I'm very disappointed with this book. Had no one told me in advance that it was NOT intended to be humorous, I would've enjoyed it, but what I read (to the point where I gave up and tossed it) cannot be compared to any of Mirabelli's supposed influences for this book. Mirabelli's idea of eroticism is tantamount to Noel Coward's, not Vladimir Nabakov's, Henry Miller's, or even Flaubert's!

Suggested reading for Mirabelli (and anyone who's read the "book" and felt the same as me):

The Turn of the Screw (James); Pale Fire (Nabakov); Reds (Miller); Madame Bovary (Flaubert); The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)

This tension-filled and mysterious story keeps you guessing all the way through. Who's going to end up with whom, and why? You've never read anything like it before. There's the sex you see in movies, the sex people advertise for in personals... and then there's the sex the rest of us have. This story bridges the gap--you can suddenly understand how an ordinary couple can end up on the steamy Other Side of erotic. It's a great insight into the sexual (and other) desires and fears of mid 20th century America. Read it!

I found Mirabelli's work to be wonderfully written. His style is at once eloquent, ironic, humane and finely crafted.

It is a rare pleasure to read something that deftly interweaves sensuality and psychology -- while skillfully managing to avoid cliche.

I greatly enjoyed the book and recommend it VERY highly!

Over the years I've been an avid collector of every museum or exhibition catalogs on North American Indian Art -- but this one is the biggest disappointment. While provenience histories can be of importance for the reader, here it provides little meaning and appears to primarily satisfy the collectors/dealers' vanities. Oftentimes provenience entries are incomplete. The lengthy caption reveal very little new or interesting information and for the most part contain meaningless blah-blah just to pad the space around the pictures.

Layout and design is pedestrian, and for that price one would have expected to find all items in color.

A missed opportunity, too bad!

This is no mere exhibition catalogue. It is a superb book- thoroughly researched, well-written and beautifully photographed- really a one-volume encyclopedia of Native North American art. The inclusion of provenance is essential and an important ethical model that others in Native American studies should follow.

A major achievement.

Everything about this book was bad. It really had nothing to do with "Living Poor in America." It only showed Mr. Richards viewpoints on how to improve our already great nation. Anyone who is looking for any information should turn the other way.

"~The review above tell you why the publication of this book was necessary: there are millions of people living in America who do not share in America's bounty. And there are apparently many Americans who would rather not confront this reality. works of photographic art, for they clearly are. But the photographs scream out at the viewer that what concerns Richards is the plight of those whose lives he records, rather than photographic technique.

I've read ridiculous, but this book is boderline insane asylum material! For one, the author charges an exuberant amount of money for this book, and the findings which are supposed to better our knowledge are out of price range for the average person. The content isn't any better. How the author makes the connection between children and animals becomes twisted around into little more than a very liberal idea of child development. The author totally ignores other theories of child development, and this work is clearly pro-darwinism. The author overlooks the distinct differences between children and animals, and it appears that the research conducted was tainted by the beliefs of the writer. Was this book written against a time crunch perhaps? One would be well-suited to bypass this book.

... Myers has done a disciplined and sensitive field study in which he directly observed children's interactions with animals in a school setting. Based on a rich body of data he discusses how children understand animals and what this says about how they think of themselves. It is not an easy book and it is rather expensive, but for those really interested in human-animal relationships and interactions, it is an essential book to own.

The entire book was full of flow charts(very gradeschool)by which one gleaned little information.

True, the book is full of of flow charts, but it is not meant to be used as a text book to learn information on diseases, etc. This book is to used as an outline to guide your thoughts regarding the formation of a patient's dental treatment plan. If it is used as such, it is an excellent resource. If I must criticize, however, I am worried that it may be too simplistic. As any dental student knows, there's more than one way to skin a cat and there are about a thousand ways to formulate an adequate treatment plan for a patient. Again, if the book is used as tool to guide your thoughts, it will be useful. This means you must remain current on new technologies and techniques.

This book is great for dental students and anyone who feels less than completely comfortable in treatment planning (5 stars). I don't know how useful it would be for seasoned dentists, however.

It is all I could find in preparation to see the opera in 2002, so in that respect I guess it is alright in the function of informing me about the story. However, other lines of liberettos and study guides are superior. Will not buy Opera Journey Guides again if I can help it.

The Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series is just wonderful; it's like a "Cliff Note" of the opera, and extremely informative and educational. I particularly like the size; these guides are not cumbersome and fit right into my shirt pocket. The ladies will find sufficient room in their pocketbooks.

