I bought this book because I was particularly interested in how old master exhibitions have evolved to the present date. This book does a great job of tracing the history of old master exhibitions but fails to even mention the old master blockbuster exhibitions in the second half of the 20th century. The cover image features the National Gallery's recent Vermeer exhibition but it's not even mentioned in the book. I know Mr. Haskell passed away in Jan 2000 so perhaps he may not have been able to complete the chronology prior to the book's publication.

For those who are stuck between jobs, or who are contemplating a change, this book makes a fine companion to "Ask the Headhunter" by Nick Corcodilos.

The title says it all: if you're looking for a job and you line up with the herd, you will lose. Become a salesman (of yourself) and win.

I used some of the techniques in this book to land my last job and I can attest to how well they work. The book is also very easy to read, as all of the concepts are chopped up into small bite-sized chunks, the writing is natural, and the subject matter is not difficult.

Unfortunately about half-way through, Rosaluk forgets his topic and starts writing about these useless tips on how to reformat your resume, how to make it better, etc. (That's why he only gets 3 stars)

Keep reading the title; that is the key. It works.

This book won't make you understand anything about MPEG if you don't know anything about MPEG.

If you already know something about MPEG, definatelly you don't have to read it.

All graphs in this book are not related with context, and same to the math equations.

If you really want to learn MPEG2 or MPEG4, go directly to the standards. The authors try their best to confuse the reader. Even simple concepts cannot be explained clearly.

Unfortunately I bought this book after reading the first three reviews. I think the later reviews are closer to the mark.

The book is confusing and overly detailed with no unifying thread. I bought the standard, and reading it after this book was like a breath of fresh air.

I love her books, but this was boring, hard to follow or "get into." You may love it, but I didn't even finish reading the book.

she's very good indeed, but sadly, this is not the best example of that! It's still readable, however, at least in my opinion.

A standard device in fiction is that of the baby left on a doorstep, who, upon reaching adulthood, or something reasonably approaching that state, sets out to find the birth parents.

The author hangs a 'Pastoral Mystery" (the sub-title of the book) on this premise. Set in rural modern-day England at a country house, Cloisters, (once a monastery, of course), the past is nearly as important as the present, with generations of the same family and/or townspeople laying the groundwork for the secrecy surrounding the parentage of the heroine, Tessa Fields.

Left on the doorstep of a vicarage, Tessa is told just such an engaging story throughout her life. Her adoptive 'Mum' dies when Tessa is just 11, and she is cared for thereafter by her 'Dad', the vicar, and his housekeeper, Fergy. A short stint in London as a career girl includes time spent at The Heritage, an antique shop run by the large and shambling Angus Hunt. All is for naught, however, in the face of the increasing pressure Tessa puts on herself to discover her real parentage. A closet romantic, she makes frequent references to such unrelated Regency-period staples as highwaymen and Lord Byron.

Cannell is a master (mistress?) at inventing eccentric characters; the Tramwell sisters, Primrose and Hyacinth, loom large in Tessa's story, as does Butler (the not-quite reformed burglar who stays on as the butler); Chantal, the beautiful and clairvoyant young gypsy woman, who is in love with Tessa's own love, Harry, and who supports herself as cook at Cloisters while earning her master's degree; Harry himself, (the missing unidentified heir); Bertie, another adopted youngster who has an imaginary friend, Fred, who nearly gets them all killed, and so on. In other words, your typical English house-party guest list.

At times, Tessa is a bit much, and you may wish for the end of the book to please hurry up and get to you, but overall, this is still an engaging and witty book. It could have used better editing; if misspellings get on your nerves, you'll find yourself becoming more aggravated than most readers. Nevertheless, all does end reasonably well, for Tessa does discover her birth mum and her own real love, almost simultaneously. They also discover a secret treasure which guarantees the continuance--for years to come--of Cloisters, but with the roof finally mended.

