I have to say that I agree with the reviews that condemn the message in this book -- it is completely inappropriate and contrary to what we should be teaching our young children. In response to ...it is certainly the case that we sometimes have to stand up for ourselves and in theory it is not bad for books to address this, but the lower end of the age group that these Little Critter books target would NOT be at the age when bullies would enter into their lives. These are not the type of conflict resolution methods that we should be teaching our toddlers and preschool children.

This book changed the way I read books to my 3 year old. I'm so happy people took the time to condemn the message in the book as well as those who praised it.
When I read this book, I ask my son, "What do you think he should do now? Do you think it is good that he was hitting? Why didn't he tell his parents? What would you do if someone was teasing you and taking your things at school?"
By fully exploring the content of this book, I was better able to help my son realize just what a bully is. My son got to learn one way to handle things.
I disagree that children need to be older to learn about bullies. Kids get bullied in 2 year old playgroups all the time.
Buy this book and disagree with the actions of Little Critter and EXPLAIN your thoughts to your child. Ask your child questions about the book, and explore the feelings of the different people involved. Books are only educational if we USE them to teach.

Sadly in this world, at this time, bullies are still a reality in our schools. Many women I speak with on the issue fail to realize this, including my mother who is a public educator herself. And, sadly, there is only one effective way that a male child can deal with this problem and that is through direct physical confrontation. This book presents the alternatives to physical confrontation, and the usual outcome from these alternatives which are rarely positive. The book concludes with a physical confrontation which resolves the protagonists bully problem. I was thrilled to find this message in a childs book. If you never lived in fear of physical harm from a bully at school, then I feel you have no right or basis to judge this book.

This revisionism belies the facts of HISTORY. How can we go forth in History when we are too busy revising this false and grand "past"? So much to be proud of and we have these revisionists, who differ Not from those White racist revisionists and "Holocaust" revisionists, bullcrapping their way into our minds. To hear the revisionists, Black and African blood is in every Accomplishment (but, hmmm, never in the historical disasters). If so, it seems that the African/ Blacks have been solely responsible for the dire straits that Blacks and Africans find themselves in TODAY. We are so busy rewriting the past, crying "I am a VICTIM!" in the present, and telling everyone (Europeans, Euro-Americans, Asians, Asian-Americans, Semitic, etc., etc.,) they "OWE US" for the future. Is it any wonder why we Africans appear at the lower stratas EVERY where else in the world, including Latin America, Europe, Asia, and including our own CONTINENT of Africa!!! yes, in Kenya, Uganda, etc., it is non-Africans who comprise the top stratas of society, from education, social, economic, etc...

Dr. Diop has carefully researched his thesis, and the evidence is compelling. But most interesting to me is the quite emotional reaction many have to the thesis itself. Few of western thought seem to be able to get past the title, much less read the research, which was methodically executed. Who could call herself scholarly and not at least entertain the idea?

African civilization began in the Nile Valley at a time when Caucasians as we know them today were not yet present. Ta-Seti was the Nubian kingdom upon which the Egyptian civilization based its beginnings. And, it was members of those same Nubians who joined with the northern Semetic normadic tribes of the Nile Valley(after numerous wars) to develop and rule the ancient Egyptian Empire.The initial pharaohs of Egypt were generally of Nubian ancestry. Ta-Seti was also the place where the beginnings of hieroglyphic writings were found. Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop is correct in his findings of The African Origins of Civilization.

The entire time I was reading this, I felt like I was reading a sequel to a book I never read. Something is missing. I will keep the book on the shelf, but as of yet, I just don't get it. Unless you have some secret knowledge, don't buy this book!

This is an important book because it gives one a very good idea of the spiritual principles of a brilliant American statesman and what might be behind secret organisations who seem to rule the world.

On the subject of the crucifixion similar or different theories are found in books such as the Nag Hammadi library and Secrets of Golgotha by Dr Ernest Lee Martin. In addition the claim of the archaeologist and anaesthetist Ron Wyatt, who apparently found the ark of the covenant in a rock chamber underneath the place of crucifixion on Golgotha, with dried blood on the mercy seat, offers another perspective. All this can become quite confusing. Unfortunately the statements in The Book of the Holy Grail about the double crucifixion of Simon of Cyrene and Jesus Christ, and Christ's faked death, that contradict evangelical reports, are not proved substantially with footnotes, which makes it harder to believe this alternative story.

