I love David Duchovny, don't get me wrong. However, I could barely make it through his biography. It's written in a very disjointed fashion, and everything mentioned is so out-of-order. It's also VERY outdated; so it's not even really worth getting now. The picture section, I will admit, is awesome; some of the best photos of David yet. The X-Files episode guide is extremely outdated; it only goes to season 3. 5 years ago, this book would have been a joy for me to read. But being madly in love with David Duchovny, I already know most of what was in there. If you want anything recent on David, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. The mediocre writing quality and ancient episode guide really isn't worth it.

This book is full of great pictures and lots of information. Not only does it include his biography, it also has interviews and reviews of the movies he has been in. It includes a very funny internet section. There is also a season 1-3 episode guide. I read it from cover to cover and couldn't put it down. It's perfect for any fan. If you love the X-files and David Duchovny get this book.

This is by far the best book I have ever read about David Duchovny, and Shakespeare aside, my favorite book EVER! I truly view it in the biblical sense. It is indispensible! I carry it with me practically everywhere, and am constantly flipping through my dog-eared pages for quick reference into something. There is a funny internet section, instructions for the X-Files drinking game, a complete David Duchovny filmography, several candid interviews, an exceptionally well-written biography, color photos, a fabulous episode synopsis, lots of gossip about David's personal life (written in a polite, non-voyeuristic fashion), Mulderisms/Scullyisms, etc. I could go on and on! David Duchovny is so interesting and poetic, and Paul mitchell does an excellent job with this book. A difinative masterpiece!

This has to be apart of your library!!! This is a must read for the African-American Pre-Law Student. This book provides insightful information that most books on the market lack from the African-American perspective. It provided just what is needed for the successful matriculation into law school. What was of particular interest to me where her comments for those students that are products of a historically black university or college. This book was easy to understand and follow and gave a very candid view of the entire admissions process. What I would have like to see were profiles of students that also went throught the admissions process and have been admitted into law schools, to get their insights as well, in addition, to seeing actual sucessful submitted copies of students personal essays, and a couple of comments from persons that sit on the admissions committee panel. Overall, Evangeline hit it on the mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evangeline Mitchell's book The African American Pre-Law Advice Guide is jam-packed with information to assist African Americans with the tricky process of getting admitted to law school. One word of advice for those wanting to apply for law school: Do not wait until the last minute. Take the LSAT early in the year and have your applications in early. I think the advice Evangeline Mitchell gives readers in this book will position them to get admitted to the best school for them. I think this book is an asset for those African American students (and others) who are astute enough to carefully plan their careers. Ms. Mitchell's book reminds us that often the most important part of process of realizing career success is at the beginning. The planning process for law school admissions is made clearer and easier by the abundant wealth of information on a wide variety of subjects related to law school admissions. Evangeline Mitchell's book saved me a lot of time, effort, money and heartache. If you are an African American thinking about law school, be sure to get a copy of this important book.

Evangeline Mitchell, in her book The African American Pre- Law School Advice Guide, attempts to aid the African American future law student through the hoops of preparing for law school. In this four hundred page comprehensive guide, she covers information from a student's motivation to enter into law school to different truths about law school.

Beginning with her personal experience, Ms. Mitchell gives testimony to the difficulty of law school and the necessity of this guide especially for African Americans. Brick by brick she constructs the detailed steps from the question "Do you really want to Go to Law School?, to an appendix that includes other references, Black Law school profiles, needed checklists, and more.

As a person who considered law after receiving my degree, I picked this text up with anticipated interest. Initially intimidated by its many pages and small font I was impressed with the enormous amount of information. Ms. Mitchell wonderfully anticipated that reaction and created a "straight out" outline designed for easier reading. This outline lays out the main points of each chapter so that the reader can utilize this guide as a reference guide

Ms. Mitchell's organization of this book is probably the most impressive thing about the book. As stated before the outline is a definite plus and the appendix was full of such great information that realistically it could have been a book unto itself. Although there are testaments of its success included in the book, Ms. Mitchell does include a disclaimer that everyone's experience will be varied and this book was designed simply as an aide. However I cannot imagine how a guide this well put together could be anything but helpful.

