If you're skeptic about the Bible's "gospel" truth because of man's faults and the many translations out there, then this Bible may help. This gives the Greek version with a literal word for word translation right under the Greek words. It also has a literal translation column on the left with the words in gramatically correct order for the English Language, and the KJV version in the right hand column. I think you'd be suprised how close the translations are!

This Bible also enables you to do in depth studies, like the famous "fear" study. This Bible will make it clear to you what is really meant when it says "fear God," or "fear not."

Of course, it's good just to look up those passages that you're really not sure what they mean. The literal translation may actually make it clearer for you.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who doesn't know Greek, but wants to know more about the Bible, it's translations, and do in depth studies. It's a great personal growth tool.

I did not realize that this version has a much larger print than the Hardback edition (1985) of Green's Interlinear Bible. So it is very readable, the font is large and the strong numbers are not a problem any longer. Also the print of the English words has been improved, as well of the Greek words. Green's interlinear used to be superior by the original text it uses (not liberal) and its excellent translation. Now with these typographical improvements (readability of fonts..., etc.) it seems to be unbeatable!

Mr.Green's work here is a very useful tool when doing Bible study,especially while studying and learning the New Testament greek as I currently am. Having it coded with the Strong's concordance is an added bonus to his well interpreted sciptural work. I am especially pleased with the pocket version and never leave home without it. Go with God!

I read John Ridley's first novel, 'Stray Dogs' and was pleased. Beyond that, however, it didn't blow me away. It was nasty, compact and smartly written, but in the end I deemed it merely servicable. Thank God I picked up his sophmore effort to show me exactly how much Ridley has grown as a writer. Love is a Racket is smarter, funnier, edgier, more densely plotted and filled with a cast of deeply written characters. Plus, the ending was brilliant; both unexpected, and, if you think about it, the only way the whole thing could have ended up. All great writers get better with age; it's part of the evolution of their craft. With a second book this good, I can't wait for the release of Mr. Ridley's next book, 'We All Smoke in Hell.'

John Ridley's new novel put's him right up there in the company of America's greatest crime writers. His first novel, "Stray Dogs", was a smart, nasty little noir, all full of twists and turns that kept Ridley and his book at least one step ahead of the reader, but in "Love is a Racket" he tells a great story and he creates some of the most memorable characters you'll meet in any recent fiction. He's also got a wonderfully sly sense of humor . This is a novel where someone's always the brunt of a con or a good joke, the reader included. (Yep, and when you've been fooled by a master -- and Ridley is a master -- it's surprising how good it feels.) Read "Love is a Racket" and you'll be reminded that Elmore Leonard's just a pit stop on the way to better stuff.

John Ridley gets better with every book I read. I look forward to his novels with baited breath. I read Stray dogs (it became the movie Uturn, I believe) anyway The book was soo much better than the movie and then Love is a racket blew me away with the action and the things that can happen when you least expect it and then Everyone smokes in hell came out and I liked that even more, if he keeps it up he will be the only author I like enough to buy hardcover! if you like Quentin Tarantino movies you will like John Ridley's books even more. He is one of the best thriller/action fiction writers of his time.

Phoenix: A Brother's Life, by J.D. Dolan, is an autobiographical account of the author's relationship with his family, primarily with his older brother who died of severe burns suffered during a devastating workplace explosion. The book spans the abbreviated life of John Dolan, the author J.D. "Jay" Dolan's older brother, and muses primarily on their relationship in a series of flashbacks and reflections that take place during Jay's death vigil over his mortally-wounded brother.

The narrative sets forth the dynamics of the Dolan family, consisting of the parents, the sons John and Jay, and their three sisters, whose characters are slightly less fleshed out and who are more like satellites orbiting the more assertive brothers. The family persona is summarized quickly: the mother is a typical, nondescript housewife; the father looms as a sullen, bitter disciplinarian who passes on to his children the habit of holding longstanding, silent grudges; the oldest sister is defiantly independent while the other two sisters stay closer to home and exchange sibling rivalries; the older brother John is a stoic automotive enthusiast who gets drafted for duty in Vietnam; and Jay is the youngest child born after his parents were in their forties, the forgotten child observing the family drama and being raised more by his siblings than his parents.

