A waste of time and money - could not get past the second chapter before totally giving up on this one (I really did give it a shot)....

This book is written in a very sophmoric text and was really down right boring. With the exception of one or two interviews all the info can be found in any music magazine. I was at times embarrassed for the authors "attempting" to interview these ladies. Don't waste money on this one, borrow it or go to the library.

Alan Kulwicki fall in love with Cassy Kulwicki and married on December 22, 1989. Kulwicki said if he's a winner at Rockingham, Britsol, 2 times, Phoenix and Pocono. He's a champion in 1992. He hang out his movie "Apartment #9" is named after Tammy Wynette song. Starring Alan and introducing Rusty Wallace's son, Stephen Wallace. His son, Tracy Lynn is born after Dale Jarrett wins on Aug. 19, 1991. Alan died at the plane crash on April 1, 1993 at 38 over 3 years of marriage.

C by Dissection, Third Edition is a great book. It is very easy to understand and provides a lot of information. The dissections of programs and explanations of the various features of the C language are very informative, clear, and consistent, which makes things very understandable and easy to follow. After explaining major features and terms in the chapters, the exercises that follow them let the reader put their newly learned knowledge to practice and further strengthen their coding skills.

This book can be useful for both beginners and experienced programmers. Things such as advice on coding style and structured programming, system considerations for code portability, and forewarnings of common programming errors to avoid, help the programmer develop good coding habits and increasing skills. For those who want to learn C++, there is a "Moving to C++" section available at the end of each chapter and near the end of the book, which describe the new features of C++ and how to use them. The appendixes at the very end of the book provide a complete reference of functions and macros in the standard library, communicating with the preprocessor, explanations on bitwise operations, a comparison of ANSI C to Traditional C, and other useful guides.

I've had a great learning experience reading this book, and recommend it to anyone who wants to learn C and C++.

-DVS01

While most other C programming books in the market concentrate on teaching the basics of the language, C by Dissection 3rd ed. goes further than that. It not only teaches you the proper usage of every essential function defined in standard class libraries, but also teaches them in a platform-independent and pragmatic manner, meaning that a DOS programmer will benefit from the tutoring as much as a UNIX programmer would. Many useful examples, practical discussions and overviews on common problems, common pitfalls and general suggestions are included and all the actual code is filtered through a tight seive of 'dissection', which is an extraordinary way of explaining the subjectively cryptic nature of the code, only visible to the newcomer. Also, there's an extra treat for the object-oriented generation of today: a 'Moving to C++' -discussion after each chapter, which alone makes the book worth reading. Even though the general look of the book is dry and has a special academic ting to it, it does not make it hard to follow, and furthermore teaches you all the programming essentials from a computer scientific point of view, making it compatible with official tutoring material. Put together, this is by far the best reference on the C programming language I have read, and I'm sure it's king-status will be preserved for quite some time in the future.

One of the best intro C books I've seen.

Any hardcore programmer will tell you: the best way to learn is to look at somebody else's code. It helps if the source code is clearly designed, clearly written, commented, well documented.

C by Dissection does just that, by describing a concept, showing you example source for a program that puts that concept into practice, THEN, unlike so many other books, going over the example almost line-by-line, to explain what's going on, and why. Too many programming books briefly describe the concept, list a hundred or more lines of source code, then move on. This book walks you through the code and shows you both theory and practice.

The only regret I have about C by Dissection is that there isn't a companion volume, Advanced C by Dissection, or perhaps Data Structures and Algorithms (in C) by Dissection.

Note that two of the worst reviews above are from an experienced C/C++ programmer and from a Cobol programmer (presumably very experienced; I don't know many young Cobol programmers coming into the industry these days). I'm not surprised they didn't like the way C by Dissection approaches the topic. I'm not a beginner anymore (I read this book in 1992) but I still like this approach best - I came across this book on Amazon because I was hoping to find "Java by Dissection" by Kelly and Pohl! :-)

I read some of the critiques of the first novel by these authors and wisely avoided that book. When I saw this book in the library, it sounded interesting and I thought that I would give it a try. I'm sorry, but I couldn't get past the second chapter. I was turned off immediately with the descriptions of what the characters were wearing, what they were driving, and where they were eating. Maybe the authors would be better served writing for the Saxs Fifth Avenue catalog. Read this book only if you care about what the "haves" are doing.

