Joe gets to take a spin in Robbie MacDonald's race car and Nancy saves a fashion model shoot from disaster.It's really exciting!!!!!!

Good book especially if you like the indy 500 and enjoy a good mystery

One HECK of a Casefiles stories. The action never stops, and the Assassins are as evil as ever in the final book of the Ring of Evil mini-series. One side-point: most casefiles covers dont show EXACTLY wut happens in the story. Oh well, who cares? EXCELLENT BOOK, if i could rate more than 5 stars i would:^)!

Can Frank and Joe bring down the Assassins? They've been trying to since the beginning of the Hardy Boys Casefiles series, and now they might be able to do it. That's why this book is so good.

As a practicing consultant in telecommunications, I have found this book extremely practical and useful in the area of Voice Quality measurement. VOIP will never reach its potential unless it can measure up to the quality of other telecommunication services. Dr. Hardy outlines a practical and real approach to measuring the quality and comparing it to other voice services. This book will provide the novice and the expert with an understanding of this subject and it provides a handy primer to keep in your briefcase.

Despite the title, this book is not about measuring bits and bytes in the data stream. It describes a customer-oriented methodology for measuring the quality of telecommunications service -- a methodology that has been developed and successfully applied by the author over the course of 30 years' experience in the telecomm industry. As such, it is an important book for those who buy, consult on, or sell telecomm services. Those who work in the marketing and engineering departments of service providers will also read it with profit, since it helps answers that age-old question, "What does my customer really want?"

Part I of the book defines and discusses basic concepts in the methodology, including all-important user concerns such as the accessibility, reliability, and quality of a given telecomm service. Part II of the book shows how to apply the concepts to a given type of telecomm service, first by deriving more specific user concerns from the generic ones discussed in Part I, and then by showing how to quantify and evaluate measurements of service quality.

Once they have read this book, consumers of telecomm services will be in a superior position to ask meaningful questions about the quality of service that they care about, rather than have to accept the engineering-oriented measurements that are typically produced. Equally, those who provide telecomm services will be much better able to address their customers' needs, and to show how and why their service is better than their competition's. For either class of reader, the time and effort invested to understand this book is a good investment!

I have, since first reading this book a few years ago, made an effort to add it to the libraries of all my friends whenever a holiday occurs. It is a book that I reread whenever I want to be stimulated. The opening essay, "The Sense of Reality", is a masterful study of historical thinking. Berlin is able to pick apart massive themes and shape them to his interests. There is a good reason that he has been labeled by many as one of the greatest essayists of all time; this collection certainly rivals "The Hedgehog and the Fox".

All of Isaiah Berlin's books are good. But this one is his best.

"The Sense of Reality" is a collection of nine brilliant essays on "ideas and their history." Each essay is a powerhouse of intellectual electricity!

In a style that is stimulating, compelling--and, in the end, irresistible--Berlin writes about ideas with all the nervous energy of an enthusiast.

Yet he is clear to the end. He is a great explainer. He distinguishes one thing from another. He takes on the knots, unties them, and lets go of the rope.

The effect on the reader is one of exhilarating liberation. One can breathe a little freer. At the same time, one must breathe a little harder. Up here, at high altitude, in the Sierras of the cerebellum, the air is crisp as paper. And our guide, our cicerone, our Isaiah, keeps us skipping--at a dizzying pace!--from mountaintop to mountaintop.

As the pages turn, they envelop the reader in a whirlpool of words that round up the ideas--only to plunge them into a deep sea of profound thought. Once again, we gasp for air.

Indeed, it seems that, wherever Berlin takes us--the mountains, seas, skies, stars of the mind--we are left dazzled, breathless, tottering on the edge of horizons that become elastic, expansive, infinite . . .

In the title essay, Berlin writes of the "disturbing experience," the "electric shock," of "genuinely profound insight"--which he likens to the touching of nerves deeply embedded in our most private thoughts and basic beliefs.

