I have not read the book but would like to report to the general public that I am a perfectly healthy 46 year old man who within one week of taking 800 mg/day of Sam-E was stricken with a nearly fatal pulmonary embolism from deep venous thrombosis. I am from a very distinguished medical family (including the world's singular most influential cardiologist) who is certain that the increase in homocysteine levels produced by SamE are intensely thrombogenic. During my 3 week hospital stay, I was tested in a search for any possible medical cause for this episode, from the obvious to the "zebras in Montana" and the etiology remains idiopathic. BE SURE NEVER TO TAKE THIS "SUPPLEMENT" without simultaneously increasing your intake of Folic Acid, or it can be a killer.

It is a thankless task to respond to reviews such as those of Mr. Levine, but as the author of this book, I have an obligation to set the record straight. First, the condition which afflicted him typically reflects months or years of years of dietary habits -- and, perhaps, genetics -- not a handful of days on a supplement. Second, even a brief review of the medical literature will show that in situations such as his, blood tests usually indicate below normal SAMe levels. Third, a short term trial with SAMe showed that the supplement either has no effect upon homocysteine blood levels or actually lowers these, again, in the near term. There has been no research which looks at the long term impact upon homocysteine blood levels. Fourth, SAMe has been tested with literally tens of thousands of patients over periods ranging up to several years. As far as I can tell, no medical study has ever reported a side effect such as his. Indeed, SAMe is considered to be extraordinarily safe. Finally, had Mr. Levine actually read my books, he would have noticed that I suggest the supplements folic acid, trimethyglycine, and the vitamins B-6 and B-12 as useful for reducing homocysteine levels. As for the 5 stars, I could not post a response without giving a star rating.

LEARNING ABOUT THE METHOLATION PROCESS AND HOW THIS PROCESS ACTUALLY DETERMINES THE HEALTH OF OUR BODIES IS VITAL TO UNDERSTANDING AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BODY. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN EVERY BIOLOGY AND HEALTH CLASS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. UNDERSTANDING THE SEEMING COMPLEXITIES OF WHAT CAUSES OUR BODIES TO MALFUNCTION AND THE WHAT WE CAN DO TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE RESULTING DISEASES IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO EVERYONE. IT IS TOO BAD THAT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IS NOT IN THE HEADLINES INSTEAD OF MANY OF THE SCARE STORIES. THIS LITTLE GEM OF A BOOK IS WORTH MANY TIMES MORE THAN THE PRICE. AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DIABETES AND CHRONIC LIVER - HEPATITIS "C" I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS MIGHT BE AND HOW I CAN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS.

Having graduated with a BBA in Marketing, yet having forgot some of the raw fundamentals, I purchased this book. It helped to brushup on some topics, and I also learned a couple of new tidbits. Some of the material is for academic purposes only with little real-world use and is perhaps a little out-dated. Having said that, I still find it a useful reference for terms and marketing stratagies and a good reference and starting point for topics such as a product's life cycle. Elementary and short.

Any professional who wants to pick up marketing strategy fast: read this! It contains al the basic rules you need to know for writing a simple marketing plan. It also contains a lot of teasers for expanding your business/marketing activities.

This is actually a comment about the one review available for this book. The Incredible Egg: A Billion Year Journey is NOT the same book that the other reviewer writes about. The book she is writing about is a great book. This book is an actual history of the egg! I'm still looking for the children's book about a boy and his dinorsaur egg.

This book was read to my fifth grade class almost 20 years ago(yikes), and I still remember it clearly. Talk about a classic! If youcan find this out-of-print title, your kids will thank you greatly. It's the story of a boy whose chicken lays a dinosaur egg, which hatches into a triceratops. Naturally, this causes some trouble for the boy, but his new pet/friend is sweet and wonderful. Think Danny and the Dinosaur for kids who can read a fat book. Also, a nice little natural history lesson in the connection between birds and dinosaurs. Worth looking for.

Brittany was devestated when she found out that Dan Remington was killed in a plane crash over the South American jungle. Not only did she lose the man that she was desperately in love with, she was also left with a constant reminder of that loss...his baby. When her parents turned her away after her passionate denial about giving away her baby, she had no one left to turn to. Except Michael Sinclair, Dan's best friend. Not wanting to be a burden, Brittany strikes out on her own.

