Setting aside its few inconclusive arguments, the book is one of the best summaries of current scholarship I've ever read.

Romans 1: The authors should have included a lot more information, particularly Jordan's phrase for phrase analysis and Townsley's work on parallelism. Despite these absences, the book does present a fairly clear interpretation of Romans 1 (heterosexuals engaging in gay sex during worship rituals to their god/dess)

Genesis 19: I think there are a few more points that the authors should have given in order to further their case, but despite this they shattered the notion that Sodom was punished for gay sex, or that any of their sins included such.

Leviticus 18-20: Authors conclude temple prostitution was prohibited, not general gay sex---Miner's work as a lawyer certainly helped him objectively view the context, but he and Connoley both leave out many powerful points that would have made their case so much stronger.

Cor. 6/Tim 1.: Although, as in other discussions, they leave out a few details that would further their case, the authors' presentation here is fantastic!---a fascinating, thoroughly review of translation methods that anyone unfamiliar with translation would benefit from reading.

In chapter Two, the authors go over the verses they believe to support gay relationships. Their analysis of David and Jonathan's relationship is very interesting, but not fully convincing. Their discussion of Ruth and Naomi is very speculative and the authors should have known better. Their discussion of the Eunuch literature was very convincing to me, as was their discussion of Jesus' encounter with a gay man, in which he implicitly blessed a gay relationship. So we have at least two Bible passages---both of which are from Jesus' own words---that are gay affirming.

This book presents in a very easy to understand and readable way a very accurate interpretation of the Biblical texts regarding homosexuality. Even its use of Greek words is not intimidating and they explain them clearly. They also present texts that are pro-homosexuality that are provocative and enlightening. This is a rare gift that this book brings to this topic. Many books in this area are very scholarly and difficult to read. Miner, et al, makes the interpretations clear for any average reader. You do not have to be a Biblical scholar or a linguist. Their presentation is done in a very readable way and does not condemn those who may disagree. It invites them to keep an open mind. For those who may have been bashed by Biblical texts on homosexuality, this book can bring a new vision and understanding into the value of Christian faith. It definitely is intended for those of a Christian background or understanding. For those who are interested in the Biblical questions and passages, this book is a valuable one to have in your library or to share with friends or family who have questions and are searching.

Many books have argued that the Bible does not condemn same-sex relationships. In the vast majority of cases, however, the arguments sound like loopholes and excuses, not a sincere reading of Holy Scripture. (Sadly, this includes even the ever-popular "What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.")

This book is remarkably different! The authors don't make excuses or water down the text; instead, they take the Bible seriously and treat it respectfully, allowing the Bible itself to provide the best evidence for their case. Meanwhile, this book is so short, simple, and easy to read that anyone can benefit from it.

"The Children Are Free" is chock full of anecdotes and examples, making it a delight to read, even for people who don't normally read about the Bible. Those of us more familiar with the subject will appreciate the clarity of the authors' argument.

Other, similar books made me think, "Yeah, I guess I can see that," but this one left me wondering, "How could you come to any other conclusion?"

This book by Iron Crown is a quality addition to the middle earth roleplaying world - it combines excellent material with an easily understandable, logical presentation pattern. I personally find Mirkwood the most fascinating area of Middle Earth, and to be able to acts within it is great fun. Dwarf, elf or hobbit; no character should be without a bit of first hand experience under the portentious bowers of this ancient forest. If you only buy one supplement for the MERP game system, this should be it!

This book contains art and essays that advance an exciting new way to consider the contemporary visual arts, and the social world in which Americans in particular swim. White Americans swim in racial preference, though they usually don't know it, so like the fish in water, can't describe it (an imperfect metaphor, given the mental capacities of most fish, but it'll do). The essays included here, including one by leading whiteness studies scholar David Roediger, are very helpful in seeing how the budding area of critical whiteness studies can further enrich our appreciation of contemporary visual art. The reproductions are fabulous, and the works included intriguing in the ways they can stimulate viewers to ponder race, and class (and even sometimes gender and sexuality). Humorous at times, these works (and essays) do not uniformly seek to confront white America with its racist past and present.

This is a book that richly deserves wider distribution, beyond the museum giftshop.

This is a pretty good strategy guide, but those who got it for the GBC game, beware. Over half of it consists of card game strategies, but it still is pretty good.

Hi! I was at my local video game shop when I was over in the GB section. I saw a game that caught my eye. I picked up the display box and read. It was an RPG game. I love RPG games so I bought it. I found it was much more than an ordinary RPG. It was cool! The story line, characters, graphics, music,ect. make the game a GREAT! Don't buy Pokemon Crystal! Buy Magi-Nation! I'm twelve if there are any parents looking for a good GB game. Get this game! You'll love it!

