This book is pretty much word for word from RFC 2002. Instead of buying this book you should just grab the rfc for free.

Despite several years of involvement with Mobile IP as an implementor, and having personally helped to develop it into a standard, I managed to see new things when viewing the details from Charlie's point of view. His ability to present the overviews required to bring the reader through the technology, and from chapter to chapter is logical and clear. At the same time, Charlie provides the reader with suitable references both to other locations within his book, as well as from external sources for later reference. I have experienced first hand Charlie's significant contributions to the Mobile IP standard in both theory, and practice by more than good example. His contribution to Mobile IP, and to the rest of the world in the form of this book should not be overlooked by anyone from the administrator considering utilizing Mobile IP, to the graduate student wishing to understand it.

I will give this one a generous 3 stars because the plot was good. Valerie must keep the old lodge she has inherited because a handsome ghost keeps reappearing over the years when the aurora borealis reaches a certain zenith. However, the strong plot could not seem to hold up as the characters got weaker and weaker. I got tired of Valerie allowing the abusive ex-boyfriend to come around "one last time," even the morning after making love to Jack (the handsome ghost). The book seemed to lose ground the further I read. Sorry. Readers are welcome to disagree with me.

Under a beautiful Aurora Borealis-painted sky Valerie Scott and her Golden Retriever are exploring the property she recently inherited in Northern Ontario when the canine finds a naked male. She wants to take the enigmatic Jack Wilder to the nearest town, but he insists he must see Arthur Pembroke, her deceased uncle.

Jack is stunned with the news that Arthur recently died because during the years of his recurring nightmare her uncle was always the one friend he had and could count on for comfort. Still Jack and Valerie are immediately attracted to one another as he struggles with confiding his secrets to her while she wonders if she made an error not taking him to the town instead of her lodge. Jack begins to understand that perhaps he cannot correct the past in what already has happened, but conceivably can fix the present and future with the love he shares with Valerie.

NIGHT SECRETS is a complex mixing of a ghost tale with a time travel tale that cohesively turns into an engaging romance. The story line is complex but needs a bit of time to reveal its secrets so that those patient readers amidst the audience will be rewarded with a strong novel. The lead couple is a dynamic duo and Uncle Arthur (ghostly and in memory) is quite a supporting character. Fans of supernatural and time travel romance will fully enjoy Norah-Jean Perkin's debut tale especially when the story line shifts into first gear.

Harriet Klausner

The best part of this are the early letters dealing with Hemingways first novel The Sun Also Rises and second novel A Farewell to Arms(Maxwell Perkins was an expert on war fiction). The exchanges between Ernest and Max over these books are priceless and very good reading to anyone who loves these books. From arguements over curse words(Hemingway one of the first to break ground in using them in his work) to discussions of Jake's predicament, from questions of how to present a reissue of Hemingways first story collection to reactions to reviews(more good reading) the correspondence is at this point one of mutual respect and admiration, Hemingway seems to need the great presence of Max Perkins even if for nothing else than reassurance. Later when the great ones literary reputation is established the letters become less and less interesting. The friendship remains a strong one but Hemingway no longer needs or asks for any input into his literary decisions. Perhaps the most astounding thing about Maxwell Perkins in relation to Hemingway is that he was smart enough to leave talent alone. With others like Fitzgerald and Wolfe there was always much to be done but with Hemingway the talent seems to have been there whole from the beginning. Hemingway fans that want to know everything will read and enjoy every detail even the letters which are just Hemingway complaining about his finances. Bitching about money can be funny when its Hemingway bitching about money. Probably a smarter purchase would be a collection of Perkins correspondence with all the authors he worked with. That way you get only the letters which count.

