This book, when compared to what is written today, is excellent. Trollope is a master with words - as all readers of his works will agree. He has a tremendous command of the written word - unlike authors of today!! However, for Trollope compared to Trollope, the book is just so-so. Many of his other novels are far superior. The book concerns the trials and tribulations of Miss MacKenzie after she inherits a fortune and then looses it. We see how her friends, neighbors, and male paramours react to her as her status in life changes. It's, as all Trollope books, enjoyable, but not one of his better books.

Anthony Trollope spends so much time doing the things that well-meaning creative writing profesors now tell one never to do--his editorial voice peppers each novel, he avoids subtle foreshadowing in favor of telling you essentially what will happen next, and he consistently drives plot towards a theme. Yet Trollope, a consummate Victorian, seems intrinsically modern whereas many more "literarily correct" modern humorists grow antique in a week or less. The secret, of course, is character, an eye and an ear for class distinctions, and a skewering wit combined with tremendous fellow-feeling for the foibles of his characters. Miss MacKenzie contains much of Trollope at his best--the title character is a beautifully observed genteel poor spinster-to-be suddenly visited with the misfortune of fortune. The author assiduously exposes flaw after flaw in Miss MacKenzie and her social milieu, and yet we like her better for the harsh light. In this world of tremendous unkindness, it is nice to remember that one can be honest without being brutal. Trollope, a writer of genial works of whimsy, brings the quiet honesty of literary fiction home safely here.

Reading this collection of articles gave me a better understanding of the people and ideas that helped shape computer-based communication. The contributors are for the most part well chosen; a few that I might well have done without, I must admit -- but far more excellent choices than "questionable" ones. The organization of the book is interesting as well. I was reminded of the magazine "Mondo 2000" that I subscribed to in the early '90's (multimedia/geek chic).

This book is a must read for anyone interested in modern art and culture, and where its going. The companion web site on www.artmuseum.net is a brilliant compliment to the book, with 50 video clips, rare photos and other treats. Finally, a publishing project that "gets it" how to use the web + printed book in a way where the sum is greater than the parts. Its amazing to see how long artists and scientists have been working (alone, and in some cases together) towards this goal. Prehaps the following decade will witness a true "waking up" by the mass culture to this new syntax, new reading-practice, of multi-media hyper-texted information. This book may mark a point in time where we started acknowledging the depth and extent of our post-Guttenburg world. Bravo to Randall Packer and Ken Jordon for pulling this project off.

This book documented what so many of us experience growing up as a "double" minority in this country. Aliona, congratulations to you and everyone who survives the madness and the struggles and still has the courage to get up and face the next day and whatever it brings.

This was a book that all of black america (especially black men) should read. Anybody on this side of the color bar knows, HAIR IS A BIG DEAL. It really widned my eyes (and I do mean widened, 'cause mine are already open) to the plight and inner struggles a sister goes through just with her hair. To conform or not to conform, that is the question? To weave or not to weave? To let a hot comb sizzle your ears or let curling irons burn your neck? To perm or let the roots go back to Africa? Why does Jheri curl? Whether we admit it or not, hairstyle (or lack of) is another one of our intercultural racisms. (We won't get into that light-skinned, dark-skinned thing.) And corporate America ain't down with hairstyles that represent freedom and any attachment to the Motherland. The author has an open, honest, easy going style that sucked me into the story from page one, and I look forward to devouring her future projects. Miss Gibson, keep pen to paper, continiously move onward and upward toward the light.

"Only a Game" is a suspense filled fiction novel about an emotionally dysfunctional family. Diane, the mother, is an emotional wreck. Alan feeds off his mother's terror and her insecurities. A battle between good and evil rages throughout the book until it comes to a violent conclusion. Diane suspects her son has committed murder, but her mind cannot accept this. She conceives the idea that Alan is possessed by an evil demon.

Is the family gripped in terror because of dementia or are evil forces at work? You decide. The surprise ending not only takes your breath away, it practically screams for a sequel!

This is a very well written chiller that hooks you right away. Should definitely be on anyone's "A" list to buy!

Only A Game is an excellant book. I found that I couldn't put it down once I started it. I was on the edge of my chair waiting to see what happens next. The ending left me wondering is Sherry Gibson will write another book letting us know what happens.

