Winning The Dust Bowl is an impressive collection of Native America writer Carter Revard's poetry and prose memorializing Oklahoma Dust Bowl era bootleggers and bankrobbers, Oxford proctors and punters, American Indian Movement activists and agitators; all interwoven and augmented with his own life experiences on the Osage reservation in rural Oklahoma, his academic success as a Rhodes Scholar, Yale Ph.D., and tenure as a professor of medieval literature. Winning The Dust Bowl is both a compelling memoir and a compendium of superb poetry that can be very highly recommended for students of American literature, Native American culture, as well as an heroic and erudite reconciliation of disparate influences and heritages in the life of an exemplary scholar.

I have to admit I was very naive about wireless security, hence the need to educate myself. The problem is there is so much noise out there, misleading, conflicting or confusing information regarding the topic. This was the first book I was able to really walk away from feeling very comfortable that I covered the most important angles.

Right off the bat I was happy to find that it's very "vendor agnostic", not focusing on tools or techniques that are unique to certain commercial systems. The pace of the book is good, first walking you through the basics of wireless network security, then moving into the components of network security then how they relate to wireless networks. It's also nice that they have an entire chapter dedicated to integrating wireless access into an existing network - something most of us are needing to do these days. Lastly, it covers a variety of differing security models. These become very helpful because you can use them as a basis for cumstomizing your own wireless security system.

Overall, if you're a network security professional looking for a good solid foundation in how it pertains to wireless networks, this a great book to have around.

How do you like your Scotch ?
Island or Highland? In Word Jig there's the smoke and peat of the Glens, the pungency of urban Lowlands and badlands, the sea-tang of Orkney: Scottish writing has the power to lull dreams into life, and rub salt in wounds.

Word Jig is a dance across the rugged landscape of modern Scotland. From the keen eye of internationally acclaimed Michel Faber to the dizzying imagination of equally celebrated Ali Smith. You'll find newer talents too: Suhayl Saadi's and Linda Henderson's simultaneously fresh and deeply ancient voices. There's delicacy and deftness in Thornton and Stewart; magic and realness throughout. Hear living Gaelic, the music of Scots-Italian, west coast accents brandished like flick-knives. As soon as one story has captivated and convinced you, another comes along, introducing a whole new Scotland.

Scottish writing is one of the most daring, inventive and searingly honest of contemporary world fiction - without abandoning the great narrative tradition of Stevenson and Scott. Whether these pieces are lamenting the fading of dreams, glorying in the hazards of reckless street-life, or finding grains of truth in myths, they share an honesty, humanity and a love of storytelling.

From hillwalking to trainspotting, Word Jig gathers the best of recent Scottish writing. With its Buddhas and Dali and Eminem, it could just as easily have been called World Jig: this collection reaches far beyond old Scotia's shores.

Each piece has the singularity of a long-matured single malt; together they make the most delicate and potent Scottish blend. Sit back and enjoy - there's plenty more where this came from.

Now in its third edition and featuring a foreword by President Jimmy Carter, The Words Of Peace collects selections of commentaries on peace drawn directly from speeches by the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. A deeply moving and inspirational anthology filled from cover to with uplifting and emotional messages aspiring to the best of human nature, The Words Of Peace is especially timely and enthusiastically recommended reading in this present international situation of a global war on terrorism.

This book made me like, think and stuff. when i red it i was like "wow, this book is awesome! i think that you should buy it because it was relaly good and very much makes you think about stuff. 5 stars out of 5!

This puzzle yarn is the devious Lin Carter's most puzzling yet! You will be kept guessing until the last pages in this crafty, twisting caper. But this novel is more than just convoluted mystery solving, Lin Carter develops characters with equal brilliance. I confess Scorchy Muldoon is my favorite - somehow I envision the irreverant antics of Keith Moon (drummer of the Who) when Lin Carter describes the irrepressible Pride of the Muldoons. Why are these Zarkon books out of print? Give me more cases from the Omega files!

