Filled with unique illustrations of the brain in an imaginative manner, combined with powerful information regarding the clinical anatomy of our CPU, this is a must read for those working with brain injured individuals or who would just like to understand the magic that is our mind.

The most striking aspect of the authors'work is the magnificent way in which the various layers of the brain/consciousness are paired with the drawings evoking our ancient evolutionary history. Rather than a modern suburban house built on a scraped lot, the brain is portrayed as a ruin with succeeding layers built on top of each other. I believe the book succeeds in conveying a sense of mystery as to how we are able to function as modern homo sapiens while carrying around with us the results of milennia of evolution: the hope and the danger as it were. And yet, this is all achieved in a very light-hearted and entertaining manner.

A really great introduction to the workings of the brain. Truly memorable illustrations: so much better than those dry, factual diagrams you get in most textbooks. This book is an easy read, and keeps a lively pace. Its only drawback is that it is a little dated, but any book on a subject under such intensive research is likely to be a bit out of date by the time it reaches the lay-reader. Highly recommended though.

We take our religious liberties for granted and so few know or appreciate the hardship, trials, and suffering of our forefathers. This daily inspiration is concise and spirit-provoking. An excellent companion to any serious Bible student's daily devotions.

This book provides a slice of Baptist history without regard to a chronological time table. The continuity promised by the Savior's statement "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (My church) are taken literally by the authors. The price paid by faithful Baptists through the years to secure and practice religious freedom is well documented in cases of those who suffered persecution and martyrdom for the preservation of truth. The Baptist's view of Scripture, the ordinances, polity and perpetuity are all clearly and concisely taught through illustrations that grip the heart. The document is completed foot-noted with a tremendously lenghy bibliography. This is "must reason" for those who are seriously interested in the subject of Baptist history.

Want a devotional that is not only mindful of Christian history, but hardcore BAPTIST history to boot? Personally, I never would have believed it until I saw it myself! The subject matter is fascinating and the writing and research really rise to the occasion.

Forget the daily pep-talks and 12-step mantras that line the bookstore shelves. Read aloud to YOUR family about Swiss Anabaptists, Judson, Carey, Spurgeon, Leland, John R. Rice, and even the first Baptists in Norway! Thrill to the stories of martyrs, missionaries, translators, and country preachers. Your family altar time will be richly enhanced!

Recommended to any Baptist parent.

Good book about a great American. Lincoln's Admiral by James Duffy is more complete. ... Farragut was of Spanish ancestry not Latin American, or so called latino in today's political correctness. Let's not bend the facts of Farragut's ancestry solely to make Latinos feel more American. There are many "latinos" who have been war heroes, medal of Honor recipients. Latinos & Spanish Americans should be and I know are proud of the role they have played in this great country of ours , the USA.

This is a great book for students with limited English proficiency. The life of David Farragut is presented in Spanish on one page and English on the next. This not only helps these students learn English but gives them a book which they can read successfully. There is also the pride they recieve from learning about the contributions made by one of their own ethnic group. There should be many more books like this.

David has done another great job of entertaining us. This latest adventure kept me from putting the book down once I started reading it. It was a lot of fun. I have read all the books in the series. This rates right up there. I have liked the story lines involing Nates son and his new found girl.

I have found this book to be as enjoyable and entertaining as Ihave the 31 privous books in this series. This story combines thehazards of life in the Rocky Mts. in the 1840s with the folk-lore which has been handed done to us from the Native Americans as well as that of the early settlers of this vast unknown frontier. This story of Nate and his family and the way they handle attacks by an unknown assailant kept me reading. NOTE: to the author I do believe that the addition of Lou to this group has aided in the reading of the latest stories. I'm waiting for the next book to come out in June. END

Evelyn King and her friend Melissa Braddock have been kidnapped by four men. They are being held for ransom, gold to come from Nate King. Also involved is the friend of the Kings, Ezriah Hampton. He has been in the last two or three books. Nate and his wife, Winona take off after the kidnappers. In the meantime Evelyn and Melissa escape and have to face the wilderness by themselves. Nate and Winona bear down on the four men. Will they get there in time???? They should not have made Winona bad, that was a bad choice. As usual Ezriah messes things up and bad times come to Winona. These books are based on a journal keep by the real Nate King of his experiences in the mountains plus other sources. If you like this time in history and life of the men of the mountain, you will like this series. I do thing many of his other books have been better. Several pages in this one is what people are thinking about, other places and times. To keep the stories going you should start with number one and plow on through.