The story narrative with the music examples is excellent. I prefer it to a libretto; indeed, it's a much easier way to follow the essence of the story. The essay is magnificent; very well written, not pedantic, and extremely insightful and comprehensible. I congratulate Burton Fisher for a job very well done and Amazon for making these handy, information-laden booklets available. The Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series is a wonderful contribution to opera education and opera appreciation.

My tip: acquire the entire collection because you will be in easy reach of superbly presented opera guides consisting of story analysis, principal characters in the opera, story narrative with music highlights, background, analysis, and commentary.

Heinz Dinter, Ph.D.

This would have been the 26th motorcycle book I've read in the last 8 months. I had to stop on the first page of Chapter 2. Mr. Perticone is a person who believes that 12 words are always better than one and that a thesaurus is a writer's best friend. Here are the first sentences of Chapter 2:

"It was as a pretty young fellow that my interest in the two-wheelers began to make itself known. As I look back, this seems a little surprising since I was not acquainted with anyone who owned a motorcycle at the time or who was inclined to comment about motorcycles in even a remotely enthusiastic manner. On the contrary, I had long been aware that my mother harbored an intense dislike for what she thought of as very undesirable and dangerous contraptions, an attitude that may have been due, in part, to an overly vivid memory of her bother [sic] once having injured his foot while riding as a passenger on a friend's motorcycle."

The first 8 pages were like reading a stuffy academic journal. I randomly flipped to a later page and the words just keep on coming and coming.

I'm going to try to send this book back.

"Just Two For The Road" by Eugene X. Perticone is a collection of engaging, highly entertaining stories of Dr. Perticone's long love affair with motorcycling. Although motorcycle enthusiasts will certainly enjoy the book and will likely be able to empathize with and appreciate Perticone's "on the road" experiences, even those who have never ridden a motorcycle (I am among them) will find the book to be interesting and enjoyable (Be warned, however: if you have never been a motorcycle enthusiast, this book may induce you to become one!). The stories, like the travels they describe, are thoughtful, leisurely-paced, and graced with a gentle humor. Perticone purposefully describes travels on country and secondary roads rather than major highways since, unlike most modern travel in which "getting there" as quickly as possible is the primary goal, Perticone is more interested in the journey rather than the destination. Interspersed with his descriptions of his travels and his experiences are thoughtful psychological and philosophical meditations on life, including the importance of living more fully in the present moment and engaging in what Perticone refers to as "enhanced noticing". These often subtle reflections enhance the stories rather than detract from them, and readers able to "read between the lines" will welcome his insights. "Just Two For The Road" is highly recommended.

Ugh. I felt like I was traumatized by reading this book. Prism goes into heavy abuse details at the beginning, nearly fifty pages of it, which leave the reader thinking, "Yeah, yeah, I get it, but when is the story going to start?" It's all background for the first bit, and as terrible as it must have been to experience these things, the reality of it is watered down by the number of incidences that are presented one after another. After a while, you just don't care. Although multiple myself, I just could NOT get through this one.

This is the story of Andrea Biaggi, who developed multiple personalities as a result of the father's sexual abuse. From the helpful Sister Jeanie to the scared Andrea-Ellen; the angry Nothing and the super-powered Super Andrea; the self-punishing Joseph and the sexual Bridget, all send her in a confused state in which she is in and out of mental hospitals and is contiually misdiagnosed. Finally, she meets Dr. Eugene Bliss, who has treated MPD and knows the true cause of her suffering. This book deals with incest as a cause of MPD, and self-injury. This book is helpful, because I am diagnosed with MPD and have found this book to be the best out there.

The book is useless as a teaching tool. It identifies everything that Quattro Pro can do but it does not tell you how to make it do it. Totally useless if you are teaching yourself the basics of this software program.

This book, while not a tutorial, is an excellent means of finding Quattro Pro information quickly. You can go to the index, find a command, and it takes you to the exact place on the page where the command is explained in a conscise, understandable fashion. You can then easily find it in the program. It's nice to have on the shelf in case you need to find a command easily and fast.

i am in an ap high school course this year which is using this book. everyone in the class agrees that it is one of the most horrible books they have ever used and we even find mistakes in it all the time. the teacher has even put in a request to find a new book as soon as possible as this one is overly bad.

The author believes that the way physics has been taught for the last thirty years is incorrect and he is going to change it. I have had to teach out of this horrible book and it only serves to confuse students. The problems are either too easy or difficult for the typical student. DO NOT buy this book if you ever want to learn how to do basic physics.

I am a college student currently enrolled in physics. I also took physics in high school. I have looked at and read several physics books. This is BY FAR the BEST physics text I have come across.