As such this book is not reviewed by anyone. A sole review, as on 21 August 2000, so far from "A reader from New Hampshire" is requesting info. and has given five star rating.

That is misleading. So please note.

I found Exam cram set better.

Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications - Exam 70-176; Visual Basic 6 Distributed Applications - Exam 70-175; Analyzing and Defining Solutions Architectures - Exam 70-100; SQL Server 7 Database Design - Exam 70-029.

Sorry, but this isn't a review. Can someone tell me what titles are included? The description isn't helpful, and I can't find it in my local stores.

This slim volume isn't really a book. It's a totally textless (not even captions) photo gallery taken by Mr. Baker along Route 66. In addition to the "roadside" images of motels, travelers and scenery one might expect in a Route 66 photo essay, there are several pointless photos of images on TV screens, and at least two too many shots of roadkill. This book is no substitute for driving the highway -- or even for looking over the photo album of a friend who's driven Route 66.

Although this book may not contain the same type of pictures of route 66 that you might see in a magazine, they are cool and unique in their own way. There are a few pointless ones, but there are also a few that are very good snapshots. I picked it up at a used bookstore for $4....a good addition to my growing photo gallery.

This book is worthless. The perspective is more like teaching a 10th grader how to set up his/her screen saver. Its stupidily boring in its contents. I recommend the Minasi book.

This book is designed for the average user having to deal with Windows NT. It's not designed soley for programmers or geeks(the first guy).

I have'nt read the book but what I have read in the summary I know I will not read it because it is not the truth. First of all the mans name they claimed to be the head of the white hats was not Al Ross IT IS ALLEN MOSS... He was not Mayor of Cairo at that time and was not a NEO-NAZI Yes he was a white hat they were a group of people who were only trying to protect our white neighbors. Yours truly. The one who lived through it.

I don't remember how I heard about this book, but I remember reading it--several years ago soon after the paperback edition was published. It is a model of how to write about changes and crises in a particular place. I am a book author and editor, journalism professor, newsletter editor, and former newspaper editor and publisher, who usually does not read books like this one. The best and only connection I have to this book is that I am interested in historic preservation of "main streets." Yet I read this book carefully and thoroughly, enjoying nearly all of it. The section on Cairo, Illinois was better than the section on Connecticut, but that's no real complaint. Highly recommended.

I went to the library to get this book out when I needed to make costumes for my daughters dance recital. It was an amatuer production of Swan Lake; so I needed some help making the classical tutus. Unfortunately, the book hrdly helped at all. The pictures and/or instructions were very hard to understand, and Iam no oaf so I do understand a lot. But this? I didn't understand at all. They did have some very nice ideas for costumes, I thought.

I bought this book looking for some help in making basic Classical and Romantic tutus. The book is dominated by illustrations, and the instructions could have been written a little more clearly -- but after re-reading them very carefully, I decided that all the information I wanted was actually there. It's just a little inaccessible.

The book describes how to make basic garments (tutus, leotards, etc.) without a pattern, and then has lots of illustrations to show how you might modify them for particular styles and dances. So, to get any use out of this book, you'll need to buy some cheap material, and draft your own patterns with the help of the book and perhaps a little trial and error. If you absolutely have to be provided with a proper pattern, you'll need to look elsewhere for it. Even so, the example illustrations may be helpful in adapting a basic costume to suit a particular dance, once you've obtained the basic pattern elsewhere.

The content of the book is just as old as I am -- first published in 1975 -- which is probably why Lycra (tm) isn't mentioned in the book at all! So if you're determined to use Lycra, you'll have to figure out for yourself what differences it will make to the design and construction.

Overall, this is a very good book which could really use a new revision to take account of new materials, and to make the text a little more accessible.

Kent Beck is a wonderful writer and has many good points to make in this book, but I can't recommend spending money on it unless the publisher produces a new edition correcting its hundreds of errors. Pages appear in the wrong order, parts of paragraphs are randomly duplicated, code samples are formatted incorrectly and nearly unreadable, and words appear in the wrong typeface making it difficult to distinguish identifiers from prose. Many of the articles appear to have been scanned in using OCR software and not subsequently proofread, or possibly proofread by someone who didn't understand the content. The lack of quality control is simply appalling.

Better organization of the material would also have been helpful. The "Sorted Collection" is sorted by date only. This may be useful to those interested in tracing the recent history of Smalltalk, but not to those wanting to learn most efficiently.

Much of the material in this book is better and more thoroughly presented in Beck's other books. At best, this book can be seen as a haphazard introduction to Beck's ideas that will spur some programmers to learn more about Smalltalk, object-oriented design and Extreme Programming.