Nemesis of Evil is absolutely the best puzzle yarn book I have ever read. Lin Carter has crafted a marvellous mystery that kept me guessing until the very end. I finished the entire book in just a few days, even missed watching a Dallas Mavericks game! Besides a great mystery, Lin Carter has populated the book with an amazing diverse cast of characters: Doc Menlo, Ace Harrington, and my favorite: Scorchy Muldon. I wish Scorchy got a little more of the "action" he is always pining for. The only aspect of the book that is a bit unbelievable is that Lin Carter would have us believe Zarkon is virtually anonymous. What? A handsome bronze hunk like him, a Prince, a vastly wealthy man? Prince Zarkon would be on the cover of GQ, People, Business Week, etc. As an added bonus, the cover of my copy of Nemesis of Evil has a Don Maitz painting!

I recent purchased this book in order to prepare for the Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Core exams. I considered many other potential study guides. It took about 3 days to make up my mind. Boy, am I glad I purchased this one. If Amazon.com offered more stars, this book would rate them!

I read the book in about ten days. I took time out to start the labs, or I would have finished it in first week! The book is very well written, and reads easily. The lab exercises are well presented and offer a great opportunity to apply what you learned in the text.

Mr. Carter's presentation of the information as an all-inclusive manual rather than three separate texts reduces the redundancy found in most of the other guides I have reviewed. The lack of redundancy makes re-reading this book easy. This is important for the person studying for the MCSE exams. I would highly recommend this book, and Carter's soon to be publised Windows 2000 MCSE Study Guide for anyone intersted in learning more about the Windows opperating systems!

Keep up the GREAT work, Alan!

Yes it may be old. Yes, the exams may have changed. One thing hasn't changed, however, and that is the way that NT 4.0 works. This book provides step by step instructions about how to do anything that you want to in Windows NT 4.0. When I bought this book 2 years ago and used it to pass all three NT exams with very high scores in the space of about a month, I was impressed. Now that I still use it to look up some tiny, trivial process that I never perform, I'm still impressed. The only valid criticism that I have ever seen of this book is it's unwieldy size, but fortunately (if you're using it as a reference) a copy the book comes on the CD that is included. I see some people criticizing this book for "lack of depth" and failure to prepare you for "real world administration". To those people I have only one thing to say: "Get a grip!". This book is not meant to be an exhaustive resource about the nebulous inner workings of the NT operating system. It is meant to help you study and pass the exams, which it does with flying colors.

I honestly believe that a copy of this book should be kept in the National Museum for the incoming generations to see and appreciate this wonderful work of Mr. Alan Carter.

I have come across so many books written purposely for Windows NT 4.0 core exams ie NT Workstation, Server and the Enterprise but NONE of them can be ranked equal with this book. What amazes me most is the unequal in-depth knowledge and understanding of Sir Alan Carter of Windows NT.

The most beautiful thing about the book is the fact that when you're reading for NT Workstation, for instance, you're at the same time reading for both the Server and the Enterprise exams. That really save a lot of reading time. Therefore by the time you read the book twice for each exam you would have a complete and comprehensive understanding of windows NT 4.0

The book is wrtten in a clear and coincise manner. It is free of irrelevances as it is in some other MCSE study guides. It addresses the examination syllabus in an orderly manner. The labs at the end of every chapter is highly invaluable. The book is further subdivided into sections inline with the exam objectives/section. I cannot but reccommend this book for any serious minded person if he/she wishes to pass the 3 MCSE core exams at first attempt.

It is my wish that Alan Carter wrote more books to cover other areas of MCSE certification exams most especially IIS 4.0

However readers of this book still need Exam cram and Transcender's simulated test in conjuction with this MONUMENT OF OUR GENERATION.

More grease to your elbows ALAN CARTER. I am impatiently waiting for the release of your book(s)on Windows 2000

Sunday MCSE+I Pennsylvania

Will hasn't seen his brother Ken for 12 years. After being accused of raping and killing a neighborhood girl, he simply vanished, leaving his family to pick up the shattered pieces left in his wake. Clues left at the crime scene leave the family to wonder if Ken himself was also a victim that night. But now with the death of his Mother, Will is left with only her final words, "Your brother is still alive." And when Sheila, the love of his life disappears, Will is more determined than ever to find answers Because not only was the murdered girl a neighbor, she was also Will's first love. The deeper Will looks, the more he discovers facts that he would rather not know. How well does one really know those he loves? Is everything connected, or just random circumstance? As the mystery deepens, Will must face the truth, and the danger, that surrounds these questions and more.

