As the name indicates, the contents of this book are truly object-oriented.
It has all the lessons that learners would need in order to comprehend the various options and applications that Visual Basic .NET offers. This book provided exemplary guides, which would encourage learners to endure some self-tests. It anticipates problems and helps provide solutions that programmers can count on. Almost everything about it is positive.
However, its information are not as detailed as some experts would like them to be. Again, anybody who has poor knowledge of Visual Basic 6.0 will not find this book easy. Its writer assumed that its readers are already familiar with VB 6.0.

If one reads this book in hopes of getting a fairly complete overview of art of the early Twentieth Century, they will not be disappointed. However, if one is looking for something more in depth, with various examples of an artists oevure, then perhaps they should keep looking. One of this book's greatest virtues as an overview is that it does not assume a great deal of knowledge of art on the part of the reader and is relatively engaging. However, images are few and far between and not always of the best quality, which I find to be an integral part of an art historical publication.

Written in 1854 and published the next year,this book is fascinating in providing personal sketches of distinguished Americans Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson,Henry Clay and John Randolph with many references to other prominent men who were their contemporaries. The author's
analysis is interesting not only in the spirited description of the individuals profiled but in his comparison of each of them with their political antagonists. The unique perspective he brings a man whose life overlapped some of these figures is worth a read for history or politics buffs. His admiration and defense of some he buttresses with argument. His passion is clear.
His oratorical style is typical of the time yet conveys a vivid impression of his subjects, and reminds one of a time before soundbites and simple words geared to a mass audience.

PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE is a good companion volume to Nickell's DETECTING FORGERY: FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF DOCUMENTS. Like that work, it is apparently targeted towards the beginner (me) and NOT the practicing professional. For example, when an analysis technique is mentioned (and not all techniques are covered) Nickell tends not to go into elaborate detail on the actual practices. The chapter notes serve as a bibliography and are valuable leaping off points for more indepth research and understanding.

This book is divided into five major sections: (I) Writing Instruments, (II) Ink, (III) Paper, (IV) Writing, and (V) Examining Documents. There are three appendices covering (1) Eighteenth Century Scripts, (2) Chronology of Writing and Writing Materials, and (3) Laboratory Identification of Pens, Inks, & Papers.

Nickell has access to a huge array of relevant materials which are profusely included in black and white photographs throughout the book. The photographs are of fair quality and I assume that higher quality photos would result in higher price (duh).

Overall, I found it interesting, useful, and satisfyingly broad in subject coverage. Nickell's writing style is accessible and clear. The ubiquitous use of anecdotes is essential and entertaining. E.g., "Of course, one approach to duplicating security watermarks -- like those placed in prescription blanks for alchohol during Prohibition ... -- was simply to dupe a legitimate paper company intor producing paper bearing watermarks." -pg 85. I want to know more about alcohol prescriptions during Prohibition!

This book contains a well organized,researched and documented amount of fact on POiers Gaveston. Mercifully it avoids all the moralizing that either tries to discount or confirm the homosexual component found in the more ususal accounts. The facts, such as they are, have the frustrating capacity to fuel either position. What's refeashing about this book is its aim to supply the reader with the facts, and willingness to leave it up to the reader come to his/her own conclusions.

I read this book [and was]shocked and saddened by much of what I read. It was clear that the author was extremely intelligent and ambitious and that her heart was often in the right place. It was also clear that she had very little support, was often too trusting, and had been dealt a very difficult hand in life.

Her life story was so wild that it made it hard to believe. At the same time, I knew that this kind of stuff couldn't be made up. It had to be true. To me, the author often took a tone of being so matter-of-fact and indifferent during even the most horrific parts of her story and occasionally being so completely disconnected from the reality of her life. Sometimes she wrote it as if it had all happened to someone else. Sometimes she wrote it so painstakingly that you could feel her terror, her fear, her pain. It's a roller-coaster ride for the reader. This is not a book for catharsis. This is a book that will haunt you. This is a book that will make you look around and wonder who these people are, what kind of world we live in, how these injustices could exist in our country today.

Reading this book will make you grateful for what you have.

Prescribed Burning for Brushland Management : The South Texas Example is a great reference tool for anyone interested in the mechanics, costs and benefits to prescribed burning on rangelands. Although this book is best suited for Texas, as this is where much of the study was conducted, it is a great reference tool to have on your shelf. The book goes into detail about the evolution of fire on rangelands, how it produced the landscape that our forefathers first set foot onto, and how to manage it for ecological and economical means. The first few chapters explains how fires actaully work, to give the manager a broader knowledge of what's actually going on. Guidelines on when to and when not to burn, such as seasonality, relative humdity, temperature, and topography are all taken into consideration. I have taken a Range Vegetation Manipulation class at Texas A&M University under the instruction of co-author W.T. Hamilton, where this very book was part of the required text and know first hand that he has many, many years of prescribed burning experience under his belt. He has worked with such organizations such as the King Ranch, The Texas Agricultural Extension Service, and Texas A&M University, to name a few, and is pretty much the "guru" of prescribed burning.

This is a collection of eight accounts by participants in Iowa life. They are of uneven quality, but some are great reading. I especially liked the excerpts from letters written in 1936 by a mother to her daughter, which related the horrendous challenge which living thru that fabulous winter in Iowa was. There is also a good to read account by a railroadman telling of his work from 1911 to 1956--I thought his upbeat attitude to his hard work made a great account. Some of the accounts were a bit hard to believe, and one suspects some of the accounts are a bit embellished, but maybe not.

In this well-researched book Marybeth Hamilton offers a picture of an brave and individual performer/writer and her work. It was surprising to discover that Mae West was all but washed up by the 1940's, her legend seems so dominating in popular culture. I also learnt more than I could ever have imagined about burlesque theatre and life in early 20th Century America.

All in all, The Queen of Camp an interesting history of the fascinatin' Ms West and the world she inhabited.

This is a reprint of the original diary kept by Stephens while at the fort. It is the only book still in print that was written at Fort Warren. If you had a Confederate relative imprisoned at Fort Warren, this gives a terrific insight to the daily routine at the famous bastille.