of great story potential and well written. A good buy if your going to run a hunter's game.

This is a great little trivia book for those who have an interest in geography. It is set up in a game format, with a question asked on one page and the answer given on the back. So with 262 pages, you get 131 interesting tidbits of information. I was a bit disappointed with the empty space on the pages (the reason for the *** rating) and would have liked to have seen double or triple the content (and would have even paid a little more for it!). Also, if you are a seasoned traveler, student of anthropology, history, etc., or a die-hard fan of the evening world news, you may already know quite a few of these facts. This book would be great for those junior or senior high social studies students who are just starting to learn about the world.

Like the prior edition this book contains a collection of trivia questions and answers that center around world culture, politics and geography. As such it is not only interesting but also educational. So many trivia books contain such obscure information that it has no value other than as a trivia question. That is not the case with either the first or the second edition of this book. "World Trivia", second edition is a complete rewrite that contains none of the questions of the first edition. Michael Smith again tackles one of the most difficult areas of trivia because culture, politics and many aspects of geography are in a state of constant flux. So, while the trivia questions and answers are accurate today, within a few years many of them may not be. With well-chosen educational and truly interesting questions the book is a recommended purchase.

"World Trivia" is a small book filled with trivia questions from around the world. Each page has a single question with the answer on the reverse. It contains an excellent selection of questions that I found genuinely interesting, however, with only one question on a page it contains only just over 130 questions. It would have been nice if there were two or three questions per page.

There are very few trivia books that have the nerve to ask questions on culture and politics because they change so quickly in some parts of the world. That is the situation here, some of the questions and answers are outdated because of the rapid political and cultural changes in the Middle East. It still makes an interesting read and is a great book to leave lying around for company to pick up and leaf through.

I was looking for a book that would teach me VBscript. (I have some programming experience.) Though I learned quite a bit from this book, many explanations needed to be more complete and left me to figure them out by experimenting. Not a good reference - no index of commands (most, but not all, are covered in general index in back).

The book doesn't cover any of the added features of VBScript v2 and above. The book covers the VBScript that came out with Internet Explorer 3.0. Although the VBScript 1.0 features that are covered are covered well, the many added functions added in VBScript v2 are missing, such as constants, private and public variables, automatic string joining and splitting into arrays, and much more. The features not covered work in Internet Explorer v4.0+ and Outlook 98 (which come with VBScript v3.0+)

I thought this was a pretty good introduction to VBScript. It had several good examples and explanations. It was a lot more practical and informative than most of the other books I looked at.

While this collection seemed to skimp on details in a few places, it was a nice read for someone still wanting more Sandman stories. However, the art is very nice, and appropriate for such a dark tale.

Written by Alisa Kwitney, this book is beautifully painted by, Kent Williams, the cover art and framing sequence artist, Michael Zulli in part one, Scott Hampton in part two and Revecca Guay in part three. This time, Kent renders his works mainly with pencils and watercolor washes.

This book covers some of the basics, but you also need Beitler's "Strategic Organizational Change."

This really was a fifty-minute book, but it was packed with well thought-out skills and strategies. It is a book that you will be able to turn to again and again for tips and tricks to use as different situations come up during organizational changes. The topics not only prepare you for change, they guide you through it and position you for the future. You will be able to identify your own style and recognize areas that need to be improved to facilitate change allowing you to create a one-minute advantage over your competitors. It covers not only how to deal with people and their attitudes but also topics as important as establishing an action plan. I recommend this book to anyone that needs a simple, concise guide to help move their company forward in today's and tomorrow's fast-paced competitive environment.

Lighten up critics. This is not a book about golf. Just a book about using the GAME of golf as part of your life journey. You may not learn how to play golf, but let Peck teach you something else.

While not ground breaking I enjoyed Golf and the Spirit by M. Scott Peck. The audio was both witty and insightful. The author takes us through a imaginary round of golf on the fictional course Exotica. Like many courses, Exotica has roughs, sand traps and water hazzards to sufficiently challenge golfers of all levels. Dr. Peck's audio however has less to do with the physical hazzards of golf. The book delves more into the spiritual and inner aspects of the game of golf. The book uses golf as a methphor for life. Golf like life has many challenges and success in both requires introspection.

I listened (more than once) to the very well read audio tapes while traveling. You must pay attention the detail is superb.

As a golfer for 46 years and earning three letters at Indiana University, I can attest that golf can teach a great deal about life, pursuing happiness, developing patience and spiritual growth if you go beyond your score. Especially as you take the competition out of golf can you realize what this game has to offer and how you can grow as a person from it.

Peck designs a wonderful exotic golf course with all the hazards and obstacles similar to which you find in life. He provides great analogies, excellent knowledge of the game which can help someone unfamiliar with the sport, and makes it all very interesting. The tapes are excellent because you can go back again and again, each time gaining new insights to golf and yourself.

A great companion reader to Golf and the Spirit tapes is Pecks book, "The Road Less Traveled." Happy reading and Spiritual growth.