Jesus is reported to have rebuked people who put too much value on their biological descent from Abraham, and the Cathars and Waldensians rather believed in a purified and individualized spirituality. One gets thus the impression that this book is about a rather strange mixture of Christianity and Judaism.
The descriptions of the spiritual world and references to Melchizedek, Lucifer and Michael are interesting, but does not reveal much more than what a reader of the Bible already knows.

Perhaps we are really living in the times of the fulfilment of prophecies that were predicted in the Book of the Holy Grail, which would leave one with the hope that peace on earth might become more part of everyday reality.

I found this book by doing a search on Thomas Jefferson, and when I read the description of the book I went, "Right, as if." I think I've seen every possible conspiracy theory somewhere on the web, so the idea that there could be an unpublished manuscript by Joseph of Arimathea which was translated by, of all people, Thomas Jefferson, seemed simply ridiculous on the face of it. But ever since I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, I've been addicted to reading just about every book that has to do with the idea that there was a secret bloodline originating with Jesus, and I couldn't stand not reading this one. To my surprise, I found it fascinating. The idea that Joseph of Arimathea is Jesus' father is, in itself, remarkable. It explains the legends of Joseph taking the young Jesus to Glastonbury, which wouldn't be possible if Joseph of Arimathea was just another of Jesus' disciples. I also love the metaphysics, the idea that the reason our world is so screwed up is that the imperfections were deliberately put in to give us something to struggle against--a self-improvement therapy on a universal scale--the earth as an enormous Role Playing Game, and we're all gods who are playing the game. Fits in perfectly with the whole Matrix concept. And, what other book says that God was married to Goddess, and we are their sons and daughters? Much less sexist than the traditional Judeo-Christian creation myth where all comes from a patriarchal God. This book is hard going and it doesn't surprise me that some of the other readers get turned off by the historical claims, but once you get past that, this is a wonderful book of wisdom. Considering that there isn't any more scientific proof for the authenticity of the gospels than is offered for this one, maybe that's enough.

This book is very difficult to follow. There are errors in the book, which are not all cleared up by going to the author's web site. But without going there, you can't even follow along after a certain point, because some crucial instructions are omitted.

But even more than those kind of errors are errors of omission. Steps that are worded confusingly, steps left out, the lack of progressive sample files (even files needed to practice import/export are left out with a lame excuse). The sample files are pretty much what you end up with when you've finished the book, not interim files that would make it possible to go back and easily review chapters.

For just one specific example of this books shortcomings, there is an Exam Alert that tells you encryption/decryption will fail if user-level security has been established and you don't have correct permissions. Makes it sound like that is something you should know how do adjust, right? Wrong! Permissions are not covered AT ALL in the book. If they are necessary for the test it would be nice if they were in the book. Why warn us otherwise? If you try to encrypt some of the sample files provided, encryption will fail due to read permissions. It would be nice to have the book tell us how to fix that condition.

The book was fairly comprehensive and covered 99% of what was on the test. However, you should not rely upon this book to get you through the exam. You should have an excellent working knowledge of Access before attempting the exam, and use this book simply as a review.

I just got off the phone from Microsoft. There are 2 Access 97 exams. One for the programmers, exam# 70-069, and one for the MOUS (MS Office user specialist), called Expert Level Access 97. This book is for the less technical, MOUS certification, Expert Level Access 97. No, I didn't read the book, I need an exam cram for exam 70-069. (I was forced to give it stars, but I hope this may end some confusion.)

This is Ms. Rice's first novel written in 1985. Meet Una Caven, by day a successful soap opera actress, by night, 80's woman ordinaire. This story introduces us to the Caven clan, primarily the story of 3 sisters. Una, evidently pronounced Oooh-nah, not You-nah, is the oldest of the 3 sisters, and the single one, who is searching for Mr. Right. Always inseparable, the sisters relationships change when the younger ones take on spouses, much to Una's dismay and frustration. Her quest for the right soul-mate takes the reader through witty, but mundane dialogue. I found myself skimming through a lot of it. Una's sexual escapades are described rather crudely, blunt and surprising, after reading some of Ms. Rice's most recent novels. Obviously, Luanne Rice has much improved since this first novel of hers. Her recent novels have much more substance, and the love/sexual sequences are now written with emotional impact that enrapture and captivate the reader, unlike this first attempt. I read this one out of curiosity, checking it out at the library, since I recently started reading her most recent novels and love them. If you have not read her before, don't start with this one - try "Follow the Stars Home," "Home Fires" or any of her newer ones... she is a great writer, one of my favorites.

