Some of the sites are informative -- for instance, if you are doing academic or "serious" research, the search engines, etc. provided are great. But as far as real "spy" stuff, there's not much new between the covers here.

The title should be: "The Best Places to Spend Your Money on a Whim, and Lordy, I Hope You Got Time". Lane's book is well-written, researched, and simple to understand. It covers an enormous number of topics and is actually quite useful--IF, and yes, that's a capital IF, you wish to find things as a way of making money or starting a business. The book gives you many ideas and starting points, but it, and it's official review are somewhat misleading. There is plenty of info about where to find minor stuff (geneaology, search engines, et cetera) on the 'net, but most of the good stuff (credit reports, skip tracing, legal records, criminal records, et cetera) requires you to sign up and PAY for things like Nexis-Lexis, Knight-Ridder Databases, and Dun and Bradstreet, depending on what you would like to find. For a corporation that needs these information constantly, or someone trying to learn what is available, and where to look, "Naked" can be very informative. But for those of us who just want to find someone/thing once in a while, "Naked in Cyberspace" is not worth the money nor the time spent. Bought it--returned it. 'Nuff said

I'm referred to often by talk-show hosts as 'expert on personal safety and privacy', and yet - here is a resource that is an endless wealth of information on Web resources and a few tricks even I did not know.

I have to disagree with the 'yawn' offered by another reviewer - this book isn't aimed at professionals who have already been around the block, though they can still benefit to a degree. It's aimed at people who don't have the tools and skills already at hand. Further, the best part is that there is a well-maintained Web site that keeps all the links and information up to date - more like an insider's association membership than a book with respect to usefulness. That's a value to all, especially a professional who is too busy applying what he knows to continually research the narrow topic on their own.

I've even tracked down former intelligence community types using her advice. With a table of contents 20 pages long, its in there. While the book focuses on trying to help you find someone, it logically follows that if you are trying not to be found - knowing what you are up against and how it works can help you defeat the system.

As a struggling calculus student (ended up in calc I three times and calc II four times) I found the book at times to be difficult to understand and the many of the example problems seemed to skip over some of the steps. The worst part of the book was the solutions manual, which often bore little, if any, difference from the answers in the back of the book and was therefore largely a waste of money. In some cases, the back of the book provided more detailed solutions than the solutions manual. I originally took the course at a major institute of higher learning. I repeated calculus at a community college that used a different book. The other book was about twenty bucks cheaper and provided better examples and solutions in the solutions manual. Granted I was a poor (as in not good) student when I was a freshman, but the other book seemed much better.

A good book, esp. for new learners. The author tried to invoke intuition all the time by treating the subject in issue in an unformal way. Simply examples are called upon to show the motivations. Strict definition and proof are given later to make the text complete. This is exactly what I would need if I were studying calculus for the first time.

Overall, The writing is clear and consistent, thus make it a good textbook for both classroom use and self-study purpose. However, given the approach the author used, this book is not suitable for quick reference for those who have already learned the subject and just wish to revive the knowledge.

From the back cover, this book proudly announces that you can prepare meals from ingredients found in the deli, frozen aisle, and salad bar. What it forgets to mention is that you'll need to go to plenty of other sections of the supermarket as well. At the top of each recipe she indicates where to get the ingredients. She'll say what items to get from the salad bar, frozen aisle or deli, but then indicates meat counter, dairy case, or "other aisles" for spices and other ingredients. Wow! I only have to go to five or six different sections of the grocery store to get all my ingredients! What a time-saver! These uninspired recipes are fast to prepare only if you can find all of the vegetables, meat, etc. chopped/sliced in advance by raiding the hopefully stocked and fresh salad bar.

Robyn Webb says in her intro that "some of the recipes only have five ingredients" which is true. Three of them. Some have 15, including 6 different spices that you probably don't have on your shelf. So much for 10 items or less checkout lanes.

This book is exactly what is wrong with most diabetic cookbooks. Don't promise me convenience you can't deliver, just give me some decent recipes. I'll do the shopping.

Diabetic Lifestyle Website - "Robyn Webb....comes to the rescue with her new cookbook..."

News Chief Winter Haven, FL "...is like attending a cooking school from A to Z with superb recipes that can be prepared in record time. Excellent!"

Stuart News Stuart, FL "Is a great one for when you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry."

Elk Grove Journal / Northwest Journal & Topics / Arlington Heights Journal "...delicious meals can be prepared with less effort and more taste and nutrition."

News-Leader Springfield, MO "... a lot of good tips in this book"

Perhaps I'm behind the times, but I was highly disappointed to receive this book and find small advertisements throughout. I don't trust guide books that rely so heavily on local ads and I found them unnecessary and a distraction. The writing and organization of the book seemed out of character for a true guide book as well. I will not be purchasing any of the "Insider's Guides" in the future. This book was a real disappointment.