This is easily the first perfect mystery of the year. Coben doesn't miss a beat, and there's not a single miss-step in the entire novel. Combining unbridled suspense, and heart-wrenching emotion, Coben has written his best book yet. The reader will be torn between reading as quickly as possible in order to unravel the hidden mystery, and reading as slowly as possible in order to savor each beautifully rendered word. Each character comes alive under Coben's more than capable hand, leaving the reader emotionally spent , yet craving more, chapter after chapter. Do what you must to get your hands on this book, you won't regret it. Just make sure you start it at a time you can finish it, because it's almost impossible to put down. My only complaint, and it's a sad one, is that Mr. Coben has now set an almost impossibly high standard for others to achieve in mystery writing, one that other authors after this will undoubtedly have a hard time living up to. But don't let this stop you from reading this intelligent and moving thriller. It's an experience not to be missed!

I first became acquainted with the name Harlan Coben when I signed onto an Internet book list several years ago. At that time many of the readers were touting Coben's series, which featured Myron Bolitar, the feisty sports agent/private investigator. Although I never read any of these books, it was the premise of Coben's recent stand alone book, Tell No One, which interested me enough to read. Literally gulping down this book, I looked forward to either reading the first book in the Bolitar series or another stand alone by this author. And suddenly there was news of a new book, Gone for Good, which found me snatching it from the shelves the first day it appeared. Now, I consider Harlan Coben one of my favorite thriller/mystery author and I do look forward to making the acquaintance of Myrom Bolitar shortly.

Gone for Good is set in and around Manhattan and the suburban community of Livingston, NJ. Life in Livingston is presumably idyllic where children grow up thinking the world is theirs. But this isn't the case for the ----------family. Eleven years ago the oldest son Ken was accused of brutally murdering Julie Rogers, a neighbor and his brother's one time girlfriend. Feeling from the scene and his family, and while there have been unconfirmed sightings of him in different countries the family chooses to believe he is dead. That is until Sunny, Ken' smother dying from cancer tells her son Will that Ken is still very much alive. With nothing more than these words and then a revealing photo and also realizing that Sunny was on heavy medication before her death, Will decides this might be just enough to find out in fact if his brother is till alive. And while the plot certainly takes off from here, it certainly escalates when Will's girlfriend leaves him a cryptic note and then disappears leaving reader's to wonder if there is any connection between Sheila and Ken. And now the twist and turns come so fast and furiously that as you rush through the pages, you need to pay serious attention to the plot to keep up.

For all of the reasons I really enjoyed this book, not the least of them are Coben's wonderful characters. Beginning with Will and his family, we meet Ken's two old school buddies The Ghost and Phil McGuane, both violent men who will stop at nothing to protect themselves or their interests. We also meet Squares, a one time racist now turned Yoga guru who is more brother to Will than friend. From the seamier side of Manhattan, we meet Wanda, a transvestite who leads Will to Sheilah's former boss, Louis Castleman, an unsavory man who is now a quadriplegic and is care for by Wanda. And as we meet these characters We walk the mean streets of Manhattan and the tree lined streets of Livingston where Will and his father spend time reminiscing about Little League games, Ken and their family life.

This book is a hair-raising roller coaster of a read, which never lets up or disappoints the reader. Imbued with family values the book also explores the themes of friendship, loyalty and betrayal.
The ending can best be described as both shocking and poignant. From the first page to the last, you will be riveted and when the book ends you'll wish you were starting it for the first time.

Sorry I must hurry but I must get to the bookstore to pick up Deal Breaker, the first book in the Bolitar series. Writing this review has left me with a yearning to return to the books by Harlan Coben.

One more time, Harlan Coben has written a superb mystery where every page adds another totally unexpected twist. This book didn't have as many extreme plot turns as his last, "Tell No One," but it is really close.

As you have read, the plot revolves around poor Will, who has to be the unluckiest man in love ever. His first love is murdered, his worshipped brother is the suspected killer and has been on the lam for 11 years, his current lover is missing. Can things get much worse? Of course they can because Coben makes up good stuff!! I refuse to say any more about the story because to do so would ruin it for you.

