This is one of the worst books I've ever read on the Civil War or any war for that matter. The authors go on and on about points that most readers would understand after reading it once. Poorly researched, poorly written and poorly edited. Very poor all around. Terrible book.

Mr. Kirkland has done an excellent job of taking the often inconsistent data available on the Civil War dead from a Confederate state and put it into a format that provides a good foundation for anyone researching Confederate soldiers/sailors/citizens of South Carolina. Paging through this book is akin to the feeling one has when visiting the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington. The supreme sacrifice is evident with each name and place of death. If you are researching a South Carolina Civil War unit, or soldier who was killed during the War, this book is an important addition to your library.

The previous note is obviously misplaced. Broken Fortunes is not a narrative book, but a list of 18,666 men who died while in service to South Carolina. This book is an excellent resource for researchers. John Rigdon

This books is not designed for developers. Information is presented as a high-level overview of Notes' and Domino's capabilities. The book is over 1100 pages long, but the first 400 should be scrapped. I'm looking for a reference that contains clear, detailed examples of code and development processes. I also want to know why (if) Domino is superior to standard web servers by Netscape, Apache, and Microsoft.

A comprehensive guide to the new version of Lotus Notes (4.5). Full of lots of information, but I would have liked a little more guidance on steps to setup up the initial server. Definitely worth owning - especially seeing there is a CD ROM with the whole book in HTML format. The ultimate reference!

The previous reviewer is correct that the previous published work did cover a lot of the Notes basics. However after you look at what is on the CD and the text you will see the value of this book. This book definitely has assisted me in developing many of the applications that I have written for my clients. The text is written so that you don't have to read a whole chapter in the book. You can read the sections that need. This is really a great reference book for building quality Notes applications

I would like to respond to the person suggesting the key to success for these recipes is to substitute Splenda for Stevia. Hello??!!! The whole point of Stevia is that it is a natural sweetener, not a chemical who's long-term effects ARE untested and will likely end up the way of toxic aspartame. This review did not help me decide at all whether this book is worth purchasing.

I was so excited to find this cookbook as I am trying to eliminate harmful chemicals from my diet. I tried more than half of these recipes, each of them a total disaster. I thought it was the quality of stevia, so I bought several different kinds. Still, each concoction had a san turn out.

I keep this cookbook in the drawer next to the stove. It has been a god send. I love the last chapter on flavor enhancers. The Sweet and Spicy Texas Rub goes in all the grill meats, and the traditional barbecue sauce makes killer barbecue wings, I would put these in competition with any sugar loaded barbecue wings. My key secret is that I replace the stevia with splenda and follow the packet requirements in the recipes. The only recipe I didn't like was a recipe for Peanut Butter balls. No-Bake Cheesecake recipe I have memorized (not intentionally). I have several Lo-Carb cookbooks this is my favorite.

I should start by saying that Martha Kirkland is one of my favorite Regency romance authors. Her books usually incorporate an engaging blend of humor, romance, adventure and intrigue. That said, this book does not incorportate any of those things.

Miss Olivia Mallory, with her younger sister in tow, travels to London for the first time in 7 years. While there, Olivia hopes to publish a volume of her deceased cousin's love poetry. However, she can't publish the poems until she discovers the identity of her cousin's beau. Olivia's only clue is a single initial: "D"

David Crighton is also in town, hoping to figure out who has been pulling disgusting pranks on his uncle. When his eyes meet Olivia's from across the room, it's nearly love at first sight. He is determined to find her again...

But a series of misunderstandings befall the budding lovers.

Who is "D?" Well, it's not hard to figure out. I'd figured out the entire story by the time I reached Chapter 2 or 3. So yeah, it's very predictable. The story is slow, and we're introduced to a ton of characters who benefit the story in no way whatsoever. Even the lead characters seem somewhat... vapid. On a positive note, the dialogue was good, and I thought the Epilogue was refreshing.

I am generally a fan of Martha Kirkland, but this book isn't one of her best. David and Olivia had chemistry, but they didn't spend enough time together in the book to develop it. They had physical attraction going for them from the beginning, yet the book didn't do a good job of showing why they really fell in love. There was too much focus on the "mystery," which was way too predictable. I never got caught up in the story, so it never rang true for me. There was one inconsistency that really bugged me--the heroine reads a letter saying that the mysterious "D" wrote, where he talks about how old he is(three score and ten or some such thing) and the heroine never notices that that is older than David, so that he can't be "D." She also jumps to the conclusion that he lied about being "D," and it just didn't seem to be realistic--she loved him and how she put two and two together to get five wasn't believable. The secret diary was barely mentioned, even though the title would lead you to think there would be a lot more about it. I gave the book 3 stars because it was generally accurate to the historical regency era, and I was able to finish it. However, it isn't a "keeper" for me.

Olivia Mallory, upon her cousin Jane's death, finds that Jane had secretly corresponded with an unknown gentleman for several years. The two had exchanged, not only letters, but poetry as well. Olivia decides to try to get some of the poetry published, in memory of her beloved cousin.

Olivia and her sister, Esme, travel to London to speak with an interested publisher. But he will only publish Jane's poems on one condition: the unknown gentleman's poems and letters must be included in the volume. Olivia must find the man and get his permission to publish his work if she ever wants to have her dream of seeing her cousin's poems in print realized.

During her search, Olivia meets a handsome gentleman who makes her heart pound and her knees weak...and all clues point to him as Jane's love. But he denies knowing Jane. Could Olivia ever give her heart to such a cad? Looks like it...