Michael had the perfect solution to Brittany's problem. She could marry him, therefore taking care of the baby. He felt it was the least he could do for his best friend's memory. What he didn't expect was the feelings that Brittany envoked in him, nor the feeling he felt toward the baby when she arrived. It all erupts when Dan returns from the dead and makes Brittany and Michael take a long and hard look at their marriage of 'convience'.

Although this book started out promising, I was soon skimming it. Brittany seemed like a naive twit to me who had no idea what love was. I could understand her wanting security for her baby, but when she said that what she felt for Dan was a girl's love and what she felt for Michael was a woman's love, I was floored. It was less than two years and I didn't see anything different in her character to signify that she changed at all. Michael on the otherhand didn't admit his feelings to himself until nearly the end of the book. He had been in love with his best friend's girlfriend from the beginning. I would like to know how that was possible, as it was clearly explained in the beginning of the book that Brittany only met him once or twice. The reason I had to give it three stars was because after reading her other books, I just didn't feel that it had the depth of the others.

If it's your first time trying a Schulze book, I would recommend Loving Jessie or The Substitute Wife.

This was a nice book to read. It moved along quickly and kept my interest.

...EVER again. This guide was terrible. It read like it was a "cut-and-paste" rush job. It didn't do anything it was supposed to do, like actually help you play through the game. However, for those of you who prefer empty style over substantive content, this title is a lovely marketing piece (in other words, it's not a strategy guide, it's a profit-turning tie-in).

This guide was overall pretty good.The maps were good and the screen shots were decent. Some insight on how to get out of tough spots could be added, but it is just right if all you want to do is beat the game, not master it.

I just bought this book and it kicks! This magazine already lead me through the game. If you have Turok 2 for Nintendo 64 you need this book! Primagames kicks!

It was with eager anticipation that i awaited receipt of what i thought would be a biography of a football legend. On its arrival i hurriedly opened the first page and started to read.
Landry starts with the great mans death and reads like a lengthy obituary column with eulogy after eulogy after eulogy.
There is NO balanced perspective, it is the sort of book that only a doting daughter/son or parent could write.
For all that, i suppose it is well written, just don't buy it if you are looking for an informative biography!

It has always been easy to hate the Dallas Cowboys. One can point to their arrogance spawned by an extraordinary success spanning four decades. Perhaps the gruff, bull-like intensity of Tex Schramm was never endearing. The egotistical hillbilly antics of Jerry Jones is certainly a factor. And then there's Michael Irvin, Nate Newton, Duane Thomas, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Don Meredith, Dan Reeves and...my God.....the list never ends.

But it has never been easy to hate Tom Landry. A constant monument for 29 years as head football coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Landry in many ways became the leader of professional football and, more importantly, the community of Dallas. "Landry: The Legend and the Legacy" author Bob St. John embraces this theme with his loving tribute to a man he covered for many years as sportswriter for The Dallas Morning News. Anyone who ever stood in the presence of Mr. Landry could sense his strong character and kind nobility. Bob St. John, undoubtedly, stood in his presence many times and he was certainly blinded by that aura.

I know Tom Landry had his faults, but you will be hard-pressed to find them in "Landry: The Legend and the Legacy." And that's why Bob St. John was the wrong man to author this biography. What a story this would be if a writer from outside of Texas could pen this multi-layered tome. In many ways, a great American is still waiting to be discovered.

But let's not get too negative here. "Landry: The Legend and the Legacy" is a terrific account of the life and times of the one and only Tom Landry - high school football star in Mission, Texas; University of Texas football player and assistant coach; New York Giants defensive back and punter; New York Giants defensive coach; friend and rival (and personal opposite) of Vince Lombardi; head coach of the Dallas Cowboys; loving family man; community volunteer; strong Christian; heartbreaking victim of modern-day business/sports.

Mr. Landry's story is never boring, though one of the most defining moments of his public life - his disturbingly insensitive firing at the hands of Jerry Jones - takes up a large portion of the first quarter of the biography. This is the highlight of the book. Bob St. John (and his editors) would have been better served to tell Landry's story in chronological order.

