Every working and instructing dental professional should readthis text concerning medically compromised patients. It updates, aswell as reviews, the important topics that are seen every day in private practice. Especially important is the areas of TB, HIV, and diabetes, although recent information may need to be added by the practioner (check out internet sites for these). Introductory tables are a must for reference in a clinical situation. I have used it a reference text in my clinical practice and in my continuing education courses.

This text has become the standard reference and source of definitive information for dental management of medically compromised patients. It serves as the textbook for Oral Medicine in many dental schools and offers practitioners valuable insight into care for acutely and chronically ill patients.

As the only English language guide I know to restaurants in Barcelona and Cataluña, this is a worthwhile book. There are accurate reviews of most, but not all, of Barcelona's best restaurants and some intelligent suggestions about off-the-beaten track places to visit. After living 18 months in Barcelona, I've visited about 25 of his recommendations and agree 80 ith his conclusions. Book dates quickly as the Barcelona restaurant scene is extremely fast moving and quality restaurants like Muffins, Targa Florio and Barceloneta are missing. You might find the style a little grating too, especially the references to the "lovely" girlfriend. But it's helpful as the Spanish language guides tend to review like Michelin, giving too much credit for tradition and not enough for modern ideas and a willingness to take risks. If you have to spend more than 10 days in Barcelona and have the opportunity to eat out several times, this book is a good investment.

Even if you don't go to Barcelona, you'll enjoy reading about the great meals that Craig Allen and his friends had. I used it as a guide in May 1996, and I found his reviews to be right on. You get much more of a sense of what the food and ambiance is like from this book than from any of the usual travel guides.

This elfquest readers collection book does not focus on the elves we all adore, Cutter, Leetah, Ember, Scouter, Skywise, etc. Instead it concentrates on the elves who remained in the sea. Like Winnowill, they had gills but were mostly the same as the other elves. Not a best read, it was slightly boring at times.

I as you may already know am a complete fan of all yhe elfquest books and comics. This is as good as any of her other peices of work with a livly story and great characters.

This book was a great read. I really enjoyed what was said and I think it is going to prove helpful in my ministry. The only complaint that I would have is that the author seems to skip around alot but that is only because the book covers alot of broad ground in 175 pages. However, the chapters on the Nature of the Church and the Ministry of the Church are worth the price of the book alone. All in all, this is a great book that everyone who wants to fulfill the Great Commission should read.

Van Gelder has written an extremely important and profoundly insightful book about the church. He has an excellent understanding of North American Christianity and the cultural temptations which have shaped the current models for church. He lays out a foundation for the church as a christ-centered missional community. This book is rich in theology and philosophy and leads the reader to very practical conclusions about how we might "do church" differently. This is not a step-by-step method for the average church to apply to its existing programs. In fact it raises paradigm-shifting questions that speak to very foundational issues regarding the nature and purpose of the Body of Christ. It is a must read.

Poor Mitchell Gant, the burnt-out Vietnam vet and ex-fighter jock dragooned by "The Company" to sneak into Russia and steal the latest Soviet wonder fighter plane, "Firefox". Having barely survived storms of Russian missiles and a close dogfight with the other Firefox prototype, he discovers (in the first few pages of "Firefox Down") that he's running out of fuel. Mustering all of his flying skills, and after another un-in with other Russian jets, Gant lands on a frozen lake in Finnish Lapland, outside of Russia - but not far enough. Barely getting out of the empty Russian jet before it sinks under a frozen lake, Gant is captured by the Russians. The western spymasters, too late to save Gant, quickly locate the Firefox, but are cut off by a blizzard. Thus starts the race - for the west to break out of the storm before the Russians learn the superplane's location.

Few sequels measure up to their original, fewer ofcourse succeed, but "Down" is atleast the match of the first book. Picking up exactly where the last let off, Thomas displays his masterful sense of precisely paced action, riveting aerial scenes and nuanced charachters. Not as personal a novel as "Firefox", which was more centered around pilot/pirate Mitchell Gant, "Down" is more of an ensemble piece with more charachters in the trenches. Still, Gant, seemingly played out in the last book, continues to reveal more scars, unpeeling himself like an onion. This isn't your typical paper-thin technothriller, but you knew that already if you read "Firefox".

