This publication hardly deserves to be called a book. It's 77 pages (including the index) and each page is only printed on one side. Also, most "chapters" are a little over a page, so almost half the pages in the book contain only a paragraph or two.

I'll forgive the fact that most of the products described in the book are outdated by now; the author warns the reader of this several times herself. But what I can't forgive is the extremely brief and painfully shallow descriptions the author gives to these products. Most of the information given is usually a phone number or address for the manufacturer of a product.

Consider this: the "chapter" on scanners is barely half a page, but the "chapter" on telephone headsets is a page and a half. Not only does this show where the focus of this book is, but it also shows how little is actually presented about real technologies.

The only reason I gave this pamphlet 2 stars instead of 1 is that it could be a nice intro for a complete novice... a complete novice who has had no contact with the professional business world or a computer. There's just so little here.

I've used some of Rebecca Morgan's time saving ideas and they work. Her language is clear, her ideas are new and fresh, and they really save time...and time, remember is money. So save lots of money...and time...with this book.

TurboTime motivates without intimidating. It's friendly, conversational style reduces using complex new technologies to easily accomplished steps that are sure to save you time. Morgan makes no assumptions about the reader. She provides encouragement and cites the benefits of learning to use new technologies - and then tells you exactly how to do this. TurboTime is an idea book for people who want to experiment with new skills. Morgan suggests simple and advanced ways to take advantage of opportunities to use technology to accomplish things that would be difficult to accomplish without it. TurboTime isn't dry or academic. Morgan presents personal examples of her own struggles to use technology as efficiently as possible. But she does not insist on particular brands and programs. Overall, it's a practical combination of illustrations and information, and is filled with easy-to-apply tips.

MAKE A NOTE OF THIS, EVERYONE! This book has incorrectly listed the job hotline for the Environmental Protection Agency. They listed the number as #202.260.5055, but the correct listing is #202.418.4320. PLEASE pass the word. Thanks!

I have read this book and it is excellent. Whatit is light on are recent policy changes, hot openings areas and good definitin of residency exeption, the onsite contractor opportunities and the educational/industrial partnership availablities. It is heartwarming to know even in this harsh erra of trial by fire downsizing in the federal arena, there are still 38000 great jobs in NSA, 5100 PTO positions and 52000 in the Defense Investigative Service. So many openings in high end administrative, tech savy,or secure positions with so few willing and able candidates obsessed with private industry.Too bad there entrance requirements for most mean you'd have to be a fresh college grad, PhD (at 57k and secure US resident) or not have a single mark on your police or financial record. Kinda tight requirements in national security regions these days.

I HIGHLY SUGGEST THIS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GREAT A'S TEAMS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. I ADMIRED AND RESPECTED THOSE THE TEAMS OF THE EARLY 70'S. THEY TRULY WERE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN MODERN HISTORY. THE TEAMS OF THE LATE 80'S AND EARLY 90'S WERE AWSOME WITH THE BASH BROTHERS. THE TEAM OF NOW HAS GREAT PITCHING AND TIMELY HITTING EVEN WITH THE LOSS OF THE GIAMBINO. THE AUTHOR DOES DOES A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE DYNASTIES AND SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS. ALL IN ALL IT IS A VERY DETAILED AND INTERESTING READ. ALL BASEBALL FANS SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.

I consider myself not only an avid baseball fan, but a die hard Oakland Athletics fan. I have read numerous books about the A's, but never has there been a book as thorough, original and entertaining as Champions. The detailed account Dickey provides of the three dynasties, from Finley to Henderson to Giambi, is both informative and enlightening.

Champions is easy to read, easy to follow and impossible to put down. I recommend this book to all baseball fans, particularly those with a soft spot for the Oakland Athletics.

This book was very helpful as a guide to owning a Cocker. I recommend it highly and hope you learn as much as I did about this breed. Very gorgeous pictures and very informative and descriptive!

For all its slim 80 pages, this is an excellent reference book. In particular it so graphically illustrates the differences between the American and English Cockers, that anyone in doubt of their own dogs lineage, would not go wrong consulting this book.

Colour photography is used throughout and all salient points are accompanied by appropriate photography or diagrams.

It might be a small book, but it seems to cover a great deal.

I think that this book provided me with great knowledge about African American music in the early years. It went into great depth and was easy to read. Great for research papers.

An amazing resource. Morgan has forgotten more than most people will ever know about the history of jazz. Spectacular work!

This is not one of Edmund Morgan's more important books, but it is worth looking at if you like Morgan's writings (as I do passionately), or if you are a George Washington buff. This is a very slim volume, consisting of one very interesting lecture on Washington as a military and political leader (arguing that Washington understood the nature of power better than anybody else in his day in the colonies or the states), and a selection of Washington's letters that provide corroboration for Morgan's arguments and insight into the pertinent topics. Where needed, Morgan provides a brief introduction to each letter. I enjoyed it, but it isn't going to make anybody outside of the two groups I mentioned above very happy.

On the copyright page, a small disclaimer appears alerting the reader that this book consists of one lecture and portions of Washtington's letters and is NOT intended to be "fresh contributions to the scholarship of the American Revolution." I will not argue this but will praise Edmund Morgan on clearly and straightforwardly explaining an his theory that George Washington's understanding of power was far beyond any of his contemporaries' or of any other American historical figure. As examples, shows the reader examples from Washingtons' life and letters with regards to national power, military power, foreign relations and the comperative power of nations and the power that comes with honor or respect.