Hemingway was an indefatigable letter writer and as editor Bruccoli's introduction states he "wrote more words in letters than he wrote for publication, and letter writing became part of the mechanism of his literary career." This collection of correspondence between legendary Scribner's editor Max Perkins and his star author offers their personal insight into the writing and editing of Hemingway's works. Although Hemingway is now almost as famous for being a son of a bitch as he was for being a writer, he comes across here as a loyal and trusting friend-at least to Perkins. But most importantly these letters reveal him to be an artist first and foremost. The shooting, fishing, and drunken bravado that mark the Papa Hemingway persona are present but inconsequential here and what shines through is EH's complete, total, and unfaltering dedication to writing and how for him producing great literature was the only thing that counts. That insight makes this a valuable addition to Hemingway scholarship and an aficionado's delight.-Michael Rogers

The book uses the Java Workshop v1.0. If you have the Java Workshop v2.0, this book is very difficult to follow.

For beginners in Java, this is a good book. You will learn the basics of java easily. The last couple of chapters(advanced concepts) are not clearly explained. Check the JavaWorkshop version details before buying. A good bet for beginners.

This book does not cover the fundamentals of call center management; instead it focuses on proving the call center as a valuable component in business. For those that are looking to learn how to manage a call center, this book is not for you. Call center management deals with more than just understanding return on investments and customer lifetime values, it entails understanding the volatility of call centers, forecasting and staffing methodologies, call arrival patterns, as well as metrics used to measure performance. This book does briefly discuss metrics, however it suggests goals based on industry averages without explaining what industry they studied. Technical helpdesks are very different from customer service or even telemarketing, therefore to suggest goals without understanding the type of environment the readers are operating in can be misleading to the new or inexperienced managers. This book dwells too much on how to communicate successes and value to upper management without really telling you how to obtain the desired goals.

A bought this book before reading the review below, mislead by the title. What I found out was in half the book a brief descrption of metrics with recommendations on what to do with them and in the other half, some generic statements about concepts as customer life value, interviews, lineal regression and ROI. This book is intended as a recipe book for call centers management but it falls too much short. If you need to learn more about CC, then read "Call centers on fast forward". It's a more comprehensive treatment on them.

This book focusses on the metrics of call center performance, which it explores and explains better than any other book I've found. I consult in call centers and CRM, and I recommend it to all my customers. However, it is not (and should never be represented as) a general guide to call centers, CRM and the associated technologies.

I never read "science" books. I bought the book because when I think "breakthrough thinking" I think about transformational work. I was pleasantly surprised to find out a lot of cool things about problem solving that I had never considered before.

Yes, he gets scientific in the end, and the book doesn't quite flow, but, on the other hand I gained a perspective on why my life sometimes goes through bumps and spurts, and have gained valuable information in my daily troubleshooting life.

I have read many books on problem solving and breakthrough thinking. This is by far the most accessible. David Perkins is co-director of "Project Zero", an educational research group at Harvard Graduate School. He has a PhD in mathematics and artificial intelligence from MIT, so he is very qualified to be writing on this subject.

Perkins covers a lot of ground in this book and manages to explain his theory of problem solving from many different aspects using varied problems and examples.

The title refers to Archimedes and his breakthrough discovery of the displacement of water to calculate volume. This is the first example, which is drawn from this near mythological event. Perkins continues to delve deeper into how breakthroughs in thinking occur.

He outlines a series of steps that he believes are key to breakthrough thinking. These are abstracted from many different examples of breakthrough thinking. (Long Search, Little Apparent Progress, Precipitating Event, Cognitive Snap, Transformation).

From certain aspects this is the easy part, defining a set of steps that seem to be common in breakthroughs. The interesting part for a reader will be, can Perkins describe a series of steps that can define how the mind can actually achieve breakthroughs? Defining the steps always seems reminiscent of seeing the instructions for tying a bow tie, steps 1 to 4 seem reasonable, and then suddenly in step 5 you have a tied bow tie. But how do you get from step 4 to step 5 is always left a mystery that needs to be worked out. Obviously with a little fiddling, and knowing the end result, tying a bow tie, is a breakthrough that most people can achieve. But how to get from precipitating event to cognitive snap (or Eureka) is a little trickier to define. Is there really a series of steps to achieve breakthroughs?

