A dictator ?? You gotta be kidding. Ataturk is the reason Turkish people have democracy, women's equality, and a secular government. Without this 'dictator' they would be still in the stone ages. The 'author' has NO understanding of the Turkish and Ottoman history.

There are other books about Ataturk that offer balanced and fair
description. It is extremely difficult to accept Armstrong's biased
(and dated) characterization of Ataturk. Dictator, was he? Terrible.

This is not a bad book as lots of people think. If you omit the things about Ataturk's private life (the writer wrote too much things that there is no way he may know) this book gives a good idea about how much he loved his country and how incredible he is. But I suggest you start with Lord Kinross's book if you would like to read about Ataturk. Also the last sentence of the book was a good one:

"He is Dictator in order that it may be impossible ever again that there should be in Turkey a Dictator".

I guess he did what he had to do to save Turkey.

This is the absolute worst book I've ever read. Not just the worst Civil War book, the worst book, period. The author devotes 11 measley pages to the actual engagement referred to in the title. The editing is so sloppy, every few pages are typos. The maps offered in the book are useless. No orientations to North, no scales, lacking in all detail. The most upsetting thing is the lack of documentation. It was almost as if this guy saw the movie and used that as the outline of his book. He offered very little in the way of proof to any of his assertations. The worst thing is, this guy was an officer in the Army. As an officer myself, I'm extremely disappointed in my peer. Do not waste your time with this book.

After finishing this book, I wasn't sure if I'd read one that was intended to be fact, or a novel. Despite its title, only one small chapter is devoted to the cavalry fight on Gettysburg's East Cavalry Field. The balance of the book, mostly devoted to the Gettysburg Campaign itself, is full of so many errors it's laughable. John Buford's fight the morning of July 1, the first day, is completely screwed up. It appears as though the author has never been within 1000 miles of Gettysburg. Throughout the book, the author presents easily DISPROVEN myths about Gettysburg as though they were facts. Anyone reading this book is going to get a completely incorrect idea of not only Gettysburg but much of America's Civil War in general. I collect books on the Civil War (with some 2000), the cavalry specifically, and I have just thrown this book in the trash. I will NOT permit this "work" to have a place on my shelves, and I completely regret purchasing it. The sources are scanty, and the author relied mostly on secondary resources. If the author had simply done the minimum required research in primary resources, and just cracked open the Official Records just once, he would have had to completely re-write his manuscript. DO NOT waste your money. Go to McDonald's and have a Happy Meal. It would be money much better spent. Hopefully this book will go out of print and disappear VERY soon.

This book advertises itself as being a study of the cavalry battle on East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. It's not, which is a shame.

The book is approximately 120 pages long. Of those 120 pages, only 12 deal the fight on East Cavalry Field. The rest of the book deals with a bunch of miscellaneous stuff that really has nothing to do with the themes suggested by the title. The little bit of information on the fight at East Cavalry Field sheds no light on the complicated battle that raged there. There's virtually no discussion of the extended and brutal dismounted fight that preceeded the two mounted charges and which necessitated them. There are only a couple of not particularly useful maps, and very little in the way of illustrations.

The title is also misleading in many ways. First, and foremost, George Custer played only a small and somewhat insignificant role in the battle. Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg commanded the Union forces there, and he's the one who made the critical decisions that impacted the outcome of the battle. Second, Gregg gave the orders for the 7th Michigan Cavalry, and later, the 1st Michigan Cavalry, to charge, usurping Custer's authority. In fact, Custer just went along for the ride, albeit a ride into glory. He had nothing to do with the decisions to charge.

Further, not even the most stalwart of cavalry buffs would be so arrogant to suggest that a sideshow to the Battle of Gettysburg somehow saved the Union. Perhaps the main fight at Gettysburg did, but this sideline action most assuredly did not. The repulse of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge was much, much more significant to saving the Union than the Gregg-Stuart fight on East Cavalry Field.

Finally, and most troubling is the fact that this book's bibliography is only a page and a half long. It's clear that the author relied almost exclusively on secondary sources, as only three or four primary sources are cited in the bibliography. Stunningly, not one of those primary sources is the Offical Records of the Civil War, which must be starting point for anyone trying to analyze and understand a Civil War campaign or battle. There's no substance here to speak of, and certainly nothing to make it worth buying.

Do yourselves a favor...don't waste your money on buying this book. It's not worth it.

This is a book of vague suggestions on how one might use the author's unhelpful variation of -true- mind mapping in a variety of situations... including writing a book... but -real- mind mapping, as developed by Tony Buzan, was obviously not utilized when writing this particular book. The method the author advocates is actually more aligned to concept mapping rather than mind mapping.