Certainly the most memorable and harrowing passages of the book are the retelling of those traumatic days leading up to his dismissal - termed the "Saturday Night Massacre" by Dallas sportswriters. These pages (and the long, overly-detailed chapter describing his funeral) should have closed this biography.

The greatness of Tom Landry was, if anything, strengthened by his own handling of his abrupt firing. This is properly detailed by Bob St. John, but once again, far too early in the book. What for many was a professional tragedy of mythic-like proportions, which to this day echoes in the minds of many long-time Dallas residents, should have been left for the closing and final chapters.

"Landry: The Legend and the Legacy" is a loving tribute to Coach Landry. If it was rushed to publication following his death in 2000 (it was), then perhaps after a few years of retrospection, a definitive account of this man's life can be written.

If you are a Dallas Cowboy fan, then you will truly enjoy what Mr. St. John did in this wonderful biography. Having received this book as a birthday present, I completed this touching tome in three days.

During this journey inside of Landry's fedora, anger raced through me as I pictured myself in the bowels of Texas Stadium at the time of Landry's dismissal. That someone who touched so many in spite of his stoicism would be uncerimoniously canned the way he was is one of the greatest travesties this sports world has ever known.

I went with Tom and Alicia Landry back in time, from his days as a a defensive with the New York Giants (can you actually Imagine Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi as assistant coaches? WOW!!! BTW- I'm currently reading my other birthday present - When Pride Still Mattered.) and marveled as his innovative genius. From the 4-3 system he implemented to the "Flex" defense he employed in Dallas, he was ahead of his time.

Reading about the Cowboys through his eyes brought back so many memories. Remember how the offensive line used to do their "Set" in unison after breaking the huddle? How about the Shotgun formation in the 70's? I was almost ten years old when watching the "Hail Mary" break the hearts of many Viking fans in Metropolitan Stadium, even younger on that Thanksgiving Day in 74 when Longley hit Drew Pearson for the winning touchdown. I won a bet with my brother over Super Bowl XII. Having watched all those Green Bay/Cleveland heartbreaks on NFL FILMS on numerous occasions, I found myself rooting for his eventual breakthrough as if I were transported back to the late 60's early seventies. That ICE BOWL loss was something. But as champions do, Landry steered his team through the mental anguish, further adding to his legacy. That he also stayed the course with his father-like image to so many of his players definitely impressed me, for he was cognizant that Professional Football is only a small portion of a man's like. (He later proved this is his last decade on earth after football.)

However the things that touched me the most about this tome is his Christianity and the love he shared with his wife Alicia. I felt his goodness burning through the pages, as his EVERYDAY Virtues inspire me to aspire for greatness when doing life's simple things.

Perhaps the best tribute of this man came in his passing. So many of his players came back; from Eddie Lebaron to Danny White, Don (MEREDITH), Craig (MORTON) and Roger (STAUBACH) mixed in between. When my day comes to shuffle off, I can only hope that I made a difference in lives as this man did. What a great man!!!! What a great Book!!!

This book was like looking in a mirror for me. In a tough-love sort of personal way, the author speaks to the reader in the first person, and takes away much, if not all, of the confusion experienced by the Christian who is struggling with the spiritually conflicting desire to love people of the same gender in a way which, according to the Bible, God forbids.

The question, "Why am I this way?" was answered from many avenues as the author shared the growing pains experienced by people whom he has counselled over the years. I found that there are many others out there just like me.

There is a reason we struggle with these desires, and it is not because we were born this way. This book delivers a foundation for solid hope of leaving these desires behind, through Christ, and through healthy relationships. That is what the reader can expect from this book, if he is willing to listen.

This book speaks mostly to men, although there is a section dedicated to women as well. And the author is not just a professional counsellor, he himself is a "struggler."

The Body of Christ would do well also, by reading this book. The Church will never effectively deal with homosexuality in our society, until it learns to deal with it effectively within its own self. Many in the family are wounded and confused, because it simply doesn't know how to help us.

