... The layout of the book was confusing and so where theexamples and explanations. If it where not for a great math teacher Iwould have been lost in the class if I was just left to the book alone. I would recommend students and teachers (if your considering this book for your class) to stay away from it... END

Excellent seller. It arrived much faster than I expected.
Thanks a lot

This book is addressed for understanding of the Calculus and not for the traditional teaching that sins for the excess of formalism. It is an excellent book for who wants to understand and to learn Calculus through the application of problems of the Real World. The book also motivates the use of graphic calculators to have a better vision of the problem.

Well I bought this book and the only good thing about it was that it gives sort of a good overview to everything that goes into running a haunted house. The bad thing is it was way too short. I opened the book and read it in a matter of hours. It's just over a hundred pages and a lot of the space is taken up by worthless illustrations and example forms. The room designs are for the most part stupid, (I got maybe 2 good ideas I will use) and it doesn't elaborate on anything important really. However this book is a must, soley for the fact that it is one of the only books out there on the subject.

This is an EXCELLENT book for those who wish to run a small public haunted house. The planning guides and preparation run-throughs are excellent. My only problem with this book is that the sample room designs are rather trite and not very well done. None of them are good "walk-through" scares, and almost all of them require a guide of some kind. I will use this book when it comes to preparing for the Haunt, but I won't be using any of this material inside of it.

If you want a how-to haunted house book,this is the one! it covers everything that you could ever want to know about putting on a haunted house!!

First, you have to believe a diabetic can NEVER eat any sugar. At least, that's the premise of this novel. A little research should have showed Ms. Tucker that this is wrong.

Secondly, you have to believe in a hero so stupid that he believes Hannah hands out cards that advertise she is a woman of ill repute who rents out her "hunks".

Then you have to watch this heroine waver between different personalities, only one of which is entertaining.

Save your money.

Unless, of course, you've got Hannah behind the wheel!! Hannah is a parking challanged, cooking nightmare who has the entire town wrapped around her finger and drooling over her hunks. Hannah's Hunks is a laugh a minute story that reaches out and grabs your heart. Bonnie Tucker is a talent that I anticipate seeing a lot more of in the future.

If you like laugh-out-loud books and characters you can really care about, then you'll love this book. Pure entertainment!

Glenn Tucker takes the time to cover just about all aspects of the Battle of Gettysburg in this book. However by doing so the writer seems to be bored at times, feeling he has to convey what happened though it has no consequences or historical value only that it, in fact, happened (Stuart and the calvaries on the third day). At the same time, the profiles of the individuals involved in this great battle (their personal histories and even physical appearances) are supurb and add a touch of familiarity. Also, there are moments when the author's prose is truly eloquent, haunting, vivid, and beautiful at the same time.

Glenn Tucker's "High Tide at Gettysburg" is an extraordinary piece of work. Tucker, unlike many historians describes the officers, where they came from, and who they were. He also points out little tidbits that make the whole story of Gettysburg more interesting. For anyone who is interested in the Battle of Gettysburg, I encourage him/her to read this.

When the movie on Gettysburg was first released in Australia I tried desperately to find a book to read about the battle. I found this one and I enjoyed it a great deal. It may not be the most detailed account available but I found it to be one of the best that gave a complete overview of the 3 days fighting without getting lost or bored. The authors style of writing was refreshing and enjoyable and I found it hard to put the book down. Still one of my favourite books on this battle although I have read many since.

This book is absolutely horrible. The photos are mislabeled (Olga and Maria as Alexandra?!) and there's nothing new and interesting. I don't think it deserves even one star.

This book is a good example of why the average American knows nothing or next to nothing about the forty to fifty million people who were murdered by the Soviet regime. A book about the last tsar and his family should be the perfect opportunity to familiarize the general reader with the basic facts about the Soviet terror. After all, the murder of Nicholas II, his wife, five children, their family doctor and three servants, was but an opening salvo in the mass terror perpetrated against the general population by the Communist regime under both Lenin and Stalin. But you would never guess that, reading this book. While the author Mark Steinberg dwells with excrutiating detail on the personal and political failings of Nicholas and Alexandra, which contributed to the downfall of their dynasty, he neglects to put their murders into any larger historical context. Everything ends in 1918. In fact, in 1918 the terror was just beginning, and it would make the murders in Ekaterinburg look like a mere dress rehearsal (which, in a sense, they were).

