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I want to thank the author for this remarkable book!This book is about love,and healing! I feel that Cosmic Manuscript is a book for people with love,and compassion in their heart.It's the people with hate,and confusion that will not understand the important message presented in Cosmic Manuscript.I am a Doctor who has read thousads of books,and Cosmic Mauscript is in a class of it's own because its Author is legally blind,and so confident that you would never know.This unique situation tells us that Cosmic Manuscript is not information previously shared in other books...I say to anyone interested in Cosmic Mauscript to read the book for yourself,and you will see,and feel the love,and healing offered in Cosmic Manuscript.

I also enjoyed the Photos that are presented in Cosmic Manuscript,and I will be sending copies to my staff this Christmas! Sincerely Dr.john

I sure enjoyed this book,and I hope the movie comes out really soon!This book really did stimulate my mind,body,and spirit.Thanks from Marcy...

If you liked the film of _Sense and Sensibility,_ you'll probably love this book. It's profusely illustrated with black-and-white pictures of both scenes from the movie and off-camera, and has two lush sets of color plates (which don't look quite right in the paperbck version, but which do communicate the beautiful cinematography of the film). This book inclues the shooting screenplay, heavily edited so neophytes can read it without confusion, an introduction by the film's producer, and, most notably, a series of diaries by Emma Thompson during the shooting. While the entries are usually quite brief, they provide a small but revealing windows onto the process of moviemaking, often quite a contrast to the seamless product seen on-screen. Disappointingly, they're not very detailed about the screenwriting process itself, nor about the five-year-long struggle Thompson endured to write the screenplay (when she began it she was a little-known actress and the two leading parts were originally written with real-life sisters Natasha and Joely Richardson in mind, but this detail is nowhere mentioned in the book). Those interested in personal details will be frustrated: although Thompson reportedly began dating Greg Wise, who played Willoughby, during the shooting, it's not mentioned. But there are remarkable insights into Jane Austen, the film, and the process of moviemaking itself, and the diaires help explain how Thompson managed to create such a faithful but lively adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Thompson's bawdy English wit is also brilliantly displayed. This is a welcome look into the mind of a fascinating, articulate, intelligent actress, and a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at an already-beloved movie. Highly recommended

If you read Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" before or after seeing the 1996 film version then I think it is pretty easy to conclude that Emma Thompson's Oscar for Best Screenplay adaptation was richly deserved. After writing and performing a series of short skits for British television, Thompson was approached by producer Lindsay Doran to write the screenplay. Thompson began by dramatizing every scene in the novel, which resulted in 300 hand written pages to be followed by 14 drafts as the 1811 novel was crafted into the final script. The result was a script that manages to be not only romantic and funny, but also romantic and funny in the best Austen sense of both words.

Be aware that this is the Original Script, not to be confused with the Shooting Script. This should be clear as soon as you beginning reading, because originally Thompson had the scene shifting back and forth between Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor/John and Fanny Dashwood (credit for this revision must go, I believe, to Film Editor Tim Squyres, who recut the scene so that we get all of one side and then the other instead of alternating back and forth as in the original script). Overall the strengths of Thompson's script are in two main directions. First, she manages to convey the scope of the novel in a two-hour screenplay, no mean task. Second, the little details she adds to Austen's story are simply marvelous. For example, her use of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not the marriage of true minds"), which Marianne and Willoughby share to their great mutual delight and which Marianne repeats standing in the rain looking at Willoughby's new estate. In fact, Thompson revised the first scene to make it even better, having Willoughby misquote a key word in an elegant bit of foreshadowing. Thompson also makes one nice little change at the end. While Austen has Elinor bolt from the room to cry outside during the happy ending. Thompson creates a wonderful moment by having her stay in the room and having the rest of her family flee. There are not too many scenes where you are crying and laughing at the same time, but Thompson certainly created one (and has the added virtue of relying on herself as an actress to nail the performance as well). All of these are marvelous examples of playing to the strength of the cinema to bring Austen's novel to the screen.

But we get much more than just the screenplay in this volume, because Thompson includes excerpts from her diaries kept during both the writing of the screenplay and the actual production of the film. It would be nice if there was more insight into what she was thinking when writing the screenplay as I am always interested in how decisions were made and where inspiration comes from, but Thompson makes up for that with her little tales of working with director Ang Lee and the rest of the cast in making the film. Finally, in the Appendices, there is a very choice little treat, namely Imogen Stubbs' Prize-Winning Letter, written to Elinor from Lucy. Do not worry; by the time you read it you will understand why it is so hysterical. There is also a list of the fine homes and estates where "Sense and Sensibility" was filmed if you happen to be roaming around England and are interested in looking for such things.

