This book gives solid information on how a person can design and execute a successful plan of self-change. The book's strengths are that it gives clear, concrete strategies and that it contains an abundance of specific examples from real self-change case studies. The book could be improved by better writing--it's clear enough, it's just not great prose. Also, as a self-help book, it would be better if it were a little more concise. To be fair, however, the book is designed so that it can be used as a text in a course of self-directed behavior modification. Still, the motivated person will probably derive considerable benefit from the book's advice if they've ever wanted to change, but found themselves unable to do so. Of course, if that doesn't describe you or someone you want to help with the techniques of this book, why are you even considering it?

This book is a step by step instruction guide of how to think before you act, which is easier said than done. It helped me to learn how to recognize when I'm starting a pattern behavior and opened up my mind up to thinking ahead of time different various ways to cope or react. I would recommend reading this book once all the way through & then going back more slowly and going through one chapter at a time while writing out your journal. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a change but doesn't know where or how to start.

This book is great for changing behaviors that are non-productive. As a former reviewer stated, it does require you to be much tougher with yourself than the usual self-help book. It also demands action, which is where most people have trouble. It is one thing to say you want to change something, but quite another to get off your bottom and do it!
I do not think you need to be "science-minded" to get the drift of this book. I find the scientific method laughable in much of the research, especially in psychology, where it has supposedly found "proof". What you have to be is willing to change your behavior. In my view, behavior does not constitute character. I could do without the smoking and the anxiety. I would never define myself as a smoker or an anxious person. The suggestions in the book simply make you more efficient at being the person you were meant to be. You take care of the lower processes then you can put your higher processing to work-meaning your thoughts, ambitions, dreams, goals, etc. Take the plunge, you won't be sorry. If it seems too simple, it's because it IS simple. Some of us could use the reminder. Just do it.

This is a very informative and fun book. I never thought making my own paper could be so easy. It's not too technical and you can find everything you need to make paper in your own house! I highly recommend this book. Enjoy!

This book, in my humble opinion, is perhaps the best guide out there for anyone who wishes (or needs) to learn more about DOS version 6.2 (and 6.22). Although not geared towards the first-time user, the book nonetheless does not swamp the reader with much technical jargon, as do many others of this type. Well done!!

This book was a pretty good book! they never really even told u about the person in the attic till the end of the book! SOOOOOOOOOO exciting?! :) ok bye!

I am a reader of the 2nd edition of this book, as I have not got the 3rd edition that , sorry, just give you some comment to the 2nd edition. I believe, however, you can glean how good the 2nd edition is. Firstly, it give some hits of writing a cover, or , what essential information should be given i your cover letter. For instance, you should tell the potential employer whet you are available to attend the intervew. Secondly, What visas/permits would you be necessary to got. Thirdly, after arrival, the first stuff you have to do is how to fight with " Customs Not only those information, it also drops the hints down, say, the issue of accommodation, public transport, insure , etc.. Indeed, I highly recommend this book to whom want to work in the UK.

First off let me say that I am a true David Hagberg fan having read ALL of his books (except for Joshua's Hammer--haven't seen it at any local bookstores--YET) but it seemed to me that he was TRYING to specifically tackle a subject that was very ambitious and in so doing attempted to unseat the techno-thriller throne established by Clancy. And in the process wrote an otherwise entertaining novel that could have EASILY been done with 300 LESS pages. There was SO MUCH unnecessary everything that it nearly took a great story and made it absolutely dreadful. I HATE feeling this way, especially since I have enjoyed each and every Kirk McGarvey novel to date. All in all I enjoyed this one,too--but it definitely isn't without its faults. Contrived meetings between secondary characters which solve nothing, and ultimately move the plot BACKWARDS rather than FORWARDS. I also felt that Hagberg taking on the Japanese was a bit too coincidental that it came out not long after Clancy's 'Debt of Honor' which ALSO has the US being attacked by the Japanese, and before that it was Michael Chrichton's 'Rising Sun' where we got to read a LOT of anti-far East diatribes and even farther back to Clive Cussler's 'Dragon'. Sure all of these novels are unique but it almost seems as though there is a trend going on here that pits US against THEM (Asians--Japanese in particular). Maybe I am taking this a bit too far, but I always become disappointed in novels that in order to look more sophisticated than they really are add hundreds of useless pages of backwards-plotlines that take the story nowhere fast. Okay, off the soap box. If you are big Hagberg fan, read and decide for yourself, it WASN'T a BAD novel, just not what I felt it COULD have been if a lot hadn't been cut out first.

After reading several David Hagberg books High Flight was a big letdown. Rrossfire,Countdown,White House and Joshua's Hammer were excellent thrillers that I enjoyed reading. This book took up too much space trying to be a techno thriller in the mode of Tom Clancy. This detracted from the heroics of the good guy Kirk McGarvey. The villains in the story were also shifted to the sideline by the techno gimmickery. This book was also way too long. Because of the subject matter it wore on your patience to finish the book. This was definitely not on of David Hagberg's better efforts. I am glad he got back on track with his later efforts. This was nearly bad.

