I breathlessly brought and read this book expecting it to have information about the current leading CMS software vendor tools. It was disappointing to read my second high level book covering the conceptual overview mostly without any vendor /software tools evaluations such as Interwoven, Microsoft Content Management Server, RedDot, Ektron, and Vignette!

I had hoped that this book's title indicated that it would be different than Web Content Management: A Collaborative Approach [Paperback] by Nakano, Russell. This book gave me the high level overview. I read it BEFORE this book.

So where are these products /tools mentioned? Only in terse statements that had no meat. The reader was just left to decide "if you buy a CMS system as opposed to build it yourself then you are locked in to it!!

What most readers want are Methods - yes, provided, Overview - yes, provided and the Software tools reviews - no where is sight.

Save your money and read From "Chaos to Control"
September 17, 2002
From Chaos to Control
By John Clyman
PC Magazine online.

If the authors (four) had added this "Content" I would have given this book 5 stars instead of two.

Valdez Ladd

This is a very comprehensive book which manages to be both technical enough to keep developers happy and yet clear enough to be understood by managers. As a web developer with experience of working on a number of intranet and extranet projects under a variety of managers I would thoroughly recommend this book to all those involved in any aspect of managing a content-driven website or intranet.

A Content Management System, whether it's an actual application or a set of procedures, is absolutely essential for the delivery of a large amount of content in a consistent and structured manner. Once a website or intranet reaches a certain size, the benefit of having a rigid application in place as opposed to relying on people following procedures becomes clear. Every single piece of information on the system is catalogued, it is known who is responsible for it, and it can be easily found. Even when a website is small, adopting a content management system early means that the growth of the site is tightly controlled. Furthermore, there is a clear division between content and presentation, so that they can be changed independently of one another, which is an essential business requirement. And of course, the ultimate benefit of a CMS is that the responsibility for putting new content live and maintaining existing content can be handed over to the business users whom the content is meant to serve, thus freeing up valuable web developers for other projects.

A CMS can be a very complex beast, which must be tailored to the exact requirements of an organisation so that it best serves their needs. Additionally, an organisation must clearly define their needs and be prepared to modify their business procedures around the proposed system. This book goes into detail about how to go about how to help an organisation define their requirements and proposes a number of operating models for them to consider.

The question of whether to buy an off-the-shelf solution and customise it or develop one in house is one which lies at the heart of most systems management decisions - and CMSs are no exception. Which option to go for depends on a number of factors which are unique to each organisation - this book discusses these factors in detail, then goes on to describe all the things to consider when buying or building a CMS.

And that's still not the end of the story! Once the system has been purchased or built, it still needs to be implemented and the existing data needs to be migrated. This is a process that needs to begin long before the system is complete. This book shows how to divide up the responsibilities for migration and implementation, and discusses all the relevant issues.

Take a look at the authors' section, and you will see that this book has been put together by people with a serious amount of experience and expertise in this field. It has been thoroughly well researched and really does cover the entire process of choosing, building and implementing a CMS.

I will stress again, it is a must-read for all those involved in deploying content over the web!!

CMS technology (Content Management Systems) is becoming increasingly important, but surprisingly a lot of people still haven't heard about it, or more importantly, the majority is still trying to understand what CMS are all about.

The recently published book Content Management Systems, about 190 pages for eight chapters, is written by four geeks who offer the sharp perspective and the insights gained through hands on involvement, and targets the vast audience of newcomers to the field who are trying to define the most important parameters and schedule priorities for their CMS implementation.

The bottom line of the problem, writes Phil Suh in the first chapter , is that websites are a nightmare to manage unless built with CMS technology.

Interestingly, the second chapter written by James Ellis, addresses the concept of 'content as asset', and presents it from a process viewpoint: take stock of what you've got, work out the processes associated to the assets you are trying to manage - basically design the workflow . Here Metadata is labeled as an 'enabler' and the reader is reminder that calling someone an 'author' is not intended to offend.

Chapter 3 written by James Ellis explains how to handle templates and highlights issues relating to content presentation, while in chapter 4 David Thiemecke
Discusses the various technical implications of online publishing processes.

