Basher Five-Two by Scott O'Grady and Michael French is a good book about Captain Scott O'Grady's time in Bosnia after his plane was shot down. The main chacter is Air Force Captain Scott O' Grady. Some of the things that that kept me reading were the obstacles Scott had to overcome. One of my questions as I read this book was, "Is somone going to rescue him?" I never knew what was going to happen next. This book is full of adventure and action. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about Air Force pilots who have survived plane crashes in enemy territory and people who like to read action and adventure stories.

Basher 5-2 is an excellent read for anyone looking for adventure. I myself can tell you that a man of Scott O'Grady's character really makes the book what it is. I reccomend pickin this up

I felt this book was a very informative marines eye view of the battle for Iwo Jima. It made a lasting impression on me as a young reader and have been searching high and low to find this book to read again. Not eough credit is given to those who and died for a small jap held pacific island and this book gives great light on the efforts of those who were there.

Sobering, gritty and at times, horrific portrayal of Marines in combat. Great story , in my opinion, written by a Marine who was there, of his and his fellow Marines' experiences. A mostly unknown book, but a classic combat narrative. The fact that the Marines took the volcano island of Iwo Jima in the face of an entrenched and determined foe is a testament to the determination, valor and sacrifice of the thousands of Marines and navy personnel who served there.

Fr. Champlin has taken an innovation by Pope John Paul II and made it accessible to the devotion of those who walk the Way of The Cross in Lent. Basing each Station of The Cross on the passage from Scripture that covers the entire Passion and not just beginning at the condemnation and ending at the entombment this work takes on the character of "Lectio Divina". We are called to enter into the Scriptural passage and meditate on its implications for us.

The Stations of the Cross with Pope John Paul II is a version that uses the modern Biblical stations with a 15th station, the resurrection. My personal bias is that the 15th station in inappropriate during Lent, that the resurrection should not be celebrated until the Triduum Easter vigil.

This version in terms of gesture and music is one of the more traditional versions. It assumes a communal celebration with Leader, Reader and "All". Each station begins with a short responsory and genuflection, the reader proclaims a scriptural passage related to the station, all kneel and the leader reads a short meditation applying the suffering of Christ at the station to our lives, the people respond with a short psalm excerpt, all stand and sing a verse of the Stabat Mater. Each station is accompanied by a line drawing.

Grady Ragsdale passed away not long after this his first and last effort as an author. Although it is written very simply and from the perspective of a big fan, Grady was Steve's local caretaker, helper, and all around gopher and he is accurate in his cataloging of Steve's last year alive. There are stories in here you won't read anywhere else and stories as yet not told in the McQueen saga, but Grady was a simple man and he tells it simply, like it was. Anyone who is a McQueen fan should try to get a copy of this book because it will show you a McQueen that very few people knew but the spirit of a man you will recognize even at the end of his days, when he realized his days were numbered and as is documented, he never gave up. The book focusses on McQueen's love of flying, his search into the next world and his creation of the dream, his last home, the ranch in Santa Paula. This book and Nolans book are perhaps the best and most accurate documentation of a man who while he was alive held back more information than he gave, except to those who observed him while he wasn't looking. What is missing in Grady's story is the side of Steve that Grady, being a country boy wouldn't have understood...but that is exactly why Steve allowed him in so close.

Just finished "Steve McQueen-the Final Chapter" by Grady Ragsdale. I couldn't put the book down, and will read it a second time in a week or so. A heart rendering story of a great movie star who was also a real human being most people would never guess lived behind the Hollywood glitter. Mr. Ragsdales book is a simple story, factual, and told from a very unique viewpoint. It's also a story about what happens when all the options run out on life, and you discover your days are really and truly numbered. Who do you turn to, where do you go? The story also illustrates that your own life may influence others by what you might consider inconspicuous actions. Actions you routinely do without thought, but someone may notice and take heart. I have no problem recommending this book to anyone interested in either this end time of Mr. Mc Queens life, or as a book of inspiration for those who may think "those who die with the most toys win" - that just isn't so. I'm happy to say that I believe Mr. Mc Queen won the last round after all.

