This book is a decent book for those being taking a freshman physics course for non-majors. This is a good supplement to a calculus based physics textbook.

it's a good book, it helped a great deal. I wish time was taken to correct typographical errors. I lost valuable time that could have been used to study.

this is a very good book except there are some mistakes(but the mistakes are easily found and corrected by yourself). This book gives you how to attack problems in a very organized manner even though the problems are not so difficult. I came to be able to solve more challenging problems in a different book after solving the easy but organized ones in this book. I recommend this book!

Being a beginner when it comes to Photoshop & reading the reviews I purchased the book. It is very nice, visually stunning and very well written, however most of the screen shots are for MAC while the written explanations are Windows based. The book covers each step briefly, yet maintains a level that everyone can understand. It left me wanting much more...Nevertheless; I find it very useful as a reference manual because of the short, brief & concise explanations.

i think this book is perfect for beginners, i really
enjoyed reading it, the author wrote it in a very good \
and organized way, the colors make reading more interesting
as a beginner i learned very good from it, i was intending
to take a course in adobe photoshop but after reading
the book i am able to work on my own. the book only
lacks giving us several made pictures giving us more
ideas than those present in the book

I have been using (and teaching) Photoshop since its beginning and have a half dozen books on the subject. I consider this one of the very best books for beginners. The color illustrated steps really make it easy to use. The subjects covered should be more than enough for any beginner to handle in a 12 month period. What it doesn't do is clone you through someone else's masterpiece. There are other books that may be better, but not for beginners with a shortage of time!

Daniel Easterman is the Nom de Plume of Denis McEoin, professor at Univ. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an embittered ex-Baha'i.

This book starts off well enough, and is a bit more high-brow than most books with this theme, but I found it a little long and by the end was struggling to finish it. But to any fans of Biblical thrillers I certainly recommend it.

Easterman does an outstanding job with this book. His hints are succinct enough for the reader to know to remember them for later. He tied everything together in the end with an interesting finish. The protagonist is a bit clueless, but the ancient script was tied into the story very well. Enjoy this one!

Using Let's Go Ireland confirmed the suspicions that arose after using Let's Go Spain & Portugal last year...namely, that my once beloved travel guide series is slipping into a downward spiral of mediocrity. Definite biases showed up in Let's Go Irelend 2002 that made me feel all I was reading was one person's specific opinion rather than generalized advice.
The fact that only vegetarian restaurants seemed to get high ratings was peculiar in a country whose cusine revolves around meat and potatoes. While this information is handy for vegans, the rest of us are at a loss when choosing where to eat. We gave up on their restaurant recommendations after three lousy meals. The tips on sights were equally shady...how is it possible that the only sight in Dublin that is given the highest recommendation (the thumbs up) was the Guinness Factory? While it was indeed worth a visit, there were obviouslt other spots more worthwhile in the country's lovely capital city. The maps in the book were either useless or nonexistant - it is of no use to recommend places and then leave it up to the traveler to find it on his/her own (especially in a land onf unmarked, windy streets!). The writing remains entertaining, but this book has made me lose my faith in the series. If you decide to bring Let's Go Ireland along, make sure to bring another (Lonely Planet for the budget traveler or Frommers for those with a little more cash).

This book was such a great guide of ireland. I backpacked across lower Ireland, for three weeks. It kept my friend and I, sheltered in great hostels, full of food and drink, and of course had great reviews on places to see. It gave also a great overview of the countries history. I stopped off in London, and the book has a great chapter on the sites, food, bars, and places to stay as well.

I would surely have been lost when I stepped off my Aer Lingus flight in the Shannon airport were it not for the faultless and laudable advice of a book which is now tied in my mind with the Bible for most indispensible tome as we shuffle along in life: Let's Go Ireland 2000. The generally good coverage in the book gives the traveler no suspicion of how exacting, clever, and delightful the section on Southwestern Ireland is. "Top o' the mornin' to ye, author of the section on Southwestern Ireland," I say. Surely you are a rare gem - never did I enjoy myself more than when strolling through Cork under the watchful eye of Let's Go Ireland 2000. Cheers!

(Is Cork in Ireland? I think so)

B.J. Daniels never disappoints. Love at First Sight will keep you laughing and guessing to a chilling ending!

B.J. Daniels is known for weaving twists and turns into her stories, and LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT is certainly no exception. What a roller coaster of emotion--funny, engaging, and dangerous! What more could a reader want in a book? I loved Jack as a hero, and he more than met his match in Karen. Besides these two great lead characters, there is also a chilling villain worthy of fear and a great ending. Bravo!

B. J. Daniels is one of my favorite authors, and she hasn't let me down with LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. I couldn't put it down.