Most Sincerely, Dean

A few of the reviews for this book are very negative and very biased. As a counselor looking for the truth to share with those who would like "a way out" of the homosexual lifestyle, this is a very helpful book. If you don't want to know God's views on the issue and you feel that homosexuality is an OK option, don't read this book. If you feel like there must be something more to life than living the homosexual lifestyle and you want to experience God's love and acceptance, this is the book for you.

Joe Dallas has been through it all and is able to speak not only from a strong Biblical and psychological knowledge base, but also from personal experience. Conversationally written directly to the Christian struggling with homosexuality, this book gives powerful encouragement and practical advice. Especially exceptional is his coverage of all aspects of the religious and psychological processes of growth and change. It's easy to read, but may be emotionally and spiritually challenging. This book is also an excellent resource for parents, family members, and church members who seek to understand how they can help the struggler.

I hav e a stat background so like to see some theory, but this aside, I think most users will find it lacks in a decent level of backgound as to what is really going on. Works fine if you want a quick guide to how to get certain multivariate stat procedures done in SAS or soome other stat package

A great text to learn the mechanics of multivariate analysis. Unfortunately, a poor one to learn what exactly you're doing!

The author and Duxbury Press disappoint the reader with many instances of improper writing and editing. Occasionally, misused prepositions and descriptors couple with notation errors in formulae to leave the reader totally clueless. For a 1st edition, this may be expected.

The first chapter's lame attempt to introduce the field tries to accomplish more than is possible with a student just launching into multivariate analysis.

Many derivations do not appear; the text provides only a reference. The author could have included them in the appendix for the interested student. Instead, much of the appendix explains a huge social science dataset. However, a part of the appendix reviewing linear algebra proved useful for this student.

Most "figures" are computer printouts. The text frequently references parts of the printout far away, requiring the reader to flip pages too much. The chapter exercises also emphasize computer analysis, with nearly all requiring statistical computing packages such as SAS, SPSS, etc. Although these reinforce the mechanics of analysis, they neither challenge the student to understand the fundamentals of the techniques nor hone critical thinking skills. For example, some exercises are more amenable to short answers. Yet the text contains no "answers to exercises" section anywhere.

For the reader who needs some theory and a lot of "hands on" information, this text may work. But it misses the mark for aspiring statistical consultants by diluting statistical concepts with reams of computer output.

If you are in the business of analyzing data, and do not have a degree in multivariate statistics, this book provides you the tools you need to get started right away. The author seems to have deep hands-on experience with the methods he is presenting and gives insights on their use in practice, often through well chosen and developed examples, that a pure theoretician would simply lack. I recommend it wholeheartedly to everyone who earns a living by analyzing data.

Bayless was run out of Dallas not because he wrote 3 negative books on the Cowboys. Out of season, and even during the glory years, most die hard Cowboy fans are intellectually honest enough to know that things have always been bumpy. But Bayless seeks to do a hatchet job on Tom Landry right from the start. Landry is portrayed by Bayless as a hypocrite because he professes to be a Christian but runs a coaches a professional football team by cutting players and motivating by fear of being cut. Huh? Basically a hypocrite for doing his job and doing it well.

Most of Bayless' key sources in this book are disgruntled Landry haters. Bayless became friends with Paul Hackett and didn't like the way Hackett was treated by the Cowboys. Never mind that Hackett couldn't adjust his offensive thinking for quarterbacks without strong intelligence (like Danny White) and who has proven that he is nothing but a run-of-the-mill college coach. Ironically, many of those so-called haters were present at Landry's funeral earlier this year and I began to wonder whether they really said what Bayless quoted them as saying.

Perhaps there are things in this book that are relevent to any Cowboys discussion, but the timing of the book was odd. It was written in 1989, the low point of the franchise. Had it been written in, say, 1980 (after many of the events portrayed here), Bayless might have some credibility. In fact, he has none.