This novel is an excellent follow up to FIREFOX, and it takes place right where the first book left off. If you are eager to find out what happens to Gant and the Firefox after the first book, or the movie, you must read this book! Warning though, this book is VERY suspenseful, with Gant forced to land in Finland and NATO and Soviet forces rushing to retrieve the incredible superfighter. This book holds onto all the great qualities of the first book, and you will not put it down. For fans of FIREFOX, aircraft, espionage, supense, and military fiction, this is a must read and you will not be disappointed.

As Fodors does like no one else, this pleasing digestible guidebook gives practical information to the traveller for an incredibly large and diverse region. A great starting point for trip planning in southeast Asia.

I love the Rough Guides, Moon Guides, and Lonely Planet. The only problem is, they often assume you're going for 3 weeks or 6 months. I can seldom get away for more than 8-10 days at a time. Fodor's doesn't just dump a lot of destination info on you. They help you prioritize by listing "must-see" sights and presenting multiple alternative itineraries for trips of different lengths, etc.

Last December, Fodor's SE Asia guide helped me figure out that the Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore odyssey we wanted just wouldn't fit comfortably into 10 days. So we postponed that trip until someday when we have at least 2 or 3 weeks. Instead, we simply flew into Bangkok and immediately booked a 3-day Phnom Penh/Angkor tour. In all, we did 3 days each in Cambodia and Bangkok and 4 days in Tokyo. It was a fabulous trip.

This time I'm using Fodor's Japan, together with the Moon and Rough Guides (and of course the Internet), to plan a 10-day solo trip to Hokkaido. From Fodor's I get the highlights, along with a good idea of what I can expect to fit into 10 days. From the other two I get obscure (but equally important!) details, such as the fact that the little farming town of Furano (not mentioned in Fodor's) gets a lot of Japanese tourists because it was the setting for the long-running TV drama Kita no Kuni Kara (From the North Country). I've only seen a few early episodes of that show, but it's enough that now I want to see Furano too.

To sum up, I use Fodor's as my starting point, then read other guides to get extra details. I've done 2 Asia trips this way, and I'll be doing the 3rd one very soon.

Melissa Wilmeth, left high and dry in a wagon in the midst of nowhere, struggles to birth her baby. Deserted by her no-account husband, she finds rescue in the form of two cowboys returning to their ranch. Once recovered from the ordeal, she accepts Cody O'Fannin's offer for employment as housekeeper, never realizing their close proximity would turn her world topsy-turvy.

Cody O'Fannin can't quite figure out how McMurdo, the town's shopkeeper, does it, but tiny sparks fill the air when he's around. Maybe its just Cody's growing affection for Melissa that makes him see stars, or his loathing for the almost divorced husband, but whatever it is, Cody knows the power of magic spells l-o-v-e.

Your fingers trip over each other in a hurry to turn the pages. Ms. Craig writes with a pen dipped in wit and enchantment to create a novel of splendor and romance. Humor drives a simple plot made complex by its characters. A GENTLE MAGIC leaves a smile on your face and a glow of satisfaction.

Welcome back to the magical old man Mac! The co-star, Cody, from "An Enchanted Christmas" is back with his own story!

This one catches your attention right away. Nothing could be more unexpected than finding a woman giving birth in the middle of nowhere. But that is how Cody and Arnold found Melissa. Her sorry husband left her to fend for herself rather than help her deliver it. Cody fell quickly for Melissa and fell in love with Katherine the second she was born in his hands.

Of course Mac was not surprised to find Cody come back with a married woman and a new born baby. In fact, he had her room ready, already knew her name, and knew all about her hard life. Those sparkeles still keep showering from his fingers often too.

Once Melissa's husband is found, he claims he had had sunstroke and could ot get back to her during the labor. Knowing it not possible to get sunstroke in November, Melissa tells Howard she is getting a divorce.