This is not Science. This is the Humanities. Not the mechanics of Newton. But the Pensees of Pascal. Not knowledge. But knowing that "there is too much we do not know, but dimly surmise."

Very well. But what does Berlin mean by the "sense of reality"? In his essay "Political Judgement," he drops a few more clues. It is "a sense of direct acquaintance with the texture of life." Or: "natural wisdom, imaginative understanding, insight, perceptiveness, and...intuition." Or: "practical wisdom,...a sense of what will 'work' and what will not. It is a capacity...for synthesis rather than analysis, for knowledge in the sense in which trainers know their animals, or parents their children, or conductors their orchestras, as opposed to that in which chemists know the contents of their test tubes, or mathematicians know the rules that their symbols obey."

Outside the sphere of science--i.e., in real life (personal and political)--the scientific method fails. But a "sense of reality" can work. Really? Why? How can that be? Perhaps it is because a "sense of reality" allows one to grope, feel, touch, grasp...the important things in life..., which slip through the fingers of science.

The search for truth, or for what works, whether by scientific method, or by a "sense of reality," is one thing. But will is another. Will asserts and expresses not truth but self.

According to Berlin, will manifests itself individually in Romanticism ("The Romantic Revolution") and collectively in Nationalism ("Kant as an Unfamiliar Source of Nationalism").

Berlin tsks the enlightened rationalists for failing to anticipate the rise of nationalism. But who can foresee the unpredictable? Who can see the invisible? Will is wind--a forceful, violent, overpowering impulse that cannot be grasped.

Will without strength, however, is of no effect. The strong devour the weak. This truism is so obvious that it is almost always overlooked. But Berlin does not overlook it. He brings it to light. You can feel the fire in his essay on Indian Nationalism ("Rabindranath Tagore and the Consciousness of Nationality"). And these flames from the east are reflected in the west by writers such as Machiavelli, de Maistre, de Sade, Nietzsche, and other "irrationalists" who see sharp teeth glistening behind big smiles.

Being strong of will, but weak of strength, I am drawn to Berlin's discussion of the disgusting emotions: shame, humiliation, degradation, frustrated desire, and a desperate need for recognition. Berlin holds up the mirror, and I see myself--my own desperate need for recognition compelling me to write this review!

Regardless, I read Berlin not to gain knowledge, but to hone my wits--and sharpen my teeth! The important thing is not to remember what he wrote, but to profit from reading him. And the profit I get from reading Berlin is this: I look deeper, see clearer, and believe less.

I come away from this book with a keener "sense of reality"--and a more open sense of wonder. Wonder! Not at the glittering galaxies of human achievement. But at the void, the abyss, the infinite space of the unknowable . . .

In the final analysis, there is no final analysis. Berlin does not wrap up, tie down, nail shut. Rather, he picks locks, pries open, leaves ajar...

There is no "closure"--i.e., no death--in these pages. Reading them, one gets the feeling that Berlin likes his human beings free and alive. And that puts him at odds with those deadly human engineers who like cadavers and control.

This book rocks. I laughed so hard I peed my pants. Luckily there's a guide to stain and stink removals in here.
With helpful advice from a slew of experts in law, psychology, health and, yes, textiles, Moser and Hardy take on a parade of dilemmas. Mysterious itches, potential stalkers and faulty vibrators are reduced to manageable proportions. Practical guides to condoms, menstruation, genital shaving and other less urgent concerns round out this collection of handy hints. James Kochalka adds to the merriment with some mighty fine illustrations.
My advice is to read this book before you need it. The problems are listed randomly, and with no index you have to flip through to find your particular solution. Related topics are cross-referenced for your convenience. Hopefully, you'll never need this book. So, just pass it around at a party and take turns reading aloud, laughing at the poignant foibles of mankind.