I've read a few books on the 'Cowboys of Old' and I ahve noticed a trend. They all portray Tom Landry, as a man, in the brightest light possible--as he should be. But as a coach, it is revealed that he was "all business", which is probably true. I used to be a cowboys fan, and unfortunately the truth of those cowboys come to life, and the heroes of a 6-year old cowboy fan put a stain on what once was "America's Team". I'm not discrediting the author, I'm sure they're true, but if you were/are a cowboys fan, this book may be a little too truthful for you. I have since lost respect for some of those players, and I am glad I was ignorant as a 6-year old to the behind-the-scenes goings-on because if I had known then what I know now, I would have rooted differently.

Written both in the style of expose' and (no kidding, why else would so many near illiterate sports fans complain?) classic American novel, Mr. Bayless' first book on the Cowboys does exactly what he says it does: it pulls away the curtain to show the ultimate Wizards of NFL's Oz, "America's Team", the Dallas Cowboys--warts and all. Certainly, this book should come as no REAL surprise, concerning as it does, a team with SO much embarrasing hype (the hole in the stadium was so "God" could watch his team, (remember those 2, count them 2 awful TV movies where the evil New York reporter goes undercover to look for dirt on the Cowboy cheerleaders and CAN'T find any and apologizes?!) those good guys in white and stars, led by once-failed Quarterback turned unquestioned, "stone-face" humorless Christian zealot/tyrant Landry, who as Butch Johnson pointed out, would turn his head away from the camera when he wanted to say, "God Damn!" on the side-lines; from "Lance without Pants" to "Raphael (he likes 'em pre-teen) Septien" and god (I cross myself) only knows how many drug arrests and wife beatings and nightclub parking lot lewd behavior arrests WERE covered up by that extraordinary well-placed (can you say, connections to organized crime?) Cowboy hype-machine? Was Skip Bayless responsible for manditory injections given to the players while hurt? Was it HIS fault Landry became so senile after awhile that he would call goal line plays at mid-field and long-developing play-action passes inside the opponant's 2? (that Roger Staubach had to "decipher and occasionally completely change)...Is it Bayless' fault that Landry, the ultimate image over substance coach, was figure-head of an embarrasingly racist organization led by liars who treated their players like replaceable cogs, paying among the lowest salaries in football while TV revenues were tallying up from nearly 1 out of every 3 broadcasts NATION-WIDE? (What, Bob Lilly never made 100,000$ in a year? and LeRoy Jordan, only once, his 14th season, but it made the organization so mad, it took a decade (and a change of ownership) to grant him his deserved place in the ring of honor? That "Dandy" Don Meredith retired at age 31 because his coach didn't really give a sh** about him? Non-sense. If you see sports books as only being promo tools for franchizes without regard for the truth and consequences of the people involved, skip this book. But if, like the proverbial little child, you realize, as Mr. Bayless did, that by say, 1980-1981, Landry had traded in his hat and coat for an invisable suit--and no one in "Big D" ("a nice place to live, but you wouldn't want to visit there"--it's true!) dared to point it out (not even the players and management and owners who knew better), then quickly, rush order a copy of this book. It's a classic! and I would say that even IF I wasn't from Houston...(ha). p.s. The sophistication of the writing will sneak up on you, though; so don't be surprised if by the end, you actually come to see Tom Landry himself as a little victimized, too, by the evil men, Tex (born in California), Gil, and Murch, who cynically manufactured a "mystique" preferred by the public over the truth...

I like Dallas Schulze, but this story left me wanting more. The main characters didn't really know each other but for a few weeks and the marriage didn't happen until about three-quarters of the way through the book. The heroine's family seemed a bit one-dimensional; the sister was a witch in tight jeans and the mother was a flake, but the author never really gets into what shaped their personalities. The synopis alludes to the hero needing a wife in order to inherit and meddling relatives, but the story wasn't really like that and the love scene was non-existent. I'll continue to read Dallas Schulze, but if you like a good marriage-of-convenience book, try THE VOW.

This book ended too quickly. The time frame was a bit fast. Ryan and Maggie barely know each other at the end of the book.

This book was well-written with lots of character development - too much, actually. However, when I read a romance book, I want, well, romance! The two lovebirds don't even kiss until halfway through the book, and they never have sex (although it's alluded to at the end). When you have so much sensual tension and build-up, it's really disappointing when it culminates in a few passionate smooches and a "real wedding night" on the very last page of the book! What a letdown!