My goodness, 14 years as an SDA was TOO long!!! Marvin Moore takes Adventist prophecy to new heights of historical and theological ignorance in his latest piece of end-times FICTION. I encourage my Adventist friends to read up on the history presented here, without Adventist or even general Christian bias. Just a 2nd glance from first a historical then theological viewpoint at some of Moore's conclusions will open your eyes to the follies of man concerning the mysteries of God. ...

No other book on the topic of "End Times" paints a clearer picture in the mind than this book! Marvin Moore walks you very carefully through biblical prophecies that have already taken place in our world, and through this world's END TIME CRISIS events which are soon to occur, as foretold straight from the Bible.

Be prepared so you won't be deceived! Tomorrow will reflect how you react today....

A MUST READ book for anyone wanting to know the truth about the Second Coming of Christ Jesus..

This book provides the reader with background information on what to expect in the final days of earth's history as we approach The Crisis of The End Time. The book provides very practical advice on exactly how we should go about developing and deepening our relationship with Jesus Christ as we enter this awesome period.

A clear vision of what events we can expect to precipitate the persecution of the Saints is given along with signs that the trouble is about to begin. This is a guide book to spiritual survival for the Christian in the end time.

Can't believe this sexist stuff--"Stay until you physically deteriorate." "Put on your prettiest makeup." (Oh, so THAT'S why my husband is a jerk? I'm not wearing enough makeup?) "Keep your weight in check." As if I've not been doing that all along? Then he complains about "a new diet this month." What drug did you guys smoke out there in California that helped you "create" this? Look, I know people worked hard for this book and the garbage before it, but really--after all these years to make marriage somewhat equal, do we have to go back to being Donna Reed and doing housework in high heels? Gimme a break! Thank heavens I got this on sale--I'd hate to think I paid full price for this cr!p.

My husband and I were on the verge of divorce a year ago, and now we can't get enough of each other.. all because of this book! The title is misleading because it's not a book for the wife.. the husband needs to read it as well for this to work. I recommend it to everyone struggling with marital roles and the confusion and frustration that comes with it. It's smart and realistic and it works! Skip the sexist comments - they aren't important to the theories - and learn from the rest.

I have read many books on communication, and many books on how to be even happier in interpersonal relationships, and I can honestly say that Staying Married... is the best, and most helpful, one I have ever read. Don't expect sweet-sounding advice that doesn't really work -- this book gives you the real deal. The section entitled "How To Get What You Want From Your Man Without Asking" is amazing. After reading it, I applied the principles... and they worked!

Walter Rea is nothing more than a sensationalist. Fueled by greed and personal vendetta rather than an honorable quest for truth, Rea uses anything and everything he get his hands on (including ridiculously poor logic) in order to attack Ellen White and the Spirit of Prophecy. The following is an excerpt from a more detailed history of Walter Rea [online.]

In the Prologue, White Lie, Walter Rea explains that it was a thirst for vengeance that got him started on his mission to destroy the Spirit of Prophecy in the first place. He says that, after he compiled two Spirit of Prophecy books of quotations about Old and New Testament personalities, the E.G. White Estate appeared to give his books little attention. He felt miffed. They had not praised him as he thought he should be praised. So he determined to strike back.

On Thursday and Friday, October 23-24, 1980, the Los Angeles Times ran headlined articles about Walter Rea's charges that Ellen White was a plagiarist. The title of one of the articles was "Plagiarism Found in Prophet Books." Associated Press wired the story to other newspapers across the United States.
In order to make the article more sensational, however, Walter Rea deliberately broadened his falsification of facts. How did he do that? That Times article, based on information supplied by Walter Rea, quoted Elder Neal C. Wilson, General Conference president, as saying that "the degree of borrowed material and literary dependence is of alarming proportions. "

But he deliberately twisted what Wilson had said, and then gave it to the Times, to go across America. What he did reveals the character of the man making all these charges! It was a lying report, made by a man who makes charges which he knows are untrue. Here was N.C. Wilson's complete sentence, which Rea lifted out of a letter Wilson had written shortly before:
"As a result of 14 or 15 years of study, and more intensive research in the last two or three years, Elder Rea feels that the degree of borrowed material and literary dependence is of alarming proportions." -N.C. Wilson, letter to the members of the committee set up by the General Conference to study Walter Rea's charges, quoted in Adventist Review, November 27,1980.

When someone sent Rea a copy of that letter, he lifted that phrase out of its full sentence-and then gave it to the Los Angeles Times, making it appear that the General Conference president believed Rea's conclusions to be true. Frankly, If Rea will so wrest a sentence by Elder Wilson, to suit his own purposes, how can anyone trust his charges against Ellen White to be any more true?