This book takes numerous predicaments that any of us might find ourselves in with no real idea how to get out of them and offers no-nonsense advice. Whether it's the dog that gets a little "too territorial" toward you, dealing with the authorities in the event of a noise complaint when you and your partner are doing SM, having your kids walk in on you while you're having sex or walking in on him or her having sex, or dealing with an emotionally unstable person you've brought home to "play" with, it gives good advice and solutions on how to deal with the issue at hand.

I really liked the section on shaving your or your partners genitals, and most importantly (for we men), a section about menstruation. Damn I could have used this book 20 years ago! This book may not be the greatest alterntive lifestyle book in the history of mankind, but it still is very handy to have around, because one never knows when a "sex disaster" will strike.

This book sets the standard for sport marketing literature. Sport Marketing provides a good overview of marketing concepts and how they are applied to the sport product. Dr. Sutton is THE guru of sports marketing and delivers a quality instructional and practical guide for the serious sport manager.

If your job is to sell sports, you MUST own this book. Otherwise, you're just a sports wannabe who is constantly guessing about what works and what doesn't. It is the only book that shows you guaranteed ways to build sustainable attendance figures. It shows how factors such as your facility, your promotion efforts, location, pricing, and product relate with each other to provide an overall experience for your customers.

Get this book, use it, and change your career for the better!

Robin Hardy outdid herself with this novel -- Hats off to her! The whole series is really an allegory about how a Christian relates to God, and how God feels/behaves toward his children, but this, the last book in the series, is a masterpiece. Don't go into it expecting a normal, believable plot, though. It doesn't have one. The ENTIRE book is an explanation of thoughts, a true gem in Hardy's crown. This book is one that never fails to make me think -- and the more times you read it, the more you see. The Streiker series is on my 'keeper' shelf, and has been for years -- they are wonderful novels, even though they must be read with an eye to the "inner" story that Hardy is trying to write.

Streiker's Morning Sun, along with Streiker's Bride are very good books. Streiker's Morning Sun us interesting, while still having an underlying message about Christianity. A Philanthropist named Fletcher Streiker is trying to save a city from destruction. Will he succeed?? Adair his wife is noticing stange things from her childhood. It kept my interest from cover to cover. It is a suberb book!!!

This book was teriffic for these reasons:
1.The magnificent fires, the victims being the yellow sports sedan, and the Sleuth.
2.The plot of the story.
3.The action and fighting.
4.The threats are really unpredictable and neat.
Those are my reasons. If you read them, you're sure to understand why I liked this book like a billion dollars.

Tic-Tac Terror is a great book. After developing film from a beach trip, they find six men they have never seen before. It turns out they are all the same person! He is a terrorist wishing to defect to the government, but the terrorist group is keen on preventing it. There is a neat trick they use playing virtual tic-tac-toe over the phone, with different points in the city being used as squares. the winning square was the meeting point.

I found a copy of The Tie: trends & traditions in a second-hand bookshop and read it in one sitting. It contains about 50,000 words and every one of them is gripping. It's Longditude for neckwear. Why on earth isn't it reissued? It is a classic.

This costume history book is unlikely to be equalled. Sarah Gibbings has done an outstanding job of recording the history of a small but often vital part of a man's attire.

If you can beg, borrow or steal a copy, do so. If potential publishers read this, buy the rights immediately. They will have a best-seller on their hands.

this was one of the best hardy boys books ever! the ending was soooooooooooo cool! by combining tom swift with the hardy boys, the author has created one of the best books of all time! science meets detective in this totally awesome book!
i recommend it to anyone who loves the hardy boys! you'll love it!

This is one of the best books I have ever read! In this book Tom Swift And the hardys team up to stop a mad man called the Black Dragon, from making a time storm that could cause the end of the world. Tom goes back in time to when the dinosaurs ruled the earth, Fenton Hardy goes back in time to the 30's and Frank and Joe have to go and save him and this is the greatest aventure they have ever had! Certainly my favorite!