Good book... Focuses on realtionships and the dynamics of sisters.

This book just doesn't do the job. It has a poor index, which cripples any textbook. Many facets of C++ are not covered well or not covered at all in the book. The layout and presentation are poor. There are far better C++ books available.

This is a very good text for teaching C++ to a beginning class. It jumps right into C++ and objects, with a strong push towards code reuse. The only complaint about this text is that it is getting a bit dated in its style of C++ and some of the newer advanced concepts(stl, namespaces...) are not covered at all. Also very little C is used or discussed, which is fine for a class where a professor can discuss these issues but for someone on their own they may want to choose another book.

This book has a lot of information and can be useful to an intermediate programmer but for a CS1 course book, NO. Don't buy this book. It is certainly not a good book to use for a beginnier or a CS1 student. Topics are here and there. They are so badly organized and sometimes there are many unclear statements.

I had struggled to wade through a seven-volume set on C++ by a different author, and gave up. I found this book to be clear, with helpful and relevant assignments throughout. The problems help solidify the concepts, thus ensuring your overall comprehension. I highly recommend it!

I used this book for my Computer Science I course and it was an excellent textbook. All of the concepts are presented in a clear, concise manner and adequate problems (and solutions) are supplied. This book is the best textbook I have used for any course and it an excellent text for anyone learning C++, especially without any background.

It's foucs to much on the programming basics instead of the ASP technics. I think the author should not write so much on the object that ASP provided. He should give more real examples on practical use. I don't think most users would need to use so much objects. If we are want to use objects, I think users want to read the references instead of this "beginner's guide".

But the language used in this book is suitable that plain enough. And the speech is not so boring when compare to Wrox book.

I have found this book a useful complement to the Sybex IIS/VB webclasses book--this is the best description of how to use the Application object and global.asa that I have seen so far. However, the author of the Osborne book did a sloppy job of laying out the sample projects in this book--for example, frequently he doesn't even tell you what to name the files. If it weren't for this I would give the book four or five stars.

I am a newbie but not an "idiot" or "dummy". I have a some knowledge on HTML and have used WYSIWYG tools like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Recently, I started becoming more interested in creating Active Server Pages and I found this book very useful for an ASP "beginner" like me. I found Module 2 especially helpful with the discussion on the basics of ASP and "proper coding techniques". I'm in the middle of the book(Module 7) right now and find the explanations on Ad Rotators just what I needed for one of my projects. Overall, a really useful book so far.

This was a horribly written and researched book which falls with the trend of occult-fearing Christian women. Only read this if you're a member of the Christian Right or are entirely ready for a good laugh.

Joyce A. Mercer gives a detailed, but somewhat cryptic exploration of teenagers and the occult... a worthy topic, but one full of stereotype and misguidance. Unfortunately Mercer falls victim to many of the classic stereotypes of poor writing!

I wasted several hours on an Example from Chapter 4 that I couldn't get to work. In frustration I thought I'd check out Amazon's Reviews and saw a reader says that Chapter 4 is "way off the mark". I wish I had read these reviews before I got this book. If the book had a website that listed "corrections" to the book, I would have been more forgiving and continued on but I'm through with this book. (I've never seen a book get such a bad rating from several people).

Bought this in a bookshop while browsing.

This book is poorly organised and gives information too quickly without giving the reader a chance to practice. Code snippets are incomplete.

Maybe there are some good things in it, but I'll have to buy another book to learn from and maybe go back to this one later.

Don't buy!

This book is horrible, it seems to assume that the reader has no knowledge of web development at all (it has sections called "ask the experts" that consist of really elementary HTML questions and questions about the web), yet, if the reader has no knowledge of web development, why would they want to read something specifically about asp.net? It references examples before they occur in the book, and it seems as though the author has no grasp at all on what he's talking about. It's amazing how this book can be as long as it is without actually saying anything. Any other asp.net book is better than this.