When we went to the Outerbanks for the first time this May, we took along this book - purchased from Amazon, of course - and found it extremely handy, especially for the great restaurant listings. Would have like a little more description of lodgings - finding good ones was little more than guesswork, using cost as the best indicator of desirable amenities. We liked Insiders so much we just ordered another - also from Amazon - for the Tampa/St. Pete vacation we're taking this October.

This book has beautiful pictures, but not enough info & absolutely no help on figuring out values.

I really like many of the designs that Kenneth J. Lane has produced over the years and loved having a reference book of all his different styles and periods. The prose is of a chatty style that I usually am not too fond of but Mr. Lane is so upbeat and aware of the good fortune that has blessed him that you can't help but like him. The photography is wonderful and it is fun to see photos of celebrities wearing his jewels. The book could have been stronger if it has an addendix of technical information about the creation of costume jewelry or had a reference as to current pricing of some of Mr. Lane's vintage pieces. But I had many a fun evening looking and reading and will definately keep this book available for several more readings.

Mr. Lane attempts to tackle a serious issue of great importance to modern capitalist democracies. Certainly after long days we all wonder if the drudgery of capitalist lifestyles is worth the rewards. However, the book suffers from many analytical flaws. It attempts to find casual mechanisms resulting in unhappiness, but fails to adequately untangle the many sources of unhappiness and several times places emphasis on clearly the wrong one. The book is also extremely redundant, and could have been condensed to half its size. Lastly, many of the studies cited needed more justification and explanation. The results of the studies certainly are an adequate factual foundation to justify the facade he attempts to build. It certainly is a beginning to a discourse on a serious question, but this book does not have the answers.

I agree with the previous reviewer that this book doesn't have all the answers, and that Lane often spends too much time pressing the same points. That said, Lane supports his conclusions well, and presents his central message clearly. For someone without much philosophy background (i.e. me), Lane's discussion of the trinity of ultimate goods was valuable and instructive. To recently graduated students: this is book is a great reason to use your alumni library privleges.

I was looking for a piano songbook for childern to play on a piano. I should have realized it was not just the songbook from the price. It comes with an electronic toy piano. The songbook is play by numbers and this did nothing for somebody that is learning to play piano. Very disappointing. Age level is pre-school, before able to read.

My sister is a begginer in piano. She was getting a little bit discouraged when she went into the music store and found nothing she liked at her level. We decided to go to the local book store to find an easier book. She was delighted when she found the pokemon book. It has tons of great songs from the show on TV and from the movie. Your 8-10 year old will really enjoy this music book.

Forget this one. It bills itself as mild b&d but "nonexistent" would be a better word than "mild." If you pick this up thinking it's going to be a titillating, not-too-severe treat, think again. You could show this to your granny and she would yawn. There is no plot or character development whatsoever -- ok, ok, that's not what you read a book like this for but it's still nice to have! Also, the stuff you DO read a book like this for just isn't here...it's just one dreary, monotonous scene of spanking, enemas, spanking, enemas, spanking, enemas, in endless repetition. Nothing steamy, no erotic buildup, none of the dangerous thrill of submission and dominance, just a bunch of perfectly beautiful, very young and very stupid girls and the lame, boring, older men who administer spankings, enemas, spankings, enemas...you got it. The author of this tripe should be severely disciplined -- and not in a fun way.

Definitely not boring for me (in response to the other customer review). Yes, there's a lot of the same TYPES of scenes, but with different twists to make them unique. I like the level of detail - emotional as well as physical. Eve Howard really knows from whence she comes. I devoured the book in about a day and re-read all the juicy bits a few more times! Can't wait to read the rest of the series - I started with this one, but although I didn't understand all of the "background" it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book (I mean the plot part, not the juicy bits... juicy bits stand on their own no matter what book it is!).

I bought 3 books on the subject all were better then this. this is about "alternative" medicine. forget it. i through it out.

I suggest that you keep an open mind about skin cancer and that there are much better methods of curing skin cancer, especially basal cell and squamous cell cancer and also keratosis. I had keratosis on the back of my thigh and also I have a history of skin cancer. After I read the book, I placed an order of the medication mentioned in the book and used it. Guess what? The stuff mentioned in the book REALLY works. I am tired of the butchery of the dermatologists. Of course, I still go to a dermatologist for checkups but I refuse to let him butcher me!!!!!!!!!!!

Although I liked the outdated 1988 version of this book, this one is extremely simplistic and omits much of the previously included material. Most of the information included can be found on the web and is shallow compared to Current Protocols or other texts. Although it serves as a reasonable introduction for novices to this area it's extremely overpriced for [money]!!!

I would reccomend Monoclonal Antibodies by Goding ([money]),

This is an exceptional reference for anyone using abtibodies in the laboratory. It is a *must-have* for anyone venturing into unknown teritory. For the experienced individual forced to bang out new protocols with a cranky antibody, this reference is priceless.