If you were lucky enough to receive a digital camera for Christmas you may be wondering just how to use said new gizmo. Perhaps your questions are even more fundamental: Is this the camera for me? If it's not can I exchange this camera for a cheaper one and keep the difference? Just where does the film go anyway? Cynthia Baron wants to answer your questions and she wants to make a little dough in the process. To achieve this laudable goal she and Daniel Beck have written The Little Digital Camera Book. The Little Digital Camera Book is a good read for anyone who just bought a digital camera and a great book for anyone who is getting ready to buy a digital camera. The Little Digital Camera Book is not as well suited for the intermediate user or for the budding Ansel Adams who understands the technical aspects and aspires to take better pictures.

The Little Digital Camera Book opens with a very brief history of photography followed by a few steps to prepare your computer for the imminent image exchanges. If you have more than a passing familiarity with RAM and why you need it skip to Chapter 2 that's when the book first becomes useful. Chapter 2 of The Little Digital Camera Book is a potentially big money saver if you're one of those bigger numbers must be better type of person. If you read carefully you'll realize you don't need that 5-megapixel-money pit, a 2 megapixel will likely suit your needs. The rest of the chapter is fairly useful as well, though you are not going to end up saving a couple of hundred bucks by continuing to follow Cynthia L. Baron's advice. If you just can't bring yourself to part with the ... cover price of The Little Digital Camera Book at least stand and read chapter 2 in your local bookstore; the advice therein is well worth following.

The rest of the book is not as immediately useful to the novice user but the majority of The Little Digital Camera Book will be useful to the average digital camera owner at some point. You get your basic photo composition tips (rule of thirds et al), your basic image editing tips (though these a bit too general to truly be useful), some info on storage options and just enough info on online versus local printing options. All of the information is pertinent and all of it is well presented. The information you find most useful will undoubtedly not be the info I find most germane but there's something in The Little Digital Camera Book for everyone.

I do have a few gripes about The Little Digital Camera Book. The same camera is used as the model throughout the book. This is fine if you own an Olympus but if you use any other brand of camera you might feel a bit cold-shouldered. Since The Little Digital Camera Book is (presumably) a book aimed at just about any novice user it might have been more interesting if a variety of cameras were used for demonstration purposes. My last gripe regards color photographs. Photography books have to address color and color correction owing to the nature of the subject but a precious few actually go to the extra expense of providing color plates to illustrate the point being made. I regard this exclusion as a necessary omission but a few color plates could have put The Little Digital Camera Book at the top of my must have list.

Bottom Line: The Little Digital Camera Book manages to cut a wide swath without being over simplistic or overly detailed. The Little Digital Camera is a nice book for beginners, pros should look elsewhere.

MacMice Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Chris Seibold

This is a great book for people who, like me, only have rudimentary knowledge of digital cameras. It answered so many questions that I had about both taking photos on a digital camera, and then editing them on the computer and using online. Highly recommended!

If you are a newcomer to digital photography, this inexpensive book is for you. The Little Digital Camera book covers the gamut of your needs: How to use your camera; share pictures with friends and family; organize and protect your digital files; find a photo editor that suits your skill level and needs; along with digital photo creative projects. The writing is thorough, clear and informative, without being overwhelming. Thankfully, the content is truly cross-platform, viable for both Mac and PC owners. Overall, excellent value for your money.

A must-have for any student of Monet. Volumne I contains covers his biography proper, while volumes II-IV provide a COMPLETE record of the artist's body of work.

Wilderstein protrays Monet life for the most part as that of a debtor. However to his credit, he tempers the romantic "suffering artist" idealism with insight into Monet the creditor. By illustrating what a jackass the artist could also be, the author creates a deep and lively narrative.

Most of the personal insight into Monet come to us by way of coorespondance with Alice Hoeschede. Due to 'appearances' however she requested of Monet her letters be destroyed immediately and thus we're sadly left with a one-sided portrait of the man. While his artistic talents we're unparalled, it's his devotation to correspondance that allows Wildenstein to bring him back to life. Without giving away the ending, it's Monet's inability to write rather than paint that signals the end.

If you are in love with Claude Monet's Water Lily Pond paintings, this is the best book for an explanation as to their origins and where Monet found his inspiration. There is a photograph from 1926 showing the bridge covered with climbing plants.

The Japanese Bridge at Giverny, 1924 is just one of the outstanding paintings in a series of works devoted to the bridge that preoccupied Monet during his final years.

Monet loved his garden at Giverny with such a passion that one could say it bordered on obsession. Harmony in Green, The White Water Lilies, The Water Lily Pond are all explained in detail. There is even a picture of Monet photographed in his beloved garden in 1917.

