both my 11 year old and myself have found this book to be a MUST for several reasons: It's clear, and covers the essential knots either a boater or knot-tying hobbiest could need. although the reader is sometimes subject to rely on what a photograph is indicating, the directions along with the photographs are fairly easy to follow. it's fabulous for a novice or if you need to review some forgotten "moves" - the authors make sure to briefly explain the usefulness and helpfulness of the knot. it's fun to work through this book with my daughter - so i recommend this as a unique parent/child activity we enjoy and can put to practical use. i recommend this if you are rusty on the correct way to tie trustworthy, safe nautical knots (in other words, your boat will still be at the dock in the morning.....)

Art and Paul Snyder have updated their excellent book on nautical knots, originally published over thirty years ago. The book is not meant to be exhaustive or comprehensive, but offers the right level of detail and a listing of the most useful knots the salty sailor needs to master. A step-by-step approach with clear instructions and photographs makes it easy to learn new knots and other aspects of marlinspike and general seamanship. A must to keep on board.

This author has done an excellent job of capturing both your imagination and sense of adventure in this story of 2 young adults growing into adulthood as they cross half the United States to rejoin their father in Texas. The detail and accuracy used in describing surroundings and events make you feel as if you are right there with these two as they make their journey. Young Will surprises you in how well he masters the use of his sling. You'll understand if you read the book. A few interesting historical lessons and basic life observations have you feeling you are setting on the old front porch as uncle (pick your favorite uncles name) spins another story of life and adventure sprinkling in personal details to add to the story. I rate this book 5 stars for maintaining my interest throughout.

Truly a handbook, i.e. brief and comprehensive, this volume can be beneficial to a broader group of professionals than the primary medical staff. Starting with how to's for content rich charting and other record keeping the book also provides lists of medical abbreviations.

The book is organized by diagnostic category with the subspecialties and their unique presentations are also provided. The 'appearance' of the condition as well as the features that distinguish it from another can be the difference between needing to call a code or needing to make a page that may take hours to answer. The authors also provide checklists whenever applicable. Most line staff will be able to comprehend enough of what is pertinent to inform their management style and to discriminate pertinent details for treatment docs. Why not teach them?

In partial programs, sheltered workshops and residential treatment, supported living etc., the nature of psychiatry is such that many different classifications and treatment plans are joined in one service and in one building. The qualifications of staff- at best- are not up to par in neurology. This book can provide some assistance and when augmented with staff training, the treatment setting is likely to be more secure and productive.

The popular pediatrician in special ed., Mel Levine, is attempting to rebuild the role and qualifications for teachers in this manner. He uses a medical-like model for his training programs. If "hands-on" could be applied to neurology education Levine certainly succeeds. His program exposes teachers to the condition first, they go to an on-site hospital and residential diagnostic unit where they review charts, meet the child, make observations and dialogue about programs of accomodation and remediation. At the school, they further observe the learning differences and their behavioral co-morbid or psychiatric symptoms. They become familiar with more than a definition, (After all, no one really has figured out the Disorder of Written Expression- everyone has a different version and none matter when it comes to the poor child stuck with it.)Levine's fortunate few must come up with concise explanation, what's wrong, strengths and weaknesses and an integrated response. That can be expanded to several unique arenas and adjunctive therapies.

In summary, this is an excellent brief and handy pocket handbook and one that would be well-placed for staff providing different therapies and/or manageing a unit to review and refer to under many circumstances. Nursing homes, special education settings, trauma rehabs and psychiatric units will all find relevant and highly understandable details here. The federal entitlement for Early Intervention is another woefully neglected subgroup. Special educators, poorly paid and with high turnover, are the primary therapists and team leaders with at-risk and medically fragile infants and toddlers. They go into homes, often impoverished, and provide services, developmental activities and do assessments. They have many checklists and standardized tests which are on the whole, completed carefully. Yet there are so many other things, not necessarily on those tests, but enormously important that are outside of their professional scope. This book has vital explanations around Toxic Exposure, symptoms and 'mimic' conditions. The substance abuse sections too are vital for professionals evaluating a maternal child relationship or in cases of an addicted family member. There is high frequence for fetal substance abuse conditions and HIV genetically transmitted diagnoses. These generally brave and devoted staff see siblings who manifest behaviors or motor skills that may be uniquely relevant to understanding the baby. But they do not either know or feel comfortable speculating- so they ignore it.
Without insulting these authors, who are experts in their field and darn good writers- I urge those readers who influence some of the areas I mentioned above to read not only with an eye for their own improvement but the ways that written in this way, this book has promise for a far greater target audience.