In fact, people that accepted Walter Rea's charges ended up destroying their lives! At the February 1982 Walla Walla Adventist Forum meeting, Rea openly admitted the flaws in his own logic by stating, "Don't you do to the Bible what I am doing to the writings of Ellen White, or you will de­stroy the Bible too!"

He knew exactly what he had set out to do; and, in the lives of many people, Walter Rea did it. About 1986, a schoolteacher in Ohio phoned and asked if she could stop by and see whatever the present writer had on the Rea controversy. Shortly afterward, during the summer break, she arrived with her daughter. Although decked out as a non-Adventist, she said she had once been an Adventist minister's wife. But, she explained, when Walter Rea went around lecturing, she and her husband decided to leave the ministry. Having separated from the Spirit of Prophecy, soon after he left her and their daughter for another woman. Since then, she had left Adventism entirely. Yet there were lingering questions in her mind. The present writer tried to clarify issues, but it seemed impossible to break the hold the world now had on her. We provided her with papers and other materials and, that same afternoon, she left and continued on her journey to a vacation in Florida.

Walter Rea has been destroying people for years. He is still doing it. That is why this present book has been published. The need for it still exists. But whatever happened to Walter himself?

An acquaintance of Walter Rea called us on the phone last year (1995) and told us that Rea no longer believes in the Bible either! He handed the fruit of skepticism of God's Word to others; now he is eating it himself. He is a sullen man who broods in his smoldering hatreds. Remember the warning of Moses to the people regarding three other rebels against God's prophet in. ancient times: "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins'" ­ Numbers 16:26.

That is good counsel for us today.

Unfortunately the writer of this book is not writing for the good of people. He is not even writing this book to find the truth. It seems that he wrote this book, just because he was unwilling to accept what Ellen White wrote. Incidently, if you use the authors definition of plagarism, he himself is a plagarist because he extensively quotes Ellen White's materials in his book, to prove his point.

As one raised in an Adventist family I was shocked at the reading of this book. It is absolutely proof positive that Ellen White was not the prophetess that the SDA Church claims her to have been. Her writings are almost word for word copies of earlier writings. Walter Rea, while serving as an Adventist pastor stumbled on to this truth and exposed the lie. The sad truth is that the SDA Church ignored the proof rather than humbling themselves before God and admitting the truth. This book is a must read if you are an Adventist or are considering Adventism. The books she copied are printed side-by-side to Ellen's writings. The truth CANNOT be missed or denied.

Don't waste your time or money on this one. Give me a ring, and I will ship it to you for free.

What a collosal waste of time this book is.
The authors obviously don't have much of a grasp on e-business. The book is poorly organized and written in such poor style that it was a torture to finish.

Poor writing, poor execution from infantile minds.

I found the material valuable in helping me convey technical concepts to non-technical personnel. Part of my responsibility is to ensure all parties correctly understand the "why" as much as the "what" and "how" of an e-business project. The primary benefit I got was being able to see what the strategists are looking for in an e-business solution and how to present it in their terms. This book has also helped me address those who would chase "technology du jour" solutions that may be flashy but offer little or no real value other than to pad a resume.

Some of the ideas presented have provided a good starting point for team discussions and follow-on research projects. Also, the material has helped me develop an informal education program to help some mainframe structure programming folks make the transition to an e-business development environment.

At times, some of the material seemed a little jolty but overall I would recommend this to anyone with the desire to get a high-level overview without marketing hype. One reviewer pointed out that you cannot develop a complete solution, or even a detailed project plan, with this book alone. I would agree. However, used as an introduction and an accompanying text for more detailed technical books, "Developing E-Business Systems and Architectures" definitely adds value to my library.

As a screenwriter, I've gone through all the screenwriting books possible, and figured it was time to start on the directing books. Unfortunately, I picked up this book. It has some fundamental problems. First, the movies she uses are all the movies she has produced or starred in. Besides the fact that that seems a bit of a conflict of interest, I can hardly find any information on these movies, so I could SEE the examples she explains. These are bottom of the barrel movies so I don't see that as ever being an option. Besides, there are no pictures in the book, so her explanations of visual ideas can never be reinforced by actual screen shots. I mean, not one picture can be found between the covers. I would understand if this was a screenwriting book, but it's a directing book, about a visual medium. Who knows? Which goes back to my first point. Most all the books I have read so far have used popular films as examples. River Queen, Bladerunner, Presumed Innocent, Godfather, etc. Not only are these revered films, and excellent examples of what you SHOULD do, they're examples everyone has seen.

I'm not just trying to rip on this book, but there is one more problem. It's setup and interface is not very useful. There's not a lot of charts or graphs, or anything. I read it and forgot most everything right away.

