This is an excellent book for palpations. The wording is clear and understandable and, the pictures are very helpful. This is a "must have" book for any athletic training library. Hoppenfeld will be of great benefit to student trainers studying for the NATABOC exam.

This book is clear and precise. It compliments other orthopaedic examination texts that students will use in orthopaedic type fields of study such as athletic training and physical therapy. All PT and AT,C students should have this and keep it for reference.

This is a great textbook. I am an athletic training student who has used this book. Other good books to use with this one are Evaluation of Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries by Chad Starkey and Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination.

It's a pleasure to see this book back in print. Although Ciment's analysis is a little heavy on the semiotic side, he does an interesting job of illuminating the various thematic threads in Kubrick's work. Profusely illustrated, the book juxtaposes various stills to show the recurrance of visual motifs in each and every one of Kubrick's films (though he manages to miss my absolute favorite -- the imaculate bathroom). There are roughly two essays in the book, one dealing with Kubrick the modernist and the other on Kubrick's use of the fantastic. However, the real gems of this tome are the various interviews, three conducted with the man himself (four if you count a Q&A conducted by mail) following the releases of Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon and The Shining. Somehow the author got Stan to open up in a way, that I've never seen him do in any other interview (the exception being the one for Playboy in '68). This edition also contains some fine interviews, some recently added, with Ken Adam, Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Diane Johnson and Marisa Berenson. There is an added chapter on Eyes Wide Shut (which in part explains why it took him so long to do the film) and a memorial essay which gives a fine and tender goodbye to a great director and good friend.

I am glad Mr. Ciment waited until Kubrick's oeuvre was completed before updating what is, indeed, the very last word on this very unique artist's films. Everything is here from the first edition which was out-of-print for quite awhile plus the films that were made after. With Stanley Kubrick's death we now have the very best study of the themes, techniques and recurring visions of a very singular artist. Anyone who wants to understand the evolution of Stanley Kubrick can disregard all the other flawed books out there and put this one on the shelf as a keeper. With detailed analysis and tons of pictures, any serious fan of his films will appreciate this as only the subtitle says it is - the definitive edition.

I have this book. 5,6 years ago, I bought this at second hand book store. So book I have is second handed one, and Japanese special edition. As other reviewers say, it's very very great pity that this book is out of print now. I think some publisher had better make new edition title, added to a visualy wondeful film-Eyes Wide Shut!! If you have found it at bookstore and you are a Kubrician, you must take it, buy it, bring it your home, and enjoy these so many precious fotos or very important his interviews in this book. I have various books about Kubrick, but this Michel Ciment's Kubrick is the best book in published ones ever I think. Do your best for finding one!! All your efforts for this book would not be wasted, EVER!

This book is about what it means to be the Church, and more importantly, the Church in the world.

This book is often critical of various theologies/philosophies that form the very foundation of the Western world, and how the Church has viewed (and consequently, interacted with) the world. Frankly, if you are not already familiar with the philosophies and theologies this book interacts with, you (like myself) will fill somewhat lost trying to figure out what exactly the authors are trying to say. I say this as a Jr. in Bible College. This book is probably better off read by those who are finishing Seminary.

I will have to read this book a second time to get a better feel for what it is saying, because my lack of upper-level education makes it difficult to interact with. I feel that many will probably have to do the same.

Theaters screen movies on the Lord's Day. Little League baseball and soccer schedules go uninterrupted over the entire weekend. One can find as many shopping opportunities on Sunday afternoon as are available any other day of the week. According to Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon, this is a good thing.

The Church has hidden too long behind the Constantinian veneer of an assumed establishment in and acceptance by Western culture. Only now, in light of the West's pronounced cultural apostasy over the last forty years (which in their view was simply the culture ridding itself of a dead relic which it never really respected in the first place), can the Church shake off its lethargy and face the fact that it does not have a true ally in the kingdoms of this world. Rather than taking a defensive or retreatist position however, Willimon and Hauerwas advocate an aggressive position of attack against the Church's exposed enemies.