This book give a huge amount of information, all of which is practical. If you are looking for an intro to the are of neuropsychology, this is NOT it - this was never intended for that use. If you are part of the audience it was written for, its idea. This book assumes you already know the theory and all the concepts it deals with, and so doesn't get bogged down re-explaining biologic bases for behavior and their clinical correlates. What it does do is give all the details and practical guidelines, in a concise form ideal for those who know the concepts but need a resource for the numerous hard to memorize details.

I am an occuaptional therapy assistant student. I am particularly interested in neurology and I found this handbook while doing library research today. I ordered it immediately so that I will have it with me for my clinical affiliation in a local neurology center. It is well-written, easy enough for even a student to understand, and it is very thorough. The handbook format is perfect to keep with me as a part of my on-site reference library. Thank you for meeting the needs of students as well as seasoned clinicians.

If you have ever used duct tape for something it was not originally intended for, you must read this book.

I enjoyed the book from a few years ago when i got it. The book was shared to me by the author at a father son retreat. I recomend the book for people in the early teens and up. It is a very well written book about his life.

Bandaids and Duct Tape is an awesome book! Paul Snyder is a very outstanding man! I understand that he passed away on October 2, 2000, before he was able to share more of his inspirational humor with us. I will consider Bandaids & Duct Tape a treasure in my collection of humorous inspirational books. Thank You Paul, your memory will live on, and your spirit will continue to bless many people!

Let me first echo the sentiments expressed by others and comment on what a beautiful edition the Univ of Nebraska Press has produced. The margins are indeed wide and the type very readable. This edition is easily held, the illustrations nicely complement the text and the binding is quite durable. The introduction by Joyce Carol Oates is helpful albeit pedantic. Also, those who've read the Univ of Calif Press edition of Frankenstein will notice some overlap between this introduction and the one that Ms. Oates wrote for that particular edition. Nonetheless, the introduction is valuable.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of those stories, like Frankenstein and Dracula, that seemingly everyone has heard of and believes they understand("mythopoetic " in the language of Joyce Carol Oates). Much like the aforementioned works, the actual details of the story may come as a surprise to those who assume they know the story based solely on the popular understanding. For that reason alone I think the book is worth reading.

Dr. Jekyll is a respected if somewhat reclusive London doctor who has, through the course of years of experimentation, managed to create a solution which brings to the fore his evil alter-ego. Unlike many gothic literary villains, Hyde is not imbued with superhuman strength or exceptional gifts of any kind. In fact he is of a smaller and less imposing stature than most men. What he does possess however is a complete lack of compunction with regards to others. Hyde for example ruthlessly runs down a small child who gets in his way. As is the case with Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll creates something that he can't control and which eventually destroys its creator.

The inhumanity that the fictional Hyde displays can be seen in the non-fictious world on a daily basis. As such, there is a realism to the story which is missing from many horror stories past and present. The fact that such a short and captivating work exists in an attractively packaged edition makes this one classic that will be a joy to read for all.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a clasic so, naturaly, I had high expectations. I certainly was not let down. It has a totally unique style with much detail and extensive writing. Yet, this novel is a very quickly read novel, unlike other excessively detailed books like Dracula. This book is not boring. This book is fun. It doesn't ruin the plot with too much detail like other books. Other fantasy books are usually not even close to realistic. Whereas Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is close to being conceived realistic. This book has a general morbid feeling to it where other fantasies are sometimes cheerful and happy. Robert Louis Stevenson is a realy good writer in my opinion.
He uses a very wide range of vocabulary. Stevenson uses many 19th Century terms that seem weird and different to me.
One thing bad about his writing is his punctuation. He uses way too many semicolons and comas. He makes one sentence out of six or seven sentences.
This book was not the best book I ever read, but was not the worst either. it was mediocre. however It was miles ahead of Dracula. Dracula is boring, whereas Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is fast paced, quick, and fun to read. its pritty morbid which is kind of a down side, but Since it is very short it is a good book on my list.

