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The Falcon 4.0 Simulator (*not* a game) is a very good facsimile of an F-16 and its operating environment. The sim manual is very comprehensive and very good, but this book should be required reading if you want to further your air-to-air and air-to-ground skills and compete in the campaigns, especially if you fly multi-player. I reference this book and review the tactical concepts constantly.

Of particular importance are the anecdotes, or personal *real-life* stories that Pete presents at the head of each section. These are more than just "war" stories, they are stories with an important lesson to be learned, and they apply to the *virtual-life* experiences that you'll have in the sim. If you fly Falcon 4.0, you need this book.

5 stars eh? yeah the book deserves more than five if you ask me.If you thought that manual was huge this would look very thin in front of it but boy o boy it sure have a punch in it.What can i say more it really improved my games and now i am enjoying the game more and more Thanx Peter And James for such an excellent book

I purchased this book for my graduate-level independent studies course hoping to find definitive answers to a hunch post-war controversy over reproductve rights actually had a larger tie-in to the era's blatant anti-communism.

After all, the advent of antiseptic surgery and antibiotics meant the driving reason behind 19th century anti-abortion campaigns was effectively negated by the post-war period, so opponents of women's rights had to construct a new justifcation for extending the laws beyond their original intent. Abortion was now dangerous because it increased women's autonomy and freedom.

While May does address reproductive policy, this work suprisingly does not delve heavily into how anti-communism and reproductive bias paralleled eachother.Considering many post-war restrictions (pregnancy-related job firing and school expulsion co-existed with illegality of abortion and contraception) were directly related to women's reproductive potential, a considerable amount of research was missing from her book. The research presented skimmed what I had already discovered from Solinger et al's other works and did not provide the insight I was desperatley seeking.

Because May is able to tie anti-communist objectives into television and other cultural arenas, I remain puzzled by the selective exclusion. However well written structurally, it also seemed as if she were skipping around the same argument, but electing not to explore it for whatever reason.

This book is not a good candidate for work with reproductive policy, but would be an excellent choice for a general study of American women's post-war political agency.

Still working on my independent study project, I bought this book hoping to gain some critical insight on the apparent ties between the era's anti-communisim and renewed interest in enforcing other-wise ignored anti-abortion laws.

Originally passed in the 19th century when all surgery carried a certain degree of risk, abortion had become a fairly safe medical procedure with the advent of antiseptic surgery and antibiotics. Yet, the immediate post-war era saw massive restriction on the number of 'legal' abortions which directly contradicted medical technology's advancement. Paradoxically, when the procedure had attained a fair degree of safety, society was going to go out of it's way to remove women from their own reproductive rights.

This removal had significantly less to do with fetal rights than concern about the woman's real and future 'femininiy'. An informal and unlikely coalition of government experts, and Madison avenue set out to convince the American woman (via comericials, movies, and atrocious sitcoms) THE way to fight the communists was through their unquestioning adoption and adherence to a pre-determined gender role, because only then could she (and the nation) be 'sure' her children would grow up unmarred by communist doctorine.

While there is some information implicating newly rigid gender roles (and the related quest to contain women's sexuality--just like the containment for the communists!)in the sharp increase in abortion prosecutions and legal/cultral restrictions, it did not go in depth as much as I would have prefered. For whatever reason imaginable, May's research into this specific facet abruptly fades in and out of an otherwise solid and engrossing text.

Elaine Tyler May's text "Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era", remains a classic in American Studies-and example of relevant, clear, well-written scholarship utilizing a variety of data to make a interesting and important case. This is not to say that the work has no weaknesses, but it remains in many ways an enduring, if somewhat superceded landmark in American cultural studies.

Tyler May's central thesis of the book is that the foreign policy of the "containment" of communism, summarized and popularized by Secretary John Foster Dulles, paralleled the rise of a domestic politics of containment, where the home space became a way to contain the economic, sexual, and social desires of both women and men. Moreover, the construction of this home space necessitated the casting of gender, sexual, and social roles in rigorous, socially compulsory terms that effectively marginalized many people from ethnic, sexual, and ideological minorities. These roles, constructed through the politics of domestic containment, were held in majority American culture to be necessary to the social survival and maintenance of capitalism in the Cold War struggle against the Soviets. Women in particular, are focused on, as the strong, independent, single role models of the 1930's gave way to increased imagery of the married, safely domesticated woman, who were under heavy societal pressure to give birth and raise children. Men too were constrained by corporate superiors, and looked to home as the one place they could exercise full influence over their wives and children. Not everyone, of course, was happy with this.