Steinberg has much to say about the public's tendency to "romanticize" the Romanovs, but he doesn't offer any new insights into the underlying reasons for our continuing fascination with the family. Nevertheless, by publishing this book he himself profited from that fascination. Books about the Romanovs were extremely popular when this particular one came out. Perhaps the rush to publish and cash in on popular demand explains the overall poor quality of the translation of key documents (which unfortunately do not retain the flavor of the original Russian), as well as the many factual errors in this book. In the photograph section alone, there are three glaring mistakes: two of Nicholas' daughters, Olga and Marie, are misidentified as Alexandra in two separate photographs (is it really that hard to distinguish between teenaged girls and their middle-aged mother?); in yet another photograph, all of the imperial children are misidentified with the sole exception of the only boy, Alexey. Furthermore, it is simply not true that most of the documents in this book had not been published previously in the West. Most of them had already appeared in other books, and in better translations, too.

Steinberg's so-called "objectivity" really amounts to no more than moral relativism and superficial historical analysis. People who want to read an in-depth, objective, and thoughtful account of the Russian Revolution should read Orlando Figes' excellent history, A People's Tragedy; people who want an in-depth account of the murders and the events leading up to them should read Robert K. Massie's The Romanovs: The Final Chapter or Edward Radzinsky's admittedly very subjective biography of Nicholas II (where, in fact, most of the documents pertaining to the murders were originally published). Personal accounts of the family are available in dozens of contemporary memoirs. Sergei Mironenko's Nicholas and Alexandra: A Lifelong Passion, is a far more inclusive collection of excerpts from the family's personal letters and diaries (including the children's); the translations are very well done and the book as a whole is quite simply excellent.

Unfortunately, a large amount of historical material from Russian archives still awaits translation into English. For example, there are several accounts of the murders by perpetrators and other firsthand witnesses which have been published in Russia but which, for whatever reason, Steinberg chose not to include here.

Finally, I would suggest that one of the reasons some of us "romanticize" (remember?) the last Romanovs is that they have come to symbolize the millions of (mainly anonymous) victims of the Soviet regime. Of the eleven people murdered in the Ipatiev House by the Bolsheviks on the night of July 16-17, 1918, only two, Nicholas and Alexandra, had ever held any political power. The remaining nine people were all, by any definition, complete innocents: four girls (Olga, 22 years old; Tatiana, 21; Marie, 19; Anastasia, 17); their brother, Alexey, not yet 14 years old; the family physician, Eugene Botkin; the cook Kharitonov, the valet Trupp, and the maid Anna Demidova. There is a symbolic power in remembering these victims, for persons of both sexes and of every age, class, and profession would be murdered by the Soviet state in the next forty years. Interestingly, Steinberg doesn't provide us with any photographs of the murdered servants. Apparently, he's as much of a romantic snob as the rest of us.

The book, The Fall of the Romanovs, is a great narrative filled with primary documents of the family's path from the most powerful position in Russia into imprisonment and eventually death. Basically, the author explains the attitudes of Nicholas and Alexandra as lovers and rulers. He puts them in the light of leaders as well as family men and women. There are four basic stages explained which give a very nice organized fashion that presents the life in power and downfall of the family. First the tsar and tsarina are discussed in detail from a personal viewpoint. Next, the author moves on to describe the revolution that forced the abdication of the tsar. Then, the reader is taken through daily life and happenings while the family is under arrest at the Selo. Finally, the author narrates the family's captivity in Siberia and their inevitable death at the hands of revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg.

The book is introduced as an unbiased analysis of the downfall of the tsar and his family. However, it is easy to tell that in many aspects the author discusses the family as the good guys and throws a dark shadow over the people who held them captive and later killed them. In many aspects the author analyzes situations and the outcome turns into the portrayal of the family as harmless victims to uncontrollable change in society. The author supported his analysis with a huge number of primary sources, which made it very hard to look upon the royal family as bloody rulers. Nevertheless, it was interesting how very little wrong doings of the family were thrown into the primary documents. The author does a very good job portraying his points through his analysis and backing it all up with sufficient documents and evidence.

