I enjoyed the book, but I was a bit disappointed, since there wasn't enough technical decorating information on color schemes, regional variations in styles, etc.

Great pictures, though.

I needed pictures to help me figure out how to design a Country Western style art gallery. This book had beautiful pictures, gives an overview of the history of the western culture, and provides names of companies and/or creators of furniture pieces. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes the Rustic/Country Western style home; this book was absolutely wonderful!

Since I have lived in Arizona near the Mexico border, I could relate to the descriptive scenes Deena wrote about. Crossing Borders does not have super heroes. The characters are ordinary people. The author did an exceptional job of bringing Kim, Joe and other characters to life, exposing their joy, pains and frustration with their lot in life. Over all this is a good book to read on a lazy day; and reflect upon the borders in ones life.

This is a great book, if I do say so myself. I made doubly sure that CROSSING BORDERS reflects real life. I gave each of my characters some flaws AND some problems that they all had to work through. This is also a special book because I used it to distract my younger sister, Carol, as she wrestled with terminal pancreatic cancer and her impending death. She loved it! I sincerely hope that you will give CROSSING BORDERS a look!

This book is a good reference for those who need to build and deploy traditional Windows Application under .Net and C#. The authors do a good job of covering aspects of Windows Form programming, including showing you how to design and implement some advanced features that you won't find in any online documentation for C# or .Net. The authors even walk you through several sample applications to show you "hands on" programing with the controls.

Unfortunately, they don't cover all of the Windows Forms controls, and leave out a few of the basics. However, the ones they have left out seem to be the more basic controls that don't require a lot of advanced explanation.

Overall, this book is good material for your bookshelf for those times when you need to verify, or learn, how a control works. They focus on the Visual Studio environment of C#, so there are a few differences that non-VS people will need to make in other to use this book.

This book is a good complement to Eric Brown's "Windows Forms Programming with C#". The authors here cover items that Brown didn't or didn't cover as thoroughly. Since their style is different, in some cases, the added depth they provide enhanced my understanding of what was going on. They stayed focussed and covered a lot of ground in a short book. The sections on the Registry, adding Help, and Deployment were helpful as well. I only regret they didn't touch on Drag and Drop for completeness, although that is available elsewhere. Good, useful tutorial book with reference potential. Definitely belongs on my bookshelf, I'll just ahve to make more room.

This collection of photographs vibrantly brings to life a bygone era in Mississippi. As a former resident of the state Ms. Welty photographed, I found this book to be an indispensible document of a life now gone (for better and worse). The simplicity and beauty of the featured photographs move me almost as much as the author's fiction. While we do not remember Eudora Welty for her photographs, I find it hard to be disappointed with them. I can only find fault with the volume's brevity. This book would be a wonderful addition to any collection.

Most of us know Eudora Welty as a writer of Southern fiction, marked by regional dialect, mysterious characters, and absorbing stories. Ms. Welty's photography is another reflection of her sensitive, intuitive nature. She captures in images the essence of life in Mississippi just as she captured it later in her writings. The reproduction is not superlative, but one does get an adequate representation of her work and its intent. Those who know photography intimately and those with a passing interest will all find this book immensely satisfying.

I had my doubts when a trusted friend recommended this book but they have since been obliterated by the sheer brilliance of Ms Reynolds' writing.
It is by no means perfect. But in a world of fleeting literary wannabes, Ms Reynolds first work stands as a testament to the art of the novel. I found myself re-reading sentences that resonated with my own experiences, and I haven't done that since I read my last Hardy.
Buy it. Read it. And be one of the first to witness this rising star.

This is a very powerful and involving narrative. Helen, the central character of the story, is painted as vividly as the coloured silks she uses in her own embroidery work. It is her needs and emotions that really drive the tale forward - Dan, her husband, is trying to live with her aching and unfullfilled longing and Usha, her lover, uses that need to manipulate her. There is real feeling in this story. Highly recommended.

I picked this up, despite its 11+ age group, because it had a
hang glider on the cover. I'm a hang glider pilot, and I figured
it would be worth a few yuks just to see how badly mangled the
sport would turn out.

It was obviously written by a hang glider pilot. Not only is it
a good story of a young man conquering his fears, it's also a
remarkably good description of how hang gliding really works.
The technology is believable, and makes sense within the culture
that's depicted.