This is a slim work, consisting of less than ninety pages, but these pages have done a great deal to flesh out my understanding of Washington the person. Morgan has convinced me that Washington is a genius with regards to the understanding of power and the remoteness and aloofness that historians often find puzzeling is less an arrogant flaw than a deliberate calculated example of his understanding of power. While this, as I have previously said, is not a "fresh contribution," it is a contribution which sums up a difficult subject in an extremely well-written and engaging way. I highly recommend it.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK. MR. HALAS DISCUSSES THE EARLY DAYS OF PRO FOOTBALL. HIS HAND IN HELPING FORM THE LEAGUE IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING. HIS RETELLING OF RED GRANGE AND JIM THORPE IS EXCELLENT. HE TOUCHES ON MANY DIFFERENT ERAS AND FACETS OF PRO FOOTBALL. THE HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO BEARS IS WELL TOLD BY PAPA BEAR. ONE OF THE FINER POINTS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF TELEVISION AND IT'S EFFECT ON THE GAME MAKE THIS BOOK A WINNER.
VERY RECOMMENDED.

Have you ever wondered how professional football and the NFL got started? Turn to this book for your answers. Find out how the oldest team in professional football got started and where the Chicago Bear traditions got started. Find out what that "G.S.H." stands for on the side of those Navy and Orange jerseys. Even find out how those jerseys became Navy and Orange. This book is something everybody who is a fan of football or more especially, the Bears should definitely read. Only drawback is that Halas carries on a little too far about explaining his favorite games. A must read for any NFL fan though.

Ms. Morgan has written two Cat Man series that I read and thoroughly enjoyed. She has come up with a new slant to romance novels. Her creativity is great and the story lines are not the same 'ol same 'ol. I read about 2-5 books a week and Ms. Morgan's certainly stands out as one of the best. Ms. Morgan's Cat Men and Ms. Feehan's Carpathians are my favorite. Ms. Morgan reaches a good balance between romance and sexual inuendo. I have been looking for more than a year for her to write additional stories in this genre. Please write more!

Karic and Liane were superb characters. This sequel to "The Knowing Crystal" was a must read for amyone.

Written by some of the most respected researchers in implicit surfaces (many of the authors having invented many of the algorithms discussed), this book is exactly what the title says it is: an introduction to implicits.
Since each chapter was written by a different author, the book is rather inconsistent in its laying of the material, which will indeed make it confusing to someone that is indeed a complete newbie to the subject. This is particularly bad for a book that is supposed to be an introduction to the subject. It is hard to explain how, for example, Chapter 3 (implicit patch modelling) will relate to anything else covered in other chapters. Being a chapter so early in the book, it just confuses things.
If you are already familiar with blobs or similar implicits, you will be right at home and will be able to jump to chapters you are interested in. If you've never been able to play with an implicit surface modeler, trying to read the book from cover to cover and understand the explanations, even of the first chapter, will, I think, prove somewhat hard. You will likely find better introductions to "blobbies" if that's what you are interested in on the web.
Chapters 4 and 5 are some of the most useful and practical to anyone doing any implicit software development for the first time. Bloomenthal gives a good review of all the ways of polygonizing implicits (albeit no consideration is given to taking advantages of polygonizing specific types of fields, such as point elements) while Wyvill gives also a good review on the different approaches on raytracing implicits. Both chapters do a reasonable job of pointing the benefits and drawbacks of each method presented.
Chapters 6 and 7 deal mainly with subtle issues of blending of multiple skeleton implicits. Chapter 8 mainly with morphing. And the final chapter with dynamics applied to implicits (so as to create soft objects).
It is, however, the Reference section that is one of the most important sections in the book, since it pretty much lists most if not all papers related to implicits.
Albeit the book states that it wants to be a practical book on implicit surfaces, no sample code is provided anywhere (the book is more a presentation of the material, somewhat math oriented, with discussion of the most useful and common equations for each chapter's topic) and even the reference section does not point to some of the most widely known free code available ( Bloomenthal's Gems code or Wyvill's BlobTree ).

Don't expect this book to be anything like a bible on implicit surfaces. But if you are looking for a way to get quickly accustomed to the existing work, it's definitely the right book. You will find lots of pointers, in a wide range of related subjects.

The book is simple and direct in its format and writing, yet it touches upon some of the most poignant themes in Nouvel's architecture, such as Light, Colour, Grids and Details, as well as an outlook towards the future of architecture. Instead of a boring chronology of the works these become the main chapters of the book, and take on several buildings that are representative of these essential themes. The squarish format of the book with full page colour pictures, details and architectural plans, make it both pleasent to read and entertaining to simply flip through.

A few interviews or writings of Nouvel could surely have been added, for the more academic minded; but basically the book is an inescapable artefact in understanding the passion, simplicity and beauty of Nouvel's architecture.

Jean Nouvel is a very important person not only for French architecture,but also for Europian architecture.This book explains succesfully why he is so important.The price of the book is not much because of its quality.But more drawings are expected. more drawings.