The authors, editor(s) and publisher(s) should be ashamed of themselves.

They have managed to create a 1500 page book that is equally useless for beginners (including total newbies), intertmediate and advanced users.

Beginners: You'll pick up alot more just playing around with Access and reading the built-in or online help. (even if you have never used a database before).

Intermediate-Advanced users: You'll never find an answer to any of your questions.

I own over 30 computer books, both of a scientific and how-to nature. I have a degree in computer science. In other words, I am not new to computer books. This one though is simply horrible (I'd even say the worst I've ever read, and I've read "Computer Systems Design And Architecture" by Vincent Heuring)

The book is simply a BAD copy of the built-in help.
It has no substance.
It has no personality.
It has no structure.
It explains in too much detail the things that are obvious, and just mentions by name the things that are important.
It's main focus is how to make your datatabes look pretty on the screen.

All the authors accomplish in the 1500+ pages that is book offers, is prove that they are [not] experts on the subject.

Don't buy it.

Too many errors mar an otherwise very good book. Spelling mistakes are normal for a book of this size, but errors in descriptions of Expression syntax cannot be justified. The omission of characters as seemingly minor as quotations marks surrounding text is very important for a program as stringent as Access.
Get this book if you want a decent understanding from the ground up, but don't rely on this book by itself. Purchase another source of information, but beware of the Que book by Roger Jennings. His style of writing is reminiscent of rambling discourse.

Thorough discussion of fundamentals, which the Que book by Roger Jennings is sorely lacking in. Unfortunately, there are too many errors for me to recommend it as the only Access book a person should have. This is especially problematic when you're dealing with expression syntax, which Access is very particular about.

this book is not that promising as it seems .only a small part of the book is dedicated to natural health,- wich that section needs an improvement!

Dr. Irwin's approach to arthritis is just what I was looking for. He starts out recommending a natural approach, diet. This includes: identifying food allergies and adding vitamins, minerals, and supplements like fish oils or condroitin. If that doesn't work he recommends a more and more "medical" approach starting with hormones (which are already found in the body). If hormones don't work he has a new drug concept that nobody seems to have though of. What I like about this approach is that Dr. Irwin recommends the "natural" treatment first, diet. I also liked the way he wrote. I felt he was speaking directly to me and revealing much about himself in the process. This made his book very readable and helped me embrace the changes I needed to make. By following his diet recommendation, I have greatly reduced my arthritis pain. Previously, I often had sharp pain when I stepped on my clutch (good thing I have a motorcycle for those days) or used certain shoes. Now it is only mild discomfort and that is on the bad days. Yepeee! Perhaps, someday, I will have to try Dr. Irwin's more aggressive approaches, but I'm already very happy with my current results.

Dr. Irwin's approach to arthritis is just what I was looking for. He starts out recommending a natural approach, diet. This includes: identifying food allergies and adding vitamins, minerals, and supplements like fish oils or condroitin. If that doesn't work he recommends a more and more "medical" approach starting with hormones (which are already found in the body). If hormones don't work he has a new drug concept that nobody seems to have though of. What I like about this approach is that Dr. Irwin recommends the "natural" treatment first, diet. I also liked the way he wrote. I felt he was speaking directly to me and revealing much about himself in the process. This made his book very readable and helped me embrace the changes I needed to make. By following his diet recommendation, I have greatly reduced my arthritis pain. Previously, I often had sharp pain when I stepped on my clutch (good thing I have a motorcycle for those days) or used certain shoes. Now it is only mild discomfort and that is on the bad days. Yepeee! Perhaps, someday, I will have to try Dr. Irwin's more aggressive approaches, but I'm already very happy with my current results.

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Outcast, weird, different, strange, odd, peculiar. These are the words Kim Andrews uses to describe her self.
In a small town in Iowa lived Kim Andrews (also known as Kimi Yoshugi.) Her father had died before she was born and her mom had remarried. She's a short, Japanese girl with short and straight black hair. Barely anyone at her high school looks like her and her only friend is Jav. She doesn't fit in, she doesn't belong. So she decides the only thing she can do is set out to find her Japanese family and heritage in Sacramento, California.
Kim reached California and met up with Ernie, the son of Barbara, the lady Kim would be staying with. Ernie and Barbara agreed that Kim could do the search by herself, if that's what she wanted.
She goes many places, but the most important is the Bureau of Vital Statistics. She finds out all the information about where her relatives live. I don't want to give too much away, but she does find two of her family members. You'll have to finish the book to see what happens.
This book supports the ideas of believing in yourself, being proud of your heritage and not worrying that you don't fit in. Everyone is special and different in the in their own way. Just because you have a different religion, race or heritage doesn't mean that you're strange or weird.
I liked this book because it was adventurous and funny. Whenever things got too serious, Kim would throw in a joke and it would relieve the stress. It also gives you a different perspective of what a person is feeling. Anyone ages ten to fifteen should buy this book.

This book is called Kim/Kimi. I personally thought it was a weird title but you have to know what it is about to relate to it. Kim/Kimi is the main character. Her father died when she was little and she is trying to find about what her father was like. She wanted to know if he had siblings so she could have an aunt or uncle. Her mom remarried and she never talked about her ex. Kim flies to California to look for information. Read this book to find out if she finds him!