The Fall of the Romanovs was published in 1995. It is a very recent book, which means that the author had access to never before seen archives made available to all only in the early 80s. I don't believe the book has a specific intended audience, however, I think anyone who finds the Russian revolution intriguing will find this book very interesting and informative. The book, with many new resources behind it, is able to address many aspects of the treatment of the Romanovs during their imprisonment and issues concerning their imprisonment and execution. In my opinion, the appeal to the reader and the analysis of issues brought up in the book are superbly accomplished throughout the text. With the incessant evidence and extremely organized structure, the book is a great read.

The overall purpose of the text is the layout of analysis and evidence in such a way as to allow the reader to see the story exactly as it is and be able to make their own conclusions. The author does a good job of laying out very accurate analysis backed up with great primary documents. Very organized, is the main style of the book. Every situation is correlated with a primary document towards the end of the chapter that gives the reader great insight. Photos and personal letters involving the Romanovs do a tremendous job portraying the royal family as not only rulers but also as a real family with real values. Everything is extremely relevant and makes the text very easy to read and understand.

This book definitely helped me understand one of the many aspects of the Russian Revolution a lot better. I know feel that I have a great deal more insight into the family that was probably most affected during this whole ordeal. The author does a great job explaining the importance of the personal characteristics of the tsar and his family as to why they were pushed out of power and came to such a tragic end. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is studying the Russian revolution. Also, this book is just a great read for those who enjoy informative texts with a plot. The authors writing techniques, the historical importance of the events, as well as the numerous pieces of first hand evidence, make this a great informative read.

There is greater awareness because of the magnitude of this book and
its message. And I'll wager that there are few Americans today, Black
or White, who know about the incredible life of Cathy Williams. This
remarkable story now has a voice.

Once a slave in Independence, Missouri, Cathy Williams lived and
worked in the 'big house' as a servant to its mistress. And though
being a house servant carried greater privilege and status than
that of the field hand, Cathy began to resent the menial tasks she
performed as much as she resented her masters.

After the death of her owner, and having the good fortune of not
being sold to pay debts, Cathy realized that the fundamental premise
of slavery was a lie and this life was not her chosen destiny. So in
November 1866 she disguised herself as a man, used the name William
Cathay, and enlisted in Company A, 38th U.S. Infantry and became a
Buffalo Soldier. As the first and only African American woman to
serve in one of the six black units formed following the Civil War.
Interestingly enough, Williams was able to become a member of the
Army without detection of her sex, and it was imperative that she
keep her true identity unknown. Her adventures took her from Missouri
to the Mexican border where she served for nearly two years. After
her military career Cathy did not envision returning to her roots in
Missouri, plus her heart was now in the West. So she married and
created a life for herself on the Western frontier, as a business-
woman in Trinidad, CO.

There is much contention surrounding the validity of Cathy's story.
Historians claim Tucker's only source about Williams' alleged service
as a Buffalo soldier is based on a newspaper account published in
1876 and that there are no official records in existence to
authenticate her Civil War service. Some believe it was easy for
Williams to get discharge certificates from the 'real' William
Cathay and pass it off as her own. And that 'Far too many of the
speculations about Williams are colored by a 21st century
"politically correct" perspective'.

Yet others offer a more positive analogy, "Phillip Thomas Tucker the
prize-winning author of The Confederacy's Fighting Chaplain tells
this remarkable tale of Pvt. William Cathay of Company A, 38th U.S.
Infantry, who in fact was a big-boned, 5' 7" black woman named Cathy
Williams. This is a unique story of gender and race, time and place.

Tucker's work is a recommended read that reaches across categories,
from American, African American, and military history to Western and
women's history." -- Thomas J. Davis, Arizona State Univ.

Regardless of the controversy, this was a fascinating story presented
more in the vein of a documentary than a novel and it allows readers
to experience a non-traditional, non-typical life for a 'Colored'
woman in the 1800's. Tucker uses this storyline to captivate and
educate, and he introduces a believable character who unknowingly and
unintentionally charted a course for the role of today's women in all
branches of the military. This story vividly brings to life another
chapter of our colorful history.

Reviewed by aNN Brown
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

I found this book to be interesting and very enjoyable. It is an example of how one woman turned adversity into her triumph. I would recommend it highly.