Okay, Readers, that is the plot. It's up to you to read it to find out the revenge Howard takes, the battles, the love triangle, and everything else. This book is well worth your time to read. I even enjoyed it more than the first. I look forward to seeing Mac in the next adventure!

GURPS Alternate Earths 2 may be made to order for a dimension hopping campaign such as GURPS Time Travel, but I believe it also gives gamers another opportunity to see how our own world "might have been" if just one event in history was changed. And it provides more opportunities to set whole adventures, and even whole campaigns in those worlds.

The six different "Earths" in this book are more examples of the now popular "What If" line of SF stories. The first world, "Cornwallis", give us a good idea as to what might have happened if the British had won the American War for Independence. The second world, "Ming 3" gives us a look at a world under the Chinese Dynasty. The third world, "Midgard", assumes the Viking fury caught fire and captured most of the known world. The fourth world, "Caliph", assumes the Muslim faith converted the world. The fifth world, "Aeolus", has details for a strange Earth where the might of the English and French monarchs is unsurpassed.

The final world is the "opposite" of the one in GURPS Time Travel. Fans of that game have wanted to see "Centrum" for a long time, and this supplement does not disappoint. The overwhelming thought on Centrum is "The Ends Justify The Means" and all the possible terror that this political theory causes. Although the book also gives an opportunity to make Centrum a nicer place, GM's for GURPS Time Travel will welcome the chance to design NPC's that will be a thorn in the players sides for adventure after adventure.

There are even more ideas for adventures, characters, and even whole campaigns for each of the worlds, including several paragraphs about more strange worlds that diverged from these six again. These "reality seeds" give creative GM's even more alternate worlds to explore.

People wishing to use books like Mike Resnick's wonderful alternate series need look no further for ideas of how to recreate those books for a parallel worlds campaign. Highly recommended for GURPS GM's and recommended even to SF fans wanting to explore the ramifications of what might happen if...

After the fun GURPS Alternate Earths 1, Steve Jackson Games publishes another volume with six different alternate histories: Worlds that resemble Earth, but whose history diverge from our own after a certain point in time. This time, it includes the following:

- Midgard, a world where the Vikings successfully plundered Byzantium, and went on to build successful colonies in North America and elsewhere.

- Caliph, an Islam-dominated world where the early invention of the moveable type printing press allowed an early scientific revolution, and in which several other solar systems are being colonized - but Earth itselfs is on the brink of a global war after centuries of peace.

- Cornwallis, a world where the American revolution never happened. Now the corrupt monarchies of Europe and revolutionary Russia face each other and wait for the first shot to start a world war.

Each alternate history gets about twenty pages. This is sufficient to get a good general impression of the world, but I often wished that this world had been made into w sourcebook of its own...

The alternate histories are all fairly logical, and suspending one's sense of disbelief isn't difficult. In my opinion, they are even better than the ones in GURPS Alternate Earth 1 - some of the worlds in there (especially Reich-5 and Dixie) were too stereotyped for my taste (though still well executed).

There is something in this book for most gamers. Do you want a fantasy world? Use Midgard and change it slightly to make it more magical? Do you want an innovative SF background? Use Caliph. Do you want to play a fighter for freedom and democracy? Play in Europe of Aeolus and fight the evil Hapsburg empire...

As with most of books from the High-Yield series, this book gets to the core of the subject. The book is an easy and quick read and categorizes all the Acid-Base problems into an easily memorizable and understandable format

The absolute best companion to medical students, residents and attending physicians, easy, quick, comprehensive, inclusive, and guides you step by step. It was very valuble for me in teaching.

A well-written account of the 1984 Detroit Tigers championship season, written by the Tigers' pitching coach. A bit too detailed, but also with interesting side stories (stuff that didn't make the newspapers).

I liked this book a lot more that Sparkey's book. Living out here in Washington in 1984 I missed a lot of what was going on--only what was on ESPN and CNN and a couple lines about each game. Sometimes I'd be lucky to see the Tigers on TV. This book helped me to understand what really went on. As I read the book it seemed as if I was going through the season all over.