William Wormsley is my Anthropology instructor at drexel university. Since taking the course, it allows a much greater understanding of the book, not only subject related, but as in insight to the writer and the points he was trying to stress. His writing tends towards pretentious i guess, in the way that he seems he is attempting to actually write literature, and some of his metaphors and analogies were just ridiculous. But its a good book, offering valuable insight into an indigineous people of New Guinea that is easily relatable. a definite recommendation to anyone interested in the field of anthropology.

I agree with a vast majority of reviewers that this book does have a tendency to not back up any sweeping statements with statestics or data (surprising coming from a sports writer!)HOWEVER, this book is not packaged or advertised as a tightly researched, sociological and theortical academic study of blacks and whites. It is an anecdotal book that has an unfortunate title of speaking for all blacks. It is a simply written book that does feel unfinished, but does touch on situations, scenerios, language, and "vibes" that are a touchy areas between blacks and whites. It may seem petty at times and bitter, but to see it as a primarily angry book seems to belittle the author, and makes me wary with such prejudice we all hold for women and for people of color to be unjustified or not thoroughly thought persons. She has justifiable reasons to be angry-and more importantly, she admits her shortcomings. I do not see anything worong her "token" chapter on white people and how they feel about the situation with black people because it is supposed to be a learning tool for white people to understand their actions and inactions do indeed matter with black people.

My main distaste with this book,(and moreover with her editor) is a point that another reviewer touched upon regarding that there are other races besides black and white that need to touched upon. Asian and Latino/Chicano/Hispanic and Native and South-Asian and non-european whites and Caribbean and so forth are totally ignored and dismissed in this book. At one point she states that HIspanics and Asains have it better because Blacks came as Slaves and therefore will always be the bottom of the heap-totally dismissing their lives, troubles, race experiences and so forth-now that is racist! Dismissing a race because they are not considred relevant, their voice nothing new, that they didn't come as slaves so therefore must have it just as good as white folks is ignorant and soured the message of this book. Perhaps there should be a book regarding how whites and blacks ignorance and dismissal of other races gets under their skin!

Under the Skin of Black People." This book did not live up to its title, as the viewpoint of whites was mostly missing. However, I thought it was a frank discussion of race relations in the country today. Isn't it really the little things we need to concentrate on today? I like to think that blatant racism in this country would not be tolerated in this day and age, and certainly isn't tolerated under the law, and what we need to move onto are the little things - the everyday interactions, as Ms. Williams states. Ms. Williams should be applauded for bringing out into the light things no one wants to talk about, but we all wonder about. I was surprised by the reviews that branded Ms. Williams as angry and living in a parallel universe - because they're right on target! People are angry and feel as if they live in another universe, some place where fairness and justice doesn't exist. We should acknowledge that anger and talk about it, not deny the right to feel it. All in all, a good read, and a must - but I must say I have always felt that race politics in the United States has always been framed in terms of white and black, when there are a lot of shades of brown in the U.S....we routinely get entirely left out of the picture, and I wish Ms. Williams had not fallen into that trap of framing race in such a narrow spectrum. For one thing, I'm so sick of people asking if I speak English, or why I don't have an accent...

While I agree that the perspective was largely that of a black woman (we don't learn a lot about what gets under the skin of whites), this provided me with a different point of view. If nothing else, it's worthwhile to be reminded that things you don't even think about may be really annoying--if not hurtful--to someone else. And it can't possibly hurt to try and be a little more aware of the feelings of others.

Nonetheless, I think this book provides a good jumping-off point for dicussions about race. Many people are remarkably ignorant about how thoroughly racism pervades American society (other societies, too, of course, but that's not what this book is about). Williams provides a number of examples that nearly everyone should recognize, whether or not you agree with her.

This is an account which does not delve enough into the psychology of Nick Leeson personally (as opposed to traders generally) to be interesting, and is too apologetic for the management debacle that was Barings. Skip it. Nick's disingenous account is better. Lefevre's story of about stock operators is better still

Unlike the previous reviewer, I found the book to be a captivating and educational read! The plot held my attention throughout the book, even through the technical descriptions of how investment futures work. I felt that the book was a balanced blend of story and analysis. If you want more than a superficial account of the Barings debacle, this is a good book for you.

