This book is actually pretty good! It covers most of the basics of C and I havn't found one compiler error using the source code from the book!

Intimate Attachments is a much needed book - one that clearly fills the space between developmental theory (a la Bowlby) and one of the major schools of thought in contemporary psychoanalytic theory (i.e., Kohutian self psychology). With a thorough discussion of theoretical dovetailing and each theory's assumptive underpinnings, the authors provide a rich yet accessible framework for understanding patients from a "new" (integrative) perspective. A reworking of the notions of transference and intimacy (within the therapeutic relationship) rounds out the theoretical picture, which is then fleshed out with numerous vignettes of work with children, adolescents, and adults. This book provides a good introduction to self psychology to those who are new to the field, yet offers something for the veteran as well.

The most insightful view into investing I have ever read. It is wonderfully written,the author has created a masterpiece which should be the bible for those interested in investing. I would highly recommend it.

This book, which follows Dr. Gurewitch's book on Farce, surveys Irony from its benevolent form (approaching Humor) through Pyrronic and cosmic forms to its most unredemptive nihilistic expression. He illustrates with concrete literary references drawn from western literature, both American and Continental, ancient and modern, mostly novels but, now and then, a play or poem. He weighs major critics as he examines works that illustrate, gainsay or amplify their received wisdom. If he favors Freud, this is not merely a reflection of the psychosexual side of his subject, but a judgement that the approach best explains the issue at hand. Oddly, no psychologist after Freud is mentioned, as if Adler and particularly Maslow do not apply. But one can't read everything, particularly since half of everything written has been written in the last seven years. Still, Dr. Gurewitch has read almost everything about Irony, taken notes, identified issues, and illuminated them with figures and configurations that are apt and convincing. He writes with verve, in periodic sentences that confound short attention spans, with adjectives that illuminate suddenly. He knows more about Irony than the critics he mentions; he knows more about Comedy than anyone in North America. His style and outlook reflect high criticism, a relief from deconstructionism and perhaps a resistance to it, in view of a citation or two that generate irony of their own. Not for beginners, this book is a two course graduate sequence in Irony. One must have read widely in European and American Literature to follow the book's analysis. For those with background, the result is what scholarship should be--the aftertaste of a fine wine savored with the faintest of smiles.

This is a very valuable book, not an easy read, but worth it. Professor Smith focuses on what Jesus' enemies were saying about him. Not that Smith agrees with Jesus' enemies; he doesn't, but knowing what they were saying at the time the gospels were being written helps us understand much that appears in the gospels. The gospel writers said some things in defense of Jesus that we today are likely to find puzzling, if we don't know about the criticism that prompted the defense. For example, the genealogies offered by Matthew and Luke were likely in part to be intended to refute the accusation that Jesus was fathered by Pantera, a Roman soldier.

The book gets its title, Jesus the Magician, from a charge that was frequently (falsely) levelled at Jesus, namely that he was a magician, not a Divine Healer. Magicians were believed to get their power from demons, especially Beelzebul, supposedly the ruler of the demons, and Jesus was so accused. That is why a defense against that accusation appears in the gospels.

Others believed that Jesus was possessed by the spirit of John the Baptizer, another charge against which the gospel writers try to set the record straight.

Smith's work is a bit dated (copyright 1978; he didn't, for example, have a copy of "The Five Gospels" to refer to) and it obviously was not edited and revised by Isaac Asimov. But if you have the perseverence to read thru it, you will greatly enhance your understanding of the melieu in which the gospels were written.

For further knowledge and understanding of the roots of Christianity, read "Asimov's Guide to the Bible," by Isaac Asimov, "Liberating the Gospels," by John Shelby Spong, "The Five Gospels" and "The Acts of Jesus," by the Jesus Seminar.

Juvenal is best understood when you liken his satire to drama. You're actually not supposed to identify with the speaker. The satirist's harsh indignance forces you to be skeptical in the way you read, and the way you look at the world. Rudd has produced a good translation, and his preference for generalizing over historical specifics is helpful for most readers, though slightly prohibitive for the student. Adequate notes and helpful introduction.

Since Amazon insists on posting my review of Rudd's translation to Braund's Cambridge text, I must admit that I have not used Braund's text. The series, though, is consistently good, and Braund is a natural choice to comment on the Satires. I am confident from reading her other scholarship on Juvenal that her commentary is educated, her viewpoint modern, and her commentary very helpful.

The Fabulous Journey of Life

" Whoever pulleth out this sword from stone and anvil is the right-wise king of all England" and so, this begins the great legend of King Arthur. In this page turning book, The Knights of the Round Table by: Enid Blyton, readers find various stages of excitement. Many of these exciting points are found in the story, "Sir Galahad and the Quest of the Holy Grail." One of the exciting parts readers will read is, when the war is going on in the castle of the three evil brothers. This is exciting because you can't guess what is going to happen. Another exciting part is found in the " Quest of Excaliber." In this story Merlin, Arthur's trusty friend, helps him find a sword because Arthur's broke in his last battle.
Various signs of uniqueness are shown throughout his book. I think that the most unique part of the story was how it was narrated. The author writes the book so it has certain suspense to it. The book is written in third person and the author occasionally uses dialog. Throughout the book the author uses past tense and future test.
I recommend this book for eleven year olds because, it is a fairly easy read. Also, for people who are interested in the King Arthur story because, it gives the basics of King Arthur out.

although 20 years old this book is extremely valuable, anyone should read about it to find how abusive US bureacracies have been

Most of the great Utopian socialists were French, i.e. St. Simon, Fourier etc. One exception was Robert Owen who was born in England in 1771. He developed a reformist philosophy which sought to persuade all people to rearrange society so that the means of production were owned in common by all members of the society. He tried to establish these ideas in practice by experimentation in his home town of New Lanarck, England and in the United States.

In 1825 he purchased 30.000 acres in Indiana near the present town of New Harmony, Indiana. He established a self-contained community on that location which lasted just three years. He then returned to England and tried other experiments their and did extensive writing on his ideas.

This book contains a short survey of Robert Owen's life and a sample of his ideas taken for his writings. It is a worthy addition to any history library.

There aren't many fencing reference books out there in the marketplace today, but this is a good one. Lots of interesting facts about the sport of fencing, although the book's focus is dominated by a British and European bias to the exclusion of much of the rest of the planet (to be expected, perhaps, since the author, E. D. Morton, is British). Still, there is much to learn from MARTINI A-Z OF FENCING. As a writer and fencing master, I recommed it