The story focuses on Jay's hero worship of John and contains many a male bonding vignette, including forays into the woods where John teaches Jay to target shoot, as well as their shared love of cars and motorcycles and the ceremonial passing of the torch (in the form of a Marine Corps sweatshirt) when John is drafted and goes off to war in Vietnam (he actually gets sent to Japan). Despite their adolescent closeness, in later years John severs all communication with Jay for reasons we never really discover, which incidentally is one of the only unsatisfying aspects of the story. The brothers and the rest of the family are reunited by tragedy, when John is injured in a steam heat explosion at the Southern California Edison's Mohave Generating Station in which sixteen people were injured, six of whom died.

John's abrupt decision to terminate his relationship with Jay mirrors their father's habit of doing likewise. Their father enforces the petty grudges he holds by refusing to speak to people who draw his ire, including his oldest daughter because she bought an impractical, flash car (a Thunderbird) and later stayed out past curfew on a single occasion, and also his own brother for undisclosed reasons that lasted until the brother was on his deathbed. The repetition by John of this corrosive, emotionally-constipated withholding of communication and love from Jay is what makes this story so poignant, as Jay struggles to reconcile the unresolved feud while bidding a final farewell to his brother.

Although it is nonfiction, the story reads like a novel, weaving past and present narratives adeptly. The writing is thoroughly masculine and spare, in the style of Hemingway, without being obviously imitative or jarring. Overall, the story is engaging albeit a little depressing because it does not deliver the catharsis the reader -- and no doubt Jay -- hopes for. No clear answers or endings are delivered, but then perhaps that is what separates fact from fiction, and J.D. Dolan succeeds in conveying a message about the importance of family bonds and the unconditional love that underlie them.

Deceptively simple in manner and topic, this little tome - a memoir about the vagaries of familial love and reflections on the disappointments of the expectations of youth - holds more food for thought than many a treatise on contemporary philosophy. How much of this book is reportage and how much is embellished fiction is realy not an issue: the detailed description of a nouveau California transplant family in all its dysfuntional state recalls tales of immigrants, bits of Steinbeck, and chards of Camus, Wolfe, and other writers of the human condition. Yes, this is a painful tale of the loss of a brother to the burn injuries from an industrial accident. Yes, the coming to grips with death from the various vantages of family members, coworkers, doctors, etc is a line of penetrating thought. But this book is about so much more than these tales. "Phoenix: A Brother's Life" forces us to accept that we are too often a race of beings that fails to communicate, has lost the spirit of Family, has too little time for the work Love requires. And if ever we needed a wakeup call for embracing these losses it is surely now. Though the title defines the place where all of this finds its Golgotha - Phoenix, Arizona is the location of the hospital housing the Burn Unit that becomes the final destination for the slowly but inevitably dying brother - I think that by the end of this book the author subtly shares that this gruesome experience is akin to the mythological bird that rises from the flames to new life and discovery. Bravo, J.D. Dolan. And thank you from those readers wise enough to embrace this book.

J. D. or Jay Dolan has given us a rare gift - a spare memoir of such incandescent beauty and truth that it brings forth nods of affirmation. It is a story of love lost and reclaimed, a reminder of the sure knowledge that is sometimes kept locked within a human heart, and the saga of a family shattered by silence.

An unpretentious, astute writer, Dolan is forthright in revealing his own rugged emotional terrain, as well as his days of womanizing and drug abuse.

He is equally candid in describing flawed familial relationships, yet there is always a note of grace. ...The beauty of Mr. Dolan's book lies not so much in the recounting of a life, although his narrative skills are considerable, but in the redemption found and the love rediscovered. In his hands there is triumph amidst grief and hope derived from sorrow.

Phoenix is an extraordinary debut by one who is already master of his craft.

I just returned from my car where I spent my lunch hour in the parking lot listening to the end of A Song for the Asking on cassette. This was a completely engrossing work--the kind of listening experience where you don't want to arrive at your destination and turn off the tape. I was most impressed by the contrasts and depth of characterization in this novel. While the author seems to have expertise in subjects from classical music to rock climbing to police methodology he does not do too much teaching, but weaves his knowledge naturally into the story. He also possesses an amazing vocabulary of profanity. In the long term I usually judge a book on whether something about it is memorable. Like the Great Santini, I think Dan Kane and his family have left a lasting impression.