This book tells you all the secrets in the Magi-Nation game on the Gameboy Color, status on all the Cream Creatures, and also information on the trading card game! But still, there's a few minor error in it as well. But nevertheless, this book is excellent!

Many strategy/guide books fall short of what their title intends, but not so with Arcanum.

This book is wonderfully detailed. Different chapters focus on different elements within the game including: character classes, technology, magick, monsters, maps, quests, weapons, armor, the lesser and greater gods, npc's, formulas and schematics and many other tidbits you never new were in the game until you read this book.

I was very impressed with the character creation sections and its very detailed explanations of customizations, auto-schemes, attributes and more.

The monster appendix is great, and identifies about 85% of creatures you will encounter with pictures and 100% with stats.

Weapons, armor, potions/elixirs, schematics/formulas are treated with the same detailed information and can really help you find/discover hard to locate parts or uses for objects that you will come across.

The chapter on Magick is also very detailed, much more so than the original manual and gets you excited about following that college of study within the game.

The maps are priceless, as they are pretty well laid out and complete. However, I did find a few minor errors that were mostly aesthetic. Namely, one of the maps the editors forgot to label (though the legend appears below the map...it corresponds to nothing), and another map is a bit blurry.

The walkthrough and quests are pretty complete from what I can tell and really aid in the hint department if you get stuck on a puzzle. But, I did think there were some obscure references to other quests that could have been explained better. It can be slightly confusing at times to follow the walkthroughs and quests for the page layout and cross-referencing is a bit odd. But, if you study it for a few minutes, you'll get it.

There are no color pics anywhere in the manual, the pics that do exist are in gray scale. Most pictures ties in directly to an object, character or map, but there are a few random pieces of steampunk art mixed in.

What keeps this book from 5 stars is the few errors I found that were probably an oversight from the editing process. Like I said a few blurry pics, a few missing labels, a strange layout in the walkthrough chapter, but otherwise a fantastic and 'very' detailed strategy book of any game I've seen in a while and well worth the cover price.

The content in this book is a little dated. For a current book on Web Services check out either the Wiley book (Developing Java Web Services) or my favorite Java Web Services Architecture.

This book is a nice overview of Web Servcies and a high level descirption of the technologies involved. It does, however, lack the details of the inner workings of a Web Service. There is little or nothing mentioned on the rpcrouter servlet, deployment descriptors, the soap admin council and the scope of a web service. It is a good book for the developer who is looking for basics when starting out looking into web services, but not a real good book for developers at the next level.

Once again, authors David A. Chappell and Tyler Jewell produce a masterpiece of technical genius. Just when we thought they couldn't top their opus maxum, we find yet another fine jewell in their collection.

Personally, I read Java Web Services in about 20 minutes, which is an amazing accomplishment considering I was asleep at the time.

This book gives object oriented programming a boost of adreline and steroids and allows them to all run on the same platform.

I first bought this book because I was looking for a compiler that I could run in AIX and EBCIDC, but then I just ported it to my Windows 98 machine because that was too complicated for me.

My favorite chapter was where Chappell illustrates the parable of the bicycle and the Java programmer. I wont tell too much or I'll give it away. You'll need to buy the book to find out more about the parable.

Needless to say that Larry King can't be wrong about this book. He's read it and is now programming CNN's mainframe computers.

They said it could not be done, but I drank enough Java cola to read this sucker in 20 minutes. I'm reading it again right now as I type this review. I loved this book. I'm going to buy copies of it for my entire family. I gave one to my wife as an anniversary gift.

Buy it, you can't go wrong, if for nothing else, buy it for the cool goat design on the cover.

My friend Ed and I bought this book after a fine purchase of the game itself. After being PKed and loosing everything we work so hard to get in the adventurous game of UO, we decided this book may be are one and only answer. Well it was! It told us everything we needed to know! We read and read our brains out until school was long forgotten. Even good old Mr. N couldn't save us. My friend and I were feeling like UO masters until... a new client patch came and changed everthing around in the game, so the book had all wrong and old dated information. That is why I gave this book 3 stars. It is a well developed book to give you help in the game but since Ultima Online constanly uses patches to change everything (in there view for the better), the book becomes a useless puchase. Right now the book has only map use that is acurate with the game.

This book contains a lot of information to help you get started in Ultima Online and build your character(s). It contains maps of the cities and dungeons of Britania and give you the statics of NPCs within the game.