Perkins spends the rest of the book, delving deeper and exploring this subject. He tackles some of the common pitfalls of thinking that can hamper someone's ability to solve a problem. Breakthrough problems by their very nature need to breakthrough current assumptions and thought patterns. Perkins uses the analogy of the Klondike gold rush to explore the principles further. How do you find a small amount of gold in a large area? Perkins feels this is analogous to finding solutions to breakthrough problems. He describes some common pitfalls, using this analogy (Wilderness of Possibilities, Clueless Plateau, Narrow canyon of exploration, Oasis of False Hope).

Perkins uses many puzzle examples throughout the book. Some of the puzzles are old, but still useful to explore. He defines the different kinds of puzzles, the ones that can be solved by a linear progression of thought, and then the second kind that needs a breakthrough in thinking (not always on a large scale), this is where linear logical progression will not reveal the answer. He uses the pitfalls as defined and shows how each of them can side track the puzzler from finding the solution.

At first, the nature of the Klondike analogy, seems to be too contrived and can be off-putting. But Perkins manages to demonstrate the different aspects of breakthrough thinking using it. The book is filled with puzzles that will be fun for anyone who loves puzzles. Perkins explores many aspects of thinking, delving into artificial intelligence and evolution. Sometimes I felt that some of the chapters were probably irrelevant, but on the whole, this book is very cohesive and manages to follow through a logical progression through the many facets of breakthrough thinking. It is very accessible, and its simple nature, could be mistaken for lack of substance. But there is a lot of information, and the reader will learn many techniques and can actually put together a set of steps to "help" them solve problems. Obviously it is not going to give a step-by-step manual to come up with the next "Theory of Evolution" but there is a lot of information here that can be used practically to help solve puzzles, and help solve real world problems. Perkins never succumbs to boasting that this is an exhaustive set of principles to achieve breakthroughs in thinking.

This is a very rewarding book, but if you are looking for a "how to" guide, you will not find it here. But you can extract many helpful insights from this book that will help you solve problems.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested on breakthrough thinking.

Note: This is published in paperback under a different title "The Eureka Effect"

Note: This was initially published in hardback as "Archimedes in the Bathtub"

The other two reviewers missed the whole point of the book. This is a well balanced book of problem solving theory, and practical examples. "The Klondike", is a good model to explain why people have trouble solving difficult problems. Yes, I have found some of this material in other books. However, I think this is presented in a more understandable and cohesive manner. I do agree with the other reviewers the book does not end well. But the first 80% is money well spent.

Wow this book sucks... unorganized and incomplete. The most common line was "you will learn more about that later on day xxxx"

STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK

This book never comes close to presenting istself as a stand alone subject for learning java. Especially not in 21 days or 100 days, I would challange if it could be done in a year. This book is poorly written with enormous amount of errors , not just in the text but in the program listing themselves. I doubt if this book was proof read or even if any of the programs where written and carried out to the extreme to see if they really worked. While this book covers a lot of topics there are poor to no examples on any of the material that is covered.

This book alone with the second edition is being used for a subject class for a college level course. The second edition is not as bad as the first , tho , what are the odds of the same program appearing in both books and in different formats and yet neither one will run when you get done. Well you just have to present them to the instructor and ask him to give it a go . oh! it wont run . maybe we ought to throw out the books. Heres an idea lets get hold of the auther , you mean they wont answer there email. WOW , and to think we buy this junk and nobody ever sits down and looks it over. Simply amazing. so if you are interested in java , i know two books at least to stay away from.

i have a library of several books that i use for reference, and i could not at this time recommend one. If there is someone out there who has some great degree of results let me know . It could also help others.