Dave Addey in chapter 5 and 6 - the latter co-written by Inigo Surguy - weighs the considerations underlying the tough decision: to build or to buy? And in chapter 7 he gives an array of advice on how to setup up an implementation schedule, and related production and testing issues.

In Chapter 8, co-written with Alyson Fielding, he advises on best practices to assist the project manager who needs to migrate content from heteregeneus formats - a vary common instance - into a new, uniform CMS environment.

Overall, the book tackles crucial technical issues that anyone involved in a CMS must face, but the pitch is accessible to most readers interested in the highly complex , and highly fascinating world of CMS

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While there were places in the novel where the transitions between chapters were so smoothe I thought I was reading a Grisham page-turner, Ellis' first novel is plagued by structural problems that could have been and should have been fixed prior to publication. For starters, Ellis hung many guns on the walls of his novel that were never fired. The numerous plot dead ends and disjointed attempts at character development that didn't advance the story in any way were distracting. I hope Ellis will keep writing but next time I hope he will practice the golden rule, writing for others the way he would like someone to write for him. His clumsy flashbacks, introduction of characters we never see again and numerous plot dead-ends made this novel way too hard for the reader to enjoy.

I picked up the book before getting on a plane last year, and became engrossed for the next three hours, being carried away to a fragment of American sub-culture little known to many. The flow of the story line intertwined with the obvious biblical symbolism, and then covered with the hollows of West Virginia was a delightful diversion.

I will re-read this book every two years just for the flight.

Outstanding book! Mr. Ellis knows his subject well, whether he is giving a descriptive depiction of a beauty unique to Appalachia, or revealing the complicated political structure of a community dominated by the heartaches of the coal industry. Moreover, Mr. Ellis creates a murder mystery with excellent character development that will have any reader hungry for more. I encourage all murder mystery fans to do themselves a favor and read this book.

In the book, the Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff, Dominic Cantori, a fifth grader, has somthing he doesn't want to tell. Since Dominic is a orphan, he doesn't want any one to know about his family. While on a class trip to the Museum of Ellis Island, a park ranger asks the kids about their families. Dominic runs away from the group and falls asleep in a nearby closet.
When Dominic wakes up, the museum is deserted and dark. Dominic is scared and picks up the exhibit phones, hoping that this will pass the time and help him forget his fears. He just talks to the recorded voices of immigrants, the people from far away places. Suddenly, an old italian immigrant joins in his conversation. Next thing he knows, Dominic goes back into the world of this old man, in the year 1908.
Dominic meets three kids. Their names are Fransesco, Salvatore, and Antonio Candiano. The three kids are orphan brothers and live in an Italian village in Avaletto, Italy. The kids do have shelter and a friend who is priest named Father Tomasso. The Candiano bothers also have a goat name Violetta. They pick lemons for money. These bothers accept Dominic as family.
The novel is unlike any other novel. The genre is definitely different, with historical fiction and some fantasy making it an adventurous and exciting novel to read.
Our group rates the book, The Orphan of Ellis Island, four out of five stars. we rate the book this because the climax is at the end of the book and the begining of the book is not as interesting as the ending. It is a very good book that once you start, you will never be able to put down.
BY:
Rachel Fisher
Chris Vilkas
Gaje Darby
Seth Keplinger

This book from Elvira Wodruff is good. It tells you how poor people lived. You can see how they live. They had no family. Dominic is the main character. Dominic didn't knew who his family was. Dominic, he is Italian and his family, when he was a baby he never saw them, just as a baby. This story takes place in New York, Italy, and a little bit of Californien. They where at Ellis Island. Dominic was with his class there to look at a family tree. Dominic wasn't looking at the tree because he will never knew who his family was. But when he is falling a sleep he got a dream and going back the time, he saw his family there when they was young.
I would go to the library and get the book it's good. I would like it , that the book goes longer, it was just intresting the the book ends, I didn't like that.

The Orphan of Ellis Island really touched me. It made me realize, hey, my life isn’t so bad! I always loved time-travels! It’s just amazing how the concept of this book comes along. (See end of book) Such detail! Every time you read it you learn something new!

