This is a remarkable book. I am amazed it is out of print. Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad captures the spirit of this book remarkably well.

Youngstown, Ohio is, in many ways, a culture unto itself, a surreal location on planet America. It is ironic because at one time Youngstown seemed to be the epitome of the America Dream. The irony is that in many ways it is still the epitome of America although 'epitome' no longer means the 'goal' of the American Dream but connotates its polar opposite.

While this book may leave the reader with a feeling of hopelessness at the America since lost, there is a ray of hope that shines through its pages when one realizes that life is much more than what we see here. The ray of hope is the power of the human spirit to overcome and to live in spite of circumstances.

The photos are powerful. The essays are poetic. And the people come alive in its pages.

This book, along with the Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, inspired Bruce Springsteens Grammy award winning record The Ghost of Tom Joad. Springsteen writes these days of heroes who are neither Elvis nor Jesus. They are fathers and brothers, mothers and sisters. They are friends and they are those shadows which evoke uneasiness in the darkness. They are the AIDS victim who calls out, 'Receive me brother'. They are the illegal alien who is exploited then discarded as industrial waste. They are the frail urchins of a graceless existence whose hope lies not in feudal promises but in the luminescence of the human spirit. Whether driven by courage or desperation, their heroism comes from the decision to travel the hard road of free will and self determination in search of peace. The omnipotent wish to stride through the front door of Heaven, their individual soul adorned in full credentials. The humble simply wish to avoid Hell. The stories told in Journey to Nowhere by Mr Maharidge in this book bring to life this very real undercalss in America, an underclass from which you and I are no more than one or two missed paychecks removed. It asks not pity but understanding. A moving book.

For those who love Key West, this book will confirm that affection. It will also offer insight into what it's like for those who arrive, fall in love with Key West, and decide to stay. The twenty delicious stories include one called "Leaf Woman," by Margit Bisztray, a revealing oblique peep into the interior life of a woman who typifies one of the many young people who swarm to Key West to find the only work available is low-end drone jobs. The cover with the Key West row house with the rooster perched on the railing of the porch is quintessential Key West.

I have read this book , and once again the authors from key west have brought me back to the Island that I long to call home. Especially Bruce Weiss's piece " Chicken Wars " was fabulous In my opinion Bruce is one of the best new authors of our time , and I can't wait to see what his next novel to read. Also David Kauflet piece was also excellent. Once again proving that he still has a great depth of talent to pull from. Definitely a book worth reading.

The third and latest short-story collection by a diverse and dedicated group of Key West resident-writers continues to keep a finger on the pulse of this tiny, delightfully deranged island. Their latest offering is whimsical, entertaining and right on target.

Web design applications like Dreamweaver speed up the design process with templates, macros, and word processing style capabilities. Such applications work similarly to a powered up word processor and ease the learning curve for getting started. The challenge is figuring out how to use its features for creating CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), frames, layers, timelines, tables, image maps, positioning elements and clean up tools.

When first learning Dreamweaver, I dove into the text, behaviors and tables management aspects of it. It wasn't until much later that I discovered the power of using its image maps and style sheet capabilities. Those needing support with HTML won't find it in this book since its focus, as it should be, is solely on using the Dreamweaver application to design HTML pages, create and manage templates, manage the site's structure, and create pages that work on all browsers and platforms.

One of the hottest things today is creating Web pages with XHTML markup accompanied by CSS. There are several pages dedicated to tweaking Dreamweaver to produce correct XHTML markup and an entire chapter devoted to using its CSS features. The book briefly touches on the importing and exporting of XML content, also gaining attention.

The authors can't control what Dreamweaver can or cannot do, but they show you how to use it to work around browser issues such as linking to external style sheets with @import as opposed to using link or using both where one satisfies older, lesser compliant browsers and the other for the newer browsers.

Surprisingly, there is little reference to making Dreamweaver pages accessible except for a downloadable extension that validates the pages. Though the book is not focused on teaching general Web design, it does add a few tips in utilizing Dreamweaver to create accessible pages such as Javascript workarounds for people who have it turned off.

The timelines and interactive chapters lack concrete examples. At least, there are step by step instructions for completing the process.

Dreamweaver befuddles the users working with tables especially when they're nested. Though we should be moving away from complex tables in design, the book walks you through various ways to create and manage tables using layout and standard views accompanied by advice on when to use which.

Those already using Dreamweaver can count on the book to push their knowledge and skills beyond its basic features and make the most out of this powerful application. It doesn't happen magically, however, but the book's reference style will make it reliable as a "when you need help" or "when you're ready to go to the next level" reference.

This book is well-organized and easy to reference. It covers all Dreamweaver features with explicit figures and instructions.

I've used Dreamweaver since version 1.2, and while DW keeps getting better, it's also undoubtedly becoming more complex. This book has stopped me from being one of those people that just stays with the basic feature set, into really knowing and using every aspect of Dreamweaver.

Like many (most?) of the O'Reilly books, this is one of those books you'll want to keep handy on your desk. If you want just one book on DW, this is the one. CSS, Javascript behaviors, DHTML timelines, site management. It's all in here.

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When I bought this a couple of years ago, I thought I would be getting something really special. I mean, come on...how could I not? Dark Horse...Star Wars....the Special Edition. I was rather disappointed to see that, although A New Hope's comic book adaptation in this boxed set was, indeed, all new, it read like a Cliff's Notes of Episode IV. Whereas my complaint with Marvel's original comic adaptation was something art-work related (some of it was crude in spots), at least it included the movie's entire story. The art in this new version is by far better, but plot-wise, the editorial content is poor. If one of Marvel's discrepancies in its Star Wars adaptation was the inclusion of deleted scenes, Dark Horse's A New Hope commits a worse sin: entire scenes are missing!

The other two Episodes...The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi....they have the Dark Horse Comics logo and new cover art, but aside from a quick makeover of Yoda in Episode V (the original version done in 1980 had a Yoda that looked like a preliminary sketch rather than the Frank Oz version we saw in the film), these are just re-issues of the Marvel movie tie-ins. Believe me, the prequel comic adaptations by Henry Gilroy are superior....

The book was excellent. It was very exciting!

I work for a large telecommunication company. We train both technical and soft skills. This book is very "hands on". In other words, the games are for people that have a close relationship. There are activites that ask groups to hold hands, and give each other hugs. I know for my environment, this would not go over very well. However, if you have a close team, and want to do some teambuilding, there are some interesting activities and the author gives you some additional reading for each activity.

I tend to rate books against other books of their type, so while I may give both a Star Wars book and Dune 5 stars, there is no comparison, Dune is better. By the same token, I won't judge a comic as harshly as a novel, because I have different and lower expectations of it.

Even so, this Graphic Novel is a complete waste of time, paper, and money. The interior art is pretty bad, and the character renderings uninspired, and 3PO has way too much freedom of movement. They put way too much effort into throwing in every last little detail added for the special edition of the film, and it was obvious.

This comic was EXTREMELY dependant on the reader having seen the movie. The dialogue and scenes jumped around so much that if I didn't know the movie virtually by heart, I'd be lost by only a couple of pages into the book. Though the lettering itself is good, it can't make up for the confusing, erratic clips of dialogue.

The Millenium Falcon looked messed up, and the TIE Fighters looked pitifully small and smashed. This is a horribly bad adaptation of a great film. The only good part of this book is getting to see Dormans' fabulous cover work at the end.

Don't buy this book!