Kotanya
APOOO BookClub

Being a new parent, I wanted to review thorough, objective scientific data based on up-to-date and sound research principles before taking the plunge and making vaccination decisions on my child's behalf. This book provides all of that, and then some. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is extremely well laid out and complete with all the facts necessary to make your choices.

After reading this book all parents will understand 1) what vaccines are required for your children, and when; 2) what the different vaccines are made of; 3) the efficacy of the vaccines (and for how long they remain effective); 4) the range and rates of reactions to the vaccines; 5) your options related to the timing of the vaccines; 6) precautions that you can take on behalf of your children (including commercially available vaccine alternatives free of controversial additives); 7) an alternative vaccine schedule that Dr. Cave developed based on her experience (that really helped me a lot). Finally, if you choose to be a 'conscientious objector', the author provides information on how to prevent your child being jabbed without your consent.

In addition, all of Dr. Cave's research is referenced at the end of each paragraph should you wish to do additional research (I personally found that this was unnecessary however!). I am very relieved to have found this book prior to my daughter's first vaccination - I now feel completely educated on the (sometimes very emotional) topic of vaccinations. Whether you ultimately elect to have your child vaccinated to the extent that is recommended by health departments is up to you - but with this book you will be armed to the gills with the information you need to be confident about making those important decisions. This book is definitely a keeper. Once again, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

This book encourages parents "...to be equal partners with doctors in deciding which vaccines their children should get and when they should get them." The way this book achieves this goal is by offering important medical information in easy to understand terms. "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You..." provides detailed info on the various vaccines currently required/suggested by state and federal governments; reviewing indepth the history of the diseases and related vaccines, ingredients used to make and preserve the vaccines, background studies and recent research available on a variety of the vaccines and also a risk/benefit analysis per vaccination. What this book offers (that your doctor's office may not) is a look at both sides of the vaccination issue and gives YOU a well-rounded resource package so you can best decide when/what vaccines to give your child. Factors that can influence your decision include any known allergies, reactions to previous vaccinations, family history of autoimmune diseases and more. Also a help to parents is a list of precautions parents can take when their children get vaccinated and also a recommended schedule (that differs from the government's) for childhood vaccinations. This alternative vaccination timeline allows you to operate within the guidelines of the government mandate that all children receive a certain number of shots prior to entering school, but attempts to spread out the vaccinations for minimum exposure to risk and negative side effects. Did you know many vaccines used today include ingredients such as mercury, formaldehyde, ethylene glycol (a main ingredient in antifreeze) and more? Would you consume those poisons? Of course not, but vaccine manufacturers (and the CDC and FDA) seem to think it's okay for our kids to receive these poisons ad nauseam. Fortunately, each of today's required vaccinations come with a mercury-free alternative, but many doctors are still using those with mercury and you must request the safer alternative. Research and vaccination injury reporting systems indicate possible and/or obvious links to multiple adverse effects including irreparable diseases and death, but many doctors, educators and government institutions refuse to consider those possibilities, as it may endanger the successful mass-vaccination programs currently employed in this country. Included in this book is a discussion of the possible exemptions available to parents, which may include religious, medical or philosophical, depending upon the state in which you live. If you're not willing to trust this author's approach, there's a list of multiple resources at the end of the book allowing you to do your own research and form your own further educated opinion.

Dr. Stephanie Cave does an outstanding job explaining the ins and outs of the vaccine controversy. As a new parent, I never realized the importance of researching the effects of vaccines until my child suffered a reaction. Every new parent should study this book. The choice to vaccinate your child should be a personal one and should be made only when the parent has thoroughly educated themselves on the subject. Dr. Cave makes that process easier with simple explanations for a complicated medical issue. She also provides a proactive plan for a safer vaccination protocol to guide parents on the best way possible to protect their children from both the diseases the vaccines may prevent and the side effects they may cause. This information has been needed for a long time! Thanks Dr. Cave.