This somewhat understated book may be overlooked based on its title, and yet it represents the best book currently in print to provide a solid overview of the science and issues in genome science, functional and structural genomics, and the subdiscipline proteomics. Chapter 1 describes current progress with mapping genomes, including the human genome and other genomes in plants and animals. Chapter 2 describes sequencing approaches and gene identification. Chapter 3 deals with gene expression and technologies. Chapter 4 focuses on proteomics including brief introductions to 2D-PAGE and mass spectrometry. This chapter also briefly introduces the reader to structural genomics, or the prediction of protein structure based on sequence through threading and modeling. After a chapter on single nucletide polymorphisms and genotyping the book concludes with a chapter on integrating genome studies including the use of in silico approaches.
Although scant in detail in parts, a major strength of the book is the wide coverage given to science of genomics and its offshoots. Overall an excellent course text for undergraduate or early postgraduate students or others interested in these emerging disciplines. I am not aware of any competing texts which such coverage and certainly not at the price of this one.

Every technician and/or PI should own a copy of this text for their lab. All up and coming scientists should go check out a copy from your local library. With the logical diagrams and full explanation of the text, this book is really condensed and assumes some knowledge of molecular biology. This book does not assume knowledge of genomics, but rather serves as a manual.

The releasement tape is a perfect place to start when beginning a new start. Its is inspiring, hopeful, and energizing. Its gives hope for a better day and helps to promote a new vision when you are starting again. The releasement tape is relaxing, rejuvinating, and comforting. It is thought provoking, it helped me let go and let God. It also help me to call on my inner spirit to guide me through some tough times. I recommend this tape as the prelude to starting over in life.

Releasement is a beautiful therapuetic tool, that is easy to listen to and an enhancement that would help create your desires and increase awareness. Personally I alternate between Releasement, and another of Dr. Gibson's C'D's, The Miracle Prayer, which is also a vibrationally energetic meditation!

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This is the story of William "Mackerel" Burton, just your typical English child brought up with the same problems as the rest of us. But he decides that other peoples lives are so unbarable - for them - that the least he can do is put them out of their misery! Excellent read, so dark, so macabre, so cool!

ALTHOUGH I FOUND SOME OF HIS WORDS MISUSED,THIS TEXT IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND TRULY REVEALS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE "CONQUISTADORES" STORIES.

This book was the text for a college course and I found it to be excellently written and chock-full of useful, detailed information. It is a shame that it is out of print.

A good sports autobiography. Book is sprinkled by short memorances of Gibson by his colleagues (Joe Torre, Tim McCarver, Curt Flood, others) -- an interesting and effective mechanism.

Yep, that's what I said as a Cubs fan in my youth. Whenever St. Louis was in town and I checked to see who the starting pitcher for the Cardinals would be. Man, did this guy ever break my heart... again and again!

Now, in retrospect, I can appreciate his greatness. (Though the painful memories of how he often made my Cubbies look like Little League hitters still lingers a bit). The greatness I admire most today, however, lies not in his pitching talent (superb as it was). Rather, I see his real legacy as one who refused to buckle under to the forces of racism; one who again and again challenged the flawed thinking of both overt racists and even unintentional racists. This book reveals a lot about baseball, but so much more about Gibson the man. He is in the same mold as other great athletes, like Clemente and Ali, who transcended their sport, and made a mark on society as well.

But some things are STILL unforgivable -- Why did he have to be so brutal on my Cubbies?!!

A very well researched and clearly written account from Homeric times to the fall of Rome. The text is consise and excellently illustrated. Tactics and the political background to military strategy are discussed in depth, and pointers to original and secondary sources provided. The sections on siege and naval warfare are particularly good.

This is a wonderful book. It reads well and has superb illustrations of the fighting men and their weapons. It gives one a real feel of the era and the men who fought in them. It is also not too long and doesn't bore you with dry detail. Of course it is not as detailed as the serious studies on the eras such as Webster's and Bohec's studies of the Imperial Roman Army but then again it is not meant to be. It accomplishes what it sets out to do which is put you in the basic know on warfare in ancient Greece and Rome and also has much detail on their respective foes such as the Persians, Scythians, Gauls etc. However I still don't understand why it is termed an encyclopedia since it doesn't follow the standard alphabetical format (although an encyclopedia doesn't necessarily have to...I was just wondering?). Great book anyway and well worth the purchase. Peter Connelly's book "Greece and Rome at War" is also in the same vein but somehow I still prefer this one.