Suffice to say, the different story lines become interwoven, and downright creepy. I have followed Coben's writing since his very first novel and, in my humble opinion, he keeps getting better and better.

If you only read one or two novels a year, this is a don't miss for sure. If you read hundreds of novels a year, this is one you won't forget. "Gone for Good" is a great read, filled with suspense and the knowledge that Coben won't let you figure it out; he always has one more surprise up his sleeve. And the surprises just keep on coming. Buy it, Read it, Relish it. This book is one of the year's best!

Glen David Gold captures the whirlwind that was the 1920's in Carter Beats the Devil. Charles Carter, a contemporary of Houdini's, is the Carter in question and Gold does a fine job of mixing fact with fantasy to create this mixture of history, romance and mystery. The novel is a delight when Gold shows us Carter as a man who tries constantly to achieve the next level in performance, to leave the audience stunned by the magic of the moment. Carter's trials and tribulations are intriguing enough to support the novel. The problem lies with the all the extraneous action, Warren G. Harding's death, the disgraced secret service agent who is sure Carter has something to do with it, and Carter's "magical" nemesis Mysterioso. The mystery itself is not very challenging, and actually leads to a very long, drawn out climax that really would work better as the end of a movie.
The true enjoyment of the novel comes from the characters that come back to life in Gold's capable hands. The imperious Houdini, some performing brothers named Leonard, Adolph and Julius (better known by their stage names), and even a young inventor named Philo Farnsworth make delightful appearances. Gold recreates the 20's with an ease that is appreciated by the reader. From BMW motorcycles and Pierce Arrows to PEZ, Gold makes it all work. It's easy to forget this is fiction when Gold focuses on Carter and his world of magic.

As a mystery author with my debut novel in its initial release, I genuinely admired Glen David Gold's CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL. This mystery is a thoroughly enjoyable novel. It involves the world of illusion in an age when illusion was taken quite seriously indeed. Carter performs a magic trick involving President Warren Harding merely hours before that president dies. To certain government agents, Carter becomes a suspect in Harding's odd death. Again, this novel is a fun read. The characters are well-drawn. The world of magic and magicians is convincingly rendered. The plot is swiftly-paced, and it takes some unusual twists. Gold's writing is wonderful. I recommend this book highly.

The Roaring Twenties was the greatest decade for stage magic in American history. Where those who could afford it skipped off to Europe, professional performers and master illusionists consistently amazed those who could not. Harry Houdini is the most famous of these magicians, but Charles Carter is the subject of Glen David Gold's debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil. Without mirrors or smoke, Gold creates a world that is satisfying and imaginative, while at the same time steeped in realism and historical fact.

Just hours after being dismembered and returned to life by Carter the Great, US President Warren G. Harding is dead. While doctors declare that there is no evidence of foul play, Secret Service Agent Jack Griffin is not so sure. Griffin he doggedly pursues the truth of what happened the night the President died. At the same time, the reader is launched back and forth in time with Carter from his earliest days with magic to his return to the business after a tragic accident involving his wife. Throughout the novel, the only person with more tricks up his sleeve than Carter is the author himself. Gold not only the portrays the real Charles Carter but also ropes in a diverse cast of additional period figures including Houdini, borax tycoon Francis Smith, and television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth. As Griffin becomes convinced of Carter's guilt, the magician struggles to find joy in his life, works to create a new act with which to dazzle increasing hard-to-please audiences, meets a mysterious women who steals his heart, and guards against the treachery of one who he believed to be a friend. With an ending that holds a surprise for everyone, not least of all the reader, Carter Beats the Devil is the real deal in a literary world filled with imposters.

A writer for television and movies, Gold delivers dialogue that is fast-pitched and fun to follow and creates characters that are larger than life. While the novel occasionally gets bogged down in some point of obscurity, these slips are brief and do not detract from the intelligent pace of the plot. All in all, this is a work of the first rank, an excellent display of erudition and a fine tale with adventure to spare. Carter Beats the Devil is highly recommended, and I will eagerly await Gold's next book.