I was very distressed at the implications and conclusions drawn at many places in this book.

Parts of the book are directly contradicted by accounts of participants such as Allison Ind or by Walter D. Edmonds, who conducted interviews thirty years closer to the event.

Unfortunately at certain points, Bartsch denigrates or ignores important sources of information and the reader is unable to tell that he has done this.

I am concerned that students and the public are reading this book and accepting it as absolute truth.

This book really touched me and it answered a lot of question running in my mind ever since I was a small boy. The booked mesmerized me so much that I picked up an old P-40B model in my model stacks and started making a replica of Joe Moore's No. 41 P-40B, then later named "P-40 Something". It is my mission to revisit the airfields at Clark, Iba, the Bataan fields, Lahug, and the rest. When I was reading this work of art by Bartsch, I can feel as if I was there to witness it on hand because of my familiarity with the places mentioned.

Mr. Bartsch, if you happen to read this review, I would appreciate if you can get in touch with me in my e-mail. I would like to congratulate you (eventhough through an electronic handshake via e-mail) for making the world aware that there were a bunch of heroes fighting and doing their darn best with only little of what they had for my country during the early days of the war.

For those that study the early months of America's entry into WWII, the disaster at Clark field resonates like Pearl Harbor. The story of the fighter pilots based in the Philippines is one of bravery and honor, but against a relentless enemy, their doom was sealed.

Bartsch has written an excellent history covering the not so popular topics of disaster and defeat. However, it is the individual human story that shines through the flames and smoke that choked America in the early days of 1942.

I did not enjoy this book, but I confess that perhaps I simply misunderstood what this book would be about when I purchased it. I was looking for a book about Isis, and instead got a book about a woman who seemed to be suffering an identity crisis - a subject that from my point of view, has been done to death. That I am sure is not the authors fault, but if you are looking for a book about Isis, you will be frustrated by just how little this book really refers to her.

I love this book,but than again I love all the author's books.I didn't know what to expect from this book though.Since it was a journal type of book,I thought I might not like it.I was wrong...I LOVE IT! She is a very Soul-Full person (Iknow that's not how it's spelled,but the author is a very spiritual person and that shines through in this book) I had to re-read chapter 9 ,Ab: the intelligence of the heart,this chapter really made me think,it's so full of wonderful insights.Ex:"...Desire is life manifestly unfolding.If we fail to acknowledge our deep desires,we remain empty inside and vulnerable to the manipulations of those who would seduce us and feed upon our desire nature.We buy goods we don't need,thinking things will supply what we lack in the world.We wind up having affairs thinking that will satisfy our love nature.We rush blindly from this business deal to that,thinking that money and prestige will give us back the power we know we lack.All our addictions-eating disorders,alcoholism,smoking,overt sexuality,violence- are evidence of the desire nature out of control because the heart has tried to tell us what it wants,and we have not paid attention." Further in the chapter it says..."Simplicity of the heart keeps our aims and purpose in life clear.What matters is what is at hand at the moment...In hotep(peace) we contemplate our lives and concentrate our energies on the true desires of the heart aligned with God,rather than chasing after this or that fleeting thought..." The author also says the hieroglyph for peace(hotep) is a loaf of bread,implying nuturing, simplicity,contentment and rest...The ancient egyptians were very wise indeed,they knew how to live life to the fullest and Normandi Ellis conveys this over & over in this book.I got some deep insights into the egyptian myths (which can be confusing) but she explains their meaning very simply and you have an "Aha" moment and know what they meant by that myth. I highly recommend this book,if you are a deep thinker like Ellis.

I can only add to the previous review by saying that I am not a woman, yet I shared the great joy of reading it in my own way. I am not sure what the standards of the reviewer are, but I think she is mistaken in her stinginess if only 4 stars where her comments seem so glowing. I agree with the glowing and would suggest top rating of this excellent work of art!

When I got this book from the libary, I was excited to read it, but when I was on about the second chapter, I kinda got bored. It had a good plot, but it kinda dragged on. I reccomend it for at the cottage type book. Because when you pick it up you won't forget the story. Chow...