I listened to this novel on audiobook and was so impressed. Sometimes a book featuring teenage characters comes across with false sounding conversation, but Steve Gannon did a great job of telling the story with believeable dialogue. The character of the father, Dan Kane, was at times likeable and at other times I wanted to kill him. He was trying to make sure his children grew up tough and could never bring himself to say anything positive to any of them, especially Travis, who happened to be a wonderful pianist which really rubbed his dad the wrong way. The author led the plot into a lot of different story lines, but made each of them easy to follow. I can't say enough about the narrator. He did such a good job of bringing each person to life, mainly Dan Kane's voice, that it made the story even better. I was sorry to come to the end of this book, but am hoping to see something new by this author soon. I would recommend it for anyone, even though there is some rough language.

Gannon's powerful first novel focuses on the emotional issues that glue families together and tear them apart. Cop Dan Kane loves his family but rules them with an iron fist. His particular pride is son Tommy, an outstanding athlete with a college football scholarship. Dan is less happy with 16-year-old Travis, whose artistic temperament is too namby-pamby for his father's tastes; daughter Allison, a talented writer who rates low with Dan because she's a girl; and Nate, who, at 9, is too young to be of much use. Dan is determined to mold his family into a strong unit capable of facing life's harsh blows, but it's his long-suffering wife, Catheryn, who must handle the devastation Dad leaves behind. Gannon's story focuses on one summer in the lives of the Kanes-a summer that will test the strength, love, and courage of each member of the family as they are beset by a series of shattering tragedies. Gannon writes brilliantly of the high hopes and shattered dreams, the love, laughter, tears, and pain that make up the family experience. His wonderfully dense and complex characters and his provocative plot combine to produce a heartrending, heartwarming novel. An impressive debut. --Emily Melton

Jane Goodall wrote the book on contemporary ethology (the study of animals in the native habitats), literally, but not everyone will enjoy it. It is full of anecdotes from Goodall's life in Africa during the first few decades of the ethology experiment that shocked the scientific community with its informality and enthralled the world with its endearing stories. The reader becomes entranced in the saga of Jane's pitfalls and triumphs, and later is deeply affected by the chimpanzee society and its eerie parallels to that of man. But the reader of which I speak is interested in science, in animal behavior, in the story of a young girl jeered by those who never thought she could make it, in the story of a young girl who almost believed them, in the story of a woman who never did, and whose life, and that of man's closest relative, as well as the world scientific community and the environment as a whole, were changed forever. And, fascinating as the human story is, one must be able to dig the animal story as well, and all the way through the book, which is not long to one who does. Conclusion? Excellent in every respect, but if biology class turned you cold from the start, you might not make it through all 304 pages. Otherwise, get the book -- you'll be in for a treat.

IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, first published in 1971, remains one of the most extraordinary observations of chimpanzee behavior in the wild. Goodall begins with the story of how she arrived in Africa and her first days there, but wisely switches the attention from herself to the endangered chimpanzees she studies. She not only recognizes individuals but learns their distinctive personalities, describing in compelling detail the smallest of moments that illuminate who these great animals are. Unlike most scientists of the time, Goodall documents emotions and complex political behavior, the social hierarchy and parenting abilities, the aggression and the bonds formed between chimps that can only be described as friendships. In eloquent prose, Goodall tells the stories of these chimps - most notably that of Flo and her family - and will forever change the way you view chimpanzees.

The book contains several black and white photographs of the chimps, a real treat after getting to "know" these chimps in writing.

If you have any interest at all in primates or in animals generally, this is a must-have book.

Jane Goodall is such an ambassador for chimpanzees and all other life on this planet. Her hard work, insights, and drive are to be admired! This book is her beginning and a must read for everyone. She is a truly amazing woman!

Mr. Foonberg writes well, but most of what he says does not make sense. Worse still, I found alot of his advice was old and outdated, even if you wanted to follow it. The problem is,if you want to start your own practice, where can you go for advice? Since there aren't many books in this field, Mr. Foonberg seems to have corned the market himself. As such, many attorneys seem to buy this book, because there isn't any other choice. There is.