The answer, say the professors, is for the Church to take this incredible historical opportunity to refocus her energies and resources onto those things which are of essential and primary importance and to take hold of the "adventure of being the church". Rather than disassociating the gospel from its covenant context and presenting it as a set of abstract philosophical ideas apart from Christ, as the Church has done in an effort to make it more agreeable to the post-modern palate, the only hope for the Church is to present the gospel as it was intended by its Author; a relationship between Jesus and His people.

The authors seem strongly opposed to the notion that the task of the Church is one of marketing the gospel in such a way that would make it appear more appealing to the world around her. While for some the correct approach to ministry and evangelism is in a basic sense similar to adding enough sugar to the cough medicine to make it go down and stay down, Willimon and Hauerwas are of the persuasion that the Church is at its best when it is at its boldest. They propose that the goal of the gospel is not to redefine a set of thoughts about the mysteries of God until they make sense, but rather to drastically change lives and to re-form them in the light of the stunning claims of the Word of God.

The meat of the book is wrapped up in the statement, "So the theological task is not merely the interpretive matter of translating Jesus into modern categories but rather to translate the world to Him. The theologian's job is not to make the gospel credible to the modern world, but to make the world credible to the gospel."

It is their thesis that the Church's primary mission is to simply be the Church, the community of Christ, confessing the gospel without apology. The result is a Church that is a culture within a culture, a colony of foreigners in a foreign land passing their language, customs and lifestyle on to their children, loving each other and their God.

In your face challenges to the contemporary church in America which says reclaim what you are, and tells it how: to be not about the current psychological, self-help but countercultural scandal of pure gospel particularity.

They bemoan the historical-critical method and academia which prepares no pastor for church service. Bless their boldness and conviction!

Although the book starts rather slow at getting to its agenda, by the time it reaches the later chapters it is right on. One might summarize its diagnosis of current church leadership by this quote: "What we call church is often a conspiracy of cordiality." "This accounts for why, to many people, church becomes suffocatingly superficial. Everybody agress to talk about everything here except what matters."

The call is to readjust what is meant by a successful ministry. What an insightful analogy used here: To be a successful pastor today is almost as damning as having a happy marriage" i.e. one free from conflict. "Many successful pastors are happy only because they surrendered so early."

To not surrender means preaching the gospel purely and administring the Sacraments according to God's mandate.

What a daring book that for a pastor to ignore is dangerous. To contemplate is worthwhile. To implement is God pleasing.

This is the second book one should read after reading books like C++ programming language or C++ primer as first book on C++. This book is a complement to the above titles. It covers exactly that portion of the language which remains hidden in other books. The "real C++" is here, in this book. One cannot come across an equivalent of "Inside C++ object model". One cannot be a complete C++ programmer without knowing the facts mentioned in this book. It's unique in the sence that it carries with it irreproducible experiece and enjoyment Stan Lippman had while working on the wonderful C++ compiler. Reading the book was an unforgettable experience for me.

This book is excellent in telling the underlying implementation of C++ and how the cfront compiler changed C++ into C. While this is not an everyday task and one that most people could care less about, it is truly one of the most important things you could learn because it shows an important comparison between the code you don't have to write and the execution time you lose. Every C++ programmer should have read this book at least 10 times to decide what structures should be used under what circumstances

This book explains the internal implementation of C++ in an easy to understand way. Because of the interesting topics, an advanced C++ programmer may read the book like a thriller (as I did during a long night :-). It helped me to fill some gaps and misunderstoods about the compiler generated code. Buy it, read it and use the gained knowledge!

I have been a Kiss fan since I was a boy in the mid 1970s and what a trip down memory lane this book was. It was pretty cool to see all these pictures from the early years and hear the stories behind them. I have to admit that I was fascinated to see it all for the first time. But would I still buy a new Kiss album...probably not. It was just a little nostalgia. I recommend this one...but the better brand new rock book I've read is "LAYNE STALEY: Angry Chair" about the Alice In Chains singer who died from a little too much isolation for five years and a lot of heroin and depression.