Most for-sale screenplays are just that -- screenplays. Emma Thompson, who wrote the screenplay for the delightful Jane Austen film "Sense and Sensibility," chose to include journal entries throughout the filming of the movie as well, in addition to the winning entry of a contest to see who could write the best letter from Fanny to Elinor.

There is wit in the descriptions and the photos, all well-captured. The journal entries are entertaining and a good look into the making of a movie. Although be forewarned -- because they dress like the characters of S&S, they do not talk like them. There is definitely some verbal crudeness in the book, men and women alike, but if you can overlook that (or are used to it) then this book will be a delightful read for any Jane Austen fan.

This novelized biography of medical pioneer Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss, a Hungarian physician, is surprisingly interesting. Semmelweiss lived and practiced medicine in Europe in the 19th Century, predating the groundbreaking work of Louis Pasteur who eventually proved that microbes cause disease and leading medicine to include as an important tenet aseptic and antiseptic technique.

Cry and the Covenant paints a compelling picture of a time when doctors took no precaution whatever to make sure that their persons and instruments were clean. Puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever, took the lives of a huge percentage of women who gave birth in hospitals, to the point that intelligent women didn't want to go to the hospital for delivery of their babies for fear of dying. Semmelweiss was a great observer and, although no one had made the connection between the microorganisms (as seen by Leeuwvenhoek through his microscope a century earlier) and diseases, Semmelweiss began to conduct experiments to determine why some large groups of women nearly always contracted puerperal fever and other groups did not. Eventually he demonstrated that personal cleanliness on the part of physicians could prevent the disease, though he did not know precisely why that was so.

The data Semmelweiss collected proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was correct, but his peers would not listen to him. In an era where infectious and contagious diseases were thought to be caused by a variety of irrelevant things, doctors refused to wash their hands before delivering babies. One would have thought they would have given Semmelweiss's theory and data a try in the interest of saving their patients' lives, but their commitment to their belief systems in place about disease, to blissful ignorance and the status quo meant that what Semmelweiss actually knew was true didn't make the least bit of difference, except to his own patients. Semmelweiss followed scientific method in gathering his data that would be sound even today, but doctors back then didn't know what scientific method was, let alone what it could actually prove or disprove beyond unsubstantiated tradition and belief.

This novel is worth reading because, in the end, the reader will have a pretty accurate and compelling picture of just how godawful and relatively useless medicine was before the work of Louis Pasteur and how fortunate we are today. Medicine still can't cure a number of illnesses, but what it can do nowadays is pretty amazing, especially in light of the egregious damage doctors once did. Can anyone today imagine doctors in the process of dissecting cadavers as part of medical education and then going to deliver a baby without even washing their hands, let alone changing clothes or sterilizing their instruments?

The story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss is as inspiring as it is frustrating, and though The Cry and the Covenant is a novel, it is written engagingly and the main thread of the story is factual. For me, this was a difficult book to put down and demanded continuous reading through the end.

I did not know the whole story of this book and was just starting to read it when I decided to look at your book reviews. I was surprised and irritated to learn too much from the 3rd review I read that tells me the climax and end of the book. Remind me not to talk to this reviewer after he sees a movie that I am about to see.

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis perhaps did as much to relieve suffering and death as anyone in history. Untold millions are alive today because of the dedication of this tortured man. What he discovered together with the related work of Joseph Lister, changed virtually everything that is done in medicine. The tragedy of the existence of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis is that his work was never recognized until after his untimely death. Morton Thompson's biography of Semmelweis, The Cry And The Covenant, is a superb literary achievement, almost equal to the man himself. The Cry and the Covenant is a must for everyone in the health care professions, a must for everyone who cares about history, discovery, or medicine. The book is so skillfully crafted that you get inside the man, dreaming his dreams and feeling his despair. Readers will be filled with the exhilaration of the discovery that could save the lives of thousands of women. "A man of sorrows, rejected and aquatinted with grief"appropriately fits this man who, after his death, became a "savior" to so many millions. Even though the story is tragic, knowing that good ultimately triumphs, lifts the spirit and gives hope to those who struggle today. The book was recommended to me by a neurosurgeon whose life has shown that "the more things change,the more they stay the same." Time and technology have wrought infinite changes in the way we live. Great progress has been made but the nature of man has remained the same. "We build the machine wonderful but do we build the man?" We can find in modern medicine today (indeed on the internet) all of the individuals in the book. There are Semmelweises today and there are those who reject them. (Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer, who discovered the cause of most breast cancer (book "Dressed to Kill") are modern Semmelweise examples. Another most certainly is John Gofman (book "Preventing Breast Cancer") If you only read two biographies in your lifetime, The Cry And The Covenantshould be one of them.