The truth is, as a sole practioner or partner, you have the same problems in law, as you would in other businesses. You need to find and keep clients. The better bet, and the stronger advice, can be found in business books. There are alot of books on how to succeed in business. My advice is to read those. You will get more mileage, and better business tips, then found here.

Grandmaster Foonberg is at the top of the law practice "how to" food chain with How to Start and Build a Law Practice. Frankly, I own not the millenium model but the Third Edition (it was a little weak on the technology side), but the lessons taught by the mythical Foonberg are invaluable - foremost among them: "it's better not to do the work and not get paid than to do the work and not get paid." Just too much here to miss, all put together in small vignette-style chapters. Lots of substance. A MUST have for lawyers. Get it!

Jay Foonberg is honest yet optimistic about the chance of starting your own law practice. His advice is insightful and full of lessons that will only help any young or older lawyer survive this ordeal. The author makes you feel excited about the possibilities while at the same time encouraging and making your apprehensions vanish. Foonberg covers all of the basic questions that young law school graduates might have including how to properly bill, which cases to handle, how to choose a location, financing your investement etc. All in all a must read for anyone thinking of hanging up a shingle somewhere.

This book is a very good text on Complex Variables. Most of the theories are clearly explained. There are enough examples and more than enough exercise.

However, one of the weak point is that everything is mixing up. You can't just read the chapter that discuss what you want, it's because the examples, explanations and proofs are related to stuff in other sections in the books; And this situation is very common throughout the book.

Anyway, it's a good text discussing complex variables, especially for engineers (just like me).

I read this book in preparation for an analysis qualifying exam, and found that the examples, exercises, and explanations provided made the entire subject seem both easy and interesting. For a beginning student of complex analysis, I do not see any better option. Moreover, I believe every future mathematics-book author should study this book as an exercise on "what to do". Finally part II of Lang's "Complex Analysis" has alot of interesting advanced material related to geometric function theory, and would make a good follow-up to this book.

I am a Ph.D. student in physics and used this book for an undergraduate course in mathematical methods for physics majors. This book is an excellent introduction to complex variables for physics and mathematics students. It is clear, concise and well-written. The proofs are easy to follow (but that also reflects the subject-matter). The problems are very good too and the answers are provided right in the text, which is very helpful for independent study.

Computer Forensics: Incident Responce Essentials
By Warren G. Kruse and Jay G. Heiser.

It is perhaps an unfortunate truth, but in todays world
even small to mid-sized businesses need to understand the
risks they face with computer crime. All businesses need
to be able to respond in a proper and effective fashion
according to their needs and situation.

Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials is an excellent
introduction to the tools, techniques and methodologies to
use in the event that your business become a victim of computer
crime or lesser, non criminal computer misuse. All businesses
large or small should have a structured plan in place to handle
such an emergency and this book is a good first read if your
company does not.

As an NT Administrator I may not sleep as well after reading the
section on NT Streams but at least I now know what to look for.
Many tools and there uses are mentioned in the book and in many
cases including NT Streams, the tool is even free. The basic
formula to conduct an incident response or investigation into
a computer breach is covered. After all, if you can't find out
what happened, how are you going to prevent it from happening
again?

The authors, both of whom have impeccable credentials, have managed to distill a complex subject into a book that can be understood by anyone with intermediate-level computer skills. More importantly, computer forensics is a relatively new sub discipline of IT security, making this book important in that there are few books on the topic.

I'll start with the beginning and end of the book, each of which are focused on legal aspects of forensics. The book begins by explaining what forensics is, and giving a three-step process that covers the essentials at a high level: (1) acquire evidence, (2) authenticate it, and (3) analyze it. Although this process is presented at a high level, important details, such as the importance of establishing and maintaining a chain of custody, how to collect and document evidence and key issues to consider when presenting the evidence in court are covered. This discussion is picked up again in Chapter 12, Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, in which applicable laws, advice on dealing with law enforcement agencies, and the distinction between criminal and civil cases are discussed. There is sufficient detail and pointers to put sources of information to arm you with the bare essentials.