This book is quite distinct from Beck's other works in that it provides the reader an intellectual journey: through the reprinted articles, you can see the evolution of Kent's writing style, the beginnings of the "design patterns" movement, and the ever changing opinions about what to do / what not to do with Smalltalk.

There are many classic papers in this work, such as the original CRC-cards paper, and aptly-titled pieces such as "Death to Case Statements!". The code examples are clear and easy to read, and I found the chronological ordering of the papers to be appealing.

This book is not just for Smalltalkers - it's for anyone with an interest in object orientation: patterns, idioms, and philosophy.

There's nothing special about this book, and the spiritual stuff just really makes no sense. Of course, some people really like that kind of wackiness.

I came upon this priceless little volume during one of my many forays in the local bookstore. In my ongoing quest to build a total exercise regime, I have found this book to be invaluable. The crisp, clear writing combined with sharp black and white pictures of average yet attractive individuals make this book very accessible to all readers. One is not inundated with bronzed, oiled hardbodies beaming at the reader while performing canned exercises which ultimately leads to feelings of inferiority and self-loathing for we the muscularly challenged as is the case with other texts on fitness and health.

This book gives the reader more than just pictures of people stretching. It also gives ample servings of insight and philosophy into health and fitness. This book goes beyond the simple how-to of stretching and shows the reader why stretching is important. Each portion of the book builds on those that precede it, giving the reader warm-up exercises, tips on developing individualized breathing patterns, back building exercises, and energy building exercises.

Using this book has allowed me to get past the grogginess and fog that accompanies waking up in the morning. After spending twenty minutes performing the exercises outlined in the book and focusing on my breathing, I can now go into the day fully energized. Before reading this book and applying its valuable lessons, I often went through the day feeling drained of energy and 'waking up' was literally a four hour process, as opposed to the twenty minutes it now takes with stretching and breathing. After spending close to four months applying the lessons in this book, I tackle almost every day with energy and renewed vigor and sense of purpose. Perhaps the best endorsement I can give to this book is that unlike most working people, after reading this book, I no longer dread waking up in the morning- getting up is no longer the psychological burden and physical chore that it once was.

This book helps and succeeds on many levels. I now incorporate its lessons into my total workout regime comprising of diet, exercise, reflection, and stretching. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to lose weight, truly wake up in the morning, and feel good about themselves.

This book was given to me because I wanted to learn more about yoga and it has really helped me. It's not the most comprehensive book on the subject, but it's good for those of us that have not joined an actual class.

This book has stunning black and white photos that will inspire any couch potato to begin a yoga practice. However, that is where the praise ends. The book lacked a thorough explanation of the poses and yoga philosophy. Also, the poses are given new names. This is clever, but why not stick with the names that have been around for 5,000 years? This book was a little too hip for an interested yoga student.

Mesoamerican archaeology is a little world by itself - I know, because I used to live in it. It has a very cosy relationship with museums and the "art" collectors who buy the objects that are looted from archaeological sites, which lie destroyed, torn into shreds under the forests all over Central America and Mexico. But it has almost no touch with reality any more. The things they say about the ancient Olmec are almost fantasy, because in truth we know so little about these people. Almost all the objects in this book were stolen from Mexico, ripped from the archaeological context that might tell us something about their real meaning. These are probably religious articles - we may never know. But imagine trying to reconstruct the rich life of rennaisance Italy by looking at reliquaries in Catholic churches! If you are still persuaded by the "mysterious Olmec" propaganda spouted by Coe and his looter buddies, go read Flannery & Marcus in the first 2000 issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, and think it over.

The Olmec World is an amazing resource for those who study or have an appreciation of early Mesoamerican Art. At its most basic level The Olmec World is the catalogue of the 1996 Olmec Exhibition at the Art Museum at Princeton University the first comprehensive show of Olmec art in America. Drawing upon nearly all of the major Olmec museum collections in North America from Dunbarton Oaks to Princeton's own expansive holdings, the exhibition also drew heavily from many private collections never before shown to the general public. For instance, John Stokes' amazing collection of ceramic babies and jade masks are showcased in this catalogue. However, almost as impressive as the pictures are the essays in this collection. Michael Coe has done a marvelous job of soliticing and editing a myriad of papers on the mysterious Olmec.

Mr. Morris says to contact him in literature accompanying the CD if the purchaser can't install the CD;but his e-mail or phone doesn't work. I returned the CD to his address but it no longer exists.The CD was returned to me with "address unknown" How can I return this and get a refund? Please help. JT Guyer

The well known Skydiver and author Mr. Dan Poynter has purchased rights to this CD with which I had troubles on my own individual computer. I hear that it works fine on 99% of computers out there. Mr. Poynter guarantees immediate response if a purchaser has any trouble. The buyer can definitely trust Mr. Poynter. He can be contacted at DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com