I consider myself lucky that this was clearance priced. . . at my local [computer super-groovy store].

These books are reasonable in content, but they cost far too much to justify their content. I've read other books which cut through the hammy and fluffy text and give me what I need to know. In fact, buying four books on Backoffice ranging from $30 to $50 offers exponentially more information from more diverse sources - and typically come with their own CDs as well. I could care less if they are "Microsoft biased or not" Que has a habit of hyping up products they cover and oddly they cover non-Microsoft products, too.

Lots of padding, and here's one reason why. The TCP/IP section is nice I suppose, but it's not teaching me anything as to how it relates to Backoffice so far. It's going into the history and how the numerology is structured (DNS, subnet mask, et cetera), but if I want to know about TCP/IP protocol theory, lots of books devoted to that [and in greater depth] exist. This book acts as if it wants to be a be-all solution, but has to cut content in some areas to make up for it.

It's no wonder that both books are included on CD in HTML format. I'm hoping that the other reviewer was wrong about his CD not including the goodies for both books. Unfortunately it makes sense as many a company will change a product's content and legally find ways to justify it.

If you're not Richie Rich or Bill Gates, go find and buy up to four books which would effective equal the ridiculous cost of this two-volume set. The Que set is nothing more than a [not quite] cheap attempt to acquire revenue by providing heaps of padding.

Some of the chapters are heavily Microsoft biased. I was expecting more of a reference manual so I was disappointed. And even the reference chapters aren't that clearly written--though some are.
For the price, I'd look somewhere else for a BackOffice reference. (P.S. The included CD didn't come with all the books that the cover claimed it came with...)

This book is a great place to start learning about the different products that make up Microsoft Back Office. It is full of Tips that even today (as an MCSE), I find extremely useful

The author cannot be serious. Films and documentaries are the stuff of elite (eg, Fellini) and popular culture (eg, Spielberg). Folklore, on the other hand, is something that certainly can be documented and even the folklore performance can be captured (perhaps) with hidden cameras and directors unseen. But isn't folklore the stuff of tradition that is generally untainted by the majority culture? So why even try to apply the folklore science "analysis" to the world of films and videos in the first place. I don't get it. Do other readers get it?

Sharon Sherman's book is a very useful primer for visual anthropology courses which include production as a main component. This book provides readers a nice history of the genre as well as lessons in the politics and poetics of documentary film production. Most unique, maybe, is her structure based on analysing the work of great documentary filmmakers such as the amazing director Les Blank (if you don't know his movies, check out his website for sure).

The only shortcoming of this book is that since Sherman views anthropological filmmaking from the paradigm of her field, Folklore, her analysis demands that the docs she look at be Folklore Documentaries - a perspective that can be as limiting as the idea of "reading" movies as "texts." Movies should be watched as just what they are, moving pictures, and I much prefer the holistic label of anthropological films to encompass most docs and many fictional films. Folklore docs just doesn't have the theoretical range to fully study the anthropological aspects of the cinematic medium and documentary genre.

Still, well worth reading.

If you want a compendium of "poetry" that sounds like it's been written by horny high school students, this book is for you. Otherwise, don't bother. There are f-words and spread legs in about every third poem, which would be fine if the book was billed as erotic poetry rather than spiritual, and if the poems were actually good. I write this as a Gen-X former Seattlite who is not easily offended, except by stupid juvenille works like "Ode to My Scrotum." The notable exception to this pedantic tripe (hence the one star) is the inclusion of Sherman Alexie's contributions - which can be found in his own readily available books. A glaring omission is anything by Denise Levertov (too Christian?). Also, Theodore Roethke is absent - a stunning lack given his racy writing (which is actually good). If you're looking for something worthy of the title of this unfortunate publication, check out Alexie, Levertov, Roethke, Hugo, or Anne Dillard instead.

Editor Charles Potts has assembled a number of very talented poets hailing (sort of) from the Pacific Northwest. Some are extremely obscure, others like Sherman Alexie and Bukowski are relatively well-known, and all follow a certain Beatnikish ethos: writing should be spare and powerful, and, yes, pissing, drinking beer and having sex can be as spiritual as any other activity. Which is not to say that that this anthology is all farts and one word lines. Plenty of strastopherically high culture is here, experimentalism, pathos, insight too. Potts lays out his philosophy in the introduction; if you've ever appreciated his work, or that of d.a. levy or Bukowski, you'll enjoy this volume. It will send you scurrying back to the internet to seek out more work by the contributors.