I just finished this wonderful book....enjoyed it very much..One can see all the truly great research that went into this book...This Missouri Author Phillip Tucker has written about 25 Civil War Books..All have best good sellers...I would recommend everyone reading his books....Dr. AJ & Janet Canpbell

An easy read. Covers from 2900 B.C. to the 1990's with a particular emphasis on the 1800's. James Laver's writing style is wonderful, describing not only the clothing but the historical and social context for each style of dress. The fashions of each period are illustrated by a variety of historical evidence, including statutes, famous works of art, fashion drawings, diaries, cartoons and photographs. The book is not an in-depth study of each period but rather a very brief overview. The last chapter covering from 1940 to the 1990's was writen by Amy de la Haye and is markedly different in writing style. She does not discuss the social and historical context to the extent that Laver does but rather gives an overview of the major designers of each decade and their respective styles. As there is a lot to discuss in the last 50 years of fashion, I wish that this book had dedicated more than 31 pages to modern fashion.

This classic by James Laver is a very good introduction to the subject. This is not an exhaustive history of clothing that one should consult for lengthy descriptions, or pinpoint accuracy tied to the latest scholarship. But what this book is (and is wonderfully) is an overview of a very vast subject distilled into one portable volume. The illustrations are excellent and worth the price of the book in themselves. Great amounts of detail are lacking, but the student of costume history can look elsewhere for in depth information in the works of Boucher, Davenport, Ribeiro, and others. This book can provide the basic knowledge one needs to approach the more advanced publications.

There are discrepencies of terminology in comparison to other texts. This is especially true in his descriptions of Byzantine court costume; Laver uses some Greek terms as opposed to the Latin terms used by most other historians. Laver also has an ethnocentric bias and gives much information from an English point of view. As with Contini's "Fashion: A Social History" and Batterberry's "Fashion: The Mirror of History" (both sadly out of print), Laver's prose and scholarship are a little dated, and he predates political correctness. But the history of clothing is heavily tied to religion and superstitions, public morals and sexuality, gender and social hierarchy. To tell a politcally correct history of clothing is to apply a bias as skewed as the biases it would seek to rectify.

This is a highly readable and succinct account of its subject and is strongly recommended. Given that the wonderful Contini and Batterberry books are not available, Laver's very accesible text is an excellent introduction for the beginning costume historian.

This is a nice *SMALL* (which is important when you are carrying it back and forth to class) book that is FULL of pictures. Don't by this book if you are looking for detailed explanations of the costumes...go to Boucher if you are looking for that... But if you want a good colour pictoral quick reference, this is the one to buy.

I love it and use it all the time. It is cracked open to the picture of Rubens and Isabella Brant!

I read this book for an analytic book report, and its a very heavy read for someone who just wants a simple biography. It trails off often about battles, and if you want information, you really have to look for it.

I wanted to give it 3.5 stars... Maj.Gen. "Jeb" Stuart -- flamboyant, a little showy and proud, sometimes very opinonated... tough, stern, and successful in battle... great with the ladies... lover of songs, poetry, and a good laugh, and very gentle to his wife and kids. The book covers the Army of Northern Virginia fairly well and in a very detailed manner, but for this reason, I felt the author sometimes digressed a bit from Stuart's story. Nevertheless, the parts about Stuart are definately colorful. Includes many of Stuart's letters to his wife during the war, as well as some interesting stories about the people around him. Also includes some interesting ink sketches by the author.

As a military officer and artist Thomason presents a unique view of a most complex and larger-than-life Civil War legend in this reprinted version of his original book (? 40's). Certainly ranks among the great biographers of Stuart...others are McClellan and Blackford (both served under Stuart) and Burke Davis and Emory Thomas (both of which can be obtained thru Amazon). The book is a "must" for a Stuart devotee and/or serious Civil War student

Glenn Tucker's work may make a good story, but unfortunately it doesnt make for accurate history. Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West presents a very flawed history of events that occured in that Battle of Chickamauga, from Claiming a courier Missed seeing a whole Divison in the Woods to laying too much blame on Bragg for mistakes that were shared with other commanders. Its better to get Cozzens, Woodworth, or Robertson's books on this battle if you are after an accurate version of events.

One of the major problems of Civil War history is that it can easily be told in the most boring of ways. Unit vs unit. Positioning of regiments. Lengthy debates about flanks being left up in the air. Detail IS important to any history, but what sets Glenn Tucker apart from so many other authors of this genre is that he tells a hell of a fine story. Because of his writing, he has become one of my top two favorite Civil War authors (Dowdy being the other, although you could make a fine argument for Shelby Foote too). Tucker takes this pivotable battle in the west - the equivalent of Gettysburg - and brings it alive through the people who fought the battle - the privates and the generals, the farmers and the townspeople. It's easy to assume the Union was saved at Gettysburg. In truth, it could have been lost at Chichamauga just a few months later.

