James R. Giles' critical essays on Hubert Selby, Jr.'s work are a most excellent guide for interested students. Upon reading Selby's novel Reqiuem for a Dream, I was fascinated with his style and content. I proceeded to read Last Exit to Brooklyn and Song of the Silent Snow. After finishing these novels, I decided it was time to research Selby in order to compile a research paper for an English class. My passion for Selby's intense and tragic literature led me to Giles' Understanding Hubert Selby Jr. Giles' criticism was the most complete and accurate analysis of Selby's work that I could find. The edition covered all of Selby's novels with a clear, crisp, and concise diction. Giles' insight into Selby's tempestuous mind supplied the chief source and companion to my own essay on Selby. I recommend Giles' most tremendous essays to any student who loves Hubert Selby's dark and antiheroic works. I have yet to find a better analysis of Selby's novels. Every dedicated English student should explore the wastelands of Selby's imaginations, and Giles' criticism is the most capable and reliable guide.

This book provides a wealth of information on this under-researched field, including both the accounts of those with visibly difference and research information. I study patients with spinal deformity and I found the research background to this area particularly useful. I thoroughly recommend this title.

This was written by my great, great, grandfather! I was so excited about it! Finally I can read it as I do not speak German! My maiden name is Fricke and there are were four Richard Frickes that followed him: my brother, father, grandfather (who are all alive) and then his son and himself (both deceased). Who is George? We must be related!

Analyzes first movements of establishing the dominant design in banking, airlines, and 3 modern stories of USAA insurance (all online), Frito Lay, which integrates to the store, and American Hospital Supply/ Baxter Travenol, which links to all their customers. These designs allowed the companies to dominate their market niche. Great read!

My husband and I have been married since 1986. We deeply love each other, but with "life" our children and other responsibilities we have not knowingly settled for less than what we started out with. That sweetness intimate time had turned out not what either of us desired but not knowing how to change or what had happened in the first place. Dr. Jim Richards and his wife Brenda shows you the steps that are attainable to recapture the love within. This book is PRECIOUS in re-capturing the kind of love and intimacy we all desire. Thank you Jim and Brenda for being vulnerable in your personal life to show the rest of us that their is agape love!!!

I can imagine a world where every high school student was required to read this exceptional treatise on Economics and Prosperity -- a world where creativity, ingenuity, and risk-taking were praised and encouraged; and where appeals to envy, lust, and jealousy were derided and scorned. Today, there are far too many economic myths in circulation and this book shoots down each and every one of them. It's easy to read and easy to understand. The world would be a smarter and better place if each and every person understood the fundamentals of the free-market.

Wheel Boats On The Missouri: The Journals And Documents Of The Atkinson-O'fallon Expedition 1824-1826 is an archival reference showcasing a specialized slice of early American frontier history - as reflected by the original words of the wheel boat men who were directed by President James Monroe to negotiate peace treaties with Native American tribes along the Missouri River. The resulting use of 475 infantry soldiers, "gunboat diplomacy," and man-powered wheel boats across a 3,000 mile expedition is meticulously detailed among numerous primary references. Journals dealing with daily life, navigation difficulties, American Indian cultures and political negotiations provide an amazing glimpse into army life in an America of almost two centuries past. Wheel Boats On The Missouri is an impressive work of scholarship and a strongly recommended addition to academic and community library American history reading lists and reference collections.

Without a shadow of a doubt, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the williamite wars. Doherty has impecable understanding of the intricacies of 17th century warfare, and I would certainly rate this among the very finest of history books written in the last twent years.

I managed to pass the 70-081 Exam 1st time after Using this book along with the Sybex Exam Notes for Exchange Server 5.5 with only ten days worth of study.

Having never used Exchange until starting this book I found the text easy to follow, with enough depth and coverage on the key factors not only of Exchange, but also the exam objectives. One Complaint, however, is the lack of explanations to the answers given in the book; the inclusion of them would have awarded the book 5 stars.

As with all MCSE Exams, Just reading the book cover to cover is not enough, access to a small network (3-4 computers) is essential, and that way the helpful exercises can be employed to improve you chances of success.