This is a great collection of photos - even better than Barry Levine's "The Kiss Years" book. That book merely showcased outtakes from famous Kiss sessions from the 70's. This book feels a little more like a peek into the band's history, crammed full of photos I'd never seen before.

Most of the photos are from the band's earliest years, before they broke into the mainstream. You get to see a lot of backstage and pre-concert stuff, like the band applying makeup and suiting up for a performance. These days, we see Kiss and it's just "seeing Kiss" again, but looking at the pictures from around 1974 of the band strolling around the streets of New York City, you are reminded of how shocking they were in full regalia back then. And that's what made them great. The early tour footage and the Cadillac High School footage are impressive as well.

The big treat for me were the pages of photos from the "Elder" era. This was, for me, one of the band's most visually interesting periods, though because the band treats the period with such disfavor, not many photos seem to exist. Here, finally, are a number of great photos of the band in their most streamlined look - including rare performance footage, a video shoot for "World Without Heroes," and some of the Studio 54 footage.

I give it four stars instead of five for two reasons. One, through no fault of the photographer - whose work is absolutely excellent - there are no samples of the band's "Dynasty" era, their MOST visually stunning. I'm still anxiously waiting for a full book with this kind of quality, but with some Dynasty photos. The other slight drawback is that the photo selections seem to favor - what a shock - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. I would've liked to have seen a little more of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.

That said, this is the best book of Kiss photos that's ever been published. Get it now.

If you love KISS, you'll love this book. Has many pictures that even the hardcores, like myself, have never seen. Alot of stuff from when the band first started out. When they had little money and were struggling to be the topps in NY. Many photos show the true integrity of the band.

This is a good book and part of a series that Dr. Stanley has written.

Dr. Stanley has become a big name since the tremendous success of "The Millionaire Next Door" but all of his books on marketing and selling to the affluent are great.

I prefer the book "Marketing to the Affluent" if I only had one to read but if you are someone who deals with high income people, all books in the series are a must. He is ground breaking in his research and writes in an easy to read style.

I am a financial consultant and structured settlement consultant for injury victims who receive large settlements. I quote Dr. Stanley's research often and try to read everything he publishes.

I would recommend this highly as well...

This outstanding book by Dr. Stanley took my sales to a new level.

I was introduced to Dr. Stanley via his mega best sellers "Millionaire Next Door" and "The Millionaire Mind", both outstanding reads.

I also recommend 'marketing to the Affluent" also by Dr. Stanley.

Selling to the Affluent will take your sales to a new high, just as it did for me. Great book.

Aside from being a followup to Marketing to the Affluent, STTA shows you how to sell the savvy. It tells you when the best time is to approach them and also offers dialoques and examples.Having read many sales books, it is refreshing to read one that deals with facts and teaches techniques that don't insult your client.Selling to the Affluent reveals the three most important things you can do to land afluent prospects and encourage wealthy clients to buy and make repeat buys.Stanley shows how to:Create lists of affluent prospects who are "riding high" because they've suddenly come into money or improved their socioeconmic status.Approach prospects at the moment when they are most likely to buy.Find and utlize critical information that will help you prospect, communicate, and clos sales more successfully.Chapter profiles two of America's most successful sales professionals and chapter 13 goes into apostles vs. antagonists. Which one do you want to be?I highly recommend this book along with Marketing to the Affluent. Two other worthwhile reads are Earning what you are Worth and Advanced Sales Strategies.

This book is the original canon upon which the classical series was based as well as good part of the Next Generation series. After that the series no longer followed the book but it continued to be used as reference.
The First Contact film is an example. It contained all the basic ideas of the book, like the contact with vulcans and the first tentative warp drive, but they've changed the fact that Cochrane was an alien to make him human, so it would appeal to human pride and therefore to public interest.
The contemporary series Enterprise also contains elements of the book, albeit with some changes. I'm not going to put spoilers here, but as an incentive it describes how the Federation was founded and the Romulan wars, which are a few years ahead of the timing in which the series is passed.
I stronlgly recommend this book, I owed this book for many years until I gave it to a Trekkie fan which is a friend of mine.

. . ."First Contact" was a disappointment of Warp 10 proportions!