Between the opening chapter and Chapter 12 described above are chapters devoted to basic techniques and procedures for tracing email, specific operating system issues (the book deals with UNIX and Windows), encryption, codes and compression and other common challenges an investigator will face. The material is not overly technical, and is presented in easy-to-understand prose. Anyone who works as a network or system administrator, provides desktop support, or is an advanced end user will have no problems following the techniques that are presented or the underlying technical details. If you're seeking an advanced text this book will probably disappoint you, although there is sure to be some new trick or fact that you'll learn. For example, I have over 25 years of IT experience and was fascinated by the discussion of steganography (an information hiding technique). There were other chapters that I quickly skimmed because I was well-versed in the subject matter.

What I like about the book is the easy approach, which makes it easy to develop the fundamental skills necessary to perform forensics. The few other papers and books on the subject are far more advanced and the learning curve is a barrier. This book will give the new security investigator a foothold in the topic upon which he or she can build. I especially liked the appendices, which provide an excellent framework for incident response. One of the best features is the detailed roles and responsibilities, which are well thought out and reinforce the axiom that security is everyone's business. Another outstanding feature is the flowcharts for various incident types, such as denial of service, hostile code, etc. These can be used verbatim in a security policies and procedures manual, as can the incident response form provided in Appendix B. I also liked the valuable URLs provided throughout the book. I knew of many, but was surprised to find invaluable resources that I didn't know about.

Even though much of this book presented information I already knew, I still enjoyed reading it because I picked up facts that I didn't previously know, and was reminded of legal aspects of forensics and security that I'd forgotten. The appendices alone make this worthwhile to even advanced readers, and the fact that it provides an entry point into forensics for new practitioners makes this book invaluable as a training tool and vehicle for professional growth.

This book is an excellent resource for anyone who is responsible for computer incident investigation and response, as well as anyone who performs computer forensic examinations. It describes a sound scientific method of preservation and analysis of computer data evidence, and covers DOS/Windows, Unix-based, and MacIntosh systems. In addition, the experience of the authors is shared in describing the presentation of data evidence in court. The flow charts and sample forms help to clarify the methods and techniques of forensic examinations and incident response. This book is an essential addition to the computer professional's library.

In its time (1965) this book really blew the lid off the long-sanitized version of the Black Sox scandal available to the public. Its readability, depth and refusal to glorify any of the participants are what make it the starting point for any baseball lover seeking the true story of the whole sordid affair. Its placement in greater historical context is especially well done; the reader is reminded that it did not occur in a vacuum. WWI was just over, Prohibition was coming, and the dominant national mood was 'we're very noble, we won the Great War' (all historical debatability of that point aside). Game-throwing was nothing new to baseball, as Asinof points out, but the idea that a full third of a team would throw a World Series was a body blow to what had become somewhat of an egotistical nation.

While some new information has come to light in the last thirty-five years, it has only supplemented what Asinof learned--to my knowledge none of it has been refuted. Considering the number of basements and old offices likely cleared out in the intervening time, and at least one definitely pertinent discovery that I'm aware of (the Grabiner notes), this is quite an accomplishment. Recommended both as baseball history and as a portrait of a lusty, turbulent time.

I vaguely knew about just what happened during the 1919 World Series, but after reading this I found that there was more to what happened than just eight players throwing the Series for money. Eliot Asinof does a marvelous job of gathering information on the events leading up to and following the 1919 World Series. He recounts how the scandal came about, through the five of seven games the White Sox lost, through the investigation and court proceedings, up to the lives of the eight banished players after baseball. Throughout the book I tried to figure out just who in fact was/were the scapegoat(s) -- Comiskey, the players, or the gamblers -- yet after finishing the book I realize that all are to blame. Though one could argue that Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver should have been reinstated, the fact is that both, even though they may not have participated, allowed the conspiracy to take place by not telling their manager "Kid" Gleason or Comiskey. Overall this was a great book and I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to find out about the Black Sox.