Another terrific addition to the Wilderness series. Nate King's daughter is abducted and held for ransom. Nothing goes as planned for the bad guys. Suspense and a strong plot make this a can't miss. The ending- Hold on to your hats! Perils Of The Wind is a keeper!

Arden's edition of Shakespeare's works is an essential item in everyone's shelter. It's a great buy (for a carefully sought edition), but it lacks the critical discussion of the single-play edition.

Haven't figured out a classy way to tell someone that they get on your nerves? Want to make a big impression in a heated one on one dispute? Well, this is the book for you. Potent, sarcastic yet classic quotes taken from Shakespearean plays are compiled in this tiny book. Whether you tuck this small treasure in your desk at work or place it on the nightstand at home, you must use it. You will definitely have the upper hand in your next verbal battle with the enemy. Be offensive with style!

This it the 34th book in the series. I have read all thirty four. I like Trackdown better than the last book but I don't think it is as good as many of the early ones. The early ones may be like the mountain man himself, they may be a thing of the past. Nate King is trying to trackdown his wife and daughter, Winona and Evelyn, who have been kidnapped by the Sa-gah-lee. They are a very primitate tribe. You will never guess why they wanted Winona and Evelyn. UGH!!!! King tracks for several days, overcomes many dangers and finally finds them but then he is captured by the Sa-gah-lee. Will they escape and if they do will they be eaten by the cannibal tribe of Dabi-mussa?? Have to read to find out. Thompson writes so it holds your attention, the books are fairly short and reads quickly. I can see the things happen in my mind as they do on paper. If you like stories about mountain men read this one and the earlier ones he wrote.

Continuing the saga of Nate King this book, as with all of David Thompson's books, is well researched as to historical facts and Indian legend. The legend on which this book is based is gut wrenching and the readers must step back, take a deep breath and regain their equilibrium before continuing on to the conclusion.
It seems that Providence has finally turned its back on Nate and all of his physical strength and wilderness knowledge may not save him this time. Fast paced and holds your interest to the last page.

This book explains very good the theory behind the different protocols, but it is a little too much like a C programming book.

I'm using the book at work to write network applications. Unlike some books, this book does not spoon feed you. You have to get your hands dirty and actually write programs yourself. I've found that to get the best out of the book, you have to read a chapter, study the code, then try and write the thing yourself. My only gripe is that some of the authors programs on my disk don't work, ie FTP Client in chapter 8. So what, it forced me to write my own. Love it!

I've been using this book for 8 months. I don't use the winsock code because there are higher level OCX controls to do the job. The real value of this book is in the theory. Don't go searching for those long RFCs. Appendix A and B has become my bible for the SMTP and NNTP protocols. The scenarios presented in the examples throughout the book, helped me understand the stages of a session between the server and client. You won't get too much Delphi-specific info but as long as the various TCP/IP protocols are in use, this book is a classic

David Thompson finally puts to an end the problem of Zach and his personal outlooks. I think the way he did it in this book surprised me in a good way because I never would have guessed his method. If you liked this book and want to read more of his works then you might want to read the whole series. I give David Thompson two thumbs up for this series and this book!! He displays the daily hardships and wilderness as what is really was, dangerous and unpredictable. I think Mr. Thompson has done a good job and needs to keep it up. Thank you!!!

A loyal Wilerness Series fan.

