I am doing masters in computer science. This book is one of the book we are using for our class. I found the book is easy to understand and describes the subject well enough. I just started learning Lisp and after I started to reading the book I do not have any trouble to understand terms or etc. even if english is not my first language. The book has nice examples related with Lisp programming and if there is a given more example will be a lot more useful for the students.It will be a lot better if the book prices little cheaper. I believe book is out of print from the publisher, so if the authors take the copyrights and put the book on the web and let the students or teachers to print the book with acceptable cost that will be great. Thank you

Parker, a classic hard-guy and professional thief, sets out to rob a U.S. Air Force finance office. Various misfits and ex-cons comprise his crew. The plan goes sour, but Parker prevails. The story gets unbelievable and dumb about midway through, but the characters are interesting enough to keep you hooked. A good airplane or beach read--fun, quick, and inconsequential.

Don't get me wrong-I love Richard Stark's (Donald E. Westlake's) Parker novels. It's just that I find his stories about actor/thief Alan Grofield to be lesser efforts-although still better than 99% of anybody else's suspense output. And this "Parker" novel seems to concentrate as much, if not more, on Grofield's adventures. Parker is hired by the Outfit to bust up an independent island casino. He's approached by federal agents who want the casino's owner brought in for arrest. All of which makes for a dynamite Parker novel with a little too much Grofield.