This is a murder mystery wrapped in with a CIA internal spy plot. This author writes tight, slick books that keep you interested through out. The good flow of the book and the fact that it keeps you interested is probably due to the skill of the author. You are never in need of additional details with this author, he really fills the pages up, and for some I think this can be too much. This really is a book that has two ' three very well developed and written plot twists that makes you stay on your toes. I have reread the book and it is something how well he places the road signs. This is an interesting book that combines espionage with a murder mystery.

Great book, this one would make a good movie! Does he have more! I want more! Excellent writing, very in depth, keeps up the pace, suspenseful and entertaining reading.

I found this book to be inspiring for anyone suffering from Parkinsons. Joan Grady-Fitchett the author has done an excellent job of relating to the reader the gamut of emotions involved in the diagnosis of Parkinsons. Her strong mental attitude and determination should inspire others to do the same.The book also gives important information on doctors to contact and the success and failure of her medications and treatments.

Fighting the challanges of Parkinson's Disease, sometimes winning, sometimes losing; along with general living experiences made this book an informative and enjoyable read for me. However, it ended too soon. Did she have the surgery and what were the results?

An amazing woman fights the little and big things that are no longer familiar. This disease, this invader, is slowing crashing her body. All she has left is spirit and persistence, but these are powerful. Joan's writing is tight and moving. It takes you along with her from the top of success in professional modeling. From anger. Through realization and fear. Through lovers and pain, and to rest of her life. The reader will come away a little smarter, a lot braver, and a little less a victim in their own life.

This is, in my opinion, an excellent book. It's short and sweet; it includes enough information to be useful without going off the deep end into territory of interest primarily to academics. This book emphasizes a refreshing, low-ceremony approach to software development. All the major aspects of UML are discussed: Use cases, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams, stereotypes, packages and collaborations, state diagrams... I found the concise explanation of the differences between association, aggregation and composition to be especially useful. At the end of the book the author also goes through a simple example using Java to show how to get from modelling to an actual piece of code. If you are a solid intermediate-level developer, this book is an invaluable stepping stone on the path toward mastery of object-oriented design techniques. It would probably be somewhat useful for a beginner, and would probably be rather too trivial for a sophisticated software designer.

This is an informative and satisfying guide to using UML in object oriented development. In relatively few pages the most commonly used aspects of the standard modeling language are presented, explained, and illustrated. A developer already familiar with an object oriented language could make good use of this book as their first introduction to UML. For those without any grounding in object orientation I think Sams Teach Yourself UML in 24 Hours or Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML are better places to start.

The thing I liked the most about this book was the practical advice for moving an object oriented project through to completion. As asides to the explanations of UML syntax and form, the authors dropped in tidbits of advice... "Don't try to do software that exactly maps the conceptual perspective. Try, instead, to be faithful to the spirit of conceptual perspective but still realistic considering the tools you are using" (p. 150). This was said in the context of one of the longer chapters in the book, UML and Programming, where the reader is walked through a demonstration of using UML to conceptualize a patient information system for a hospital and then walked through the choices that might be made to implement it in Java. The authors work with a sample where an ideal solution is out of reach and illustrate instead a pragmatic choice that works. This kind of thing is done over and over again in the book. Martin Fowler also refers the reader to his website where he extends this demonstration into greater complexities than the book covered.

Since this book is so brief it would be a great choice for an entire team to read together to get everyone on the same page for a project.

I was assigned a problem recently in a C++ Advanced course that required me to quickly obtain exposure to the UML. I used Amazon to find this book. On month later I have read four books on the UML and have two more books waiting on my office shelf! I am extremely fascinated by the UML and recommend all software engineers look into its use. I highly recommend Martin Fowler's UML Distilled for engineers who have no previous modeling exposure. It is a fast way to get your feet wet and obtain a high-level overview. After reading this book you might consider the path I forged for myself:

1) UML Distilled by Martin Fowler 2) UML Toolkit by Hans-Erik Eriksson & Magnus Penker (* includes a CD-Rom with Rational Rose 4.0 demo). A great second book! You can also obtain a free UML Modeling tool by TogetherSoft.

