This book covers all the basics. It's a must-read for the short on time and the stressed out who aren't into New Agey mysticism or West Coast transcendntalism. I'm a fan of Chichester's and this Mens Health series. They're brief, helpful and entertaining.

I just couldn't get into this book, its too formulaic. The main female character wants to help, the guy is resentful, and tries to push her away, etc. I've seen it before in other books, but if you don't mind the formulaic premise, then you might want to check this out.

The information contained in this book was strong. However, I was disappointed with the so-called cases. The cases include were only one or two page summaries. I was expecting full cases and details. I ended up wasting my time because the book was posted as having something that was not clearly defined.

This is a nice look at one of the prettiest of the new ballparks around today- Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves. It has enough nice pictures to give you a feel for the stadium if you've never been there before. This would be a nice book for any Braves fan.

This is an excellent book to read if you are an advanced programmer. If you are a beginner and plan on learning Turbo C++ v4.5, do not plan on using this book to learn. It does not contain detailed information to help those who do not understand programming. If you are an advaced programmer, this is the book for you. This book contains useful information on how to debug the programs you created. If you don't know how to use a tool/program in the Turbo C++ program, this book covers it. I would recommend this book if you are good at programming. This book is not to be read from front to end. It should be used as a reference book (sort of like a dictionary)

This book is described as 'Visual J++ starter kit'. As such I would expect that it would take a beginning user, such as I was, through the basics of the language step by step, and get the reader up to speed and confident with using the product.

I read maybe 200 pages before I gave up, not because it was difficult going, but more because I had not really begun to do anything serious aside from having a full description of lots of the features of the environment.

In my opinion, the best way to interest a reader in the topic is to throw him into the deep end (with simple tasks) and instil some feeling of confidence and accomplishment at achieving the small goals presented in this way. Reading 200 pages and still not really achieving anything is frustrating for the reader who is dying to dive in.

Instead, try the next book I tried, a Microsoft book 'Learn Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Now' by Microsoft Press. Straight away I was in there creating all manner of things. No fooling around.

Believe me, I understood more about the IDE after using it for an hour than I did by reading about it.

I gave the book 3 stars because it still has some good information but it's hardly something I would call a starter kit....

This book is rather boring through the first half or so. Otherwise, it's a really good book and has some interesting stuff in it about important modern day people.

I am a big fan of Anne Perry and have read all of her mystery books. All of her books have been well researched and show Victorian England in gritty reality. For that reason I expected something of the same to be true of this book and was very badly disappointed.
Readers were mislead for the beginning in being told that this is a fantasy book. This isn't fantasy, it's a spititual journey espousing one religion's teachings. If I had been told that this entire 500+ page book was a metaphor for the Morman religious teachings I would have saved my money. Even without the religious theme the story is boring and the characters are two demensional. Books today are too expensive to waste money on and readers should be given a true idea of what they are getting.

'Tathea' is boring and difficult to understand. I'm trying not to write negative reviews, but I want to save others from making the same mistake I did.

The story has no natural plotline. It's all forced. The character of Tathea overcomes one difficulty only to be faced with another. The supporting characters come and go rapidly. Their names are so similar that it's nearly impossible to distinguish one from another (Surprisingly, this detracts from the story. Many times I found myself wondering who a particular character is, then realized it didn't matter and skipped over it.)

Perry's characters didn't ring true. Tathea's one true friend suddenly rejects her teachings, corrupting doctrine for his own gain. I don't buy it. Characters come to believe Tathea too easily. They disagree, but then suddenly, within the span of a few pages, they're her staunchest supporters.

I've never read an Anne Perry book before. I see from previous reviews that this isn't a representation of her entire body of work. I'm more reluctant to give her another shot, but I'm sure that some day I will.

I'm a non-fiction fan. In my opinion, all the knowledge and wisdom that can be found in a good how-to book or from reading a real-life situation was the best reading possible. I looked at fiction as an escape that I couldn't really afford. There was just too much else that was actually worth reading.

But something about Anne Perry's "Tathea" intrigued me. Even though it was billed as a "fantasy," it also was described as an exploration of good and evil and the search for truth. So I bought the book, read it, and enjoyed it.

The philosophical side of the book is where "Tathea" excels. Tathea's conversations and revelations among friends, enemies, fellow seekers, unbelievers, demons and angels are the core of the book. These gems are surrounded by an intriguing story and an unusual premise that kept me reading.

The beginning third of "Tathea" is her spiritual journey, filled with symbolism and allusions that lay the foundation for the rest of the book. The second two-thirds of the book follow Tathea on her physical journey of learning, sharing and blessing. One thing I found wanting was the characterizations. I knew the title character well, but the characters of the supporting cast weren't explored as deeply as I found myself wanting them to be.

"Tathea" is more than an escape. It is fiction with meaning. It is not for the reader who wants an easy, shallow story. But if you enjoy being challenged cerebrally and spiritually, I highly recommend it.

My company has a subscription to Safari Books Online, so I decided to see what Visual Basic books were available rather than buy my own book. I found this book and decided to try it out. What a mistake!

The key to learning programming is to get as much hands-on practice as possible. Therefore, it is critical that programming books offer as many coding exercises as possible. This book doesn't have enough coding exercises, and many of the ones it does have do not work! I've double-checked my code to make sure it matched what is in the book, and I still get the "compile error" that other reviewers have mentioned. Worse yet, I checked the "Updates & Corrections" link at the Sams website and found nothing.

In short, don't waste your money. I'm frustrated enough and I got it for free!

Lots of syntax errors that will really trip up a beginner. They say that learning a programming language is easier than a language like Spanish or French, however in programming, your whole entire program is usless if one word is mispelled and you can't continue until it's fixed.

For example: there's a bonus project at the end of every chapter that takes about an hour to go through. Then, when you're finally done, BLAMM!! COMPILE ERROR!!! That's one whole chapter that you won't learn anything. They're not just typos either. There is actual code that doesn't do what he sais that it's supposed to and you'll have to decypher it on your own.

This guy seems like a good teacher and this book covers alot of importance, but errors and errors. If you're at least 6 months or more experienced with VB you might like this. Just don't pay attention to anything in the book.

I purchased this book as a relatively new vb programmer. I'd had Visual Basic 6 for 3 days, and i already knew most of the very Basics of Visual Basic programming. With this book, however, i learned about so many more functions not obviously available without reading through all of the documentation. I learned about arrays and the Windows API and saving data and a lot more. Without this book I would still be at stage one. Since reading it, i've programmed a 2 applications, a game and an addressbook program, and they are great! By the way, it says "21 days", but I had finished several "days" in one day, and it really is much faster. Another nice thing about this book was that though it did provide source code, i didn't have to be sitting at the computer while reading to understand the concepts. I still use this book constantly as a reference. It is great for new programmers.