Wilderness Frontier Mayhem is a beautiffly wrriten book that keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. If you like stories about adventure and the wilderness this is the book for you. The book is written with great detail that makes it very interestin. I have to tip my hat to David Thompson for writing a great story. I enjoyed the story because of the way it is wrriten. The way that David Thompson writes the book it makes you feel as though you are taking each step with Zach the main character. This always made me keep reading because I wanted to find out Zach and I's next adventure. The greatly wrriten book has a theme of man and his great struggle to live in the wilderness on his own in the great Rocky mountains. The story goes back into history during the Mounatin Man era. I enjoyed the theme of the book greatly because myself living in the Rocky's, kind of gave me an idea what it would have been like to live here during the Mountain Man era. It made me realize how much the world has changed from then to now. Ialso enjoyed the dangers Zach encountered living in the Rocky's such as mountain lions and bears. I would recomend the book Wilderness Frontier Mayhem to some but not others. If you like other adventure books that have a wilderness setting than this is definately the book for you. The book is similar to the novel Naya Nuki who is an Indian girl that has many adventures trying to survive on her on. The book wrriten so weel that even if you don't like adventure books you will still most likely like it. I personally don't usually enjoy books only about adventure but I loved Wilderness Frontier Mayhem. I would recomend this book for most people, but if you don't enjoy adventure books or books about nature I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. This story is about a young Man named Zach learning from his father and trying to survive on his own in the rugged Rocky Mountains. Zach runs across many misfortunes in the wilderness such as mountain lions bears and wolves that aren't to friendly. Zach has to use his knowledge to survive day to day. Zach thought that his father had prepared him for everything until he meats a beautiful girl and doesn't know what to do. It is a well written story about a young mountain man his will to survive and his day ny day adventures. This story had many great aspects to it. The best aspect of the book was the descriptive words that the author used. He picked his words just right which made the book enjoyable for me because it seamed as though everything was happening right before your eyes. I also thought a great aspect of the book was that it isn't you typical book written now adays. It had a good plot and kept you thinking what was going to happen next. For anyone that wants a change of pace from all of the horror books being written you should pick up Wilderness Frontirer Mayhem and read it. The only bad aspect of the book was that it became sort of repetitive. Zach would often run into the same problems over and over. This is what dropped my rating of the book from a 5 to a 4. Wilderness Frontier Mayhem is a great book that I would highly recomend so get up and go read. I think, that you will be pretty impressed.

Dr. David L. Thompson's book was a welcome volume for non-professional students of the Bible when it was first published in 1994. A former student of Dr. Robert Traina, the current dean of the Inductive Bible Study movement, Dr. Thompson's revision of his previous work provides laypersons with a non-technical guide to studying Biblical texts with minimal help from secondary sources (commentaries, books, etc.). Dr. Thompson encourages the Bible student to trust himself to do firsthand studies of the Biblical text in order to discover its truth for himself. The approach is to study whole books rather than studying isolated texts out of context. While Dr. Thompson is to be commended for taking what can be a very technical method and bringing it down to a layman's level, this book will be of minimal help to the student unless he is guided by a skilled instructor. For this reason it is an excellent introductory text for college students.

There are several strengths to be noted in this volume. First, Dr. Thompson points to additional reading in the more technical volume, Dr. Robert Traina's Methodical Bible Study. And he points to many other helpful Bible study sources along the way. Second, Dr. Thompson gives significant attention to the application of Scripture, a glaring weakness in many other volumes on this topic.

Perhaps one addition to the book would have been most helpful and that is a model study of a unit of a Biblical book. This would be especially helpful to those students who do not have someone skilled in inductive methodology to guide them in the process. Finally, I would like to see a greater emphasis on encouraging students to "stick with it" in doing inductive studies. Most who begin the process drop out even when they use a non-technical guide like this. Learning the inductive method involves more than going through specific steps. It involves developing a new mindset that requires a significant amount of time. Unless the student is made aware of this requirement, he is likely to quit and return to Sunday School quarterlies and commentaries to find Biblical knowledge.