I did not enjoy Revenge, but I like to give first time authors a second chance. Tracie and Danita did OK the second time around. I still can't find a connection with these characters. Thankfully, Gucci and Prada were not in every other sentence this time around. Dakota and Morgan are not doing it for me. We are led to believe that these women are focused, intelligent women. I could not believe some of the business decisions Morgan made. You would think she would be more careful after what she went through with the faux Blake, but she wasn't. Dakota was not any better. She actually believed the "I'm sick" line from an old schoolmate she was "dating". I found it kind of strange that these characters can afford these expensive clothes, but couldn't afford to bail themselves out of financial trouble. Are they spending all of their money on clothes and cars? The authors did a little better this time, but I still felt a little put off. Morgan felt that because she was pregnant it was no "excuse" to pack on pounds. I gave birth a few months ago to my second child. I didn't set out to gain 40lbs but it happened. Morgan and Dakota talking about Morgan's assitant (Lisa) and her Payless (God forbid) shoes. What really got me was Morgan feeling sorry for Lisa's son because he was being relegated to the "have not" category so early in his young life. Puh-lease! I really didn't "feel" the love between Morgan and Miles. I had the same problem with the first book. The love scenes did nothing for me. They were kind of juvenile and silly. I really don't see these women as the authors want to portray them. I want to like the characters. The elitest attitudes need to be toned down in order for me to care about what happens to these women. I don't know if I'll read the next installment. If I do, I'll go to the library for that one. This have not doesn't want to spend her money on another book by these authors.

From the first chapter I was hooked. Characters that walked right off the page. I wished Miles had listened to his best friend. Vic and Tricia didn't get what they deserved. An engrossing read from page one to end. I highly reccomend this book.

I found this a terrible read!!! The characters were poorly developed and the plot was absolutely insignificant!! Just pointless name dropping, and worst of all, the plot was hinted at here and there. I felt that it was intriguing to see the niceties of the better half, but that was about the only interesting thing about the book. I was greatly disappointed, even though I bought the book from the local library for only $... I like to read before bed, and this is the perfect anecdote to help me sleep!!! I feel that reading should help people to gain a perspective on some topic, whether it is for entertainment or for purposes of educating themselves. I have not enjoyed wasting my time waiting for something to happen in the story. Why would two educated, professional, "intelligent, and beautiful" women get involved with this man anyway? They didn't get where they are by picking names out of a hat...this book is highly unrealistic, and is just a giant move backward for the sake of African-American women today.

I just completed this book last night and hope there is a followup because I loved it! It's about time I read an intriguing story about characters who sound like myself and many of my comtemporaries. I truly hope there is a sequel because the story line left me wanting more. I need to know if Dakota and Parker reconciled, and I love to see a brother and sister keep their marriage going despite a "little drama".

This novel will be fun fantasy (and inspiration) for many. For me it was a refreshing realistic view of those who really "got it going on." It is great to finally read about hard working, educated, and cultured African Americans appreciating the finer things life has to offer.

Congratulations to two beautiful sisters for creating a fine read.

Karen Harper

I've never submitted a review to Amazon before but I just read "Revenge Is Best Served Cold" and loved it so much that I thought others should know!

"Revenge" was a highly entertaining book with not one but two compelling main characters (Morgan and Dakota) and a cunning foe (Blake St. James) whose sole mission is to charm and disarm---while he's quietly plotting their demise .In the process,he turns their lives upside down but not before they exact their 'revenge'. I won't give away the plot but trust me,they've got to use all of their feminine wiles to put Mr St. James in check.

If you're running the rat race (like me!) there are plenty of references to the good life that Morgan and Dakota have worked so hard to achieve--fancy restaurants,fly cars and the finest of clothes---and I'm not mad at them! I would expect no less from two successful professional women running the fast track in New York City circa 2000.If you're the romantic type, (like my wife) the portrayal of the relationships between the main characters and their mates are realistic and very well done.

Even though I'm not from New York the vivid descriptions from chapter to chapter made me feel like I was part of their posse.There was just enough suspense,action and sex (the sex scenes are HOT!....and I do mean HOT!) to allow me to breeze through "Revenge" in no time (took me two days.....).My wife started reading "Revenge" last night and she can't put it down.

If you're looking for an escape from the tension of today's world events,I would highly recommend that you RUN (don't walk....) to your nearest bookseller and pick up "Revenge" right away!You won't be disappointed!