Trust me on this i HATE books!! H-A-T-E books. book are my enemy. But some how this book became my favorite by coincidence im a gemini. This book go to worse to really worse. and freaky to really freaky. This is my favorite book of all times, i also love every other zodiac chiller. i also recomend my 2nd favorite book Pices Drowning. I read this book in 2 days thats a record for me! My last record before this was 1 month. Please read this book if youre into freaky book. If your into gory books like me try stephen King!

those other people are strange, I think the book was great and kept me guessing. It was a zodiac mystery/adventure. It was a definite thriller.

I found this book quite interesting but it should have been longer and given more details about myths and symbols. I was brought up being required to read old Icelandic literature at school and I found it astounding that this scholar didn't treat Iceland essentially as a Norwegian sub-colony. Refreshing. Also, if you are interested in old religions and don't want to float in the sea of new age and fancyful imagination this book is a "not romanticizing, not cynical" introduction into scandinavian and celtic symbolism. I don't have the diploma to comment on its accuracy.

H.R. Ellis Davidson has done a fabulous job in this book, where she illustrates a number of critial simularities and differences between what we currently understand of pre-Christian Celtic religion and pre-Christian Scandinavian religion.

I was constantly surprised and challenged as I worked my way through this book and experienced a number of my preconcieved notions of both Celtic mythology and Norse mythology being deconstructed and reassembled.

And, I felt, for a book mostly intended for a University Library, that it was a pleasant and entertaining read.

This is an objective analysis of pagan beliefs and practices, mostly in Viking and Celtic times. Davidson gives well -documented explanations of such things as holy places, feasting and sacrifice, rites of battle, land-spirits and ancestors, foreknowledge and destiny. As a historical fiction writer, writing about Viking times, this book is a valuable resource for me. I especially appreciate the careful referencing, and inclusion of evidence from archaeology as well as literature and folklore. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Viking and Celtic religion from a more historical rather than a "cultist" perspective.

I got less than I expected when I paid almost full price for this book. Yes, it is very usable, but not excellent condition. The book arrived with little or no packing material and was not in a sealed envelope. The next time I need to buy a textbook, I will be wary about getting a used one from this seller.

I wish the author realizes not everything must be put in the form of an analogy! Apart from that the book is a good review of how to go about a research paper, giving valuable advice on how to avoid pitfalls. As somebody mentioned, the Computer Prompts really are very basic.

Research, it is safe to say, is probably not the average person's favorite course to take in school. The subject itself, for most, is bland and boring and probably not very accessible from a learning standpoint.

Enter Leedy and Omrod. "Practical Research" is just an outstanding book to learn research from or to teach a research course with. First off, the book is small and it is written in simple language with "practical" examples. This makes the subject a lot more accessible to the average reader. Second, it contains lots of helpful hints and checklists to help make the learning process easier. The companion website for this book contains practice tests that the students can use to gauge their learning (as well as e-mail results to get feedback from the instructor).

Though the book is short, it is still very thorough and to the point. There is no tradeoff in quality of information for brevity which is a great point in favor of this book. Overall, this book is a superior learning tool because it communicates the research process very clearly. A student at any level, be it, middle school, secondary school, undergraduate or graduate, can easily learn the research process from this text.

We used this as one of the texts for a graduate level research methods course I took and it was a big hit with all enrolled in the class.

Here's a quick rundown of the books topics:

1.What is Research?

2.Research Tools

3.Identifying the research problem

4.Literature Review

5.Research design planning

6.Research proposal writing

7.Qualitative research

8.Historical research

9.Descriptive research

10.Experimental and Causal-Comparative designs

11.Statistical techniques for quantitative data analysis

12.Writing and publishing the research report

Overall, "Practical Research" is a great learning solution whether you are independently trying to learn research methods or if you are an instructor looking for a great textbook for your class.

Highly Recommended

Its stoicism for the 21st century folks. If only Socrates could see us today, still having everyone kidding themselves about what happiness is and then complaining when someone actually makes them ask the question what is happiness.

Of course, they killed Socrates, and they equally hate Ellis.