The University of Nebraska Press edition of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is beautiful! The illustrations by Barry Moser, woodcuts that progress chronologically through Dr. Jekyll's life as it is described in hints throughout Robert Louis Stevenson's story, are atmospheric and evocative; a picture of a boy being guided by his father, for example, echoes Dr. Jekyll's comments that he has a "fatherly" interest in his alter-ego, Hyde, while Hyde has a son's "indifference" to the father; the cover illustration is a portrait of Dr. Jekyll's father destroyed by Mr. Hyde on a rampage.

Joyce Carol Oates's introduction is worthwhile, especially for those readers who know the story, as most English-speaking people do, in its basic framework, but who have not yet actually traveled the dark road with Dr. Jekyll and his friends.

It is a pleasure to read a classic book in such a carefully crafted edition. Too often books such as this are printed in cheap editions with narrow margins and lousy type; this one fits comfortably in the hand and is easy on the eye as the reader is drawn into this allegorical nightmare.

This review refers to the University of Nebraska Press edition only.

There is some really good material in this book, but the selections are profoundly one-sided. There is only one atheist article in the entire book. There is also one from an agnostic, but he is as critical of the atheist position as the theists are. Even were I a theist, this one-sidedness would certainly detract from the book's value as an even-handed treatment of a controversial issue. Additionally, I found it odd that nothing from Ted Drange was included in the book, particularly since his work is often criticized by theists in the book (one article is even devoted almost entirely to criticizing Drange). This book is a must have, however, if you are really interested in divine silence, as there are many articles from extremely important thinkers contained in the book.

It's obviously a paramount truth if God exists. This truth, most atheists and agnostics contend, could somehow be made more evident than it already is if indeed God does exist. Thus, to some degree, God is keeping his existence hidden, bringing to mind Bertrand Russell's famous remark upon being asked what he'd tell God if he discovered his existence after death: "Not enough evidence, God! Not enough evidence." The essays contained in this book deal with this problem.

One reply is that the proposition "God cannot be detected with the five senses, therefore it's unlikely he exists" is self-refuting, since the proposition cannot itself be detected with the five senses. Propositions are abstract entities with no physical location in space, not the physical marks on paper that express them. The sentence-token "God cannot be detected with the five senses, therefore it's unlikely he exists" can be written in Chinese, Russian, German and other languages that "express" the same proposition as the one written in English. So this form of crude empiricism fails to satisfy the very foundation the claims rests on. Another reply is that God has made his existence sufficiently clear for those seeking him with an open heart and mind, yet sufficiently vague for those seeking to reject him. So God's apparent reluctance to make himself visible is just God not being coercive.

I was decently surprised by this story. Of course the predictable Marvel yeah-we-know-we-killed-them-but-they're-not-REALLY-dead effect kind of put me off at first. But Since Gambit is the most original X-Man I decided to check it out. You get a lot of the cajun's history finally tied together from the bits and pieces that slipped out in the regular series. If you're a Marvel fan this is definitely worth a read.

I'm impressed by this somewhat small book on knots. Clearly, it was written by someone who has used rope and understands the topic. (Sadly, many knot books seem written by much less qualified authors--some spitting out quite a few!) The book's illustrations and guidance are good and clearly given. I recommend this book for those needing general or sailing-specific knot knowledge; for climbers/cavers, fishers, this book isn't good.

The Phalanx Covenant was one of the major reasons that I originally quit buying all the X-Men titles (I recently began again). The villains were uninteresting, the art was below average, and the writing for the most part was horrid. The X-Men and Uncanny X-Men sections were decent but the rest was absolutely worthless. Marvel was putting hideous foil covers on every other issue at that time, which annoyed me to no end. The foil strip running up each of these covers added nothing whatsoever to the comic accept for over a dollar on the cover price. This cross-over was nothing more than an attempt by Marvel to make the most possible money with the least possible effort. The five or so issues of Uncanny that led up to the crossover were all subpar. The new Generation X members could have been introduced in a much better way. I have yet to read an issue of Generation X that was not better than these. The Phalanx were completely incompatable with the Marvel model of the tragic villain tortured by a horrible past and fighting to survive (like Magneto). They had no basis in any past storyline do not inspire readers to buy any future Phalanx story. If you are looking for a great X-Men story to read, especially if you are a new reader to the X-titles, do not start with this crossover. Read X-Tinction Agenda, Mutant Massacre, Dark Phoenix Saga, or the X-Cutioner's Song.

The Phalanx Covenant stars some of Generation X mutants. The Phalanx adapt quickly to anything. If you shot it with a machine gun you could probably kill 1 before they adapt. They are all linked so what one knows they all know.