I tried to like this book, really I did. I went into it expecting a light read, not Shakespeare mind you. But light reads are supposed to be LIGHT! This book was either too conspicuously trying to take itself seriously or too conciously trying to be funny.

The main gist is that Sturm and Kitiara accidentally end up on another planet when the flying machine they are riding in with a band of gnomes breaks. Once on the planet it's a series of misadventures trying to get supplies to leave which eventually leads them to a brass dragon in an obelisk. When they finally get back to Krynn, Sturm inexplicably joins a group of herders to find his father, barely being saved by Kitiara before being done in by a magician warrior. Did I mention the deadend plot about a pirate ship? I won't even try to go into that.

The characters were strikingly bland. Sturm is such an over-pious, stuffy character it's hard to sympathize with him and Kitiara is just obnoxious, bemoaning how the world doesn't work out perfectly for her. The gnomes are interchangable and so annoying one wants to put them all in a box and sink them to the bottom of the ocean. The one chapter featuring Raistlin and Caramon was better than most of the other characterization put together. Raistlin is such a magnetic character it's hard to write him poorly.

Initially, if the authors had stuck to the later plot of the book, with Sturm looking for his father, this thing might have been a good read. But in the end, too much is attempted to be done and the book just runs out of gas. Oh, and where was the promised romance? I found none.

In the end, too many plot twists make an admirable rope to hang this story on.

This story, is indeed one of the more interesting works in the Saga. As stated above, it entales the story of Sturm and Kitiara five years before the War of the Lance. Traveling to his home land, in an effort to find his lost father, Sturm finds on the way, how very different he is from Kitiara, both in principle and action. Along the way, they meet with a group of gnomes, travel to the Red Moon, and engage a very real dragon. While this forshadows a part of Kitiara seen in the Chronicles, I find it hard to believe that Sturm would fail to mention to his companions that he had seen a dragon, even if the two had agreed to not speak of it. His honor as a knight, I guess. The story seemed detached from the rest of the Dragonlance plethora, and in doing so, left it somewhat unbelieveable (even for a fantasy world). Overall,however, it was well written, and very entertaining, thus making its good sides greatly outweigh the bad.

Before the war of the lance, when the companions split up, after a promise to meet in 5 years time, Sturm decides to head north to look for signs of his father. Kitiara decides to come along, and together they head north towards solomnia. But along the way they meet a rag-tag group of gnomes, all of whom man a very gnomish invention, a flying machine.

Sturm and Kitiara end up joining the gnomes on the flying ship, but something goes wrong and they end up flying all the way to the red moon lunitari. One the moon they meet a dragon, some weird talking trees, and an evil marrooned human..can they do to get home? their ship is broken!

This books bring together the adventure of sturm and kitiara in the years preceeding the war of the lance. They face many things during this book, i will not go about telling you what all the face, you will have to read and find out, but this book is a must needed addition to any dragonlance collection.

I am not the biggest fan of kitiara, but in this book she wasnt half bad, maybe it was because she wasnt hanging over every single guy that she saw, but this book definately shows you the relationship between sturm and kitiara, and brings to life the pain that kit might have felt, after she realized that she killed sturm (dragons of winter night). They face many things on their journey, as well as something that they never expected...love.

Kitiara goes her way, and sturm goes his. But this book is definately a good read. full of adventure, and humor (thanks to the gnomes) as well as a precurser to the troubles that a brewing on krynn, troubles that will eventually lead to the war of the lance.

While others have pointed out that there is a few inconsitencies in this book, like the parts with the dragon, and the draconions, who sturm was supposedly not supposed to know about until "dragons of autumn twilight" this is still a good read, and will definately keep you interested from cover to cover.

Paula Carter does two things very well in this book. First she recalls all the foibles of being in a southern atmosphere and the small town activities so ingrained in many of the real southerners.

Second she brings to life two excellent characters, Hillary and Jane. These two ladies are from different cultures and backgrounds and Paula uses this as an excellent device to interject humor, mismatched conversations, and off beat situations. If you are looking for something to read while your supper burns on the stove in the kitchen, then pick up this book and enjoy a delightful story. Paula knows southern culture and puts you right in the middle of it. An entertaining book with ingrained humor that just does not stop.

Frankly, I can't understand the extremely negative and hostile reviews for this debut mystery in a new series. Hillary and Jane are not stereotypical characters; they have completely opposite personalities which allows for some very comical interactions. The characters are interesting and well-defined, and the interactions between Jane and her 10 year old daughter are very credible. The plot is interesting, although not extremely complex, but who says that all mysteries have to have a long convoluted plot line? This book is entertaining and worth the read.