We don't want too many people to follow this stuff, we need most people to be mindless drones.

Ahh, psychology. Religion for the next millenium. All we have to do is dupe the poor slobs and they will do whatever we want.

The author has written the most lucid and powerful treatise dealing with the field of cognitive-behavior therapy in his work, "Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy". He continues to display his uncanny knack for communicating profound theories in plain, simple English that anyone can understand. This is a "must" read for professionals and laypeople alike who have an interest in knowing the most recent ideas and practices of the grandfather of cognitive-behavior therapy, Albert Ellis.

This is the seminal book about the development and application of rational emotive therapy. At some point, it was ranked one the the ten most influential books. Ellis' assesses the deficencies in traditional psychotherapy he was trained to practice and his drive to create rational emotive therapy in an insightful and honest evaulation. I do not know if many would be as honest or as creative as he. Each chapter adds significant value towards building the principles of RET. This is a book that changed the way I think about emotion and cognition. Many similar books are watered down, popular versions. It's insightful and revealing to go to the source.

Jack Ellis' "Seeing Eye" is one of those books that remind you of the B-movies of the 50's; it's a guilty pleasure. Our hero, Campbell Knight, is a frustrating one to say the least. He starts out mad at the world (justifiably so, in losing his eye sight in such a horrible fashion); then once he agrees to the experiment with Shadow, the wonder eye dog, he becomes more mellow and starts falling in love with his heretofore unappreciated neighbor, Hope. However, once Campbell starts sharing visions of a crazy woman murdering children, he returns to being an obnoxious, self-pitying bore. Fortunately, for the reader, Campbell does become a likeable hero by the end of the novel.

The premise of Campbell sharing Shadow's visions with a dog from his same litter, is original, and even though Ellis sometimes takes a good while in getting to the meat of the plot, it's an enjoyable read, and it has a tragic ending, one that disappointed me, but was effective nonetheless.

I'm not sure the crazy woman, Ellie, is a truly developed villianess, but she is effective, and the child, Teresa, is a worthy opponent.

Atmospheric, and occasionally creepy, this book is a great read for the beach or a rainy night.

Before I read this book I have never heard of Jack Ellis or any of his books. I saw this one sitting on a shelf looking back at me. Too bad Amazon doesn't show the cover art, it's actually quite nice.

The story is of Campbell Knight who looses his sight in a horrible accident. In a secret experiment run by his sister's boyfriend, Campbell gets his eye sight returned to him through his dog, Shadow. But, in a strange fluke, Campbell is somehow linked to Shadow's brother Max and to the other dogs of his litter. And through the eyes of Max, the dog, he sees a horrible abusive women kidnapping children. Now Campbell and his newly found partner need to find the truth behind the visions and find out if the mystery women is real!

The premise is quite good and worth reading, however short the book is, about 415 pages. The use of technology is correctly used (however in my opinion, the author could have used other technologies that are more suitable for the links to Shadow) Jack Ellis makes good use of the actual story between Campbell and his dog, although it saddens me to see that he closes many potential story paths. It's hard to say what they are without giving away too much of the story. but, it's safe to say that this story had a lot of unused potential regarding Shadow and the other dogs. I feel somewhat cheated reading complex stories like Watchers or The Wheel of Time and then reading such a short "simplistic" story. The story does read fairly sluggish in some parts yet, isn't unbearably painful to read through. (Ever try to read the first half of Lucifer's Hammer knowing what is going to happen in the second half? It's impossible!) I would certainly recommend this story to anyone especially a lover of dogs and unique dog stories.

I picked up this book while visiting a friend and couldn't put it down. This well-crafted mystery hooked me with its original plot, and the easy writing style of the author. The content was a bit rough in its theme, so I wouldn't recommend it for minors without a parental review.

Campbell Knight is blinded by an accident, and still grieving for his sight when the book opens. Suddenly he is offered the opportunity to participate in an research project, which enables him to literally "see" through the eyes of a trained guide dog. When he accepts, he discovers he can see a lot more than the dog's eyes see. What he sees, and how he and his neighbor-turned-girlfriend solve this mystery, will keep you turning pages all night.