This book was exceptional for natural birth control methods. It provided an insite to the timing and control one must have to practice this method. I want to recommend this book to anyone interested in birth control.

I am so glad I read this book! It gave me a working understanding of my body and its functions. And also the control that I want WITHOUT DRUGS. This is a book for responsible couples. If you don't want to take responsibility for your sexual activities or relationships, then you will not like this book. If you want to create a future with a partner, you should get this book!

This under-rated book deserves far more exposure than it has received. Imagine a method of family planning that is natural, harmless, 99.9% effective, is beneficial to couple communication in a marriage, and in keeping with one's relationship with God. That's what the Billings Method offers.

Aside from a course in the method, this is an excellent primer on how the Method works. It is a method that will not harm a woman's future fertility (as oral contraceptives do), and will help a woman determine when she is fertile (great for couples having trouble conceiving).

It is a method which works - we've used it 100% effectively to both postpone and conceive. It has been the best thing we could have ever done for our marriage, our relationship with one another, and our relationship with God.

This is a very genuine and accurate account of a subject that has always fascinated me. It is written by the person who would know the material best--a genuine Civil War soldier--in excruciating detail and a suprisingly lively, colorful style for a book of nonfiction, not the stuffy, pompous style of encyclopedias. It contains well-articulated, balanced, open-mided opinions that are probably as unbiased as is possible for someone so close to the source.

Be aware, though, that this book contains only the personal experiences of the author, and is thus a source of information only about the Union, not the Confederacy. Still, it is an extremely informative book that reads almost like a novel, and I highly recommend it to any intellectual who is curious about conditions for the common soldiers in the American Civil War.

Hard Tack and Coffee is a unique, entertaining. and informative book. Where most Civil War books write about a particular battle, campaign, or biograph a particular general or personality, Hard Tack And Coffee differs in that it covers none of these things but discusses the daily life of a Union Civil War soldier -- food, dress, duties, clothes, badges, bridges, mules, wagon trains, signal flags, etc... I found this very entertaining and a quick read.

If you are only going to read 1 book about the Civil War, I wouldn't choose this book. But if you plan to read a bunch, then you should include this book for sure.

Josh Billings served with the 10th Mass Battery of Light Artillery during the Civil War. After having written the Official "History of the 10th Mass Battery" he responded to numerous requests to write a book about daily life in the Union Army. "Hardtack and Coffee" is an unpretentious, humorous look at life in the Union Army, Particularly the Light Artillery During the Civil War. Mr. Billings paints a vivid picture of living life under canvas, in the field. He addresses such topics as Army food, The day by Bugle calls, Beats (people who "avoided work"), punishments and more. This book is not a comedy, but is written with a light and readable style that makes it interesting to the average reader, as well as to those interested in the Civil War. this book is a must read for all readers of Civil War literature.

This book is a must for any switch mode power supply designer. The book covers all the popular power converter topologies being used today. There are chapters on peripheral circuits to the main power stage which are rarely seen in other power supply books.The book includes many practical examples that makes the theory easier to understand.

I did the right thing - I ordered this AND the venerable Abrahamson book.

Up until that time I had only discerned the subject in hints and veiled inter departmental discussions - and it was the start of a wonderful two months period in which so much was revealed - I have rarely enjoyed a book so much! Now look, I don't work for Mr Amazon.com, but I would urge you to get both. This book (the one by Keith Billings) has lots of detail which the Abrahamson book skips a wee bit. They dovetail together beautifully - and the Abrahamson book includes a bit more breadth on the possible topologies. One of my favorite chapters in THIS book is the excellent exposition on biploar and FET drive circuits. Its made very clear - this man is a BORN teacher...

This book even tells you how to select fuses, filter capacitors (the point being that the values you chose last month might well be right, but after this text you will know with far greater confidence, as it were)

I must say that the one thing that both books are a little light on is the subject of CUK convertors, which I will have to get wisdom on from elsewhere I guess. The other thing that NEITHER books mention, which in fact is hard to find, is the design of planar transformers. This is a complex area involving quite a lot of maths, so I've been told. You can find some material in IEEE transactions on power electronics, and similar journals, but you may have to hunt a bit. Philips / Ferroxcube are good for this, too.

The Abrahamson book covers current fed convertors. This includes a section on flyback current fed convertors - in which I think he forgot to elaborate on the case where the input transformer returns to the input, rather than the output, which appears to reduce input ripple and improves the power factor. But this case is handled quite well in the references given at the end of the chapter, so no matter. Its a very exciting chapter - but the Billings book doesn't cover them at all, which is a pity, since there's quite a lot of utility for these very stable topologies, involving quite light voltage and current strain on the switching transistors.