3) The Unified Modeling Language User Guide by Booch, RumBaugh and Jacobson. A GREAT book and definite read, however I would not recommend it as your first if you are new to modeling (as I am). I was extremely impressed by Grady Booch's writing skill. He infused me with a love for modeling. (I also intend to read his other books.) As a parent I enjoyed his comments regarding teen age daughters in addition to the fine art of dog house construction.

4) Real-Time UML: Developing Efficient Objects for Embedded Systems by Bruce Powel Douglass. A SUPERB book! I am just finishing it. I was impressed with the author's extensive real-time knowledge and appreciative of his ability to communicate it so clearly to interested readers. I found his dry sense of humor entertaining and intend to look into the Dave Barry reference. I only wish I had time to immediately sit down and read his second real-time book "Doing Hard Time". It is however waiting on my office shelf.

Thanks to all the authors sited. Good luck to you on your discovery of the UML.

This book is one in a series of three by the three amigos. It is certainly the most authoritative and accurate of all three (the other two being very fuzzy in places). The book consists of the following major sections:

I: Background (some history) II: UML concepts (static, use case, statechart and other 'views') III: Reference

This book is pure syntax and can answer most of the questions that you might have about UML syntax. However, this book is not for beginners because it assumes (in my opinion) that you have applied UML to real-life situations. I find the book to be well-written (even if it is fairly dry) and compares favouably with other books in the UML series. There are different ways that you can use this book. First, you can consult it to check of you are using the correct UML syntax in your applications. Second, you can use it to deteremine what you have still to learn in UML (for example, activity diagrams, statecharts). This book should complement the other, more application-specific UML books. For example, it could be seen as a follow-up of Fowler's somewhat outdated UML Primer.

It would have been a good idea if the authors had included a complete test case showing how all the specific 'views' are documented and how they fit together. UML has about 11 different views and which one to use and when will be a major undertaking if you are embarking on a first project.

This book will be outdated as soon as the new UML 2.0 specification is ready. Do the authors have plans for a new version of their book "UML Reference 2.0"?

Let's be clear - this book is a reference manual, not a tutorial. Don't use this book to learn what the UML is all about. But when you want to answer a question about how to show something or what something means, then this book is invaluable. It's my first reference choice because, unlike the specification, it is written with explanation in mind. I turn to it more than any other UML book and so far I've found that when this can't answer my question, it's because the UML designers haven't thought about it yet.

So to sum up: if you use the UML seriously, make sure you have a copy handy.

This book is a comprehensive, well-written reference that stays by my side whenever I'm modeling. The accompanying CD-Rom has the book's text stored as a PDF file and is arguably even more useful because it is hyperlinked.

A few others reviewers disagree, but their complaints suggest a misunderstanding of the book's intent. This book is a "Reference Manual." It is not a tutorial and does not cover tangental topics (like good/bad OOAD practices). Think of it as a UML encyclopedia.

If you want a concise description of every UML diagram and notation then this is the book you want.

It is obvious that extensive research went into this,but for what reason did God give us life but that we may:
Mt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Lu 4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Mt 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
I say, "Thanks" for the extensive research and hundreds of hours put into such a study. However, could it not have been written with more gracious speech?
I say to those considering buying this book, you'll have to do alot of sifting through abusive language,but it does provide a good defense of the KJV only stance.
Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
I fear the author did not have this in mind when preparing this book.
God help my speech to edify other believers.

Rarely does a book change ones outlook - indeed one that does could be said to be very important. Dr. Grady's book has been to me very important. It has strengthened my faith in God and in his inerrant nature.

One of several excellent books on the subject of the authorized KJV the author has done a good job of mixing documentation with practical application and understanding. Having myself comitted portions of the NIV to memory over a period of ten years - I was somewhat skeptical of the "KJV only" position and Dr. Grady's book. After reading this book, I realized how incomplete and polutted the other translations are - I swapped my NIV for the KJV and won't be going back!

Finally! A book that answers the Question "Which Bible is best."
Dr. Grady has done his homework. And you can get the answers to questions like, "What's the differance between the King James Bible and other versions?" "Is there a difference in readings?"
"What has changed? and "Why"
This book is an excellent reference work and should be in any serious Bible students library.