Hard to believe over two years has passed since UO came out. I got UO when it first came out, and this book was a great source of reference and info. Unfortunatly, nothing good lasts, and this is especially true of Ultima Online, where patches make much of the information here obselete. Oh well, a good memoir to keep of of the old times. If anyone has any questions or would like to reply, please send to Renryu@Hotmail.com thx.

I play UO almost since the game is out and I have the two previous Prima's UO books. The last one was for The Secong Age which was the first expansion for UO.

When I bought the previous book I was disappointd to see that the content was the same except for some fiction which was lost and some more monsters.

Now with three more "updates" (Renaissance, Third Dawn and Lord Blackthorn's Revenge) which brought in two more worlds (Trammel/Fellucca and Illshenar), a faction system and many new other things the book would have seen a major overhaul.

Nope. Nothing. Nada.

The book has been "updated" and is still handy to have some good info on creatures, monsters or weapons and printed maps (which are few and too small)... The only section I found interesting was the chapter on previous background events and characters of Britannia and the other factes, but it is still too short for my taste. Another "bonus" is an interview with Todd "Spawn" McFarlan. A last and disappointing point is that no fold out map is included this edition of the book.

In the end I recommend this book to newcommers who don't own one of the previous books or to customers who like to have some printed references. If you surf often on the previous mentionned site and use the third party program UO Automap then this book is a luxury.

I'm a veteran player of UO, but it's nice to have reference materials around. This guide is pretty good. But I keep finding places where I wish it went just a bit further.

It gives information about tradeskills, but doesn't give you the practical walkthrough on how to actually use them. It has spell lists, but not the details on how exactly they work and how best to use them. It's not "hands on" enough for a complete beginning, but it's not detailed enough for a veteran.

It does have a pretty complete set of maps, but these are all available online through the UO Automap (which is included in the game CD thesedays). It does have the usual reference materials--what ingredients you need for what.

I guess I'd recommend buying it, at least if you have enough disposable income to not be concerned about it. But if you have one thing you can get with your [money] this week, this wouldn't be my choice.

This book has just about every detail you need to successfully play this game to its full potential. The maps and pictures are great and the information is well organized. This is a must for all UO players, Young or Veteran

This garbage is almost funny in a sick sort of way.I guess according to Bridges you are a "bigot" if you are white and proud.I picked this book up by mistake,but read it anyway,a complete waste of my time.It is nothing more than a biased slander of a great man of integrity.If you want to know the REAL David Duke,I suggest you purchase My Awakening by Duke himself and avoid the out of context quotes that this book is full of.This is little more than another ... attempt to make European Americans feel guility,and to believe that men like Duke are a "danger".The wolves have convinced the sheep that the dogs are dangerous.

The most complete and enlightening book written about one of America's most bizarre characters. A must have for anyone interested in how bent characters can develop a following and a missin.

I just finished reading The Rise of David Duke. It was one of the best books I've ever read. It was an illuminating tale about an important character from the late 20th century. The book was both educational and easy to read. I would recommend it to anyone who truly wants to understand David Duke. This is not a story that Duke would want told. Written by a top flight, Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter, it is meticulously researched, speaking truth stranger than any fiction.

Mr. Hicks has done a wonderful job in compling equations, however, he has missed the practical applications in compressed air and vacuum systems. I initially used his theoritcal position on calculating pressure drop in pipe for compressed air. His position seems reasonable and logical until you compare the results with practical applications. Ingresoll-Rand, the air compressor manufacturer, published tables of pressure drop verses pipe sizes, delivery pressures and ACFM. Futher ASPE has published a data book which leads the engineer into an empirical equation for calculating pressure loss in compressed air piping. The results with both Ingresoll-Rand and ASPE agree. Using Mr. Hicks' therotical approach drives the pipe size much larger than needed and therefore the cost of the project. My suggestion is that Mr. Hicks contact I-R and ASPE to incorporate their empirical approach to sizing pipe for compressed air and vacuum systems.

To: Lost in Air

I respectfully submit, that you need to appreciate Mr. Hicks' position. He has provided a conservative approach that will work in almost every situation. The empirical approach that you advocate may well work in most situations but I'll bet there is little margin built in for contingencies. True, your solution may cost less, which is important. But will the low-margin, low cost solution still work 1 or 2 years from now or will the pipe size be too small to allow for degradation/changes? Customer repeat business must be a consideration, too.

I'm not trying to be confrontational, and I understand what you're saying. But you have to appreciate the position that Mr. Hicks must take in such a handbook, and he takes the only logical one, which is to be on the conservative side. People doing more than a couple of these calculations in a year in fact should consult more in-depth material, as you did.

Regards,

David R. Debo, P.E.