I wish the books could go on even further, but all I can be is grateful...

I must say also that the safety aspect of design is covered well in both books, both European and American.

This book does an excelent job of providing facts and information needed to design switchmode supplies. It gives numerical examples and shows the underlying theories.

The Christmas Menorahs is a compelling story. The Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles selected this book to be included in its public radio production "One People, Many Stories." One People, Many Stories is a 6 CD set of over 30 children's Jewish stories read by Hollywood talent. This particular story was read by actor,Bill Pullman who happens to own a ranch in Montana...the location of this true story of tolerance and sensitivity. You can purchase the CD set (6 CD set $$$) to hear Bill Pullman read The Christmas Menorahs

I don't generally review children's books but, I bought this for my niece and read it. I was touched by this heartwarming tale. This is a true story of the people of Billings, Montana who stood up against hatred when anti semitic skinheads through rocks through the windows of Jewish homes displaying Hanukkah menorahs. The good people of this city got together and displayed menorahs also. Since there were not enough menorahs avilable, many displayed pictures of menorahs.

This charming account is told from the point of view of a young boy whose window was smashed. Seeing the events unfurl from his eyes and the eyes of his parents truly humanized the account of events. It is written to read like a fictional story even though, for the most part, the events are true. This book is worth reading by the whole family, Jewish and non Jewish alike. All kids, even good readers, are entitled to be read to occasionally and this book should be read by the family together.

I first saw the documentary of the true story in Billings, Montana on which this book was based. The story comes to life through simple yet powerful words and vivid drawings. When thousands of non-Jewish citizens, including young children, fight bigotry by putting menorahs in their windows, they inspire us that no issue is too big to face head on. Every child over the age of nine should read this book, no matter what the racial or religious make up of his or her community.

There are a number of ways to count the trials of Oscar Wilde, but what's becoming widely known as the "fourth" Oscar Wilde trial is a fascinating incident which occurred after his death. It is certainly must reading for anyone wanting to be acquainted with the Wilde story; especially if you're American. Maud Allen, the Canadian-American who brought about the libel action which initiated the trial, is familar to Canadians and some Americans since Felix Cherniavsky's 1991 book "The Salome Dancer" was published and mentioned this incident. And now Philip Hoare, a Briton, provides us with a fuller treatment of the trial's flow. Hoare's book is nicely written and has some stunning photographs of Maud Allan performing on stage. My only criticism is that Mr. Hoare says Ms. Allan's opponent, Noel Pemberton Billing, was "Mosley Before His Time." He refers to Sir Oswald Mosley, a later leader of the British fascists. If Mr. Hoare really knew his fascists, rather than his sterotypes, he would know that Mosley affiliated with the left wing tradition as a moderate member of parliment. Mosley continued to advocate those economic remedies as a fascist, continued his interest and associations with Britains's cultural vanguard, and was remarkably tolerant about homosexuals. In fact, it's no secret that Mosley's son by a first marriage, Nicolas, was homosexual, and to that son Mosley left the papers detailing his long, extraordinary, and tragic career. Today Nickolas is a prominent and respected liberal novelist, and his books about his father, Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale, indicate that respect was mutual.

This is how history should be written: exhaustively researched, well organized, good command of the language. This book goes way beyond what the title promises, giving us an encompassing social history of the "upper classes" of Britain from 1900 to 1918. Many surprises here, all of them believable. The only request: to give us, in an appendix, a more thorough vitae of the players.

I purchased this book with the accompanying workbook. Although it may contain good information, the answers are not provided to the exercises--in either the book or workbook. Apparently, a separate instructor's manual needs to be purchased. When spending [the money] for both books, I didn't even think that answers would not be provided, much less that I'd have to spend [more money] to get them. I'd recommend the book, workbook, and instructor's manual, unless you're taking a class that allows you to check to make sure you understand the concepts.

I'm not sure why I don't have voting buttons--I read every review here before I submitted mine.

If your going to Fairleigh Dickinson University and your taking up Medical Administration you will need this book

extensive illustrations and diagrams. the book explains exactly what is needed to understand the billing procedure.

This is a new area for me. I want to start a new business that did not require a lot of extensive training but would allow me to use the experience and knowledge I already have. Medical Billing is it. You can be as successful as you want to be. I thought this book provided the basic understanding of the business and steps to get you going. It was written for everyone to understand and also provided the motivation to get started. Of course you need additional materials to get started but again this book tells you what the next steps are and the materials needed to get going. I appreciated the "one stop shop" for everything that is available from the Association, but you don't have to join the Association to get the materials. Starting your own business will entail some start-up captial. The cost of the book is a only a drop in the bucket compared to the rewards of starting your own Medical Billing service.