In every life there is beauty and sadness. The beauty of the water lilies contrasts with the pain Monet felt when he painted Camille on her death bed.

When Monet's wife died, she not only left him without a companion, he then had small children depending on him. He spent most of his meager earnings on his wife's medical treatments and he was also deeply depressed and alone.

This type of revealing information makes him so very human and the paintings then contain a certain depth when these secrets are revealed.

I loved this book! The pictures were wonderful and the readings that went with them were as well. Learned many things that I did not know about his artwork. VERY informative...give it a try, it would make a great gift book!

I know the Mid-East, having lived & travelled there constantly for more than ten years & having returned very often since my last residence there to travel even more. Like the author, I am Ph.D. holder -- Mid-East history. I find this book very superficial; what else can it be for lack of real substance? Moreover, I randomly checked the index & found that not a single item panned out. Need I say more? I am sorry I bought it; that is more. And still more: with so many notes, a bibliography is a must, if for nothing more than to help the reader evaluate the book based on the sources consulted.

Anyone interested in Middle East policies, politics, and general viewpoints would be wise to read this book. It goes a long way in explaining the backgound positions which pertain to the Palestinian-Isaeli conflict, the events of September 11, the Gulf War, etc. A fascinating and in-depth insight into the attitudes which shape the governments of the region.

This book was read by the undersigned shortly after reading another book on conspiracies,"committe of 300 by coleman. Anyone interested in the truth as to conspiracys which have been perpetrated on, over and around you on a continuous basis for years, should make both the hidden hand and committee of 300 a must. Both books should be kept as reference material which can be utilized on a daily [YES DAILY] basis as to explain why certain things that happen on a daily basis do actually happen and what the truth behind it [whatever] is; especially pertaining to economics, government and foreign policy.

The reader from Jerusalem who said that the translation must be from the original Arabic is right. Amazingly, this translator finds the currently available translation (there is only one, not two)"unacceptable." However, it was done by a very great scholar and is from the original Arabic text. The problem now is that there is a new critical edition of that text, so that a new or updated translation might be worthwhile. In any case, this book is not that.

I haven't read this edition, but note that the translator did not read the book in the original Arabic but rather paraphrased the medieval Hebrew translation.
A proper translation of any work has to be done from the original. Such a new translation of Kuzari is, to the best of my knowledge , in progress.
In the meantime there is no satisfactory English Kuzari available. Therefore, this book might offer the best way to become aquainted with one of the classics (probably the second most important work - after Maimonides) of medieval Jewish philosophy

This book is not only logical and thought provoking, but inspiring. Ha-Levi wrote a highly philosophical book that touches on the issues of finding truth in the midst of religious controversy, esoteric searching and the emptiness left by western philosophy. It presents Judaism as not only logical but rational and intimate because of Israel's personal experience with the Divine. It makes it claim again Islam and Christianity, whom Ha-Levi says have divided the world amongst themselves in warfare, and calls people to live by morality and a peaceful nature. It demands people to find the usefulness of religion, but not fall into ascentism that leads to contention. This text is not just a translation; it has great commentary on the text and contains the full Hebrew text to reference.

While the born again crowd will no doubt love this book, those who respect cultural and religious diversity will be appalled.

A story full of anecdotes and tales of the 'great figures' of British legend, like Raffles and Clive of India (not such a great guy after all), the book is full of interest; not for its religious content (though there's obviously a lot of that), but for the way that our two heroes view the cultures that they are trying to enlighten.
At one point we feel that they are almost ready to embrace Buddhism, they are so impressed with the simplicity of their creed and freedom from internal squabbling - unlike their Christian church.
We get insights into the way cultures are developed or destroyed, either by religion, commercial greed or both and how countries bend the rules in order to get a political or commercial advantage - here the British are at their worst in promoting the opium trade, precipitating the war with China.

The book is a nice marriage of the narrative of the two Envangelists and Mr Hiney's well-researched commentary, the two parts blending seamlessly into a very enjoyable read.

Picked up this book fairly randomly and found myself glued to it! A story in magnitude to Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" - where Lewis & Clark explored the newly discovered US, these two explorers mapped the new evangelical movement of Christianity. Their journey spanned the entire globe, making the travel log incredible and interesting, even for those not keen on religious history. The book includes fascinating descriptions of foreign lands; intriguing accounts of cannibalism, infanticide, drug addiction; and a portrayal of amazing spiritual courage in the attempt to complete this journey. I was also surprised by the honest portrayal of the inescapably political setting. I detected no agenda on the part of the author (either for against missionaries). In the end, some of the missionaries embodied the values of charity and giving, while others committed horrible acts. Both are portrayed in very human terms, so you can almost imagine being there. A great read and an incredible, if not important part of our history.