This is not a book aimed at adults, but I read it through in one
sitting and enjoyed it. I would have really enjoyed this back
in late grade school, but hang gliding was just starting then.
Some good points scored for the feminist viewpoint, as Our Hero
learns that his female buddy not only can do the same things he
can, but does some of them even better.

Now if only *I* could fly cross-country the way this guy does!
And the mid-desert launch method is also not too far off base;
we actually DO launch that way, though the tow vehicle usually
burns gasoline instead of sheep.

Worth a read, especially if you're a hang glider pilot.

I read this book to my children as a bed time story the problem with this book is that it is not a bed time story they enjoyed it so much that they didn't fall asleep. And neither did I it was hard to put down.

The title of this mathematics textbook indicates its intended audience: "Management, Life and Social Sciences". If this is indeed its goal, then the book suffers from a serious flaw, namely, the authors have forgotten that individuals studying "Management, Life and Social Sciences" come from a wide variety of backgrounds -- backgrounds which may or may not have included solid grounding in principles of higher mathematics. Persons, like myself, who come into graduate level business studies from another discipline, have not had the benefit of the mathematics foundations which, say, an engineering student might have had.

As such, the text needed "more words between the equations"! More explanation of the examples would have been extraordinarily helpful. Furthermore, while the book is supposedly keyed to the TI-83 graphing calculator, in order to actually exploit this resource, an additional volume (currently unavailable) is necessary. This is, in the eyes of this student...extremely unhelpful.

A previous reviewer noted the use of relevant word problems -- and I agree that this has been useful. What would have been more useful, however, would have been more actual instruction.

This is probably the best basic calculus book I've ever used in a class. Unlike some books, this one gives real-life examples of how calculus is used to give you a better understanding of why you are studying it and what you can potentially do with it. It is definitely intended for a business major and geared in that direction. Great book!

This is a tremendously informative book. Densly packed with info, and a fascinating read. My only complaint is that, since chapters were contributed by different writers, there's no style that really permeates the book. The chapter on Techno, for example, does a great job at contextualizing the Detroit sound, pointing out the influences that led to the evolution of techno, from a musical perspective, as well as from a social and even economic perspective. Unfortunately not all chapters are written the same way. The chapter on House, for example, is a bit dizzying for readers unfamiliar with the sounds and beats being described. But nevertheless... READ IT. (And Dance to it, more importantly!)

Arty package with good content, I even mostly agree with the selected discography recommendations. Covering a nice time line from Stockhausen to present but the focus is mainly from early eighties onwards.

A good read, that offers a reasonably balanced view. One of the best books on electronic music available today, not that there are many anyway.

If Only!

If only this book had been printed by the National Geographic Society, or Arizona Highways, or somebody who specializes in scenic calendars. The fabulous photos in here deserve top quality printing, and they didn't get it.

However, I heartily recommend this book to all my fellow Hillerman fans, *anyway*, because the essays are great, and the background information on some of the events that inspired scenes in certain of the novels is priceless. If you loved 'A Thief of Time' as much as I did, you'll very much enjoy the descriptions of the actual site that inspired it. Hillerman's 'travelogue' down the Rio Grande is also wonderful.

If you ever read books of Tony Hillerman, be sure to take a look at this book. His love of the state of New Mexico is well known by readers of the Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn Mysteries, but this book is about the overwhelming beauty of the state. The vast open spaces, the silence and the history. This collection of essays together with the outstanding photographs is a must.

The death of Mack Reynolds prevented this book from achieving its true potential which was excellent as far as it went. I'm surprised Dean Ing didn't extend it to a more exciting conclusion or at least continue with a new volume of his own based upon this excellent foundation. Reynold's certainly knew Aztec history and customs well enough to postulate some excellent alternative views of their society and government structures. Perhaps Dean Ing was unable to match this cultural background and knowledge to successfully add more to the story.

This was a terrific time travel novel postulating what might happen if an interloper from the 20th century found himself in Aztec Mexico during the invasion of Cortes and decides to try and stop Cortes from destroying the Aztecs. I have only one complaint, and it is a serious one: it ended just as it was getting to the really good part. Leaving certain things to the reader's imagination is fine as far as it goes, but this was too much.