Quite learning and quite interesting, well that pretty much covers it. You get an interesting look in to the craft and some of what you didn't know you are told.

Can you? Well, yes. However, it takes a lot of hard work and a great deal of knowledge on the topic before you can send in your home movies just yet. This book covers many of the necessary details on releasing a film, budgeting, and how to pay for each and every expense. It also lists examples, addresses, and other extremely useful tools. I would highly recommend this to the serious film student or first-time filmmaker. For old-timers, this may be useful as a guide, but is primarily geared towards the newbie.

We are looking to open a B&B that will support our family. This does not fit the author's defintion of a B&B, and this book is definitely geared toward a smaller operation. If you are looking to open a few rooms in your home to earn some extra income, this book would probably be useful.

Author gives good advice on what to expect in the process of starting a B&B .

Just came from comforting my sweet 8-yr-old, who was playing with this coloring book earlier in the day. She was crying, frightened, in bed, because the story had scared her. I confess I hadn't read it, but since it came home from her Catholic school, I assumed it was okay. It's a frightening, violent story, especially for a little girl. There is time to deal with the explicit stuff (torture, a lance through the base of her skull, etc) when children are older and better able to understand. I am certain our Lord does not want children frightened in this way. We can stick to the uplifting stories until they're past the age of coloring books, I think.

Coloring book that tells the incredible story of the 12-year-old Christian girl martyred by the Roman Emperor for her faith and whose tomb was discovered In 1802. Includes the beautiful story of Pauline Jericot, who was cured at her shrine. 32pp. PB. Imprimatur.

Renee Harmon's book is based on her more than 10 years first hand experience in the independant movie making business. She provides a wealth of excellent advice on everything from story rights, script development, and production to financing, marketing, and distribution, including a section on video marketing. Unfortunately, the book is four years old and seems out of date on many aspects. The details should not be taken for gospel. Check your facts, especially those concerning addresses, phone numbers, wages, salaries, and legal matters. Things change. Despite this, the book is a very good primer for anyone serious about the movie making business.

Charles Spurgeon was a fascinating man with a great gift for captivating his audiences with very direct and Christ-centered sermons. His preaching is what gained his fame, yet through his astounding popularity he remained strikingly humble and generous. Through simple, down-to-earth language he conveyed the sinfulness of all humanity and our desperate need for a Savior, and what a great and merciful Savior we do have in Jesus Christ. Massive crowds thronged to hear the Gospel from him throughout his life, and the college he started produced many other young ministers to carry on the work of spreading the message of Christ's forgiveness.
This biography of him is the only one I've read, and it was fairly good, but left something to be desired. It really only scratched the surface on explaining his theology, and quoting his sermons so that the reader could get a feel for his great popularity. Also, the book often gushed about how great a man he was; attention that, according to his description, Spurgeon would have preferred to be sent towards his Lord and Savior, Jesus. I suppose what I would have found more useful was a more direct and focused look at Spurgeon himself, the content of his preaching, which reflected his belief, and not so much flowery language and peripheral aspects of his life. It did come across clearly however that he sought his strength for ministry from God, and he resolved to "know nothing but Christ crucified."

Can I have my money back?
I wish I had something more positive to say about this "book" but I can't - really not good.

While this book goes further than most other OO design books I've read, it still falls well short of answering the elusive question - How the hell do I apply all this to my real life large scale applications? Most authors conveniently ignore the very existence of the GUI and focus on the easy part - the business classes. At least this books acknowledges the role of infrastructure classes and does give a few tips on when to introduce infrastructure classes in the analysis/design process. Fact is, in most business applications over 60% of the coding and maintenance effort is spent on the GUI and infrastructure (the How-To of an application). The authors too seems to agree that the nuts-and-bolt design takes up the most time in OO development process. In spite of this, less than 10% of the book is devoted to design. In fact, fleshing out the detailed design is left to the reader. The book does not even provide a complete class diagram for the simple example application.

Surprisingly, the authors suggest that developing the user interface could be done outside UML design! That means that the painstakingly developed models are useless when it comes to generating code! If I can't model all the classes in my application, round-trip engineering, as promised by many a UML tool vendors, becomes a pipe dream and the whole UML iterative development methodology falls flat on it's face. Very disappointing.

I'm very pleased with this book. The authors take you step-by-step through the visual modeling process using UML and Java. I read the book cover to cover. It's almost like a good friend taking your hand and guiding you all the way.

I would highly recommend this book if you are new to UML or not clear on how the many diagrams fit together to elaborate an analysis and design effort.

Thanks, Paul Harmon and Mark Watson for writing such a great read.