While staying respectfully close to the traditional story outlines, Mitchell has embroidered within that tale a marvelous meditation on difference, desire, trust, and transformation. The section on what it means to "promise" alone is worth the price of the book. By changing perspectives, the author allows us to examine the many facets of the Frog Prince in a way that satisfies our modern interest in multi-perspective tellings while calling us back to our most profound needs and desires. A beautiful achievement.

Seems that there has not been enough romance in our busy lives lately... so Mr. Mitchell decided to give you something to fall in love with. This story is a pure delight from the first page to the last. I'm sure you'd enjoy playful historical insights and delicate language (the story takes place in France - the motherland of true romance). But this is all the shell - the pearl is the love story itself. We all know the actual tale, Stephen Mitchell, however, makes it unfold along with two strong and complex characters. Both lonely and proud princess and ugly frog have to overcome their fears to finally fall in love with each other. It's not easy for a frog to become human, it's never easy for a princess to find her prince. Stephen Mitchell describes the romance not as the love is born, but as it makes its way through to change them both. - No matter where you are in your relationship with somebody, this book is sure to make you kinder to that somebody.

To my mind this is one of Stephen Mitchell's best works. It's an excellent example of the sort of thing he does best: he "listens" his way into a traditional text or story, and then says what it "wants" to say in lucid, liquid English prose-poetry.

In this case his story is the traditional "Condensed Version" of the story of the princess and the frog prince. Mitchell has remarked somewhere that the characters in this old Grimm's fairy tale were crying out to be deepened -- and so his retelling of the story deepens them into, respectively, a self-possessed Tao-Te-Ching-quoting princess and a meditative but seriously lovestruck frog.

The tale itself is transformed into a parable of love and spiritual transformation -- or were Mitchell's insights already present in the original tale just waiting for someone to bring them out? (Does it even make sense to suggest that these meanings were "in" the story _rather than_ "in" Mitchell's elaboration of it?)

Be that as it may, Mitchell's interpretive rendering is as lovely and captivating as anything he's ever written. I won't spoil anything, but Mitchell reminds the reader very early on about a point we often forget about the original tale: the frog doesn't turn into a prince when the princess kisses him, but only when she hurls him into a wall.

(The lesson here is not, of course, that if you don't like your lover as he is, you should throw him really hard against a load-bearing structural member and hope he changes into something you like better! It's that real love requires an unwillingness to settle for less than each other's best, together with a complemetary willingness to undergo difficult-but-necessary transformations oneself. But you'd probably figured that out already.)

The tale is notable as much for its style as for its substance (if these two aspects of Mitchell's work can be clearly differentiated at all). The narrative is filled with little frame-breaking devices, excursions into spiritual insight (and sometimes into just plain fun), and small touches that add texture to the physical and "historical" background of the story. As the events in question take place in Renaissance-period France, Mitchell works in not only some fine detail about e.g. the exquisite trappings of the royal palace but also some gentle twitting of French culture.

The insights themselves are, as is usual with Mitchell, the narrative center of gravity. I won't spoil these either, but they come from sources as diverse (or are they?) as the _Tao Te Ching_ and Spinoza, Japanese haiku and Rainer Maria Rilke. The sources will be no surprise to any readers familiar with the rest of Mitchell's ever-growing oeuvre, but they're worked into the story remarkably well.

Oh, and if you like this, see whether you can find a used copy of Mitchell's 1990 book _Parabales and Portraits_. It's currently out of print, but it's excellent in general and in particular it contains a one-page prose poem entitled "The Frog Prince" with which the present work is thematically unified.

I am an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal, and I've been reading articles by Mitch Pacelle for some time. Some of the most interesting articles have been about the Empire State Building. For me, the older story revolving around the origins of the building and the skyscraper wars is as interesting as the cut-throat battle between the big guys in real estate such as Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley and Peter Malkin. This book will not disappoint any serious nonfiction reader with the highest standards. I found the legal battles particularly engrossing as well as the relationship between the odd Renoir and the bizarre Yokoi.