Not much can be added to the previous review, I fully agree on the comments made. A well researched and presented book, very easy to read and follow. One of the best books on this battle I have read to date (this authors book on Gettysburg was one of the first books I had ever read on the American Civil War and I reckon one of the easiest to read on that famous battle). This book is worth the time to sit down and relax and enjoy a good read with a cup of coffee!

If you are an absolute beginner in Windows CE programming you will not find answers to your questions in it. You need a lot of skills to read it through. Sample code is excellent: very short, useful and IT WORKS!

Chapter Headings:

1. Getting Started with Visual C++ for Windows CE 2. What's Different about Windows CE? 3. Building User Interfaces - Command Bars and Bands 4. Using the HTML Viewer 5. Working with Standard Controls 6. Incorporating Common Controls 7. Activating the Common Dialogs 8. Working with Graphics Devices 9. The Object Store: Files and the Registry 10. Advanced Object Store: The Database API 11. Threads and Processes 12. Controlling Interprocess Communication 13. Winsock and Serial Communications 14. Printing 15. Targeting the Palm-Size PC 16. Using AppInstall to Redistribute Your Programs 17. Working with the Contacts Database API 18. Creating Mail-Enabled Applications 19. Monitoring Power and System Resources 20. Communicating with the Desktop 21. Creating ActiveSync Modules 22. The Cure for the Common Crash 23. Debugging Windows CE Applications with Visual C++ 24. Advanced Topics: MFC, ATL and POOM

This is a generally good introductory book on Windows CE programming. It does not try to teach you C, Windows and Windows CE programming all at the same time, rather it concentrates on the differences between Windows CE and other versions of Windows. The book was written by three well-respected BSQUARE employees; BSQUARE is one of the leading Windows CE development and porting companies.

Several of the chapters cover topics specific to Windows CE, such as command bands and bars. Since the Microsoft documentation for these controls is somewhat lacking, this is very useful. Other chapters cover areas which are common to both Windows CE and Windows 95/98/NT but nonetheless do a good job of pointing the areas where Windows CE differs.

Probably because the book was written by three authors rather than one it doesn't flow quite as well from one chapter to the next quite as smoothly as other books of this type. Each topic is, though, covered well. There are some strange omissions, however, such as very little discussion on Unicode. Readers would be well advised to also obtain Richter's excellent Advanced Windows for a comprehensive discussion on Unicode (and many other) topics.

A very useful chapter discusses how to get your program installed using the Windows CE Services (now called ActiveSync) Application Manager. Since coverage of this topic is woefully lacking in the Microsoft documentation, this information alone might be worth the price of the book.

All of the examples in the book are in straight C. C++ is not used at all while MFC and ATL are just touched on in the last section. The included CD-ROM contains the book's source code and evaluation copies of bSQUARE's bUSEFUL and bPRODUCTIVE application suites.

At $24.95 cover price (may be less on Amazon.com) and about 450 pages this book is a welcome relief from the trend these days of $50-$80 1000 page monsters.

Fair disclosure and disclaimer: I was the technical editor for this book. I had no input on the content or design of the book, but I did correct factual information where necessary and point out where explanations were unclear etc. The opinions stated herein are mine alone and not those of my employer or anybody else.

NOTE: Amazon.com wouldn't let me post a review without selecting a star-rating. Since I had a hand in the book's production I didn't feel that it was appropriate for me to rate the book. I've therefore given it 3-stars so as to not influence the average too much.

I bought this book not knowing a lick of Win32 API programming, so I had to take a crash course in Win32 programming first, as the book starts off assuming you know the API. Thankfully, it leaves MFC and ATL to the last chapter and focuses solely on C and the API.

One problem I had with the book is that the examples in the text are often quite wrong in terms of number/use of parameters, and leave out some details that can be misleading. Besides the examples, the text has frequent misleading information (p.44: "First you can call the CommandBar_InsertButton() function..." Later on the same page: "The other function you can use to add buttons is the CommandBar_InsertButton() function..." - the first quote should have said CommandBar_AddButton())

If you are paying attention and following the book closely, you will weed out these inconsistencies, though, and should come out of it with respectable knowledge of CE.