In Prosper, Alabama, TV homemaker show hostess Hillary Scarborough conducts a strange interview in her car with former law student Jane Ferguson, who has applied for the job of executive assistant. Hillary, accompanied by Jane, is going to visit a TV rival, Sylvia Davis. However, when they arrive at Sylvia's home, they find the woman dead. As Jane calls the police, Hillary, starts to clean up the murder scene. Officer Beau Jackson arrives and quickly sees both women, especially Hillary, as suspects.

Hillary hires Jane as her assistant with her first assignment to ferret out the identity of the killer. Jane quickly learns that Sylvia had problems with Cyclone Dan Malone (car dealer), Regina Conyers (politician), and Reverend Collins (womanizing politician). As Jane, with the help of Hillary and safecracking expert Buddy investigates, attempts on her life occur. If she does not uncover the identity of the killer soon, Jane may find herself joining

the victim.

LEADING AN ELEGANT DEATH, the first novel of a new regional mystery series, is humorous and fun to read. The jocular interplay between the characters, especially with California Jane and several of the locals is very amusing. Though the who-done-it is interesting, it is not complex and lacks early clues to allow the reader to try to solve the puzzle. Still, Paula Carter displays much talent as the south comes to life through her darling characters.

Harriet Klausner

Simply put... This book lost its integrity with its first incorrect solution.

This book's title is misleading. It should be titled something like "The Big Book of Brain Teasers". It should NOT have the words "IQ Tests" in its title. If you want an accurate assessment of your IQ, look elsewhere. Here's why:

1) It contains too many culture-specific questions. A valid IQ test (i.e., one that "accurately" measures one's intelligence quotient) should contain few, if any, culture-specific questions. This book contains a lot of them.

2) It also contains too many questions that have multiple "correct" answers. Once again, in a properly constructed IQ test, for each question there will be one, and ONLY one, correct answer. This book contains numerous questions that could be answered "correctly" in more than one way.

In short, if you enjoy solving puzzles, etc., for fun, then you MIGHT enjoy this book (I say "might" because you may very well end up being frustrated by the multitude of questions which could be answered "correctly" a number of ways), but if you're looking for a properly constructed IQ test that will give you an accurate measurement of your intelligence, you'll likely be disappointed. I sure was.

This book's title is misleading. It should be titled something like "The Big Book of Brain Teasers". It should NOT have the words "IQ Tests" in its title. If you want an accurate assessment of your IQ, look elsewhere. Here's why:

1) It contains too many culture-specific questions. A valid IQ test (i.e., one that "accurately" measures one's intelligence quotient) should contain few, if any, culture-specific questions. This book contains a lot of them.

2) It also contains too many questions that have multiple "correct" answers. Once again, in a properly constructed IQ test, for each question there will be one, and ONLY one, correct answer. This book contains numerous questions that could be answered "correctly" in more than one way.

In short, if you enjoy solving puzzles, etc., for fun, then you MIGHT enjoy this book (I say "might" because you may very well end up being frustrated by the multitude of questions which could be answered "correctly" a number of ways), but if you're looking for a properly constructed IQ test that will give you an accurate measurement of your intelligence, you'll likely be disappointed. I sure was.

This could have has SO much potential - it could have dealt with famous brands in the last 100+years such as Shell, BP, Bell, AT&T, IBM, Coke, Pepsi, Sony, Audi, BMW, McDonalds, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, etc etc - there are so many famous and excellent brands. And they are International we all know them, but it would be nice to have a book covering them all and some more obscure ones.

But this book isn't in that league at all. This is the big book of early 90's clip art. Most of the designs are horribly dated, with sickly pastel colours, overly complex motifs etc. They are all much the same and certainly don't stand out on the page.

Obviously they are all Americentric, but worse they are all small-town Americentric. The cutesy clip art for the 10th Anniverary Snowy Creek Cub Spelling Bee, or Grand Street, Middletown, Nowheresville 3rd Annual Street Parade and the like have no value or merit outside of that institution. And that goes for 90% of the clip art...sorry logos. The work on offer is wholly unprofessional and bland. Managing to fill 400 odd pages with such mediocre work is quite remarkable.

After having read through this book I opted for How to Design Logos, Symbols and Icons - at least it had some quality, recognisable brands in it.

