A person who already plays chess and knows a little strategy could benefit from this little book, but those seeking to truly master the game should probably look elsewhere. I see this as a good "last" chess book for someone whose chess aspirations are simply to play a better game against an irksome uncle or some pals they can't quite beat during lunch. Euwe and his co-authors present chess as a sort of military exercise with plenty of jargon an army veteran might be familiar with, but perhaps a little too light on chess terminology. There are plenty of diagrams with arrows, "bridges" and other odd metaphors and very little in the way of variations or other dry, but often necessary, analysis.

A new player who wants to become a strong, tournament player would do better to look elsewhere for a beginner's guide. B.H. Wood's, Easy Guide to Chess; Seirawan & Silman's, Play Winning Chess; and Larry Evans', New Ideas in Chess would all make better instructional guides (depending on how far along the beginner is -- the former book is the simplest, the latter the most difficult).

This book is not typical of Euwe's work, almost all of which are leading examples of their genre. My Euwe favorites are; The Road to Chess Mastery, Judgement and Planning in Chess, and The Development of Chess Style. The latter has been updated and revised by John Nunn and I highly recommend it.

This is an excellent book for the beginner or casual chess player who wants to learn the basics of "real" chess. It is compact and readable as it is well-organized and is well-supplied with diagrams.

It covers the basic principles behind openings by going through some basic openings step-by-step, a la Chernev's Logical Chess, and gives a decent beginner's introduction to middle game strategy. The endgame primer is very good.

This bk is worth a look as it has a lot of clear explanations for the price. My favorite beginner's books are Seirwan/Silman's Play Winning Chess, Chess for Idiots, and Chernev's Logical Chess, but the Seirawan is hard to find and the Chernev is best when augmenting a beginner's bk like this one that tries to cover all the bases.

The shortcomings are: lack of emphasis of basic tactical moves (pins, skewers, forks), and descriptive notatation, which may bother some. However, if you're already wedded to algebraic, you probably don't need this book anymore!

In sum, this is a solid book in a competitive and difficult market (chess bks for beginners).

An excellent value at $7.95! This is a chess book that explains chess fundamentals clearly and intelligently. A great no-frills book for those searching for concise explanations of opening theory, the importance of the center, middlegame theory and endgame theory.

If you like your morality parables heavy-handed and sacchrine-sweet, this book's for you.

Ok, the book's not *bad*--just superficial. A good book to read to your 8 or 9 year-old kid.

I read this book when I was a kid and just recently read it again. (It only took about an hour and a half to read). It has a very positive message--one that youth today can't hear too much!

Rick, his friend Scotty, and in their first active parts Rick's sister Barby and her friend Jan, use infrared detectors to find a "ghost" and discover that Jan is an empath. All four finally realize after 25 years of this fine adventure series that they are no longer 18 years old (!), and discover adult relationships.

This book amazingly ends the sensational Rick Brant series. This series within itself deserves five stars. This book is written just like the others with the usual amount of suspense and intrigue. However, Blain takes a step away from his usual strictly scientific fare with a look into the paranormal. This new approach keeps the readers on their toes until the very end. This end in itself leaves the reader happy about the future of the well loved Rick and Scotty.

interesting account if a bit dry and academic. led me to Wallace Stegner's "Wolf Willow" which is richer with anecdotes and better writing. also led me to "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" which is a must-read for any Jefferson-loving American. all three titles made me interested in the lives of the Indians before 1800: was their life as brutal when the enemy was other tribes rather than white goldseekers, homesteaders et al? or were they at peace with the earth and each other?

This is a lyrical, vividly written narrative history in a style which will appeal to a general audience. The author has closely studied an area along the Montana-Saskathewan border beginning with Sitting Bull's surrender to the U.S. Cavalry in 1881 and ending with the post World War I influenza pandemic. Although largely empty now, in the early 20th Century this vast dry-land prairie was home to many thousands of small-scale homesteaders struggling to wrest a living from an unforgiving landscape. The author includes interviews and correspondence with the late author Wallace Stegner, whose family attempted to make a living on both sides of this borderland. The numerous photos and illustrations are great, and along with the text give the reader an evocative sense of the hard life on the high western plains.

Having previously read "Netware Professional Reference" by Karanjit Siyan, I hoped this edition would follow in the same light. This book is a real help for network administrators as it gives good examples and solutions of day to day problems.

This book is designed as a reference not a study guide.This is one of the best Intranetware books I have read to date.

I have all of my "favorite places" marked for quick reference. The book is not organized to study for CNE exams. However, it has the information for Intranetware Network Administrators need for managing their networks. It contains a great index for quick look-ups.

