Tracy Cooper-Posey lends her unique voice to EYES OF A STRANGER. The tone of the romance remains sensual, intriguing, and beguiling right through to the end, making this reader want to remain within its romantic aura long after the last page is turned.

Anistasia Kirk, Anna, struggles to save an albatross, plummeting herself into a adventure with David Morgan, who sees past the cool business woman façade she attempts to maintain, to the erotic, sensually passionate woman. When he reawakens her passion long held in check, she leaves him, without even a name, to return to her normal life.

The following night she and her fiancé Hugh hold their engagement party, but Anna finds herself shocked when Hugh introduces the mysterious stranger from the night before as his best friend.

Anna finds it more and more difficult to repress her emotions in the ensuing months as she spends more time in David's company. The stubbornness that she turned into tenacity in the business world, the passion she squelched to remain professional, and the sensuality repressed beneath business suits and sensible heels threatens both her security in her self-created world, and her relationship with her father. As David continues to coax the smoldering passions within Anna to a flame, she finds herself torn between like her mother who died mysteriously years before, and the sensible woman she had vowed to become.

EYES OF A STRANGER is a marvelously sensual romance with a heady rush to the senses and is written with flare and panache. When David promises Anna "I am the only man with whom you can allow your nature free reign and I am the only man who understands and accepts you as you are," even the most jaded of readers can't help but be swept away.

Not only is this a wonderful story with a deftly drawn cast of characters (without a single stereotype in the bunch!), its a beautifully written story. Her descriptions are richly textured and delightful. The ending satisfied on every level. I also finished her Sherlock Homes Chronicles of the Lost Years and will be watching for more from this vastly talented author. I just have to wonder where the print publishers were that let her get away from them. And I have to applaud the foresight of Hard Shell Word Factory in snapping her up. Don't let the electronic format stop you from this wonderful read.

Julie Posey is a very brave woman and although she did suffer through some very rough times she sure shines now. It's just amazing how she became so dedicated to her job putting child molesters away. Now she is well known to most police for what she does for them.

I can't wait to see the movie and read the next book!

The book provides a real life example of the victimization and subsequent difficulties that many victims go through, in attempt to regain thier lives. But the most enigmatic and delightful aspect to this book is the authors monumental efforts in the transforming from a victim to a nationally acclaimed investigator and expert concerning online sexual crimes. A wonderful example of the power of one to make a change!!! Awesum ...

I borrowed this book from a friend who got at a
used booksale.He was surprised by it and liked it.
This would be a great movie ;but,would not be very flattering
to the US military and the politics behind Reaganism of the
1980's,1990's,and (retro 1990's) present political hysteria and
military drama . Great read for Tom Clancy readers who find
Dan Quayle to be a brainiac compared to G.Dubbuh Bush--du jour of the oval office. Und you vill like it!
Very euro -esiponage of the 1980's....

What a wonderful grade 2 level reader. This is a good description of Christian purity. This TREAT is worth the search. I want to find more like this one. Way to go Robin Jones Gunn !!This is an ON MY OWN BOOK about purity. Girls all ages will like it .Recipe is in the back.

Mrs. Rosey-Posey and the Treasure Hunt is an adorable little book. The Children go on an interesting treasure hunt all about Mrs. Rosey-Posey's house. One clue even sends them down the laundry chute. But in the end, they find a great treasure--the treasure of God's Word. This is a lovely book and I would recommend it to all who can find it. I am dreadfully sad about its having gone out of print.

That book is the best one I found in Hong Kong bookstore for the Pharmacy staff or the student in the Pharmacy. The information is update and very clear. GOOD

The book surveys the developmental stages of a dog's life, focusing on the training/parenting needs of each stage and paralleling these stages with those of our own children.

The comparisons are interesting both for application to man's best friend and children. The key concept developed is what is leadership and what are the responsibilities of the pack leader (Alpha--male/female).

The text is very application-oriented and provides many examples, both positive and negative, of behaviors and responses.

Finally, the leadership skills discussed in the text may very well have applications beyond just dogs and children, perhaps business management as well.

Fun reading with many applications and yet doesn't fail to maintain the focus on developing a better relationship with your canine friend.

Reflections On The Wall, is a collection of essays, written, with great insight and humanity. The stories are about how one, Mike Posey, got to prison, what happens inside, and what happens, after he is released. While, very gritty and raw, the book--is mostly--a book of hope and redemption. It's about, how a man can go through, a self made hell--yet rise above it all, and triumph, in the end. No matter what is wrong in your life, I doubt you have experienced anything, like the life of Mr. Posey. It is informative, educational, and profoundly inspirational. It is well written, realistic, and even contains a little humor. A must read!

If you are looking for an instructional design guide that focuses specifically on teaching concepts, look no further. Teaching Concepts: An Instructional Design Guide is your answer. Used either as a classroom text or as a reference guide, this research-based text is full of examples and useful strategies to assist in the concept design for adults and children. Merrill et al. recommend that the book be used like a recipe in that you follow the instructions precisely the first time, then adjust to your liking.

The layout of the book is the perfect example of concept instructional design. Each step in the process has its own chapter, which makes the book well organized and easy to follow. Each term is thoroughly illustrated and defined. It is supplemented by examples, which compliment the design of the book, and questions, which keep the reader involved. The book is divided into ten chapters providing in-depth outlines of the 10 steps involved in the concept instruction design process. Thankfully, the authors did not forget the all-important formative and summative evaluation components of instructional design. The appendix contains sample concept lessons designed by three of Dr. Merrill's former students. There are also several concept lessons that have been completed and included for reference.