NOTE: Based on the 2nd Edition of this book, I can only imagine how much better the 3rd edition would be

Of the 5 Sybex books I used to pass my certifications (MCSE with Exchange!), this was absolutely the most useful for passing a Microsoft exam. It very thoroughly covers all of the important subject requirements of the test (unlike some books), and often covers them in dizzying, mind-bogling depth. Definitely have NT Server and a copy of Exchange Server 5.5 (and hopefully a second dual-boot computer) to _really_ learn with the book if possible, though.

The book only lost a star because the author's unnecessarily long and sometimes pompous writing style was really annoying and distracting, and probably made the book much larger than it needed to be (I'm not kidding). Otherwise, it was well written and well balanced, with few errors.

As a number of people here noted, many of the sample test questions in the book were _identical_ to questions on the actual test, but you should NOT buy this book just to memorize the questions. The depth of information that covers most of these questions will help you learn the basics of Exchange Server 5.5 and learn them well. $.02

PS. The test was NOT Adaptive this time around - Microsoft has switched them back, again. (30 q's, 60 minutes, 633 minimum to pass)

This is a great book, not only for exam prep but as a reference afterwards. I agree with all the other positive reviews so I won't repeat their content. One other thing to add, though, is how well this encyclopedia of information is indexed in the back of the book. It's very easy to "look something up" when you need to. I also read Redmond's Exchange Server 5.5 book, also a good resource but (in contrast) suffers from poor indexing (but goes much more in depth, as well), and also the MS Exchange connectivity guide. I completed a major Mail to Exchange conversion before taking the exam (good education in itself), and referenced these three books often.

The excellent questions on the cd make this book not just a bargain but a steal. I had the new 30 question exam (no more easy adaptive questions), and scored well. I like what MS is doing to make this exam 'respectful' again.

James and the Giant Peach was Roald Dahl's first book he wrote for children and I must say that this book was superb. It was funny, had really great characters, and had a really enthralling story. The book is about a boy named James that meets an old man and James gets these green beady things that can change his life forever. While walking to the house to use the beads he trips and they get into the soil. he thinks all of his hopes are up but they're not. A peach grows from the peach tree that never ever grew a peach and it gets bigger and bigger until it reaches about the size of a car. Then James gets inside the peach where he meets insects that tell the story how they got the beads and thats how they got in the peach and the peach got big. But then the peach starts rolling downhill until it reaches the sea and falls in. They come out and see sharks eating the peach so they have segulls pull them and they fly all over the Atlantic Ocean until they reach New York. That's the most I'll tell you except READ THIS BOOK. It is so good. Adults and children will love this book. Read it!

This book has been one of my favorite books the third or fourth grade, I don't exactly remember which one, I just know that I've really liked it for a long time. I'm getting out of the seventh grade in a month and a half and I've read this book at least five times; each time I read it I enjoy it as if I was reading it for the first time and it never gets old or monotnous. This is a book that I would read to my children as a bed time story; it's really a book the whole family can enjoy. I love how original this book is and how it captures your immangination, regardless of what your age is. I love how different the characters' personalities are and how much they fit them. I especially love Centipede's rudeness and songs, and Aunt Sponges' vainness. Lane Smith's wild illustrations are great; they're much better than the boring realistic illustrations. "James and the Giant Peach" is definitly a keeper. Roald Dahl is, in my opinion, the best children's book writer of all time. If you enjoy this book, I guarantee that you'll love Dahl's "Matilda" and Dahl's "Witches".

Whimisical, creative, silly, I would use these words to describe the fantastic story of James and the Giant Peach. James is a boy whose parents are killed by an unfortunate rhinoceros accident at the zoo. He is forced to live with his two aunts, Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. They are mean to him and make him work alot. One day though he meets a magic fellow while he is working in the garden. The fellow gives him magic beans. James is supposed to eat them, but he drops them by the peach tree. In the evening James goes outside and is shocked by a huge peach on the tree. James finds a hole in the peach and he meets his new "friends". This book is interesting and very good. It is an excellent book for adults to read to kids, because both parties would get reading pleasure.