Editorial cartoons might not be the first thing people turn to when they open up their newspaper (that honor would go to the regular comics page or the sports section), but they are probably the first thing you turn to when you get to the editorial page (how can it now be? It is usually the only visually compelling image there unless you are really enraptured by a small photograph of George Will). But the 1976 edition of "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year" celebrates the art form from the historical perspective, because we are over a quarter-century beyond the events of 1975. Whatever you remember from that year, when First Lady Betty Ford was more popular than the President and the strongest Democratic hopeful for the Presidency was a southerner (George Wallace and not Jimmy Carter), will come flooding back as you go through these pages. This is because nothing brings back the passions of an issue like a good editorial cartoon, and there are several examples to prove the point within these pages.

This pictorial history of the year's events is broken down into 26 major news stories, including the ups and downs of the Ford Administration, the machination of the CIA and the FBI, the energy crisis, and the growing parade of contenders for the Presidency. You will also see that some things apparently never change, such as the continuing strife in the Middle East and the controversial U.S. Congress. But ultimately what sticks out are those issues that were more specific to the year 1975, such as Nelson Rockerfeller becoming the lame duck Vice President, detente, and the end of the Vietnam War. There were also the assassination attempts on Ford, the bailout of New York City, the preparation for the nation's bicentennial, court-ordered busing in Boston, and the capture of Patty Hearst, all of which made the year rather unique.

This was actually only the fourth volume of this annual series focusing on the best of the year's editorial cartoons. For once Garry Trudeau's "Doonsbury" makes it into this collection, by virtue of his Pulitzer Prize award: the strip selected shows the stonewall being built in front of the Nixon White House, which is as fine a representation of the four panel editorial cartoon as you can find (there is even an editorial cartoon cartoon attacking Trudeau's win on page 153). Mike Peters won the 1974 Sigma Delta Chi Award and you will also find examples by Herblock, Pat Oliphant, and my personal favorite, Jeff MacNelly. One thing you will notice is that overall the editorial cartoonists of today are a lot better artists than most of what you see in this collection. However, you will discover a few cartoonists with distinctive styles that you will enjoy, such as Graham Pilsworth, Hugh Hayne, and David Simpson. Besides, the President with the most iconic set of molars in the history of the nation was just around the corner.

This is a wonderful story, which teaches little people how important their input and help can be. It even includes, in the middle, an Aesop fable.

I usually shy away from TV-inspired stories - this one is about Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse. However, a few years ago, I happened to be present when my husband read this story to a group of preschoolers (our daughter included). I saw the children's reaction: eyes glued to the ``front of the class", every child engrossed in the story, enchanted, and empowered with pride.

This game is the single worse example of "ship it now, fix it later" killing a potentially great game that I have ever seen.

The concept of the game is a lot of fun. You're a new recruit to the Klingon Chancellor's Honor Guard, and there is an assassination attempt. You get to move through the Star Trek world as a spy and assassin, using stealth and violence like any good Klingon would!

There are missions set inside (AND OUTSIDE) a Klingon Battle Cruiser, as well as a Bird of Prey. You get to Visit Rura Penthe, the Klingon penal colony Kirk and McCoy where held at. You get to face the Andorian Mafia. You get a whole slew of authentic-feeling Trek weaponry and equipment.

The game was not a success because it literally wouldn't even RUN on most systems without the patch installed. This was particularly odd because it's basically UNREAL with a Klingon storyline and Klingon graphics. Apparently, they used a very early version of Unreal as the basis of their development. Once patched, though... if you can run Unreal, you can run this game.

If you find this game in the bargain rack (usually less than 10 dollars) and have the inclination to patch the game, get it... it's a lot of fun.

The Strategy Guide is a conventional strategy guide. It provides maps, clues, and information about the game that should have been part of the game manual, like all strategy guides do.

Get the game (get it cheap!), the guide, and have some fun. That's my advice!

Total Physical Response is an active way to involve oneself in learning a new language. Blaine Ray takes this a step farther with TPR storytelling. Each of the 12 chapters introduces new vocabulary and grammar in an instantly understandable form.

I teach first-year high school Spanish and I use Pobre Ana near the end of the course. I could use it earlier as well.

The chapters are short. The story contrasts life in California with life in Tepic, Mexico, all through the eyes of Ana.

Ana is from California and doesn't think her quality of life is adequate since she doesn't have a new Mustang, et.al. However, once in Mexico she sees that relationships and the things she can control (like knowing Spanish well) are more important.

The story is a good language learning tool, especially the obviously necessary use of the indirect object pronouns throughout with all the "she said to them", "he said to her" tags.

I would have given 5 stars, but my early edition had a couple of character's names mixed up. I assume that this has been corrected by now.