The author did a great deal of research and believes that none of it should be lost. So we learn who went where of an afternoon, by what route, with what kind of contraption and how many horses, and what they had for tea. This book needs tightening up. Also, I find it very one-sided British. While the author mentions the Stamp Act and the Tea Party, he never really mentions where the basic call for freedom came from and how it developed into the ultimate uprising.

Engrossing, a real page-turner and indeed a study of how to write well and bring history to life. Ben from Brooklyn's review is totally concurred with by this Aussie. Author Philip McFarland's superb narrative brings back the diplomatic tensions and intrigues as the mother country and her colonial siblings slide to war. Sir Thomas Hutchison, a great if tragic American Loyalist figure is portrayed sensitively as his lonely exile becomes a permanent fixture, to his death in 1780 with the American Revolution still raging. On the patriot side,the author describes the 'turning' of that colossus and diplomatic agent, Ben Franklin, after being humiliated by the Privy Council, over leaking Hutchison's stolen correspondence. Josiah Quincy is the tragic young figure in all the diplomatic wrangling 1774-75, dying aboard ship on his return voyage, in American waters. Above all, the author does not engage in an anti-British tirade and indeed Dartmouth and Lord Richard Howe are revealed as having warm feelings towards the Americans. For anyone interested in the American Revolution this is a must-read.

I bought this because of specialized interest (Franklin) but found that it was a real page-turner (not my usual response to American Revolution). For anybody with the faintest interest in American History this is totally engrossing. Probably also a good study on how to write well -- I think it's the structure and organization.

I have read other consulting how-to guides, but this one really puts me on the path of more satisfied customers and greater profits. Besides going over contracts, it covers useful elements for websites, strategic marketing plans, and even provides methods to market your services (with examples too)! I should have bought this book when I have my first consulting gig in 1992 it would have saved me thousands.

If you can't afford this book right now, get a used copy while they are available, go to the library, but what every you do get this book. Consider that my free advice to consultants, if you would like to discuss this further, consultations are available.

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this book tells you how to do it but also gives you the metrics you need to make sure that you do it right

this was the first full coverage consulting book. there was a groundbreaking one some years earlier by another author but it did not cover as many considerations nor give any solid numbers.

this book covers all the aspects you need to be successful. if it does nothing more than keep you from charging too little then it was worth the price.

i have used the advice when i was a consultant and found that it works.

if you have an interest in being an independent consultant you must read it. if you are only a contract employee you could still gain by reading it.

ted nicholas is a master marketer and his inputs strengthen a book taht was already the best. . .

Generally IT consultants do not have extensive marketing experience. This books provides excellent insights to indirect marketing techniques that work. Consultants, IT consultants in particular, will derive keen marketing insights from this book. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and structured very well. When bulleted items are presented, they are immediately followed by an explanation, one for each item.

Franklin Is Bossy in this book. He always wants to do what he wants to do. He won't let his friends pick the game... whether its baseball, marbles, racing, or just swimming. Every time Franklin starts losing he decides to change the game. He gets into a fight with bear and he goes home and plays with himself but gets bored. So he decides to go see if his friends are still mad at him. They are not they had forgiven him. Until he starts telling his friends where to play when they are playing baseball so they all leave. He goes home and helps his father all day because all his friends are mad at him. I think it is a very good book for younger kids because they have to learn to share and they will not always get everything they want. But it also points out that you can't be mad at your friends forever because at the end of the book Franklin and Bear make up.

Franklin is Mr. bossy in this book. He doesn't let his friends give their opinion on what they want to do. Franklin always pickw want they are going to do or play. Franklin and Bear get into a agrument over whether it's too hot to play baseball or not. Franklin stomps off. Then Franklin finds out playing by himself is no fun at all. Franklin decides to go apologize to Bear, but before he can he mets Bear on the way. It shows the kids that if you are too bossy no one will want to play with you. They will always be there when you realize that you were to bossy and want to be friends again.

This was the first in the series that i bought for my 21/2 year old nephew. He loved it and demands that his Dad read it over and over again. Of course I was led to to buy several others. My nephew is very cognizant of the powerful message that is sent by each story and asks many questions. He has been attending school for a year now and is particulary taken by "Franklin meets a friend" The illustrations are of course rich in color and activity. My nephew engages in discussion during the reading because of the so very interesting illustrations. I recommend the series highly to all parents!