Disregarding the dubious technique of using a large font to make a 'pamphlet' run to a 100+ page book, I was at a loss to find any sort of structure in this book... and it did nothing to enhance my knowledge of how the mind mapping method may be applied. The fact that the book only includes 5 concept maps and 1 diagram indicates that the author doesn't really understand about the visual impact of mind maps and how they may be used to clarify and summarize many aspects of a written work.

As someone who has been mind mapping for 15+ years, I strongly advise against purchasing this book. Joyce Wycoff's "Mindmapping" is a much better introduction to the method, with Tony & Barry Buzan's "The Mind Map Book" being the current definitive textbook on the method.

Rather brutal story of a young couple who experience sexual fantasies in an icy environemt. Definitely not for maiden aunts

This book starts out with a lot of promise. The story and characters, if properly developed could have been wonderful. Sadly the whole book falls flat. Their (the characters) and their interactions are lacking an element that is needed to be real. Domenica, the lady love, lacks spirit that would have made the story any good. Ms. Armstrong could have done much better.

I found this book to be negative in its representation of African-American youth. One youth shoots and dismembers the finger of another child on school property. Several children are aware that a fellow student is in posession of a gun but they make no effort to disclose this information to an adult. Violence is protrayed as acceptable and common behavior for these youth. African-American youth are also depicted as low academic acheivers. One child will be repeating a grade and the children tease the one child that is doing well in school. The parents of one child search for a positive school environment for their child and their only alternative is to place the child in an all-white prep school. This book does not seem to be appropriate reading material for young readers who might be prone to generalize about its content.

This is, without a doubt, the WORST text-book I have ever had in school ever! The examples are poorly written and all the numbers just put in the formulas right away so half of my time goes into finding out what formulas are being used, and the other half goes into reading the bad text. The problems are many with wrong given answers and well.. that is just typical because the book left me nothing. I would strongly recommend other books for subjects this book teaches.

One ofthe only god things I can say about this book is that it is difficult to find unless you contact the World Wide Church Of God and purchase a copy.

It was once touted by those not affiliated with the church as a well meaning sex manual for those chosing a more moral approach to their sexuality than the times were encouraging in the early 1980's.

Written by Herbert Armstrong, founder of a post-modern religion, some of the facts and information this book contains is laughable. Sadly, it is delivered with such implacable authenticity by the author, some may believe his claims as reality.

Armstrong built his religion on principals such as people of color being inferior to whites, the peoples of the British Isles being the true Children of Israel and the United States being the Promised Land. His insights on sexuality are about as accurate as his take on the origin of the world.

With dozens of references to the similarities and differences between humans and farm animals, some dangerous theories about women and the pervasive, male dominant stilt of his writing, this is a book impressionable readers need to shy away from.

No matter your faith or opinion of human sexuality, this book will confuse and confound more than it will educate. This is not really an instruction in morality or orthodox Judeo-Christian values in regards to human relationships. It is more an extention of the fringe philosophy of Mr. Armstrong.

This may be a good book for theology students and seminarians for insight in to what can go wrong with a religious philosophy and how biblical passages can be distortd to advance a single precept over others, even if it is in error. Again, read it at your own risk.

In classic postmodern form, the title of this book is contrary to its conclusion. While the author does skip across the top of much church historical writing and scriptural commentary, it is on a very superficial level. The book is big on anectodal "sensationalized stories" and short on deep, thoughtful, comprehensive exegesis of Scripture. Mr. Armstrong also tends to make a composite of quite disparate facts and circumstances, and then make generalized pronouncements to cover them all. By far the most serious defect underlying the message of this book is that Scripture is insufficient to address this issue, and man must develop his own ethical paradigm to answer the question posed. It is truly a celebration of relatavism. If you read the book, read it critically as the opinions of one fallen man. Our culture (and those within the invisible church of Jesus Christ are no exception) tends to place too much weight on the words of "experts." His "expertise" is no substitute for seeking the illumination of the Holy Spirit as you search the whole Counsel of God in the Bible, and seeking the counsel of godly men who are steeped in the Scriptures and the facts of a particular situation. I know where of I speak, since Mr. Armstrong's advice was sought by someone in a very painful situation presently existing in our church. Based on a biased, incomplete set of facts, Mr. Armstrong swiftly responded with his advice. The haughty and smug dependence on "his expertise" has exacerbated and compounded the pain, confusion and chaos in our midst. God is sovereign and He will protect the purity of His church - in this case - inspite of the very unhelpful intervention of Mr. Armstrong and his book The Stain That Stays.

This was the required text, for a very limited time of course, for my vhdl course. The book is horrible. It is poorly organized, with very few examples, and contains paragraph after paragraph of verbage. Everyone I knew at that class relied primary on other texts. This book seems to be intended for "advanced" vhdl users, since they're the only ones who could possibly understand the writing and the hardware devices that are modeled in the examples. then again, if you're a real pro, would you have the time and patience to read this book given its inferior quality.