Technology has changed the entire world with such COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS as mainframes, microcomputers, minicomputers, supercomputers, and workstations. The accurate, organized data that they send out faces threats not only from not enough skill but also from too much know-how: disaster recovery, ethics and privacy fight against computer crimes of copyright infringement and piracy. Robert A. Szymanski et al's book is the answer to becoming computer literate, to bringing the Asian and European communities into the ongoing global information technology, and to churning out work bent on accuracy, simplicity and visual impact. So it works well with Larry and Nancy Long's COMPUTERS, Charles S. Parker's UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS, and Gary B. Shelly's DISCOVERING COMPUTERS.

This book was one of the required texts in our OT and Biomechanics class. I am currently an OT student on Fieldwork). This book contains an abundance of useful information. Although it was published in 1992, it has great value. The 17 chapters are: Functional Anatomy; Wound Healing; Clinical Evaluation; Sensibility Testing; Functional Evaluation; Wound Management; Therapeutic Exercise; Physical Agents & Electrotherapy Techniques; Splinting; Skeletal Injuries; Nerve Injuries; Tendon Injuries; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Cumulative Trauma; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Traumatic Injuries of the Hand (crush injuries & amputations); Returning the Hand-Injured Patient to Work. In addition, there are appendixes that include procedure for taking volumetric, goniometric, and strength measurements. While you do need more detailed for modalities, splinting, exercise, and gonimetric measurements, this book is a helpful review of these topics. The entire book is well-organized throughout( i.e.any subheadings, etc.) which makes it an even more valuable reference and study tool. There are some good colored pictures depicting wounds, lots of black and white pictures depicting various treatments. The book also contains lots of good treatment ideas as well. Case studies at end of appropriete chapters do a great job of tying all the material in a chapter together. I feel this book should be a part of the professional library of any student or practicing OT.

I loved the book. I put in on my coffee table and the vistors in my home, love looking and reading about the people in the book. I am a follower of the quilt artist Yvonne Wells of Tuscaloosa Alabama and I was very pleased to see her work selected to be placed in the book. The book was put together very well, the writing and the colors throughout the book were crisp and vivid.

This is an absolutely amazing book. As a moderately experienced embroiderer and fiber arts person, I mostly drew inspiration and instruction from the many color pictures, not just of the author's embroideries, but those of her students! The embroideries pictured are just stunning. What is truly impressive is just how technically simple this embroidery style is. She does provide very complete instructions on the stitches (straight stitches, french knots, and lazy daisies are about as complicated as it gets) but mostly this book is about ideas and artistry. She provides complete directions on one example, but then clearly she wants you to branch out and embroider your own gardens and landscapes. And I was able to! I'm not the greatest artist, but using this book I've been able to create original embroidery designs that look almost as good as those in the book! If you are getting a little tired of cross-stitch or following other people's designs, this is the book for you!

I've been a fan of Sanders for years - especially his Saint movies, and the three Falcon movies he made before he let his real life brother Tom Conway take over the role in The Falcon's Brother. Although this book was ghost-written by Craig Rice (a well-known novelist, author of John J. Malone mysteries and screenwriter for some of the Saint and Falcon movies, and a friend of Sanders) you would be willing to bet that George Sanders wrote this book. It's in the first person, he's making a movie and a murder occurs on the set, which he has to solve. You can hear his voice in your mind's eye as you read this book, you can see his sardonic smile.

Master hei long desribes in vivid detail how to completely destroy someone you feel is a significant threat to your well being.I must warn anyone who studies this art as well as others like it to be very careful in assesing your enemy and the situation you are in to avoid going to prison for manslaughter 1 or even murder 3. BE VERY CARERFUL WITH THIS KNOWLEGE!

Reading for my 10 year old son was always a chore, never an adventure. He read the first chapter of this book and he was excited about reading. He read the first four books in this series in five days. They don't challenge a fourth grade reader, but they did excite his sense of adventure. Now he begs to go to bed early so he can read. Yippee!!!

Freddie O'Neal, Catherine Dain's dauntless plane-flying, keno-playing Private Investigator, finds herself surrounded by survivalists, clergy, mothers, and the sights and sounds of Christmas in what is hopefully not the last of this wonderful series. When Freddie's boyfriend is accosted at a Reno shopping mall, Freddie, defending him, shoots and kills the assailant. With her boyfriend in the hospital, her mother and his converging on Reno for the holidays, and even her buddy Deke in a testy mood, Freddie is not in the mood for Christmas. This increases when a clergyman asks Freddie's assistance in unraveling a crime that involves -- you guessed it -- the teenager she shot at the mall. As are all of Dain's mysteries, Dead Man's Hand is smoothly written and addictively readable. I neglected every aspect of my life for the day it took to devour Dead Man's Hand. If there is any flaw with this book, it is that the mystery is transparent to alert readers, and that, if rumours are true, it may be Freddie's last transcribed case.

Wild Cards 7, written by George R. R. Martin and John J. Miller is one of the best Wild Cards books so far. Eventhough I don't generally like the mosaic novels, this is a prime example on how it should be done.

It's possible that it is so succesful because there are only two writers, which clearly helps the pace. And ofcourse, the fact that half the book is written by my favorite writer George R. R. Martin, speaks for itself.

Dead Man's Hand is a 'parallel novel' to Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole. It follows a plotline that was mentioned in WC6, but not exploared - Chrysalis's murder, and the attempts by Martin's Jay 'Popinjay' Acroyd and Miller's 'Yeoman' Brennan to find the killer.

Popinjay, previously meerely a secondary character, proves to be a classic Martin hero - witty, clever and seemingly superficial, there is more to him than meets the eye, although that is only revealed slowly. I must admit I was disappointed that we won't see the Turtle in this story, but Jay was a suitable compensation.

Yeoman was a different story. Although I have allways liked him, his new love affair with Jennifer 'Wraith' Maloy, is not only unlikely but uninteresting, unlike his past relation with Chrysalis. Now Brennan is little but your average action hero running aroung beating people up and delivering one liners.

As a mystery, the novel works rather well. Certainly the identity of the killer is unexpected. On the other hand, the authors don't quite let you feel this is a Mystery novel - you're too focused on the action/thrilelr plots resolving the story of T-Malice, the master that enslaved so many Wild Cards characters, and the Shadow Fist gang - who try to benefit from Chrysalis's murder.

One of the things I liked best about this novel was the focus on jokers. Although the heros are an ace and a nat, there are more Jokers active in this Wild Cards novel than in any other, many of them showing strength and courage. The Wild Cards series tends to focus on Aces, but I personnaly like the Jokers at least as much, and quite possibly more. The dark side of the Virus, so to speak, can be more fascinating than the more obvious Superhero stuff.

Overall Dead Man's Hand is a thrilling ride, filled with action, advanture, cool ideas, and an extremely powerful climax, in which there is a confrontation between several major characters. The confrontation at the end is one of the Wild Cards' strongest moments, and this novel certainly holds up there with DOWN AND DIRTY, as the best of the Wild Cards so far.

I have read this book at least three times. Each time I have been impressed by clarity, comprehensiveness and simple language of the content. It is the only book I have ever read that uses Palmistry as a tool for Self Understanding and personal growth. I liked the analogies, the simple diagrams to explain the concepts. It was helpful to see suggestions and recommendations about how to bring about positive changes. It made me realize the impact of present thinking and behavior on my future and how only I was responsible for it all. It was impressive the way Dr. Birla had integrated, Gunas, Elements, Levels of Consciousness and Laterality of Brain with Palmistry.