The bottom line: When seeking an instructional design guide for concepts, I would highly recommend this text to instructional designers, instructors, students, and anyone in the instructional design field.

I purchased this text while researching automated testing for my Master's paper. Mosley and Posey focus on the pragmatic aspects of implementing automated testing. Since the focus of my paper was on justifying software testing automation, I particularly apprectiated their straight forward arithmetic on tool justification. However, they go even further to address where the cost justification actually exists in areas where it may not be as obvious. This book, however, does not put a great deal of emphasis on the administrative methodology surrounding software development. It tells you this up front and addresses key success factors to implementing automated testing (ie don't automate the testing of something that's not completed or working.)

The only quirk I found in the book was the diatribe against the benefit of CMM or knowledge of other models. I understand their point, which is that these models don't really add value to the hands on aspect of testing or developing software. However, from personal experience, I have seen a greater tendency in developers to consider many of the points they make if their background includes an appreciation for the types of things that should happen in a mature organization.

"Purchasing a software testing tool suite does not constitute implementing a software process". Wise words from Dan Mosley and Bruce Posey in "Just Enough Software Test Automation"; maybe some development managers need to take heed.

Too many times have automated test tools become shelfware, or the cost of maintaining the scripts prohibitvely expensive. The authors of this book offer a simple and easy to use data-driven framework that can minimise scripts and human effort. They place their framework within the Rational Unified Process (RUP).

The book offers actual and detailed advice that goes all the way down to code and script templates. Based mostly on Rational tools, the book gives lip service to Winrunner and anything said can be translated to any automated tool.

Their open-source framework is the Control Synchronized Data Driven Testing(CSDDT). Data to be input, keywords to navigate through the application and actions to be performed are held in the spreadsheet. There are four main scripts: A Main script that reads and processes the records; a window selection script, a tab selection script, an action script and error handling script. Data input is held in an array and there is a comment field that documents the test record. Your application code is held in a switch statement, and it is highly conceivable that your project can have single figure script numbers. There is also a script that converts the spreadsheet data in a .csv file that is read by the Main script. There is detailed
information given on how to implement the CSDDT. It is a framework I use and am pleased with.

There are two interesting chapters on Unit and Integration testing. Like eXtreme Programmers they believe in automating unit tests that pass at 100% before submitting for build. They correctly argue that unit tests should be constructed before development code is written and they also point to the xUnit group of tools.

They make insightful points about the necessity of integration testing: Could you not help but identify with the following statements: "... We have seen two chronic problems: First, the build fequently does not install on system test machines. Second, the fact that unit and integration testing has not been done previously forces the system test team to do tests that development should have already executed." Again they also argue for automated integration testing else "it will not get done."

I feel however that Mosley and Posey's ideas need to be infused with agile values and practices. For example do we really need improved software requirements documentation, verbose Test Plans and meticulous test design when requirements change so much? Do we really need all these Rational tools and the time it takes to use and update them? Can we not make automated functional tests an integral part of requirements? What about Pair Test Programming? How are we going to increase oral communication? Is devolopment and test a false dichotomy? These kind of issues also need to be addressed as we begin to construct software in a radically different way.

"Just Enough Software Test Automation" written by Daniel Mosley and Bruce Posey describes test automation from a practical perspective gained from much experience by the authors with commentary and contributions from several well respected leading practitioners in the field. Key fundamental points are emphasized and explained throughout the book with supporting descriptions and concrete examples for using a data driven framework to implement and maintain software test automation.

While the book is well written and easy to read for someone who's familiar with software testing and who may have some experience with test automation, it assumes that the reader does have experience in the field.

The authors begin by reviewing important fundamental practices of software testing that are critical to effectively sustaining both manual and automated testing efforts. They provide recommendations on how to approach test automation for each phase of the software development lifecycle beginning with requirements through the final stages of testing. The authors present very specific recommended techniques and tools and offer many examples using a data driven framework with emphasis on Control Synchronized Data Driven Testing (CSDDT). Most often the tools mentioned and examples provided are those offered by Rational, Inc. as well as the use of Microsoft Excel. Frequently, automated tools from other vendors are referenced when they are applicable to the technique being discussed. They provide references to books and to several web links that offer sources of information on similar frameworks using other tools. The authors include useful information in the appendices such as a captured discussion on the subject of the data driven approach by leading practitioners, automated testing definitions, an example test automation project plan, and a test automation project work plan template.

Some of the key points in the book include the importance of identifying and documenting application and testing requirements as well as documenting test cases and conditions. They emphasize the importance of planning for test automation and implementing it similar to any other software development effort. This includes the separation of roles between test designer and test implementer. They urge that test automation be performed at most phases of software development including unit testing, but that it primarily be used for regression testing. The key success factor for test automation is the maintainability of test scripts. The authors point out that this is extremely difficult using a capture/playback method of implementation and that a data driven approach using modular scripts has shown to be much more successful in the long run. The authors do a good job of describing these key points and then making specific recommendations with examples on how to implement them.

As a practitioner of test automation, and reviewer of this book, I very much agree with these key recommendations and support the authors' intent to educate people implementing test automation as these key points can be the difference between failure and success.