If i had to choose one it would be the " complete reference of java by Naughton / Schildt ". while not the best it does answer a lot of questions.

learing java you need to really be exposed to layouts ,events networking and windows. this book falls short on all accounts.

yes i am still working on java , i like the langauge and will learn it one way or another .

so happy programming to one and all.

do drop me a line

This is the best book I've read on Java. It covers the whole language, not just a piece, and covers the all important toolkits such as AWT. The true test of a book that teaches a programming language is this - can you program in the language after reading the book and working through its exercises? This book passes the acid test with flying colors. After working through this book, you will be a productive Java programmer

For the price you gain a lot of knowledge in a short amount of time. 21 days or less it's easy to read thru a chapter or 3 and only spend an hour doing it. I wouldn't turn anyone away from this book, but a Novice or low level user should be aware that they may need to re-read a chapter more then once.

it's a good book. covers a lot of information in a basic fashion with simple examples.

Great if you understand some programming or basic Database concepts and you just want to get up to speed on some more advanced topics. Could also be good for novice users looking to start learning about SQL, I just think some of the examples and explanations might be a little hard for someone who's never used databases before. But, if they read each chapter twice if they feel like they are missing something, I think they will be fine and be happy with this book.

It's an excellent book but most readers may need some sql knowledge before reading this book. This book is a very good source and reference for creating queries within application like MsAccess. It's also an OK source for creating queries in SQL Server or Oracle, but not for stored procedure. Their no reference or text on stored procedures within this book.

If the book came with a CD I would of rated this book more than 4 stars.

SQL is a powerful Language to know and also to understand how to managing database, i bought a book called teach yourself SQL in 21 days, it is a great book to learn and how to use it. But, the only thing is, it needed a CD that come with the book, this way we can just use it like other books that with SQL scripts and sample tables or a pre-compiler so and so..or by creating many different table's from day 1,and using the same tables sample from day 1 and work all the way within the whole book.just like the same one (teach yourself in 24 hours).

After reading this book, I found it necessary to obliterate myself with Tequila to forget I ever read it.

Compares unfavorably to other books in this genre. There is the inevitable commercial, in every chapter, to visit the author's web site. There is considerable repetition. Almost leads the reader to believe there was a maximum amount of difficulty finding text to fill the (required?) pages. I don't believe the book was proof read, there are so many errors in spelling, sentence structure etc. I purchased the book relying on past reviews and, frankly, I will not make that mistake again.

I was very excited to receive this book and had been looking forward to it's arrival. Many of the reviews were very positive, and I considered the "advertisement" adage as just a fluke (sorry now that I didn't head the warning). As I began reading this I was pleasantly surprised to find it an easy read even though it seemed to be published in a textbook/teachers guide format (spiral bound publication). The information was accurate and practical.

With that said let me explain what did NOT appeal to me. I found that any real substance in this book could have very easily fit in a small pocket book of less than 30 pages. The information was practical and easy to understand but nothing unique and would not be remarkably enlightening to anyone who has read even "beginners" books on the subject.

The exercises were logical and truly the only real information, I felt, useful. The "scripts" were very average and similar ones that can be obtained on many free web sources. But what really troubled me about this book was this:

As I began reading, the author repeatedly gives his web address, mentioning what a great information source it was (no exaggeration when I say about every third page, for the first section of the book). Even stating; "if you do not have Internet access, I would strongly recommend that you get access." My initial thought was 'how nice I can read the book and refer to the site for updates and additional information'. Later, when I ventured to the site I was greatly disappointed. Realizing it was nothing more than a very unprofessional web-site only being utilized for Advertisement to promote his E-books and training's. No Real information at all. There was nothing of substance, only a few descriptions and hints "sample chapters" about his books. The entire concept left me with a negative perception of this author. Feeling his real objective
had little to nothing to do with educating and most or ALL to do with MAKING MORE MONEY!!!

Now if truly intend to purchase this book for the sparse information it carries, I feel we can all learn from several sources. It is practical, and easy to understand, but be prepared to be repeatedly reminded of his true intent with the all to obvious advertising threw out the book.

My personal recommendation would be that you not waist your time or money and find a better self-hypnosis source. There are several better ones out there, along with some great information on the web if your willing to do a little searching.
Good luck on your ventures.