If you need an illustrated history of the Sherman Tank, and have absolutely no other resources at hand, this book is possibly better than nothing. However, it is full of generalizations and some outright errors, and the whole thing seems to have been thrown together rather quickly. A far better choice would be any of Steven J. Zaloga's books published by Osprey and Concord or either Squadron-Signal publication ("Sherman in Action" or "Sherman Walkaround"). Best of all is Richard Hunnicutt's enormous work "Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank" (though many would balk at the price, it is by far the best work available, with thousands of photos and multiview 1:48th scale drawings by D.P. Dyer of every Sherman subtype).

This book tells the story of the American made Sherman Tank. It begins with the early influences that lead up to the development and manufacture of the tank. Subsequent chapters cover the Sherman in action, variants of the tank such as self propelled artillery and a fairly complete history up to its post war use by Isreal. The photos and graphics are good. The author has done a good job of covering the subject without getting bogged down in the myriad of details of this vast subject. For most military enthusiasts this book should enough detail to provide a complete understanding of the tank.

I'd recommend this book for a reader looking for a solid, well balanced history of the Sherman Tank.

Most teachers should know how to present this material without any help. Unfortunately, the help that is provided in this manual really is no help. One almost wonders if the author truly has any educational background or experience.

I ordered this unit plan hoping it would give me some useful ideas for teaching this book. However, there are many noticeable errors. In addition, it does not quite cover the book to a satisfactory level. I had my ninth graders read the book, but the questions and activities in the unit plan were below the level of my students. However, there are some good suggestions that can be altered to fit your class, and it is nice to have tests pre-done. Although with the number of errors, I've had to go through everything with a fine-tooth comb and retype segments.

I was fortunate enough to see Alexie's second movie, The Business of Fancydancing, three times in its run in Seattle, which should give you some idea of what kind of esteem I hold it. When I read on his website that plans were in the works to release the screenplay, I knew that I'd have to get it when it was released.

Having read it, I can safely say that if you enjoy reading screenplays to see how much the movie changed from page to screen, that this would be a good one to read. Unfortunately, the book has a very slipshod feel to it, from an uninspired cover design to far too many typographical errors, inconsistent formatting and what appear to be twenty some pages of repeated text towards the end of the book. This last is not a misbound signature, as the pages are numbered consistently throughout. Rather it looks as though someone accidentally pasted a large portion of the manuscript in just before printing.

All in all, I found the content of the book to be fascinating, but the actual presentation of it to be mediocre at best. I would love to find out that I have a bad copy but somehow I doubt that this is the case.

vrebal communication focus on language. Non-verbal communication focus on gesture, touch, and body language.

Sherman's "Escape from Jesus" views Christianity through the lenses of fundamentalism, rather than to examine it from a more scholastic viewpoint. It struck me as being very personal. Ex-patriots from the "Jews for Jesus" years may find it interesting.

i'll get the good stuff out of the way first. The book never got bogged down with descriptions, and the description of the evil wizards fortress was cool. I also liked the very start.

I also have some problems with this book. First of all, it was too short for the story it told. Fifty more pages would have been a better length.

Secondly, I thought the whole thing about the robber was stupid. He was a creep, and her whole attraction to him seemed fake.

Thirdly, the whole plot wasn't especially original. There are plenty of better written fantasy books with similar plots and more original characters than this one. Read one of them.

This is so outdated they should be paying the customer base to haul it away. I did find a use for it, so I ordered one. I'm a very busy Marine Electrician is Southern Calif with a boat owning in-law who is an expert at turning the simplest electrical task into an electrical A Night To Remember. To him this is a doctoral course in Marine Electrical. The payoff for me is handling his inevitable calls for unreimbursed assistance
with a "It's all there in the book. Read up on it and you'll figure it out."

This book should be left in the class room, unless you want to know the very basic's of a single engine boat's charging system. This book does not even go in to twin engine, boat's with 120 volt genset's,selector swithes for shore power to generator power, or anything more than a two battery system.If you need help rewiring your boat then I suggest you keep looking

Good beginners review of 12 volt systems. Author has good grasp of the subject. Needs revising as many aspects of boating and electricity has changed since written.