I couldn't put this book down until I found out who really owned the Empire State Building. The fighting, bickering, backstabbing amongst the rich is always something I enjoy reading. I really wanted to know why people were fighting for ownership of this building. The book does a real good job of detailing the court proceedings, and real estate lingo which sometimes made my eyes glaze over but I enjoyed the flow of the book of keeping the story moving from character to character and believe me, there are many of them here including Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, Hideki Yokoi, and Peter Malkin. So this is what people do when they have too much time on their hands.

"Empire" by Mitch Pacelle is the Biography of the Empire State Building ! With some good historical background, the book focuses on the building, the people whose lives are involved with it and the unusual 114-year master lease given to the Helmsely organization by Prudential in 1961.The "cast of characters" includes an unbelievably wealthy Japanese family (who wind up in prison for their activities), "The Donald" Trump who tries to break the master lease, and Leona Helmsley, the fabulously rich wife of the New York real estate magnate (who ultimatley goes to prison herself).This is a real page-turner. After three nights, I finished it and wished it were longer.

How many times have you heard enemies of Israel spout aburdities you know to be false? How many times have you wanted to refute these lies but lacked the knowledge or skill to do so? This is the book for you. In organized chapters that covers every aspect of the Israeli-Arab conflict from the Mandate period through the beginning of the Palestinian violence in September 2000, this book presents well organized and well documented facts that prove the truth and refute the lies.

Bard's style is to present a myth and then below it print the facts refuting the myth. For example, in the chapter dealing with Israel's relationship with the United States, Bard lists the myth that the United States always supplied Israel with arms. Below that, he prints the truth which is that the United States actually refused to sell Israel arms until the sixties. The facts are presented clearly, simply and coherently and are documented by footnotes. In sections dealing with Arab intentions, he quotes Arab sources themselves. This book is not ideological. It does not justify Israel's actions on biblical or religious grounds. It simply presents the truth in a clear unvarnished way. A further, and very important thing Bard does is to place events and actions in historical perspective. The loss of historical perspective is the single greatest source of prevailing myth. So, for example, in a section dealing with myths relating to the Palestinian refugees, Bard not only points out the gross exagerations of their numbers and Israel's willingness to resolve the problem, but also that no other group of refugees in human history has remained unsettled for three generations.

For those knowledgeable about the history of Israel, this book is valuable because it will enable the reader to quickly find the factual information disproving a particular myth. For those without a background who might be succeptible to many of the refuted myths, this book will be a simple and brief yet fully documented recitation of the real facts. Enemies of Israel of course, have no reason to read it. For everyone else, I recommend it.

Dont buy this book thinking you're getting a balanced perspective. This book tells the pro-Israel side of the story, but it does so very well. The research is meticulous and accurate, the facts overwhelming. It is not propagandish, and not hateful, rather very factual. You will be hard pressed to find a book this good representing the Arab perspective, namely one that is not hateful or filled with propaganda.

Maybe you strongly support or strongly condemn Israel, or maybe you know nothing about the Middle East, but either way if you want to know why supporters of Israel feel so strongly about what they fight for, read this book. There is so much negative PR surrounding Israel in the media, and this book will put it in perspective, and let you know why the region has fallen into its current state of affairs.

Bottom line: Even though it's not balanced, and doesnt try to be, it's still incredibly enlightening.

Unlike the days of WWII, we have resources like "Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict." Mitchell Geoffrey Bard brings us a well-organized, concise yet intelligent review and explanation of the complex issues surrounding what is happening in the Mideast.

Journalists, clergy of all points of view, military people, pacifists and human rights people all would do well to know what Bard is teaching. Politicians too.

Summing up the conflict to mere politics, or simple economics would be foolish, as would solely blaming this side or that. The religious aspect in the matter is strong from all sides. Each side, naturally, has a viewpoint, and these viewpoints many individuals are willing to die for. Why? Bard sorts it out.

It is a bit academic, and the faint of mind might want to steer clear, but, at the same time, Bard keeps it as well-said as possible. It is a difficult topic, and in just a few hundred pages he puts into perspective what has taken hundreds of years... thousands, in the case of Israel, to unravel. A lot of malarkey is out there, built on propaganda, misinformation, prejudice and lack of research, but Bard brings it together, and helps the reader know the truth from the hooey.