WOW!! This book is something every young girl should own! I love her amazing adventures and views on the world! My absolute favorite charater was Skiiny Gril herself! I can't wait to read more of Skinny Girl's adventures!!

I was an avid reader myself as a child (still am)and would have loved to have had Skinny Girl Stew to read then, as well as to have read it to my children. As it is, my 20-year-old daughter and I both have read it and enjoyed it thoroughly...I appreciate the use of the extensive vocabulary for a young reader, broadening the horizons and peaking a thrist for more. The characters are full and engaging, especially the carpet's sense of fun. All youngsters can relate to Skinny Girl and her flight of fancy...am looking forward to the next! Keep up the Good work!

"Skinny Girl Stew" entertains and satisfies the 'believing-child' in readers of all ages. This book is well written with characters that snag at your heart and keep you reading, page after page, to the end. My Grandson is eagerly awaiting his turn. I recommend this book to all those who are young or 'young-at-heart' looking for a captivating modern fairy tale.
Congratulations to a fellow PA author....

The ubiquitous Internet is a double-edged sword. A major benefit is sharing information; a major detriment is the risk to customers of divulging private information. For e-businesses, therefore, privacy is a showstopper issue. This book was written to promote e-business success by helping organizations evaluate privacy needs, establish a privacy task force, use technologies to provide maximum protection, formulate privacy policies and procedures, implement and test privacy procedures, and monitor and modify privacy protection. This one's a winner--for companies that want to "win" at e-business.

"Net Privacy" by Michael Erbschloe and John Vacca provides an excellent reference for understanding the privacy issues associated with Internet use. The book provides a comprehensive description on how sensitive corporate data is handled to in order protect consumer privacy and corporate liability. The book contains informative tips and techniques for securing privileged information from a business standpoint, and provides an understanding to the Internet user and e-business customer of the security precautions implemented today in the ever-changing e-business marketplace. The book goes on to provide a framework for the development and implementation of a corporate privacy plan. For an IT professional this process can be extremely useful in determining if you have each of the critical areas covered in order to protect corporate interests in an e-business environment. The book also provides great recommendations for corporate privacy protection in terms of mobile computing and Virtual Private Networking (VPN) environments.

This book has a lot of information about security in a world where lots of people and businesses are using the internet to conduct business. Internet is a far reaching medium with lots of security concerns on the information that is spread through this medium. The book brings to readers' attentions the regulations that have already been put in place throughout the world especially in the US and the EU where the use of internet and data security issues have reached considerable levels. Projections on the use of internet as given in the book for the coming years are quite alarming that proves the need for implementing procedures to ensure privacy of information on the internet. This book provides guidelines with respect to implementing a process to ensure privacy of information transmission and storage in the internet. It suggests that the use of technology is not the only solution to provide privacy on the internet. The book suggests a process with multiple stages. These include doing a lot of research, performing audits, develop policies and plans, and finally implementing the project. With widespread use of internet by businesses and individuals in areas of healthcare, banking and finance, this book is a must. I highly recommend this book to individuals who are concerned with privacy of their information on the internet and to businesses that are required to comply with rules and regulations mandated by governments on information security in the Net.

Star Trek-The Next Generation: Infiltrator written by W.R. Thompson is a book about a selective breeding experiment on the planet called Hera.

At the time when Khan Nooien Singh was being a tyrant on Earth, some centuries ago, a few of his followers decided to leave Earth and start anew. Thus, we have a race of genetically alter humans wanting to reek havoc across the galaxy. Now, enters Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise as the foil in the Federation plans to stop this insanity.

Captain Picard enlists the help of an expatriate called Astrid Kemal to defeat this the plot hatched by these other superbeings. This book gives us a good look at what can go wrong with all good intentions, even those of superhumans.

We see Number One, William Riker in the thick of things to stop the brink of galaxy-wide eugenics war and gives us a good look of what he is made of. With Geordi and Wolf things get pretty dicey and grim, but I can't tell out how this gets all resolved or I'll ruin the book for you.

The narrative moves quickly and the character development grows, while the plot is forming and we get a well-planned adventure that will keep you engrossed till the ending. This is one of the better ST-TNG books where the lesser bridge crew do most of the action and clean-up what could be a galaxy-wide Khan on the universe.

I read this book several years ago while stranded in an airport with a six hour layover. We all remember "Khan" the super genius that enslaved half the world was resuced by Kirk ect ect. What if there was an entire planet of such super geniuses? It is a very interesting premise for a book and even when I read this book it impressed upon by the facts of why the federation so feared someone or something genetically enhanced. I also liked the fact(being 14 at the time) that a 14 year old was the key leader of the oppositions peace negotations. Also the whole "What if Riker is a desendant of these people" was very cool.