It's pretty rare that I can say "After 600 or so pages, it really heats up" about a novel without sarcastically panning it, but in this case I can.

I picked up this book on name recognition alone. To be honest, the description on the back of the book didn't do anything for me, and I shuddered at the size of the book, but I dove in anyway because Hagberg is, to, me, a proven product.

I wasn't disappointed at all. The first few pages were enough to get me hooked, and I don't agree with criticisms about the length of the book because the vast majority of it is necessary to set up the action. I could see cutting 50 or 60 pages, but I don't agree with people saying that it should be 300 pages shorter. That sort of criticism is valid for a lot of Tom Clancy's work, but Hagberg makes better use of his pages than Clancy does.

This is not the best novel I've ever read, but it's in the top five. It requires a lot of time invested, but you won't be disappointed.

Excerpt of your book: Even more important than a battery backup is a power surge protector for appliances such as TVs, computers and fax machines, without which you risk having equipment damaged or destroyed.

Hi Mr. David, since 1995 I am living in Spain AND NEVER did I have problems of that kind. But yes I did when I was in US years ago.

This was a great help for me as I was preparing to move to Spain, and it was an enjoyable read. Some up-dating will have to be done though, now that the immigration laws in Spain are changing. I do think that some of the steoreotypes about bueaucratic chaos are a little exaggerated. (I guess Mr. Hampshire hasn't dealt with the American I.N.S. system.)

I thought Mr. Hampshire's book was invaluable. His research and data was excellent and very timely. I did think, though, that there were a few prejudices that were quite outdated. Specifically with regards to the amount of time it takes to get things done in Spain. The service industry in Spain is extremely prompt, accurate and courteous. It blows the UK service industry out of the water. There are a few other details that could use updating.

I am not at all impressed with this book. very uptight and the information is written for the extreme paranoid. I have been unable to read passed the first chapter.

With 40 books on beer and homebrewing to compare this one rates almost as low as that rating guide by that Englishman (not Micheal Jackson). I learned more from the first few pages of Papazian the new complete joy of homebrewing.

For good and to the point informaion read Papazian. It reads like a novel and is fun to booth. It came highly recommended and now I see why.

Other goods books: Beer: Tap into the art and science of Brewing, Charles Bamforth The Classic beerstyle series is not bad either. And on a more advanced level Principles of brewing science is also very good and very readable.

This book was given to me as a gift, and it helped me to get started in homebrewing. A good introduction to the mechanics of homebrewing. But as the first reviewer suggested above, the author is a bit paranoid. For a first-timer, I'd probably reccommend Papazian's guides as a better place to start. It's a little more easygoing and makes for a more interesting read.

... is this book. I began homebrewing in 1993, and was immediately able to create basic and very good beers using only this book as my guide. It walks you into the process, providing the fundamentals, and then allowing you to learn more at your own pace (from full wort boils, to yeast cultures, to full grain). I quickly gained the confidence to not only progress, but to experiment with variations on the recipes to suit my own tastes, and as a result I have enjoyed this casual hobby for 8 years running.

Ponderous and boring, Against the Megamachine is not so much an essay against the empire and its enemies as a cure for chronic insomnia.

The arguments are circular and perplexing, with the words "Nature", "Counterculture" and "Abstract" being particularly important to the author, apparently.

How such a cakehead could ever get published is a mystery to me. How he could even be a teacher is even more confusing. Keep your $14 for something better; perhaps a book by Ayn Rand, a romance novel of the sort found in the supermarket, or the pros of incinerators.

This book changed who I am. I couldn't put it down. Read this book if you want understand more about life and what it means to be human. AGAINST THE MEGAMACHINE will open up your mind to multiple perspectives.

Against the Megamachine is yet another work by one of the most brilliant minds of our generation. All of his comments are insightful and poignant. Watson writes with authority and will keep you thinking and laughing! A must read for anyone who claims to be intelligent!

This book is without question the worst book I've ever read. The plot was stupid, the dialogue was totally laughable, and the characters' actions made no sense whatsoever. For a good technothriller, stick with someone who can write, like Clancy or Bond.

This was another good book featuring our hero Kirk McGarvey. This book brought about the introduction of the KGB killing machine Arkady Kurshin. Coupled with McGarvey's other nemesis Baranov this pair was extremely deadly. McGarvey stays in a dead run trying to prevent the Russians from launching first a Pershing missile and then a Tomahawk missile. This book gives you any type of action scenario that you could ask for. McGarvey and Kurshin battle each other in the sea and on dry land. Baranov is of couse trying to depose Gorbachev. This book is action packed with an excellent plot as well as outstanding characters. This is another great book from Hagberg.

Countdown is a great read and one that makes one wonder if guys like Kirk McGarvey and Arkady Kurshin can actually accomplish what they do. So much suspense and mystery. Steal a submarine? Impossible? No, not the way David Hagberg writes it. A great book for James Bond readers, and one that Bond himself should read. He might learn something.