This is hardly the last word on the Arab-Israeli conflict, but it is a very rich start. I fully recommend, "Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict."

Anthony Trendl

If you only buy one book about September 11th - this is the one to buy. There are several books out but this is the best for a moment to moment account from broadcast journalists who experienced that day from a news point of view. Everyone, from news program producers, sound techs, camera people, radio people are included in this excellent compilation of who saw what, when, how and what they felt as participants in the biggest story of this century. I'm a history nut and stayed home the day of the attack to watch TV coverage all day from all the different networks and I wanted a book that would really convey the events, the victims and the feelings and impressions of those who responded to the catasrophe of 9/11 in an accurate fashion for my children to read and, hopefully, my grandchildren to read in this one book and have some idea of what living this historical day was like. I consider this to be the most valuable book I have bought all year (and I buy lots of books).

How many times have you perhaps thought, and also heard that the press are really bad folks? The press has an agenda? The press is biased? Well, this great book reminds us all how truly wonderful the men and women of broadcast journalism covered the horrible events of September 11th. I will never forget how I saw Tom Brokaw, lower his head at one point and choke up. After a second or two he acknowledged to us all that he had an emotional moment. At one point, Peter Jennings, who had just received word that his kids were safe, looked at the camera and told the audience that we all should call our children. I dearly loved reading of the human sides of these men and women. Also, it was astonishing to see how radio and TV covered the story not knowing from moment to moment where the story was going. Local New York area radio and TV are covered as well as that of national TV networks.I really don't want to give anything more away. Buy this book and read it. This will be one that you will want to include in your home library for years to come. You won't want to be selling this one to a used book store or in a garage sale. It's a keeper.

Listening to Robyn Walensky's eloquent retelling of the events of that fateful day at a booksigning in Washington, DC, and reading the minute-by-minute reconstruction of what it was like to cover these events, this book brings back all of the emotion and impact of September 11th, but from the vantage point of the working broadcast journalists who brought the story into the living rooms of the country and the world. Ms. Walensky and her co-editors and contributors have done an historical service to all future generations by putting their experiences collectively into the permanent record. If time ever can dull the memory of what happened that day, take this book down from the shelf and it will all come back, with clarity and purpose. Hopefully, a similar book will be assembled on what the print reporters experienced that day. A superb recounting of the working reporter's craft.

I teach AI at the graduate level in a major US research University, and I specialize in the area. The book does cover many different areas of Machine Learning. Unfortunately, the treatment is quite superficial. A student would find it extremely difficult to grasp imortant concepts without referring to other material. It may be a good reference, but I would definitely not recommend it as the main textbook. Unfortunately, there seem to be very few books in this area adequate for a senior or graduate level course.

When I came to the field of machine learning, the book provides me a clear, easy-understanding picture to the field so that I believe any of you can get into the field by use of the book. If you are looking for your first book to this field, don't waste your time, it is. Even through my life in the research, I depended on it most of the time. It's too great.

If you are interested in the topic of machine learning, this is the start book for you. It is quite informative and covers the actual methods of learning and the concepts involved. It is not the most readable but the author does a good job livening it up. For that matter, I do not know how to convey the topic in a readable fashion so compared against other similar books, the presentation is outstanding. For those in the field, this is a must.

It's the early sixties in what will soon be known as Swinging London. Mentions of Teddy boys, stove pipe pants and coffee bars help establish the ambience. I mention this, because some of Christies other forays into youth culture of the sixties (The Third Girl, for example) seem uninformed and inauthentic. This one is much more successful, probably because the narrator candidly describes himself as old-fashioned.

Seemingly unrelated deaths are related, and the means is quite clever. Peripheral characters are drawn more vividly than the young male narrater, but the pacing is good. With so many mystery writers intent on writing Literature--which seems to demand a tome of 400 pages at minimum--it is refreshing to have such an enjoyable read in under 200.