I liked this book because it was well written and the author, Hadley Irwin, chose well words to use in his book also. I didn't really care for the end of the book because it was kind of dull and it should have told more of what happened later on. But over all it was an awesome book, and I would recommend this to anyone between the ages of 10-15.

The book I read is called Kim/Kimi. I rated this book a 4 out of five. I rated it this because it was boring at some parts. I also did because there was not much action until the middle of the book. I liked this book because it was interesting and was something new to read about. It was a good book. It was kind of boring at times but over all I liked it. A good book that has a similar story is The Hiding Place. It's similar because they both talk about concentration camps in them. This book is not as good as the other one but they both are good books. Both of the books take place during World War II. In The Hiding Place, the Nazis lead by Adolph Hitler were discriminating against the Jewish people. In Kim/Kimi the Americans discriminated against the Japanese-American people. Another good book that is similar is Uncle Toms Cabin. It's similar because it's talking about people with a different race and how they were mistreated because of there race or culture. So remember do not judge people because of the way look!!!

Well, if you consider what these authors have to say, and if you've read other management books, you'll see it's simply the same thing just another way of saying it! No, I returned my book ... and purchased something with substance. I was indeed very disapointed with the amateurish writing style and research ' haven't you guy's heard of editors?

EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSES THE HOT TOPIC IN MANAGMENT SKILLS TODAY. THE BOOK ILLUSTRATES AND EXAMINES BOTH THE NATURE OF NORMAL HUMAN RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROBLEM SOLVING PSYCHOLOGY NECESSSARY TO OVERCOMING THAT RESISTANCE. WRITTEN IN AN EASY, AMUSING, AND INCISIVE STYLE, THE BOOKS ESPOUSES A STEP BY STEP METHODOLOGY THAT IS BOTH USEFULLY COMMPREHENSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE. AVOIDING ELABORATE AND PEDANTIC LANGUAGE OR SOLUTIONS, IT MAKES FOR ESSENTIAL BUSINESS READING.

As the forward of the book says, no one like change--except maybe a baby with a wet diaper. This book talks about how to work with people to bring change to an organization. Sounds pretty basic, but as the reader discovers, there are all kinds of problems waiting around the corner.

This book is unusual in that it's not so much about how to chagne your employees as it is about helping them embrace change for good reasons that they already have though may not be fully aware of. (Echos of Deming's belief that workers really do want to produce quality products if they can only be enabled.)

The approach that the authors use may seem a little on the lighthearted side, but it is probably as effective a way as any for getting the points across. It's the kind of book you could safely give associates as a "light read" without making them feel that they are being lectured to.

I have read Kliem and Luden's other book, The Noah Project, and this book, while similar in some ways, is better done. All in all, it's a worthwhile contribution to the HR side of management.

Covers BASICS beautifully. Lightly introduces intermediate workings of Access. Very deficient in intermediate or upper-end Access functionality. Since this book includes the word "Bible" in it, I expected basics, intermediate and upper-end would all be contained within its covers. Not so.

For as much as this book could have offered, a few items that I don't think would have taken up too much space would have been helpful. For instance, appendixes of functions, expressions and VBA commands, along with their use and implementation, would have been nice. The book is well-built, though, and flows logically and quickly through all the major topics and most of the minor or advanced ones. Very nice, though (as mentioned before) VBA coverage is too incomplete to be of much value.

This book earns 4 stars in my evaluation. It covers the basics without over-emphasizing them. It also covers more advanced topics, and gives practical examples and usage in custom applications. The only con I can say about this book is that it tackles VBA and DAO only at the end, devoting only a few chapters for both. Still, it is an over-all wish list item for a pure Access developer.

This is the kind of book that gives college textbooks a bad name. .... Let's see, that's, uh, 17 cents a page. To boot, the writing is lousy, bold-face definitions spoty and buried, and included disk basically worthless (you'd think they'd spend some of their profit on a CD that all computers can use, but they didn't...). As for the 5-star reader, how much you want to bet it's the author?

Freund's Mathematical Statistics remains an utterly fantastic book for the seriously motivated learner of statistics! I'd recommend it in a heartbeat to anyone who wants a good intermediate-level introduction to mathematical statistics. Although it seemingly lacks a CD ROM and solution guide (if there are any, please inform Amazon.com), I find it most challenging, and, quite frankly, exciting. A great source of information!

I found that this book was excellent in covering all the matierial that is required in order to pass the 101 course in stats for the institute and faculty joint exams. Everything is easily digestible with the right amount of examples. Especially for a person with no stats background.

This book brings absolutely nothing to the party. Topics on equipment, diet, and preparation are shallow and useless. Irwin's tale of walking through his final round at Riviera in the 1998 Senior Open is not only dull, but it is an incredibly poor way to teach the anatomy of a smart round of golf. Irwin fails to dig down and give the reader something they can really use. I honestly cannot think of one positive comment that I could make about this book. The authors should be embarrassed.

This is not a book about your golf swing. It's about preparation (tools, diet and nutrition, practice, knowing the rules etc.) and strategies.