I was a "Trekkie". For many, many years, beginning in Jr. High (where I discovered this book), continuing through my highschool and college years, and many years since. However, since the death of the Great Bird of the Galaxy, I have been increasingly disappointed with what the "Star Trek" universe has become.

This book was the ORIGINAL "Chronology" of the future for Trek fans. What has come after is a destruction and desecration of Roddenberry's original vision. I'm sorry that this book is out of print and remains largely unknown to the Trek fans of today. The illustrations are wonderful, the "tie-ins" with the episodes of "Classic Trek" are wonderful, the imaginary history is wonderful -- and although the book predates most of the Classic Trek movies (it came out about the same time as "Star Trek: The Motion Picture") it dovetails nicely with the films and many of the original Star Trek novels.

Unfortunately, the current powers and authorities running the Star Trek universe have rejected this work in favor of their own agendas -- and why I no longer purchase Star Trek novels, see the movies in their theatrical releases, or watch the new series.

May God forgive Rick Berman and his ilk for what they have done to the inspiring and fresh vision of Gene Roddenberry -- but I suspect that many "TRUE" Star Trek fans will not.

Find this book, buy it -- whatever the cost, and see for yourself what the Star Trek universe was -- and still SHOULD be.

I own a copy of this book and was looking for a copy to give to a friend. I have really enjoyed the history in this book as well as the creative ideas of where mankind maybe in the future with space travel. I would be lying if I did not rate this book with 5 stars!

This book is certainly an interesting one, telling stories of near-fatal accidents. It's fascinating to read what is going on inside the airplane at the time, but I get more enjoyment (if you can call it that) from stories that also encompass more of the technical side of aircraft accidents.

The flip side is that it doesn't get weighted down with technical language or mechanical intricacies, and really adds a human touch to the crews who we typically think of only as someone who brings us soda.

Finally a book that focuses on what went right instead of what went wrong. A positive approach to aircraft incidents. Notice I did not say accidents. Through solid airmanship and crew resource management and a touch of luck, these heroic crews prevented a disaster. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat and at the same time provide a look at skills and attitudes we should try to emulate when at the controls of an aircraft. Written in a style that is understandable to a lay person. Highly recommended

On the contrary of the next rewiever, to read this book increases my reliance in airliner's pilots. It's a very amusing and explanatory book that carries you to the cockpit and shows you how a pilot (and, sometimes, the luck) can to convert a potential disaster in only a nasty experience. Highly recommended.

my favorite part of the book was the part where 1 of Joes baseball coaches says the team used to give the players money for gas but Joe gave away some of his money to the other players so that they could buy gas. what a great guy Joe was. i think this book teaches a lot about what a great football player and a great human being Joe was

I'm sure all you people know that Montana set the season quarterback rating back in 1989. I'm sure all you people know that Montana lead S.F. to 4 SUPERBOWL titles I'm sure all you people know that Montana changed the game of football forever.

Got some quotes here for you from JOE MONTANA: JUST ANOTHER PLAYER, and it will make you want to buy it!

In the book, Bud Grebb who coached The California Trojans against Montana's Ringgold team said this, "Well, at that particular time, Joe Montana was known because he was one of the stars at Ringgold; but he was no different at that time than Joe Bilitski or Jamie Natali. I had a bunch of competitors, and Joe Montana was just the same category as my kids at that particular time. My kids were very talented at that time, and it was just anothr win for us. It wasn't "Hey we beat Joe Montana" because my kids were always very competitive, whoever we played."