Great book for the beginning medical biller. It gave me added confidence to get started. Well written.

I read this book before we started our medical billing business and it really helped us to get started. I also go back and refer to it again and again because it contains a lot of useful advise. It also tells you how to handle certain situations.

As a matter of fact, I have read many books about Designer/2000 and I have never found a book as this, it made me to make money teaching step by step the whole Oracle Designer workshop included.

The book is excellent. I went through the brief tutorial and it tells you the step by step procedure to do all things. The only drwaback is that the version of designer that I work in and that in the book are different so it is difficult when you come to final part to create database etc. The authors need to write a new book. Otherwise an excellent book.I definately recommend this one for new users.

I use this book in training classes and for people trying to "pick up" Designer on their own. It's most valuable assets are a quick, down-to-earth language style and a tutorial that gives new users a quick sense of the what happens to all the information they're entering into the tool through the generation of Forms and Reports.

In general, a good, basic place to start - especially since other books are really aimed at more advanced users - or at the functional side of CASE development.

Medical Billing Revised Edition is the best book I have read so far concerning medical billing for the home based entrepreneur. Not only does it outline how to set up an office and what to expect during presentations and contact with a prospective cleint, it goes into the basics of medical billing and what different things mean. I think the author did an outstanding job and I did not see the errors the other reader found. I think it is a great book and I highly recommend it.

I have been thinking of getting in the medical billing field and I found this book answered all my questions and fears. I think it was well written from the heart and to the point. I would recommend it to anyone. I keep it handy for ready reference.

I read both of the books she wrote and found them to be very helpful however the revised book has a lot more information. I have read the revised book 3 times already and each time I pick up more and more. I think it is a honest account of starting out the business and what to expect. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of starting their own medical billing business.

I thought this book gave an excellent inside account of what a new associate undertakes in a corporate law firm. I am not a lawyer, although I have taken law courses in business school and I know a few lawyers who would corroborate Mr. Stracher's experiences as valid. This 228-page book is generally a page-turner and can most assuredly be read in a day.

One of the underlying themes in the book cuts across all occupations: the issue of hourly v. contingently compensated employees. The author discussed the difference between a personal injury lawyer who is often compensated by a percent of ultimate recovery model v. a corporate lawyer who bills hourly and has no problem dealing with smaller issues that require many billable hours to investigate. These models are not good or bad per se; they just highlight the kind of disparate incentive structures and purposes in different law firms and occupations and how they give rise to certain actions and agendas. For example, how many billable hours can I amass (most of the lawyers in the book worked 12+ hours everyday, often including the weekend) v. going after the deep-pocketed insurance company.

Another issue I found quite enlightening in the book was the importance, both strategically and politically, of the request for documents and discovery processes. It seems to me, the lesson regarding document production is that you can either bury the other side with any document that is remotely relevant, or nickel-and-dime them with privilege logs and common interest arguments. One could categorize the former as unduly burdensome, and the latter as purposeful frustration and stingy.

At the end of this book, I really felt as if I knew the author is a meaningful way. I wanted to know about his experiences at his next job as an in-house counsel. Since the book is about his life, and he often includes streams of consciousness, the reader comes away with a fairly good grasp of the author's mindset and goals. Overall, the book brings out some important and ubiquitous issues regarding work and the rest of one's life. These issues revolve around the following: work-family balance; work knowledge v. other intellectual pursuits; work lifestyle and its detriment to healthy living; etc. As a whole, I thought the writing was top-notch, the topic fascinating, and the evolution of the author satisfying. If I were thinking of becoming a lawyer, I would read this book.

As an associate who has practiced with large law firms for 5 years, this book accurately captures the experience of being an associate in a large law firm (even outside of NYC). The majority of the book reflected thoughts and emotions identical to my own experiences. This book should be read by associates, in order to feel the unity of common experience; by aspiring lawyers and law students, as a warning of the price paid by big firm life; and by their families, in order to gain a better understanding of the life that their lawyer family member leads.

I first got the book to read as part of a class I was taking. Even from the very beginning it was interesting and very hard to put down. I live in a small town so it was new to me to find out how law firms in big cities operated. This book was very good at describing in great detail the life of an associate at a big firm. Whether it is true or not, Stracher made it seem so realistic that I'm positive it's true. While I loved the book, I think the title should not have had "sex" in it. There was so little sex in the book, it's pitiful to even mention it. However, I did find the mention of the swivel chair amusing. Overall, a very good book worth reading.