In his letter to the Galatians, St. Paul decreed a particularly ugly fate for males who proclaimed any gospel, other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Rev. Anderson need not worry about that punishment. In fact, the title of his book is a bit deceptive: This is not "The Gospel According to Disney," nor is it a theological treatise of any sort. Rather, it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as seen in bits and pieces, through the work of Walt Disney, et al. In each of the 20 short chapters, Anderson lays out a sermon illustration, Sunday School or Vacation Bible School lesson, as seen in one of Disney's films or leading characters. The book is amusing, engaging, and restates the unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ in a fresh way that is easily grasped by a modern audience. If there is any short fall to this valuable little book it is that the book can be a bit short on divine grace, and very long on perfectionism at some points. Ironically, sometimes (despite the title) rather than appealing to the Gospel, Anderson appeals to the Law. ...but a book that includes maxims, morals and ethical teachings is still a valuable text. Especially, when paired with opportunities to view the original films, this book can be a wonderful teaching tool for parents, Sunday School teachers, Vacation Bible School teachers, divinity students and clergy.

The Gospel According to Disney provides a wonderful, authoritative starting point for parents to teach their children Christian morals and values. In each chapter, Rev. Anderson skillfully points out the parallels between the early Disney animated classic movies and the important lessons of Christianity. Included at the end of each chapter are study questions which nicely serve to stimulate and facilitate family discussions. Using the Disney movies, beloved by all children, Rev. Anderson has provided parents with an easy, relevant means to make important Christian teachings a part of their childrens' everyday lives. Thank you, Mr. Disney, for making the beautiful animated classics, and thank you, Rev. Anderson, for showing us their important religious significance!

Rev. Anderson skillfully enlightens the reader to a higher level of Disney animated classics. He lifts up scripture from the Bible and shows the reader how its lessons live on in numerous Disney animated films, created during Walt Disney's lifetime. If Walt were alive, I believe he would highly approve of Rev. Anderson's insights. Exploring Christian values by comparing them to popular stories is a creative and fun way to get the entire family to study and learn from the Bible. Each chapter is a sermon for modern times; his insights are shared with humor, touching stories and wisdom. Rev. Anderson even includes study questions for adults (children of all ages) to continue their learning, on their own time. This book is a treasure for the whole family, a valuable companion to the Bible and represents a scholarly view into the world of animated art.

The canard that the Democrats ran Roosevelt in 1944 knowing he was desperately ill is a canard. Obviously he wasn't in the best of health as any newsreel of 1944 showed plainly. He was in a wheelchair, suffered extreme hypertension and was under the crippling stress of running a World War and winning it for the Allies. Roosevelt himself was well aware that he was deteriorating physically and went to considerable prains to disguise his condition. He strained the limits of his endurance by riding in the rain in a covertible from the streets of NYC in Novemeber, 1944, to show the world he still had it. The after-effects of this little folly were significant. Of course FDR also traveled halfway around the world to Yalta to meet Churchill and Stalin, exposing himself to the extreme rigors of travel under adversity. The salient point is, you don't change horses in the middle of the stream, especially under the epic conditions posed by World War II.

There is no conspiracy element to any of this. His doctors concealed from him the truth of his medical condition because Roosevelt wanted it that way. When physicians discovered his blood pressure was dangerously high, they merely doused him with medication without informing him of his malady. The same rationale was used in concealing his heart failure from him. Roosevelt was an extremely concealing man and didn't want to be burdened with "superfluous" medical bad news when he was consumed with the gargantuan task of defeating Hitler and Tojo.

A point to consider is this: it was imperative to run FDR in 1944, to conclude the war and win the peace. Tragically, FDR died in April, 1945, and it was left for Harry Truman to preside over the fall of Germany and Japan. I would argue that even a health-impaired Roosevelt was head and shoulders above the two candidates the Republicans offered up in 1940 and 1944. Is there anyone who thinks Wilkie or Dewey could have led America in this crisis as well as the inimitable FDR? This is an interesting, informative book. It's well-written and not laden with medical or technical jargon. Highly recommended.

The Hidden Campaign by Hugh Evans is a very disturbing book. The goal of The Hidden Campaign is to investigate the cover-up that occurred among the doctors of Franklin Roosevelt to keep his serious health problems from the American people--especially during his campaign for a 4th term in office. The book raises many questions including: 1. Why was ENT (ear nose and throat) specialist Vice Admiral Ross McIntyre allowed to serve as FDR's primary physician? 2. Why didn't McIntyre treat FDR for chronic hypertension when it first appeared in 1937? 3. Why was FDR or his family never notified that he had congestive heart failure in 1944? 4. When a cardiologist was finally called in, why were his recommendations not followed? 5. Why didn't FDR's doctors tell him that he probably wouldn't survive a fourth term? This book tries to answer these questions and many more. It is obvious that FDR's life was sacrificed for the sake of the war effort, the nation and perhaps even for the benefit of his cronies.