It is true that this author focuses as much on the role of management in the fall of Barings as on Nick Leeson's role in it, which is fine. It is an opinion that she substantiates somewhat persuasively throughout the book. The reader gets the sense that Nick was just an opportunist who took advantage of a glaring management weakness at Barings. (The author will not be able to persuade you, however, that Nick is just a good guy who slipped. He's scum. I think the author was too lenient with him.) But through her account of Baring Bank's mismanagement of its Futures division, the author provides a very useful lesson for senior management out there.

This has to be one of the worst books I've read in a while. I kept reading, hoping it would redeem itself, but instead it only got worse. The misogynistic Wolf, the main character, never grows past his obsession with women's genitalia. The women have no depth and remain objectified. The plot, if one can call it that, becomes horribly improbable and stereotypical at the same time - star gates which magically transport, good aliens who can telepathically speak to us, bad aliens trying to wipe out humanity, etc. ...

Both authors have always come up with mind-bending ideas in their novels in the past, but here they've gone full throttle, especially in their use of Frank Tipler's "Omega Point" concept. There's a real sense of wonder and mystery that builds up as they explore the universe, and realize the danger that's approaching. And the aliens are a real treat!

Unfortunately, I found it hard to deal with the main characters themselves. Here are six people thrust against the backdrop of a universe of granduer dominated by a universe-engulfing "Omega Point," and the only thing they can think about is sex. Everytime I hoped that one of them would do or say the "decent" thing, they'd let me down. Very frustrating...

Given that this is a novel that focuses on two families, there is remarkably little familial affection going on. Both mothers in the story seem more concerned about their sex lives than their offspring.

And the character of Stuart, for such a smart kid, seems remarkable unaffected by the remarkable and emotional events going on around him. The scenes on Topopolitan branch struck me as a particularly accurate rendition of a teenage boy's worst nightmare come to life, yet I'm surprised the authors didn't delve into that aspect of it. (Read those pages and you'll know what I mean!) Plus, the story seemed very disjointed, as if a number of scenes ended up being cut from the novel to keep within space limitations.

Perhaps the concept is just so grandiose that no mere human author(s) can pull it off successfully. Even so, I give Barton and Capobianco credit for trying.

I reviewed the book before it was available for sale. I found it brought back memories of books I read that were published in the 50's and 60's. With a modern twist and a mood four foul language, much like some of Harlan Elison's books it makes you feel like a part of the story. The main characters were grouped with a tighter focus. In my opinion, the two mains were Wolf O'Malley and Cory Saurez. Maybe it's best to say they were my favorite. Wolf is reminiscent of a Chuck Norris and Captain Kirk/William Shatner character. He just can't get enough of his women. Cory is the pawn / or fall character. A helpless teenage girl who has mixed emotions of love and sex all rolled in to one. Not to mention a few characters flaws resulting from abandonmont and confusion. To put it short the Post Nuclear Earth is going to Hell. Money, Influence, Sex contributes to this crew of six meeting and going to a colony planet, only to be sent further out to look for more habitable planets. In the process they find the Pleons whom are fleeing from a godlike race trying to engulf the universe. In the process Wolf, Cory, Stu, Mark and Thalia find themselves on a search for their inner being and the God o f the Universe in birthing kind of experience. I highly recommend this book if you are bored of the current SF/Fantasy drivel that has been on the shelf for the last 15 to 20 years.

This book and its author lack any creditability. Anyone with even an elementary knowledge of Wicca and the New Age can easily tell that My Schnoebelen has no idea what he is talking about. If you want to learn about Wicca read a book written by a wiccan. Its only common sense. One wouldnt expect to read a book about Christianity written by a Wiccan author. The same is true for this.

