Dauntless Durham of the USA was Harry Hershfield's followup newpaper comic strip to Desperate Desmond, and is less well-known than his Abie the Agent (1914-1932, 1935-1940), the first syndicated Jewish comic character strip. The title character is a adventurous detective in the pre-hardboiled mode and serial style. The strip also features, from time to time, Lord Havaglass (with deerstalker) and his man Watkins.

In his later years, Hershfield (1885-1974) was a noted humorist and raconteur, on TV talk shows and Can You Top This?

"I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up." - Harry Hershfield

The Magic of the Swatchways is a collection of stories and annecdotes written by the author during the decade following the first World War. His knowledge of the Thames estuary, the fisheries and the wildlife is extensive and authentic. Griffith's knowledge of the local people and local craft provide the substance for his accounts, yet there is an easy charm and a timelessness to these stories which sets them apart from others of the genre. The book is among the best of the type.

The book "Marie- Mystery at the Paris Ballet" is about true friendship. Marie has always wanted to dance with the famous Paris Opera. Her dreams come true but Maria spends so much time at the opera and with her American friend Prudence that her friendship between her best friend Joelle is torn apart. It's not much better at the opera house. She is the youngest dancer and is teased daily by the older ballerinas. When a terrible crime happens, Marie is the one blamed. Will she find the culprit or be kicked out of the Paris Opera?

If you have tried Microsoft Readiness Reviews in the past you probably didn't buy more than one. The difference between the level of difficulty of the practice questions and the actual test questions made previous Readiness Reviews a poor choice. While the level of difficulty is still not equal to the actual test, the questions in the 70-220 Readiness Review are challenging and the case studies give insight into what you will see on the 70-220 test.

The book is organized to follow the official Microsoft exam objectives. Each section contains a very short summary of the objective. My only criticism is that in many cases the summary was too brief, or simply did not contain useful summary information. On the plus side, the explanations for the answers (both the correct and incorrect choices) to the practice questions also gave useful insight into the actual exam.

I used the Microsoft 70-220 Training Kit (see my review) to learn the material and the Readiness Review to study for, and pass the test. I did not use any of the Readiness Reviews for the core exams, but I will certainly consider them for future tests.

The book gives alot of help to those who are stuck in some of the very challanging parts of the game. Even though there are many cheats for the game (not nessecarilly in the book) the stragity guide helps alot. So if your stuck and need some help or even just a clue I would say to get it.

This book covers in capsulated form the methods Tennesseans used to get to the California Gold Rush, naming names and parties as well as routes, but not the entire diaries. It would be very helpful for anyone doing genealogy whose ancestors came from Tennessee to California. Of particular interest to me was how many of them went into politics including Peter Burnett, the First American Governor, plus Wm. Gwin, the first 6 year Senator and many others. It is meticulously researched.

This is probably the worst housekeeping/organizing book I've ever read. Here's a sample of one of the author's amazing tips -- wipe up spills with a paper towel instead of mopping the whole floor every time you drop something. If you didn't already know that, you are in big trouble. The author doesn't bother recommending no-rinse floor cleaners. In fact, one of the cleaners she recommends is well-known for attracting dirt! This is of course no problem if you LIKE to mop your floor frequently.

Another tip: while you are rinsing out your mouth with water after brushing your teeth, rinse all the washable countertop items too. Then put them back on the counter wet. This just makes NO sense. Why not just wipe off the knickknacks when you are wiping the counter every week? Why would you want all that water all over your counter? Don't the water spots look as bad as dusty knickknacks? Why does the author take so long to rinse her teeth?

Every once in a while, the author manages to get across the point that if you clean as you go, keep up with chores, and have a place for everything, then your housecleaning load will be much lighter. Too bad most of her "tips" increase the workload.

ANY book that gives me permission to take a bubble bath after cleaning my living room deserves a standing ovation. This book is full of fabulous tips and ideas, and I just love the 50's pictures. It's fun and informative.

I have always hated cleaning my house and it is the big joke in my family. My sister gave me this book for Christmas, saying that I could make cleaning my new year's resolution, and really follow-through this time. I read the book over the weekend and was totally inspired. The book is filled with great time saving (and work saving) tips that they call "Quick 'n Painless". It's three weeks into the new year, and my house looks great. I still don't like cleaning, but this book has taught me some really useful tips that at least make the cleaning less painful.

I'm only 40 some pages into the book and there are quite a few errors! Luckily I know a little about Visual Basic 5.0 and can kind of figure out how to fix some of the errors that I'm getting. But it's not very good for someone who is just starting to learn VB 6.0! I think I'm just going to skim through the rest of the book and then return it. I suggest looking into other VB 6.0 books if you want to start learning Visual Basic.

Warning: be sure you get the second printing of this book and not the first. When I first bought it, it was riddled with typos - I contacted the publisher and they told me that the first printing was only a couple of hundred, and all typos were corrected on the second printing. They then replaced my copy and there was not a single error. I found the full color screen shots to be wonderful, and using different colored text in the code really set this book apart from anything else out there. The writing style is very relaxed and the exercises reenforce everything relevant. Best of all, were the case studies.

I wanted to learn programming and had no experience with it. Thinking Visual Basic sounded easy enough, I bought a copy and quickly became frustrated - having no idea at all what to do.

I then bought a copy of this book after seeing it used as the text at a community college my wife attends. The book turned out to be exactly what I needed. It starts at ground zero - assuming you have no knowledge of "visual programming" and then builds. When you finish, you not only know VB pretty well, but you've got the concepts of programming down as well. Highly recommended.

I purchased this book when I started a project that was going to use RSVP. I was disappointed. They coverage of the protocol is OK, but the coverage of the information transported by the protocol is aweful. I was left with the questions, "OK, but what is RSVP good for?".

This book covers much of the same material as "Quality of Service" by Huston/Ferguson, and also has a chapter on QoS Policy management

If you're looking for discussion of topics like scalablity and jitter control, this is not the book. But if you're looking for a basic text that provides lots of background on concepts like delay, congestion etc. then it could be good.

The diagrams are great and I wish that there was a way I could scoop them into a Powerpoint presentation.

Be aware of the oversimplication though - eg. on p.101 they explain that applications often require "timely delivery" and give the example of streaming video. But then they say that web traffic or bulk data backup would also find "slow loads" unacceptable - thus obscuring the basic difference between latency and thruput.

Este livro é muito bom. Apresenta o tema com coerência e constitui uma fonte, não somente para dar introdução ao assunto, bem como correlaciona aspectos distintos de cada tecnologia. Ainda lembra muito bem de que as ferramentas disponíveis de qualidade de serviço em seus altos níveis, nada mais são do que implementações de filas em seu baixo nível. Então, qual metodologia de fila escolher? Quais as vantagens e desvantagens de cada tipo de implementação de filas? Recomendo para aqueles que querem não somente entrar neste assunto, mas também terem uma opinião segura sobre a escolha de uma determinada tecnologia de QoS.

All that the precedings words says is: yes this is a good book.