In the book, Chuck Correal (who was a runningback AGAINST Joe and the Rams. Anyways, Correal said, "... The senior year game is what really sticks out becauseleading up to that game, our head coach really told us. He said, "Look. There's going to be a bunch of schools from all over the country coming in here to watch Joe Montana, and watch him pick you guys apart." You know, he was trying to motavate us. He just said, "They're going to be their to see a big show, and it's up to you guys to spoil the party." The game was kind of interesting because we had a real good team my senior year too in football. The results weren't all that great. I guess we finished about 6-3, or something like that. But we were really strong physically. We went out thinking, "Well, O.K We want not be the straight man in this party here." Trying to spoil Joe's party a little bit. Well, in the first half, we came out there and physically played them to a standstill. He had a really good team around him with a lot of good athletes. Quite a few of them went on to play Division I college. The surprising thing was that while we really played them to a standstill, Joe hit three bombs on us. Just long passes where...They had a really good split end named Mike Brantley, who I guess was Joe's favorite receiver. I think he went out in Terre Haute. I think Indiana State. He hit him for a couple of bombs. Actually, three long bombs. I guess our secondary couldn't keep up with some of that speed, and they were ahead 20-0 at halftime.So we were really hurting because we felt we stopped them from running the ball, and we were moving it pretty well on onfense, but we really couldn't score. So we didn't feel we were getting romped on, but it looked like it. This is funny. This doesn't have anything to do with Joe, but it's interesting about that game. I came in our locker room at half time. And this is our head coach's first year as our head coach. A lot of us didn't know him too well. One of the assisstants came in and said, "Listen, you guys. You better keep your helmets on at halftime." And we didn't know what he was talking about. He said, "Just believe me. Keep your helmets on. Our head coach came in through the door shortly after that, and went down the row of the bench literally punching every guy in the head with all his might with both fists. His fists were bleeding by the time he was done. Me and the other two captains were sitting up front facing the team, and he hadn't pounded on us. He was standing there with his back to us screaming at everybody. We said, "O.K. well, it's all over now. He's spent himself. His hands are bleeding. To illustrate a point, he turned around pounded me on top of my head. I wasn't even ready for it. I didn't have my mouthpiece in. I chipped my front tooth. I'm thinking, "We really want to go play for this guy, now." We went out and lost 44-0. It's kind of a little footnote to history......."

In the book, Joe Montana's American Legion baseball coach John Kendra admits that because Joe was playing in an All Star football game he missed pitching in the Legion's playoffs. Coach Kendra even went so far as to say, "We missed him, sure. Probably would have been the state American Legion champs that year if he had been there."

In the book, Joe Montana's head football coach Chuck Abramski says, "Listen to this, his mother and father and my wife and I, we'd go to Elizabeth. We'd go to a fish place on Friday night. We did this. we did that. The Big 33 game, his mother and father bought my wife and me our motel tickets. Paid for everything. And I'm not a sponge. I have money. I'm well to do. But I never asked anybody for anything like that. You know what I mean. I'm not that kind of person. I think they showed their appreciation for... Whatever. I don't know. Or they think they were buying me? They weren't buying me. They weren't going to buy me. But then after the game, they dropped me like a hot potato. Like I had AIDS. Never knew I existed. Because the father wanted to be the boss."

I never tire of reading this book. I would recommend it to other football fans.

Two shipwrecks, two priceless cargoes, two teams of divers working against one another to claim treasure. One team is willing to kill to get it. Peter Benchley's follow up to Jaws is a crackling good adventure novel, but those expecting another sea monster yarn might be disappointed. Don't be, this one is a keeper. Recommended.

By that, I mean, although this book is well written and entertaining, it is definately not Jaws! So, don't buy this book expecting to read something as frightening and gripping as Peter Benchley's Jaws which as you know, was a blockbuster book! The Deep, although sometimes slow in sections, is a story about two people (a man and a woman) who are deep sea diving for treasure. While on the ocean bed, searching for artifacts which they've heard are supposed to be down there, they accidently come across thousands of little glass vials which seem to be filled with some kind of fluid. From there, the story is more of an action movie between the good guys and the bad guys. Yes, it is written in the same Benchley style as his other books but it just doesn't have the kind of 'pull' that Jaw's did. Even so, I would still recommend it as I would all of Benchley's books.

From the author that brought you Jaws, Benchley takes you deep into the ocean for an intense, terrifying adventure that incriminates the mind with violent ideas, infecting each inch of your entire body. Although the book was an excellent horrifc tale of the deep sea, it seemed to end to quick. It all came together very well, but when I was finished I was looking for more. Add another 100 pages or so, and you would be a definite five stars!