Yes, this book is an atlas, like an atlas must be: with many, many pictures, big pictures (the majority use all size of the page) and a easily text to read. I really recomend. I am sorry by the language, please, corretc before, OK. PS: I don't know if pictures are the correct word, the atlas has colored designs, ok

This book is the most well-written book on ghosts I've ever read. The author's general story-telling style can easily captivate the reader and leave him wanting more. The author is obviously well-read, a scholar who is very eloquent, and a splendid writer. His tales are memorable and haunting, not only because of the subject. His characters and their stories will linger in your mind. I've read many ghost stories, but this is the only book (on ghosts) I choose to own.

Open City consistently publishes great stories, poems, essays, and artwork. I look forward to each issue, because each one is so different, and because this magazine continues to be vital and relevant, esp. because many literary magazines are so staid and dull....

Mostly Michael is a book about a boy who is eleven-years-old. He recieved a diary for his birthday and felt it was a stupid gift. Everyday he tries to write in it telling all of his thoughts and feelings. He goes through some very rough times. He dad works a lot and he has to help his pregnant mom with the housework and a little sister who can be a pain. Michael is pretty close with his grandma. He loves it when she comes to visit. She teaches him all sorts of way to make Mindy, his sister, behave. When the time comes for his mom to have the baby, his dad is out of town and it is Michael's responsibility to help his mom. How will he do it? Read to find out what he does for her.

Mostly Micheal is so good. I would recomend it to peoplefromfifth grade and older because some parts kids would be very imbarassedabout.(I'm age 11)

This is the best day by day account of a young boy that I have laid my hands on. We learn about the daily events that shape eleven-year-old Michael's life, from the trite stuff like weather and what was for dinner, to the wonderful, heartwarming events like welcoming in a new sibling. By the end of the book, you will feel like you have gotten to not only know Michael very well, but will also have become his friend. A must read for children of the junior high school age.

I was there during the period of this book, at a lower level of Security Pacific. I found the book almost unbelievably exciting and scary. It explains much about what was happening to the "troops" that we could not understand. Smith did a good job of keeping the true problems away from all of us, including employees and the public, as he no doubt had to in order for the merger to succeed. All in all, anyone with any interest in banking and finance should find this an exciting and informative book.

I bought this book because it looked like a people-book about big deals and mergers and I was surprised by how gripping it was. It is also extremely funny. It is not like any other business book I have ever read. I came away with a sense of the participants as people. It is also well written. The first half of the book is about how Security Pacific got into trouble with banking regulators and some famous dealers like Trump and Peter Uebberoth. This part of the book is fast and hilarious and fascinating. The second half is about the merger of Security Pacific and Bank of America,and here the story really took focus and became quite intense. I can't remember getting so emotionally involved in a story about business. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in business and banking--especially if you are sick of books promoting companies that masquerade as business stories.

Dead Bank Walking gives a very candid and sobering insight into the merging of two banking bohemoths: Security Pacific and Bank of America. People who choose to purchase this book will be thrust into a world of high stakes finance, replete with sometimes brutally honest depictions of the people involved in one the biggest banking mergers in history. Mr. Smith holds nothing back and does a brilliant job of placing the reader directly in the line of fire...basically, in his shoes! His narrative is very descriptive and positively enthralling. Although armed with a seemingly unending supply of wacky characters (including downright white-collar criminals, pompous executives and bloated know-it-all middle managers), Smith avoids the easy way out of making this a diatribe of how unfairly he was treated, rather he takes great pains to illustrate the personal sacrifices others were forced to make in the best interest of the shareholders. Unfortunately, this places the author in an extremely difficult position and what transpires is nothing short of miraculous.
This book is an absolute nail-biter that will surprise you. You definitely would not expect this from a book about "some bank merger that happened 10 years ago out in California." If you work in the business world, especially in the banking industry, you must read this work of passionate dedication and self-sacrifice. The book's in-your-face comments and insight, peppered with self-depricating wit, will make you forget you're reading a book about "business," making it read more like a Oliver Stone screenplay.

WROX books used to be the only ones I'd buy; after having a grand ol' time with the ASP and ASP Databases series. The Professional series has been a real disappointment (and waste of money!). The books tend to be more wordy than necessary and spend too much time on the obvious and too little on the abstract. Cold Fusion is a fairly straight-forward programming language. WROX has somehow managed to make it much more. Perhaps too many cooks in the kitchen; looks like they had 18 authors put this beast together.
Look elsewhere...

Being a ColdFusion user group president, I give this book my seal of approval. This book is well written with easy to understand examples. It will help someone with no CF knowledge all the way to the experts. This book is well laid out and is enjoyable to read. I didn't know what to expect from Wrox on this. I have been a huge Ben Forta fan but this book is just as good as his (if not better)! If you want to learn CF, or just want to get better, buy this book. You will be very happy with it.

This is a very good book!
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