This is an excellent book for project managers and key team members who are involved in development projects. Although this book is out of print it is worth the effort to track down a copy because of the emphasis on planning and estimation. This material will serve you well with any development project life cycle methodology from the Rational Unified Process to the often disdained but frequently used waterfall model. The book starts out strong with a 5-page chapter devoted to outlining the challenges that you'll face. After 25+ years in the industry I think the challenges cited are as fresh today as they were when I started out. Hopefully this succinct chapter will be read and heeded. Launching the project is covered well in the scant 18 pages of the next chapter. Chapter 3 on analysis and design is a bit out of date with respect to more modern approaches, but chapter 4's thorough and accurate treatment of project plans and estimates makes this book worthwhile. The final two chapters on implementing the project and project manager roles and qualities are mediocre. However, the 30-page appendix titled "Estimating Guidelines" is pure gold. This alone is worth the price of the book, but combined with chapter 4 it is the core of the book and a compelling reason to track down a used copy of this out-of-print book. I give it 5 stars.

One of the charming things about this novel is the author's handling of the old scottish dialect. It is written so that anyone can just about hear the heavily accented dialect of Scotland of the time. The text is well accompanied by explanatory notes which made it easy to understand. The novel constantly attacks the ethnic prejudices held by the English against the Scots, even as it satirizes the Scots as well. The setting is divided between Scotland and England, and the author deals satire to both cultures. The focus of the novel is its young heroine Mary. Like most young heroines in novels of this age her goal is to get married. To put it simply, the novel seems to be comparing and contrasting Mary's marriage and her methods, to those of her less scrupulous mother, an English Lady who elopes with a Scottish army officer. Mary is raised in Scotland while her twin sister goes to live in England with her mother, who cannot stand to live in Scotland. Mary goes to live with her mother when she grows to marriageable age. Here, Ferrier begins to compare and contrast the two characters, Mary and her sister, to expose which one has the better upbringing. Mary's sister makes a bad marriage to an old and willful, but rich aristocrat who makes her desperately unhappy. Mary chooses her husband better. She picks a Scottish army officer, just like her mother did so many years ago. This officer is of course a better pick for Mary than Mary's own father was for her mother. I think that when it comes to comparing the countries of Scotland and England, Scotland wins out in this book, as the best and kindest characters are Scottish, while every English character is vain or vulgar, or vain and vulgar at the same time. For this reason the novel seems full of Scottish nationalistic spirit. This is a novel of manners in the tradition of Jane Austen and Frances Burney, and the first such novel I have read which compares the two cultures in question with any seriousness and depth. Not a very flattering novel if you have ever eloped.

This superb chronicle is the author's lovingly crafted memoir of his family. Although structured around a requiem mass, the book becomes a universal meditation on love, marriage, family, and death. I did not want this book to end. It is a book to be cherished and read many times.

This collection was very powerful, in that the woman being written about is dead and the intensity of Ms. Gibson's words. Tina Modotti was clearly a strong, passionate woman--one I hope I am on the way to becoming. It is a sad book at times, but illustrates the power of the human spirit--even after death.

This timely new book covers all the aspects of Menopause, sometimes written as separate topics in other books. Dr. Schoenbeck, Dr. Gibson and the other contributers have written a book; of women - by women - for women, based on their experience practicing medicine, published research and listening to their patients. At 332 pages, the book is quite comprehensive. Not only does it address specific issues such as Hormone Replacement Therapy, the book appropriately looks at the surrounding physical, emotional, cultural and psychological aspects of this natural process.

The authors emphasize that each woman is an individual. therefore, interwoven throughout the book is the empowering message for women to actively listen to their bodies, read and keep knowlegable on Menopause; and thus be in control, throughout the medical decision-making process.

Importantly, the title: "Monopause: Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Conventional Medicine", is at the heart of the message. The book talks about and gives examples of how women are working with both conventional and Naturopathic physicians to meet their individual health needs. The authors show how this is partnership is not only working, but may provide the best range of options for your particular health issues.

This book is recommended because it is not a one-time read, but will become a good reference book. Whether one needs information on bone health, herbs, perimenopause, the changing body, etc., the book will be there when you have a question.

In an age where books on this topic may be written in a week in order to be marketed to take advantage of recent headlines (such as Hormone Replacement Therapy), this well-researched book which was over 3 years in the making, will be around long after other books shelf life has expired.

Very Beautiful .... meditation with the miracle prayer brings you to the brink of spiritual height and awareness.

This book has it all. I found it to be a necessary part of my resource library. It covered the field completely, every facet is described in depth and accurate. I would highly recommend that if you are looking for an all around reference for mobile communications this is it. I also liked this book because the information is very current.

Thanks

This play tells the continuing story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan as Helen excels at Radcliffe and Anne meets her first love, John Macy. However, their involvement with the men in their lives changes them forever and strengthens the bond between them.

Mr. Romance is a book about vanity or the ways we devise to deceive ourselves. It's about family because the family is a closed society with its own rules --a hall of mirrors to the world.
Gibson writes tragedy. All of his books are tragedy dressed as farce--the struggle to make sense of a nonsensical world.

This is one of my favorite Trollopes (and I've read 35 so far)! It is witty, clever and has plot twists worthy of the best suspense writers. This one deals with one of Trollope's favorite topics -- the law -- with the usual romantic crises thrown in, of course. Excellent book and I highly recommend it.