I'm not sure what happened here. I actually wanted to rate this two stars and a half, but that's not possible, so I've decided to be generous. For the characters in this book were likable enough but the plot and story was slow and awkward, and frankly, I became very bored halfway through the book and had to put it down for a few days before I could finish it. The strange thing is that when I read Ms. Cannell's next book, a second Ellie Haskell mystery, it was so good, exactly the quality I had been expecting from Down The Garden Path. I think Ms. Cannell's Ellie Haskell books are her best and there her talent shows. But as for the others...quite frankly, God Save the Queen was even worse than this one in it's way.

Since the first author of this book offers graduate courses in mobile computing, and the table of contents looked good, I bought this book at great expense. (The price is quite outrageous for developing countries). I was shocked to find that the book has very little technical details on any of the topics covered. The book's seven chapters constitute only 135 pages, which also includes about 25 photos of various mobile devices! At best, this book provides a preliminary overview of the area.

The book tries to cover too many aspects of mobile computing in an unstructured and inconsistent way. While the title sounds promising, the quality of the book is low. Most of the figures are bitmaps, even the text in many figures is bitmap and, thus, quite often unreadable. While the authors try to give up-to-date examples of mobile devices, pictures with, e.g., three identical camcorders are superfluous. However, for the price of the book the inconsistencies and errors are really annoying. Just some examples: At the time of writing the book (June 99), GSM did not have 20+ million subscibers as the authors write but almost 200 Million! Examples like WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) are based on the very first drafts, since 1998 new reference models have been published that differ much from the one shown in the book. Furthermore, many little wrong details will confuse readers: ETSI is not a successor for CCITT standards, many tables are wrong (GSM cells can cover more than 10km etc.), DECT has been renamed to Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications long time ago, concepts of different systems are mixed (e.g., Mobile IP, CDPD and GPRS) in one chapter etc. It is unclear for a reader which topics are standards, which are new results from research, and what is already available for customers. A reader who knows something about mobile communications gets the impression that the authors simply collected information to some topics wherever available but did not write a consistent, up-to-date book. New information about hardware is mixed with graphs from 1994 showing average prices of cellular phones, new results from research are mixed with outdated specifications of cellular phone networks - overall a book I cannot recommend, particularly not for this price.

While this volume is dated in terms of market data and product references, the engineering concepts that it covers are highly applicable to the evolving realm of wireless communications and portable computing. This is an excelent primer in the basic concepts of a rapidly evolving industry, and many of the standards and architectures that are discussed have been implemented since the release of the book. I would highly recommend this book for individuals that want insight into the underlying infrastructure that supports mobile information appliances.

Haskell's book is a total mess. Her information and advice are as laughable as her writing skills. I hope nobody is gullible enough to believe that just because she claims this is a "Star" Diet that it means all of Hollywood is lined up just to read her book.

Nikki's "Star" diet is approximately 900 calories. Thats not enough for a healthy individual to consume. She also says no to fats like nuts. A few nuts now and again may be fatty but fat provides satiation and nuts provide the "good" fat our body needs. This is not a healthy diet for anyone and I would think that those who did manage to follow it would regain quickly any weight that they lost. Thumbs down on this book!

Nikki's book is the best. This is my second week on the diet and I have lost 5 pounds. I have been on just about every diet there is and read many, many books. Her advice has a practical common sense approach about eating healthy. I love the recipes and have made many of them. My favorite is the turkey meatloaf...reduce the portions by 1/3 for 1 meatloaf. It has been difficult for me to lose weight on other diets because I was eating to much food for my metabolism and eating food that wasn't digesting very well. I am eating between 800 and 1,000 calories per day. Recording everything I eat in a diary has been my salvation to prevent overeating. Eating a lot of small meals during the day has kept me satisfied and full. I used to have a fear and then guilt about eating fast food. Thanks to Nikki's book I know what to order in any given circumstance. I was following the Pritikin program which is an excellent diet and found it to be very similar to the Star Diet. The Pritikin Program frowns on nuts, olives, avocados, and oils due to the fat content. I am very confused as to the comments by the other readers. They must not have eaten enough fruits and vegetables. Now I am just waiting for my Star Caps to arrive in the mail. I want to honestly say every diet is a mind set. I have set my mind to eat healthy and lean and I am losing weight by using my daily diary. Good luck to everyone out there dieting.