To avoid taking a Christians against wiccans stance battle on "who's lying and who's not" with Christians tending to believe the author simply because he's a Christian who claims he was a witch at one time, I would like to point out that there are a growing number of Evangelical Christian researchers, including Craig Hawkins and the folks at Cornerstone Magazine, who don't feel his guy is very credible. If you won't listen to Wiccans or read anything they have to say, look up Mr. Hawkin's essays and you'll see he does not give this supposed "ex witch" much credence. I think he said that this guy was "not very useful" or words to that effect in the search for the truth about Wicca.

Having many Wiccan friends i can see that this Book was truly written by an ex-wiccan. This book is wonderful for people who want to really know about the occult and what goes on in that relm of thinking. If you are the kind of person who wants to think that everything is fine and dandy in the world, i suggest that you either grown up and notice that the world isnt all flowers and candy, or keep your misconseption and not read the book. If you are A Christian with wiccan friends you will find this book very helpful as it goes deep into Wicca to find that the "old religion" isnt so old and that indeed Wicca is Satans Little White Lie!

Having been a patient of Marlene Boskind-White's, I will also say that I think that no one should read this book. I had a very difficult time with bulimia and Mrs. White's book made me feel worse about myself than I did before I ever saw her or read her book. Stay away from this book. I don't recommend it to anyone. I care about people who suffer through what I suffered. I have been doing great for 8 years now, no thanks to this book or it's author.

This book did not prove to be beneficila in helping me undestand my diseases. It made me feel helpless and esasperates. I do not recomend anybody to read this book. If anything it has allowed me to fall deeper into my eating disorder. The book did not present any clear fews on this issues. Every was in a shade of gray, when you deal with this issue you need to stick with black and white.

Gives a well presented behavioral approach (with definite feminist leanings) to treating binge/ purgers. The authors are not critical of parents or spouses. They encourage the binge/ purger to take responsibility. They have only a few suggestions for those who are not ready to do so. Nothing about men with this eating disorder is mentioned. Overall this book is extremely practical and helpful.

Overall, it is easy book to read but you could really tell that each chapter was written by a different person. Some chapters are good but others are really poor. The end of the chapter tests were way too easy compared to the actual test. It has an incredible number of mistakes and typos especially in the calculation of subnet masking. I went round in circles and wasted so much time trying to figure out why I could never get a question correct. I think this book has a second edition that I hope is better. Avoid this book and you will be a much happier person.

OK! I know there are a lot of mistakes...especially for the beginner like me...I am really confused by this book because of its unnecessary mistakes...but, I really like the chapter 2...it's very easy to understand the ARP...IP or ICMP..However, I got confused on the chapter 5 with the wrong route table...Man, I hope it would be better when it come to the second edition!

I am using this book to upgrade my TCP/IP 3.5 to TCP/IP 4.0. I am already a CNE, NCIP, and MCSE. I'm working towards my MCSE+I. This book is a first print (or close to) of a TECHNICAL book. It will have errors! On New Riders' web site, they have a page with corrections which you can print out. I used these corrections as I went through the book. The CONTENT of this book is great and on target. I give four stars because I know from my past education, experience and my knowledge of what is expected on the exam that is book is key! Minus one star for the errors which DON'T affect the content due to the corrections page, but hopefully will be gone in the next print. MCP Magazine also did ratings on the best TCP/IP study book and THIS BOOK WON!

Anyone who is familiar with the original Autobiography of William Allen White will immediately recognize that this new book is a crippled skeleton of the original. Almost all the lyrical, descriptive, humorous, and self-effacing passages that made the original a great work of literature have been slashed out. White won the Pulitzer Prize for his literature, not for his name-dropping and political glad-handing. It is amazing that the family would authorize this badly damaged version of an American classic. Why would you want to read this version, when the original is so readily available? I suppose some would say that Sally Lindsay White might have had a major hand in the posthumously published original, and might try to find W.A.White's own hand in the work, but if so, that would only mean that she should have shared in the Pulitzer. Besides, the parts that are cut out are the most truly autobiographical sections. Unless you just enjoy loading your bookshelf, leave this one off.