Ross McIntyre is definitely the villain in this story, although Evans never really tells the reader who was calling the shots here. Even years after FDR's death, McIntyre was still trying to perpetuate the lies that FDR suffered from nothing more serious than bronchitis and sinusitis, and that his death took his doctors by complete surprise.

While I found this story fascinating, two things kept me from giving it five stars. First, parts of it read like a doctoral dissertation with actuarial charts of life expectancy of presidents, parents of presidents, FDR's children, vice presidents and cabinet members. Medical records in the appendix contain medical jargon that will not be understood by a novice. Second, at only 134 pages for the body of this book, I thought it was a little light. Still, it is an eye-opening story that shows how the life of perhaps the greatest leader in the 20th century was sacrificed (without his knowledge) on the whim of his doctors. This cover-up truly ended up being a tragedy for us all.

A must read for students of the American Presidency, World War II and the role of the media, especially with regard to famous patients' right to privacy. The cover-up that this details is frightening in its implications - would it happen again in this current age of information?

RE: A History of World Societies, Vol. B, by McKay, Hill, and Buckler.The following was taken directly from the pages of this text; chapter 14, page 460, last paragraph, left column:

'The average runner could cover about 50 leagues or 175 miles per day ' a remarkable feat of physical endurance, especially at high altitude ' but the larger the empire became, the greater the distances to be covered.'

I had always supposed that genuine scholars wrote textbooks, and that they were intended as works of non-fiction. Instead, this text is more akin to Paul Bunyan; it's a sort of South American version of American Folktales.

Upon reflection, I don't know whether the appropriate response is outrage at the ignorance of the authors, or amusement at the gullibility of the (what ' apparently sleeping?) editors. Is the ubiquitous filter of political correctness the only scrutiny to which textbooks today are subject?

In my view, this passage calls into question the reliability ' indeed, the credibility ' of the remaining information. If such fundamentally simple information as this is worthless, to what level of factual scrutiny were the socio/political ideas subject?

This extraordinarily well written book contains every essential fact with which we all need to be familiar. No other book on the market offers so much information at such a low price. Furthermore, the structure of the book facilitates reading and also makes it more interesting. Needless to say, many history books nowadays present biased accounts of historic facts (after all, it is a well known fact that winners write history books). This book, on the other hand, provides a relatively unbiased and balanced account of world history. I have read a number of history books but none of them is nearly as well written and well structured as this one. In my view, this book should be a part of every student's book collection. Highly recommended.

The book came in good cond.and on time!... Do business anytime..referred them to other classmates

If you want to learn Flash MX without a large emphasis on ActionScript, this would be an ok selection. If you are looking for information on creating animations with ActionScript instead of tweening, then don't get this book. It's well written, but fairly basic.

This book is a good book for those of you who are just starting out with Flash or Upgrading to Flash MX. It is a good starter and dives a little bit into ActionScript. Goes good with ActionScript by Derek Franklin.

The master
Derek has come through again. His books are fantastic and quite in detail. Thank you Derek. You have made my life so much easier.

Filled with mysterious adventures, and page turning thrills you'll never want to put this book down. the Mystery of Smugglers Cove is about two Hardy Boy detectives who are sent on a case to the Everglades to try and find the person who stole a famous painting. The suspects are no other then the Hardy Boys themselves. They have to prove that they didn't steal the painting and capture the bad guys before something else goes wrong. When they go to the Everglades they have to disguise themselves as pirates and they work for the bad guy to find out what he's going to do with the painting. Read on and find out what happens. Do the bad guys get caught?, or are the Hardy Boys still suspets? Find out when you read the book. It's for boys and girls.

A Bayport art-collector, Raymond Wester, suspects Frank and Joe of stealing one of his paintings, but offers them the chance to prove their innocence, so Frank, Joe, Chet and Biff head to Smuggler's Cove in the Florida Keys to track down the painting and the real thieves. Lots of action, suspence and a good plot. I enjoyed the book very much. My only problem with the story was that if Wester truely believed that Frank and Joe were guilty, why would he let them leave Bayport?

Referring to the comments above, this book is very thrilling because their near death by the vine rope, the alligators, and last but not least the dangerous smugglers. Now it's strange because why would anyone try to put a picture behind a frame, or in a secret panel behind the frame? Certainly it would require much practice and work. This was a very tricky mysrery, and is no doubt one of the top ten Hardy Boys choices.

