This is a great little story of a missionary who was arrested as the Communists took over China. When he was arrested the Communist could not find one local person to testify anything against Wallace's character. When you read this book, you will see why.

One would never think of the Midwest as having any great climbing areas. While it isn't Yosemite or Joshua Tree, Devil's Lake in central Wisconsin is one of the country's best climbing spots. This guide details hundreds of great climbs in DL along with maps and climb ratings. Descriptions are short with some beta mixed in and the maps are little confusing. But since most of DL's climbing areas are hidden in the bluffs, the guide is an absolute must. It's also small enough to fit in a back pocket

An intesting book about the story of the narrow minded puritans fighting back against the british army ,once a great powerful one. A great book espescilly when the army are made out to be fools. A well written book of life in 1777.

THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA is one of Shaw's most biting critical commentaries...this time on doctors. Shaw hated doctors, as a result of a botched operation on his foot, so here he portrays them as a group of ignorant, bull-headed windbags. All, that is, except for one doctor, who has actually found a cure for tuberculosis. The "dilemma" in the title is whether to use the cure on a talented young painter who is a moral and ethical sleazebag, or on an upstanding middle-aged physician who is a good soul, albeit a boring and relatively mundane one. All this is complicated by the fact that the doctor is in love with the painter's wife! The biggest problem with the play is that it has lost some of its impetus in the last century. Antibiotics can now cure tuberculosis, and the medical profession is far more restricted in its use of "experimental" treatments than it was then. However, Shaw's wit and invective is still poignant even at the end of the twentieth century. A must-read for Bernard Shaw enthusiasts....

Raised Catholic in America, I knew about the rules and regulations of the Church but never learned some of the history behind the creation of the sacraments, infallibility, social teaching, Eucharist and the list goes on. What exactly is a papal bull? What does ex cathedra mean? Why a Pope? What about the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption of Mary and the other Mary beliefs that have confused and/or alienated Protestants throughout the ages? Was St. Christopher a real man? Was Buddha canonized? Is the church anti-military? Was there ever a female pope? Why can't priests marry? What about the Reformation? All of these questions are answered and more. Some of the answers cast an illumination that as a Catholic Christian makes me squirm'and then some answers completely decimate the ever-occurring belief that Catholics are not Christians. I recommend this book to historians, Catholics, Protestants and anyone else who has ever had a question on the Catholic way of doing things. Some of the answers aren't pretty, but the truth seldom is.

A VERY WELL WRITTEN STORY ABOUT THE RAH RAH COACH OF THE REDSKINS. IT IS A STORY OF AN INTENSE, WORKAHOLIC, NEVER SATISFIED COACH, WHO BELIEVES IN WINNING WITH VETERANS. HE HAD IMMEDIATE SUCCESS WEAREVER HE COACHED. THE BOOK FOLLOWS HIS PLAYING CAREER IN SCHOOL FOLLOWED BY HIS COACHING CAREER IN COLLEGE, ASSISTANT COACH IN NFL, AND AS HEAD COACH OF RAMS AND REDSKINS. IT MOSTLY COVERS THE 1971 REDSKIN SEASON AND THEIR RISE TO THE PLAYOFFS. VERY DETAILED AND FACT FILLED. WELL WORTH READING.

Any comprehensive study of a historical figure must include a reading of his or her words, public and private. This collection of letters and addresses spans George Washington's entire life and provides a behind the scenes look at how he managed many of the seemingly insurmountable problems he faced. Maintaining good order and discipline in the continental army, dealing with a lethargic continental congress, lending support for adoption of the consitiution, the trials of organizing the executive branch of the government as it's first president...all are brought to life through the great man's own words. His numerous private letters show the depth of feeling he held for his friends. The only fault in this work is a lack of in-depth background information on the events and people discussed in his writings. Additional footnotes would help those of us only vaugely familiar with that period in American history. This book is a great opportunity for all Americans to come to know the man and the magnitude of his achievements better than ever before.

I read this book when it first came out in the beginning of '96. It goes into great detail about network theory, tcpip, and unix and NT networking, then goes into hands on explanations of setting up a web server, ftp server, and more, though most of it is catered towards unix. This is not a book for beginners, or for the faint at heart. It goes to the heart of the subject and gets technical very quickly, but the author does an excellent job of explaining things clearly and concisely. It's not the right book for someone who just wants to set up some servers on a corporate lan, especially if it's NT, but for those looking for the theory and inner workings of different protocols, and how these work with various internet services primarily on unix boxes, this could be an excellent reference!

The book is excellent for the mathematically inclined student who masters well linear lagebra. It uses matrix notaion extensively and enables one to generalize results without getting lost. I used that book in my intermediate econometrics course at the undergraduate level. I am convinced it is a mistake to start learning econometrics by first using the algebraic approach then the matrix approach. This only brings about confusion. This book is excellent as when one thinks hard through theoretical results it is much easier to get a good grasp of the empirical results one finds in applied work. I always consult this book first when I am a bit rusty in classical and special topics in econometrics. The book is not up to date to more modern econometrics such as cointegration and unit root analysis (those subjects don't exist in it).

A great book with great humor that soldiers can really identify with. Sefton tells a great story of HIS war and always reminds us that, though it may not always jive with the way historians have portrayed the airborne form WWII, it was the way that HE experienced the war. Personally I would rather listen to what he, someone who was actually there, has to say than what I would get from a historian who retells second hand accounts! As a former Geronimo myself (from the 1990s) I loved what he wrote!

Geronimo!