I give it a 4 because Olivia was a spunky heroine and pretty witty. There were a number of "sparks" in this book, plus more than one romance (Esme meets her match as well). It was likeable and amusing, though far from Martha Kirkland's best. I expected a bit more from her. The big "mystery" was completely unmysterious and rather predictable, but the romance saved it.

The lack of knowledge of basic horsemanship makes this book a disappointing read for "horse lovers" of any age. Even children who do not own a horse but are well read on the subject will discover many flaws.

The Little Ballerina and her Dancing Horse begins when the main character, Rosie Daniels, introduces herself. Rosie is an eleven year old girl who has to make the crucial decision between riding her horse, Sugar, who she loves more than anyone in the world, and becoming a professional dancer. I loved this book because the characters were so realistic(especially the dog). It was written by Gelsey Kirkland, who really was a ballerina, so the author knows her topic well.

While the first few chapters seemed to hold my interest, I found myself rather annoyed with most of the book. Harrison Montgomery made me angry with his pestering questions. Charlotte was a great character, and wondering who was picking off the travelers one by one was at first a good mystery, but lacked thrill and suspense after Mr. Montgomery seemed to figure it out halfway through the book. I enjoy Regency Romances, but this one I did not.

Miss Charlotte Pelham needs to earn some money quickly so that she can afford to send her younger brother, Jonathan, to university. And when she reads a newspaper advertisement for an opening as a guide for a walking tour across northern England, she eagerly applies. Charlotte, who is a seasoned trekker, believes that she is truly qualified for the job. However, she also realises that no one will hire a woman for such a job. So that when she applies for the job, she presents herself as 'Charles Pelham.' It is Charlotte's devout hope that she will be able to placate the participants of the walking tour into accepting her as a substitute for her absent 'brother.' And since she has also persuaded her brother Jonathan, as well as his best friend, Peter, to be assistant tour guides, Charlotte is fairly sanguine that she will be able to pull things off. However her enterprise starts off badly when the landlord at the very inn that the tour is supposed to start from refuses to allow Charlotte to stay without her brother 'Charles.'

Enter the mysterious Mr. Harrison Montgomery, who smoothes Charlotte's way with the landlord, but who expects Charlotte to include him in her walking group in return. And while Charlotte is grateful to Mr. Montgomery for his aid, his dismissive attitude towards her because of her gender, and the manner in which he forces her to include him in the tour, really grates. She has to keep reminding herself that it is this first walking tour that she is leading that is important, and not the very irritating but vastly attractive Mr. Montgomery. And if she intends for this trek to be a success, she will need to pay attention to everyone in the group, and not just the one person who sends her pulses racing, and whose behavior is mysterious and highly suspicious. Why, for example, is he so interested in Jonathan and Peter? And then a series of minor accidents begin to dog the group. With air positively foggy with mystery, Charlotte begins to wonder if this group is just ill-fated, or if something more sinister is going on, and if the mysterious and infuriating Mr. Montgomery is behind it all?

"Mr. Montgomery's Quest" is a really fun read. And I was truly tempted by Martha Kirkland's vivid descriptions of the Cumbria landscape and the Yorkshire moors -- I practically wanted to start out on an English walking tour at once! I liked the character of Charlotte Pelham immensely. Here was certainly a heroine that was not in the usual mode. What a refreshing breath of fresh air Charlotte, with her frank, humourous and intelligent ways, was! It took me a while to warm up to Harrison Montgomery, however. Though this was no fault of his (or the authour's). Being of Indian descent myself, I didn't exactly enjoy the sweeping generalisations he made when comparing Charlotte to the women he had known in India. It was only when I recollected that he probably only had traffic with courtesans (and probably not the cream of the crop either) that I forgave all and settled down to enjoying the rest of the novel. Fortunately, Ms Kirkland rehabilitates Montgomery a quarter way through the book, by making him realise early on that he has been doing Charlotte, and most women, a disservice, by dismissing their abilities. A very nice touch that. And the final chapter of the novel, when Charlotte and Montgomery finally declare themselves to each other, was probably one of the most unique and romanctic declarations I have ever read.

"Mr. Montgomery's Quest" is a nice mixture of romance and mystery. And was a completely enjoyable book.

With high expectations, I began reading this book. I found the book difficult to read for several reasons. The chapters were somewhat disjointed, as if the author kept changing his mind, or waited long periods between writing each one. Although the storyline itself held much promise, the presentation had entirely too much vulgarity. At times the coarse verbage seemed completely unnecessary, but simply used for shock. The storyline was strong enough to stand on its own without resorting to this. This is certainly not a book I would recommend to a friend.

The Part is one of those few books that you can not put down ! The author has a style that leaves you in suspense at the end of each and every chapter. In fact, he will often change your prediction on the outcome of the book in the last paragraph of any given chapter.

The author has the unique ability to combine factual information along with his fictional writing.

As any book written by an individual in acadamia,this treatise slants heavily towards "case analysis" and philosophical thought, I would not recommend this book for the practioner..David Robbin's text published by Michie is the better read.

This summary of Kirkland's literary career dismisses all of Kirkland's work other than her first two frontier books. It belittles and blatantly misreads her writing and contains significant errors. It does little other than obscure the significance of this important writer.

This was a slow read, as the reader has to contend with typos and questionable grammar structures throughout the book. There also seems to be a lot of bad language just for shock value. These problems served to be a distraction from the plot, which showed more promise than it eventually delivered. The book is also over-priced, but that is apparently normal for this type of publishing house. The writer shows promise, just needs to work with a legitimate publisher and get some editing help.