Jessica Wakefield is the biggest snob in the whole world of sweet valley!! I can't believe the way she pretended to be best friends with poor Robin and then had the absolute nerve to blackball her and act satisfied!! If that's not enough she also blamed Liz about that article she wrote (as if every word wasn't true which it was) and then accuse her of bribing Bruce Patman (which she did but is beside the whole point) I'm not on Liz's side either. She didn't even fight back at Jessica. Oh, she said a few words back at her but not enough to get Jessica to see how much of a witch she really is. Sometimes Liz really lets Jessica get away with murder sometimes. Jessica walks all over Liz and anyone else to get what she wants but Jessica is always so indignant when Liz does the slightest thing to get back at her. Using terms like "my own sister" Jessica succeeds in getting Liz to feel all guilty when she shouldn't even! I really thought Jessica went overboard in getting Robin out of Pi Beta Alpha. She really acted like a real witch. A snobby conniving witch who thinks she can do anything she wants to do and just innocently say "Why would I do anything like that?" Sometimes I really don't think Jessica loves her sister as much as she claims to. But Liz does. She always goes out of her way to get Jessica out of trouble even when Jessica has been the nastiest piece of slime to her. Naturally, Elizabeth always forgives Jessica, usually when something life-threatining happens and Liz sees how important Jessica is to her. Please! I know I've been rambling but sometimes Jessica really gets on my nerves! (SORRY TO ALL THOSE JESSICA FANS OUT THERE!) Well, I think I've said enough.

I thought this book was great!If you are a SVH fan then be sure to read this one!

I thought it was pretty amusing that Robin managed to lose allthat weight in the space of about 2 or 3 chapters. Other than that,the book was well written in terms of conveying Jessica and the other Pi Beta's two-faced snobbishness. Although I do think that Robin was partly to blame, due to the fact that she wouldn't tell Jessica and the Pi Betas where to get off. I mean, they completely humiliate her, yet she still kept after them. I also didn't like the way Robin reacted to Liz, I mean, yeah, Jessica treated her like dirt but, I don't know how Robin had the nerve to accuse Liz as well. It was Liz who was trying to stop her from making a fool of herself. END

i think this book is too deep and meaningful.. it enters too deep into the morals and values of man....

Following the ending of "Oedipus the King," Oedipus was exiled from Thebes, blind and a beggar. We learn from "Oedipus at Colonus" that his sons, Eteocles and Polyneices engaged in a civil war for the throne of Thebes (covered in "Seven Against Thebes" by Aeschylus). The two brothers kill each other and Creon, brother of Jocasta, becomes king. He orders that Eteocles, who nobly defended his city, shall receive an honorable burial, but that Polyneices, for leading the Argive invaders, shall be left unburied. This leads Antigone, sister to both of the slain brothers, to have to choose between obeying the rule of the state, the dictates of familial binds, and the will of the gods. This, of course, is the matter at the heart of this classic tragedy by Sophocles.

But I have always been pleased to discover that many students, when reading "Antigone," quickly come to the conclusion that it is Creon who is the main character in the tragedy (the same way Clytemnestra is the main character in Aeschylus's "Agamemnon"). In this volume, Gita Wolf and Sirish Rao retell the story so that the title character is indeed the main character (I suspect they are borrowing more than a few ideas from Anoulih's retelling of the play in 1944 while France was occupied by the Nazis).

It is too easy to see the issues of this play, first performed in the 5th century B.C., as being reflected in a host of more contemporary concerns, where the conscience of the individual conflicts with the dictates of the state. However, it has always seemed to me that the conflict in "Antigone" is not so clear-cut as we would suppose. After all, Creon has the right to punish a traitor and to expect loyal citizens to obey. Ismene, Antigone's sister, chooses to obey, but Antigone takes a different path. The fact that the "burial" of her brother consists of the token gesture of throwing dirt upon his face, only serves to underscore the ambiguity of the situation Sophocles was developing.

The chief virtue of this retelling, in addition to the excellent illustrations by Indrapramit Roy, is that young readers will better be able to put themselves in the place of Antigone as the tragedy plays out. Consequently, this is a much more personal version of the tale than the original play by Sophocles.

Superbly illustrated by eight of Indrapramit Roy's two-color silk-screened illustrations, Sophocles' Antigone is a splendidly presented retelling of the tragic story told by the blind prophet Teiresias of a Greek princess who discovers that her brother (a rebel against the rule of their uncle Creon) has been murdered and his body left unburied. Torn between her fealty to her uncle and her familial love for her brother, as well as deference to the gods, Antigone is a story of the tragic conflicts between love and duty, honor and the law. A physically beautiful publication, Sophocles' Antigone is a welcome and much appreciated work that will totally engage the attention and appreciation of contemporary readers.