Yet even with an economy of means, Agatha Christie makes interesting general observations about the criminal mind and the nature of evil.

This was the 5th or 6th book by Agatha Christie I read but it has always been my favorit. I read this book about 6 years ago in 5th grade and for some reason I think it is one of her most ingenious plots. I agree with the reader from the UK, it is not typical to Ms. Christie's style. I have read almost all of her books as of now but I always tell people to read The Pale Horse first when they are just starting to read Christie.

First of all, I have to say that this was not like Agatha Christie's usual writing style, but, never the less, it was fantastic!! I won't make this review very long because I don't want to give away the plot, but any true Christie fan should read this. and also, moe811, Mrs. Oliver appears as a main character in Cards on the Table, which I'm currently reading.

This is undoubtedly an ambitious book, covering some of the most complicated (and neglected) topics in the world of Linux programming. Unfortunately, it suffers from some critical defects.

The first two chapters are the obligatory redundant recycling of Linux fundamentals that are the hallmark of lazy authors. Face it: if you don't know what emacs or a shell is, you shouldn't be reading this book; if this is the best opening you can come up with, you shouldn't be writing it.

The authors fail to cover their subjects in sufficient depth. Sockets receive a scant five pages and the examples only treat UNIX domain sockets. Who the hell cares about UNIX domain sockets? Why are there no examples of multi-threaded Internet domain socket servers?

To be fair, the coverage of the linux-specific material is decent, but doesn't justify the price tag. Bottom line: this is a good introduction to the subject of threads and Linux technicals, but will leave you needing more. Go to your favorite bookstore, get a cup of coffee and spend half of an afternoon reading the book in the store and saving yourself ...

This book details literally hundreds of bits of information that you'll otherwise spend hours searching for during your involvement with Linux programming. Like, how to create a shared library, using fork, synchronization objects, and more and more and more in an exceptionally well considered, well laid-out format that dispenses with the fluff and provides just superb organization of content. Note that in this "deep-bowing" praise, that much of the information in this book is available (buried) in man pages and elsewhere and that these topics covered are certainly not new, they are simply concisely presented here with direct relation to your use of them for your Linux-based programming needs. The book *far* exceeded my expectations and I'd happily recommend it to all of the Linux programming/development mailing list readers in the world...if for no other reason than to save countless hours explaining what is covered in this book. Very C-oriented, naturally; doesn't really get into higher-level application development or design issues, stays right at the sweet-spot of Advanced, Linux and Programming from the *operating system* perspective where it is clear from the code examples, which nicely fit within just a few lines, that these authors *meant* to write a book about what they know and do and love. Tap into their brains, buy the book, read it then read it again. If Linux *system-level* programming is on your agenda, you need this book and I promise that you won't be disappointed. If higher level application programming is your bag, you probably still need this book however, you may not be as concerned with the system details to make my above promise come true...buy something on Qt or Gnome instead :)

Note that you won't get a lot of operating system fundamentals, theory of operation or other academic texts on that broad topic, rather, just useful "stuff" to write programs for Linux-based systems.

I'm working on my BS in Computer Science, and have spent years hunting over the web and bookstores for information on programming in the Linux enviroment.
-This book is the BIBLE!
I open each chapter and section as if I'm opening a treasure... and that is what this book is: a treasure trove of information, from thread management, interprocess communication, shared memory, devices, to even implementing inline assembly code!
This book is well written as an introduction without overloading the reader with tangential information: it introduces each topic, shows hows it works and how to implement it (including simple illustrative sample code examples you can on your own machine), and where to get info on more in depth coverage.
This book is a MUST for anyone who wants to understand the Linux enviroment! -Heck: it makes a good read just as an introduction to advanced tools in general! -I wish I had it years ago, and recommend it for ANYONE interested in programming in Linux, or just interested in developing their programming tools beyond "Hello World" !
Heck: any CS teachers out ther should consider creating a programming course based on this book as an intro to advanced progamming topics in general: the authors have already done most of the work introducing not only how to use the tools, but how the tools work and how the system implements them!