I don't know why anyone would need to buy another logo book after buying this one. It's chock-full of logos. Certainly, they are not all gems...but there's enough good ideas in there to get your own brain stimulated.

In reference to the guy who was disappointed in this book because it didn't have recognizable, big brand logos (Shell, McDonalds, etc..) my question is "why would you want that?" Why would you want a book filled with marks everyone knows so well that they see them in their sleep. Give me fresh stuff! Stuff I haven't seen! And, yes, this means stuff from big markets as well as small. Why is a logo for a small maket any less valid? Why does distribution suddenly equal rellevancy? Maybe you should go back to design school to figure this out.

David E. Carter has published shelves full of books on design and creative applications. The New Big Book of Logos is a valuable addition to anyone's swipe file. If you're looking for yet another array of by-gone days in corporate identity, then this is NOT the book for your money. Frankly, I'm tired of books filled with thoroughly worn-out antique icons (clip art) of corporate entities. This book and it's predecessor are fresh and valuable to the creative mind for the wealth of ideas taken from unknown and uncommon identities. For the purpose of looking at others' work as something to analyze, pull-apart, and re-assemble into something new and completely different, this book is a gold mine of creative opportunities. Your money is well-spent on anything David E. Carter produces.

Doomsday World is by no means a bad Trek novel. Ordinarily, it would be entitled to the standard three stars that decent Trek novels are awarded. Unfortunately, the promise of having some of Trek's greatest novelists (Carter, David, and Friedman) teaming together falls way short of the mark. With few exceptions, each of their individual Trek novels have been several cuts above the norm; that Doomsday World never rises above the average makes the result all the more disappointing.

There are some good moments, including Worf saving the day with a barrage of phaser fire (then griping that if he'd been allowed to blast away when he'd wanted to they could have avoided a host of problems) and an amusing, if out of place, Monty Python reference ("What's the average air speed of an unladen swallow?" Geordi asks a bartender).

If you are going to read this one, do it because it's a Trek novel, not because of who the authors are . . . .

What do you get when you have a Star Trek The Next Generation novel written by the likes of Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger? What I and everybody else who reads Star Trek novels were expecting was an outstanding novel that is exciting, enlightening, highly thought provoking and just plain fun to read. Unfortunately, while this novel is well worth reading, it doesn't quite live up to the expectations one might place on it given the caliber of the authors involved. After years of reading Star Trek novels, I believe I can definitely discern who wrote at least a couple of the parts. In "Doomsday World" we as Star Trek readers have the precursor to many of the outstanding duology's, trilogies and mini series that have been written since.

The premise:

A long dead race known as the Ariantu built an artificial world named Kirlos. That planet is now home to many different Federation and K'vin Hegemony races that have lived together peacefully for many years. Kirlos is also home to many different archaeological treasures and Captain Picard and the Enterprise have been sent to help uncover them. Once there, Captain Picard assigns Data, Worf and Geordi to the away team but upon arrival they soon find themselves cut off from the Enterprise and they're now the prime suspects in several terrorists' attacks. What follows from there is an interesting and intriguing plot that if it were written by any one of these fine authors independently, would've been an exceptional story, however, with the many "hands in the cooking pot," it comes off as somewhat disjointed.

Despite some of the problems with this particular novel, I would still definitely recommend it as good Star Trek reading for the casual or die hard fan alike. {ssintrepid}

This book was written by Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger in concert. I expected a book written by committee to be sincerely bad. The four authors in question are all good enough to rescue this book from that fate, but almost any book by any one of them is better than this one.

Frankly, I thought that the concept was weak; I've read and enjoyed other "shared world" books, notably the "Thieves' World" series and the "Wild Cards" series, but in this case, ALL writing in the Star Trek universe already has all the advantages of such a concept, and I think that, left to themselves, we'd probably have gotten a novel at least as good as this one from EACH of these writers in the time it took us to get this one from the four of them.

The one possible reason for writing a novel this way is that it is potentially more fun for the authors than writing solo. I can see no other reason for the concept. Hopefully, having gotten this out of their systems, they'll go back to doing what they do best: writing solo.

I really don't like it, as someone has pointed out, it's pretty much just a big map with the location of where the X-Files has once taken place. It's kind of pointless, and I felt that I wasted a lot of money on it. I thought it would be better, but I was disappointed.

the book was even worse than the sho

This was probobly one the best items in the X-Filean library. It is also a great reference source for older episodes!