This book provided just the right balance between action and humor. I particularly liked the character of Astrid Kamal, a genetically enhanced woman descended from Khan. She handled her fear of being "a lab animal" quite well, and even managed to save the ship (surprise, surprise). Her attempts to learn proper insult technique were quite amusing. ("Go pet a tribble... just the thing to say to a kill-crazy Klingon. Damn, she really is your kind of woman, Worf!")

This is the first Carlene Thompson book that I've ever read, but i am going out on payday to find others. The story kept me wanting to read it...I literally would have to force myself to go to bed/clean house/ect. I finished it in just a few days though. The ending had a wild twist. I have already recommended it to the girls on one of the BB I post on.

I would recommend anyone to read this wonderful book! I am a great fan of Carlene Thompson and love her writing. The story is great from the start. I give this book 5 stars....

Simply the best book that I have ever read. It grabbed my attention from the very 1st page until the very last. I have read many great books, but this one demanded my full attention from beginning to end.
I have loaned this book out to several friends, and they have all loved it so much that they have purchased their own copy. It's a book that you will want to read over and over again.
The plot is amazing, hair raising, and the ending will blow you away.

My current copy of the Tassajara Bread Book is a 1970 edition, and it is still my favorite (along with Tassajara Cooking, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be available). It has stood the test of time over the years, too many great recipes to just single out one. The Whole Wheat Pancakes, with some fresh blueberries added, is my favorite way to spoil guests. The best thing about the Tassajara books is that they indeed show you a method for cooking or baking, not just recipes to be followed.

Oil stains, flour stains, unidentifiable traces of the years, I don't think I'll ever part with my original copy, but with binding paste falling out now each time I open it and the cover unattached, I think it's time to get an updated copy. You won't go wrong with this book!

I have for years relied on a bread machine to indulge my desire for home-baked bread. No more. This book is a revelation, a gem.

If you scrupulously follow the introductory instructions for the basic Tassajara bread, you will be able to make any kind of bread from scratch, by hand, guaranteed. Just now I have two gorgeous loaves of millet bread in the oven, and this is just my second time making bread by hand. Thea author, Edward Brown, tells you precisely how the dough should look, how it should feel, and how to know when you are finished kneading. You simply cannot go wrong.

I have the other "bible" of bread making, James Beard's book, and, much as I adore James Beard, I prefer the Tassajara method of bread-making. There is less guesswork, and less seems to go wrong.

And I love the spiritual side, the bliss-out and enjoy-the-moment side to the book, as well. I will never, ever part with this book.

Mr. Brown writes from the perspective of starting as a cook's helper, learning cooking by trail-and-error, and graduating to head cook of a monastery kitchen. His writing also reflects a Zen monk's reverence for food and the ritual of cooking.

The Tassajara Basic Yeasted Bread is discussed in detail. Chapters on yeasted bread, yeasted pastry, unyeasted bread, sourdough, pancakes, muffins and quickbreads, and desserts follow. Recipes stress the use of natural foods and grains. Most recipes include alternate ingredient suggestions.

I first used this cookbook to make the Tassajara Basic Yeasted Bread. I never before had made bread. The whole wheat dough was stiff. Mixing the dough was extremely hard work. Kneading the dough was agony. Making this bread taught me respect both for bread and for anyone who makes bread.

I recently rediscovered this cookbook while seeking a cornbread/muffin recipe that did not use shortening. I made muffins substituting molasses for honey and adding marjoram. My muffins were excellent both alone and with bean dishes.

Cooking is vastly underrated. One who cooks economically and maintains a clean, safe household is free to "Be All That You Can Be", an accomplishment that would make an Army drill sergeant or a Zen master proud. Mr. Brown's writing reflects that pride.

I've been a UNIX admin for about ten years. Hunt's crab book has pretty much lived on my desk since it came out. I've got NT boxes sneaking in the back door now and needed to learn the NT TCP environment fast. This book gave me what I needed. It's going to end up living on my desk too.

If I could buy only five books to help me run my network, Windows Nt Tcp/Ip Network Administration would be near the top of that list. (Another would be Minasi's Mastering NT Server 4.) The advice is detailed and practical, the writing is down-to-earth, and it's obvious that the authors are deeply familiar with the protocols and applications they are writing about. I start with this book first when I have a TCP-IP question--even before TechNet, because Hunt and Thompson give you the real skinny, not the "company" answer. Also--and this is rare for technical titles--this book is carefully-edited and a pleasure to read.

I've bought almost a dozen books about Windows NT and TCP/IP for my job and to prepare for the MCSE TCP exam. This book is by far the best of them for overall coverage of TCP/IP in the NT environment. It's not sold as an exam prep book but I found it much more useful for exam prep than the several books I bought that supposedly were for that. Buy this one first. You probably won't need any others.