I think Hale Irwin honestly wrote everything he knows/does. I was impressed especially about quality of practice, swing thoughts and his course management.

This book is not filled with eagles or double eagles but good birdies like Hale Irwin's golf. (I know he won at Nationwide Championship '99 with an eagle, though)

I've always admired Hale Irwin and regarded him as the smartest golfer. He golfs more with his brain than anyone else on the PGA or Senior PGA Tour. And I think its great that he shares all his wisdom with his readers in this book. I find it extremely helpful and sometimes read bits and pieces in the cart between holes! This book also has become this year's birthday gift for ALL my gofing buddies. The only one who hates this book is my wife because now, not only am I playing golf all day, I'm reading about golf the rest of the time!!!!

Like all the books I've read on this subject, you'll get some useful advice, but you'll have to wade through a lot of filler.

As a prospective first-time property purchaser, I found this book to contain some good information on the particulars of condos and townhouses. I did not read the section on Co-ops however. Parts of the book seemed to contain redundant information, not necessarily for emphasis. Perhaps the chapters were intended to be somewhat self-contained. "Buying a home for Dummies" has been my first resource. I'd recommend reading something like it first in order to fully appreciate the differences w/condos and townhouses described in this book.

If you are even thinking of even buying a condo, townhouse or condo, this book is a definite buy. It's definitely worth the price to educate yourself about some things to look out for when looking to buy. It is in a question/answer/tip/trap quick and to the point format. I bought the book because it was recommended as one of the top ten real estate books to buy in the real estate section in the Washington Post for 2000. Highly recommend.

3 and 1/2 stars...This is an excellent companion to Chaiken's "Man on the Moon" for the account of the Apollo 15 mission...Irwin confirms the relentless/intense desire of mission commander Dave Scott to "give his all" for science and he also honestly discusses the "stamp" scandal that essentially ruined this crew's chance to fly again. All the important details of the mission and Irwin's feelings about being on the moon are all covered very well as well as enough technical detail to keep the Apollo buffs (like me) happy. I realize that Irwin became a minister following his astronaut career, so it was an essential part of the story, but he spent too much time and detail discussing his religious feelings and I personally think that this detracted from the story. Good read for the general Apollo enthusiast, great for the detailed Apollo 15 review, but definetly a turn for the worse when he enters the ministry portion of the story.

This book takes the reader on a candid look at the life of an astronaut and how he saw his trip to the moon in the context of his own spiritual beliefs. In some parts he confesses his faults and in others, he delights space enthusiasts with the details of Apollo 15. Jim Irwin was a man who happened to go to the moon. For all the hero worship involved in the early space program, this book is a reminder that these people were human and that they weren't oh so perfect. If there is any real lesson to be learned by anyone reading this book, it is to show respect for others and for nature. There are risks here on earth and definately a lot of risks in space.

I wish this book wasn't out of print, because I think it is worthwhile to read it.

I read this book when I was in high school. I was able to pick up a copy at a used book store and have been reading to my children, who really like it.

The book gives you a good feel of what it was like to fly to the moon (well I guess it does, obviously, I can't compare how well the book does vis a vis the real experience!). I have come away with a much clearer impression of just how detailed and complete the planning and training for the mission was. It was really an amazing effort and monumental achievement.

The second half of the book deals with Irwin's life, and his Christian faith.

I don't agree with the other review that says Irwin thought his "life was micro managed by God", and that Irwin somehow engaged in exclusivism on the U.S. taxpayer's dime. Irwin himself says in the book that when he landed on the moon it was as a representative of all people on the earth.

It appears that Irwin had a strong faith, and his experience on the moon deepened it, which I don't find to be scandalous or "wrong" in any way.

I think you will like this book. One word of caution if you read this book to children: Irwin is quite honest about the difficulties in his first marriage. It seems to me that he was really very cold and harsh to his first wife. He doesn't talk about it a lot, but you might want to skip that part when reading out loud.

I just say it was the first time of mine. I just want to know about biology and hope you consider it.

An other reviewer mentioned Chomsky. The truth is, Thompson is a brilliant cultural critic/mythopoeic sociologist/poet observer but he is not superior to Chomsky if what you desire is a clearheaded and real world analysis of the forces and powers that are shaping our world. Chomsky is coming from the Enlightenment and Humanist traditions and knows exactly where his knowledge ends and continually informs the reader as to why he is saying what he is saying (he makes himself as transparent as possible). Thompson, by contrast, does the exact opposite. He entertainingly composes poetic banners of thought that are dense with aphoristic insight and cutting philo-historic observations. This is the only book of Thompson's that I've thus far read but I would like to read at least one more. He has a cool style and makes many points that intrigue or promote pondering. This book may best be described as a cross between thoughtful new age and pop philosophy.

Reading this book you will be able to undertand America and its myths. Thompson reads America from many perspectives: cognitive sciences, buddhism, continental philosophy,ciberpunk's novels, and keen observations about Epcot and Disney joins in a very intersting way to see America. Neither Baudrillard, nor Virilo, nor Chomsky, nor Lipovestky are so powerful as Thompson is.