*There is a scene in the movie "Eight Men Out" where Eddie Cicotte is shown a baseball that would be used the next season. After watching the movie, I had a thought: during the late 1910s the book explains how baseball attendance was notably declining. To bring back the crowds, a different type of baseball was used beginning in the early 1920s--a ball woven tighter for the purposes of traveling farther when hit. (Cicotte noticed this when holding the ball.) This coincided with the launching of Babe Ruth as a baseball icon due to his home-run hitting abilities. As a result, he may have been single-handedly responsible for restoring interest in baseball. Baseball experienced another lull in attendance in late 1994 as the strike approached, and also early in 1995. What did baseball do to bring back the fans? Well, though some speculate that baseballs were juiced in the late 1990s, I can say this: Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs in 1996; he never had another season in his career where he hit more than 25.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I only knew of the Black Sox Scandal of 1919 on a superficial level. This book gives you the details of all the conversations, meetings, and actions that took place between the players, gamblers, and management which led to 8 players of the Chicago White Sox baseball susposedly throwing the 1919 World Series. Asinof has surprising detail of conversations that took place and talks about each person involved as if he knew them personally. You wonder how he received all this info in the age before tape recorders and microphones were prevalent. He certainly did impressive research and the book should be commended for that.

What he doesn't do is take sides and seems to write the book as a distant observer. But at the end you seem to feel somewhat sorry for some of the players involved, especially the ones among the eight (Buck Weaver, Joe Jackson) who didn't necessarily throw their games but were banned for life anyway because of their knowledge of the conspiracy. What would you have done in their position?

Overall, it's most likely the best summary of one of the most incredible and darkest events in sports history. It's must read for all sports fans.

I "fought" (and won :) the battle of Antietam in junior high as part of my American history class so this battle has always been particularly interesting to me. It is a shame that it is usually lost among some of the more famous battles of the Civil War (like nearby Gettysburg) in most histories becase it wasn't stratigically important. It was the bloodiest single day of the war and this book brings home the true horror of battle and the incredible heroism of the combatants in a very well researched, hour by hour account of the fighting. This book is put together from the individual accounts of the soldiers on the ground placed into the framework of the overall battle. In reading this book I was constantly amazed at the bravery and stamina exhibited by the farmboys and shop clerks on both sides throughout the course of the battle. This isn't a casual read. The author is long on detail and lets the accounts of the soldiers provide the drama. Oh, and if you are ever out in western Maryland go see the battlefield (and take this book). There is no development out there and the area isn't much changed from 150 years ago. If you see it after reading this book I can guarentee that you will get chills up your spine looking out over the cornfield and realizing that you could walk its length by only stepping on the bodies of the fallen.

I am not an expert on the Civil War much less on the battle of Antietam but as a read about the substance of battle for the muscat-holding soldier in any Civil War engagement, Priest's book is about as good as is available. The wealth of primary sources-letters, diaries,newspaper articles,anything that illuminates this battle from the viewpoint of the average soldier, is brought into his examination. The result is a compilation of incidents that gives essence to the terror and, in modern view, numbing bravery of the action's soldiers were ordered to undertake as a matter of course-not as something only asked under extraordinary circumstances. The reader must ponder the nature of the glue that bound men to do things that any sane person would find impossible-yet the impossible was normally asked and just as normally undertaken. Antietem: A Soldier's Battle should be read by any person unfamiliar with the Civil War as the first book they read because it will give the reader a grasp of the nature of the conflict from the receiving end of muscat volleys and cannonballs in full sight bouncing along the ground ready to shatter any living creature in its path. I had not encountered any book from any period of history that cast any light on the subject of animals in war-specifically the horses that pulled the artillery or provided transport for officers. Again, Priest's book was very illuminating in these dark corners of often forgotten history. Read this book-you will not regret it.

This book is a "must read" for the serious Civil War buff interested in Antietam. Priest gives you the battle from the perspective of those who fought it, in the actual chronology of the battle. The many maps are some of the most detailed I have ever seen of the battlefield - you can locate within a few feet where a particular company stood at a particular time. In addition, Priest simply tells what happened - again, in great detail. He thankfully does not editorialize or moralize (unlike Sears in "Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam"). This book ranks up there with "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" by Johnson and Buel as one of the truly great, unbiased works about Antietam. ... Priest has also written a book on the few days preceeding Antietam, called, "Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain" - another gem!