A number of surprising arguments are made and defended in this book as sub-theses to the greater point. Birth control achieved social acceptance quickly during this time, albeit "contained" in such a way as to officially promote family expansion and lower the marriage age. Fulfilled eroticism, albeit only in marriage, becomes a central point of majority discourse, to the point that women were counseled to pour more energy into their mates' fulfillment, sexual and otherwise, than the children of the household. (this is not to say those actual sexual attitudes and practices always reflected these images, as she points out on pg. 102) The Cold War demanded that the excesses of capitalism (in promoting huge differentials between rich and poor) had to be checked, lest communism breed and flourish in the nation's slums (147). Fewer African-American women went to college than white, but more of them graduated proportionately. May even shows that the so-called Baby Boom didn't start after the war, but rather in the early part of WWII, thus dispelling the common notion peace and affluence alone created the baby boom (these conditions also existed after WWI, but with no population boom.)

Another excellent aspect of this study, besides nuancing the role of the Cold War, is the inclusion and careful use of quantitative data, the Kelly Longitudinal Studies---these were surveys taken among housewives and husbands (white ones, to be sure) and they reveal a wealth of data. Rather than painting a picture of comfortable domesticity, these surveys reflect a great deal of dissatisfaction among women (and men) coping with these rigid gender roles. Women who worked in industry during the war had mixed feelings at best being relegated back to the home. Sexuality, motherhood, all of these things proved ultimately unfulfilling for many women in the surveys, causing guilt and resentment in the supposedly "placid" generation.

Tyler May leaves important parties out of her study. Black women, for example, are discussed rarely, and the labor and civil rights movements (which start in the 1950's, not the 60's) are not part of this story. Subsequent scholarship ("Not June Cleaver", "Tupperware") has demonstrated that even in this time, women created counternarratives to compulsory domesticity, that allowed many to ameliorate and contest, if not wholly counter, these discourses. But what Tyler May demonstrates is that these majority discourses of political and domestic containment maintained a definitive hegemony over the public discussions of the day, and held wide sway in the larger culture. Especially through media representations of that time period, these operative models of domestic containment and placidness tend to guide, somewhat incorrectly, popular collective memories of that time period. This fact only serves to further underscore their continued influence.

Christopher W. Chase - PhD Fellow, Michigan State Univ.

I have read other books in this series and frankly was expecting more. Josh is a great character and I was glad that he got his own story,but for the life of me I couldn't understand his attraction for shy,mousey Amanda. Yes,she had gone through some bad times in the past year,but she remainded just a little too bland and needy. Also I am really tired of over-aged virgins. Fortunatly, I don't think that Ms.Hayes could write a bad book and I did enjoy this one,but not as much as I expected to. Read it,but go get the others.They were awesome!

This was a wonderful story. I liked both Josh and Amanda very much. Amanda was a bit TOO naive, but you could see how she and the worldly Josh were so drawn to each other. It would have been nice to see a bit more of the villain. The 'dangerous mission' never seemed that worrisome. The relationship between Josh and Amanda was filled with emotion and doubts. They make a very romantic couple. GOOD READ! KCS

This is a great sensual book. I loved the sexual tension between Josh and Amanda.

This is part of my personal project of reading a biography on each of our presidents. The book got high marks from me because it taught me a lot about a president---and man---about whom little is known. One also learns by association a lot about Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Even considering that it was written in the 30's, it still reads very well and it also benefits from having at least one of the president's surviving children as one of the main sources of information and interpretation.

Where the book falls short for me is in its bias toward the subject. Most of the other biographies I have read have some kind of bias toward their subject; that may be inevitable. But I thought this one had a little more than I thought was adequate. Clearly, Tyler was a likable and principled man and politics then were possibly uglier than they are now, but I think that he had more to do with his own political misfortunes than the author claims.

Still, despite my three-star rating, I thought this is a must-read for aficionados interested in this particular president. If you're interested in the period leading to the Civil War, I can think of many other books and biographies that may provide a better account.

In my title of this review, I'm referring to both the author and subject. If any president deserves to be the subject of an exhaustive psychoanalytical study, it is President John Tyler. Tyler agreed to be Vice President for a Whig party with which he had very little agreement. Reading between the lines of this book, one gets the sense that Tyler was a vain, insecure, at times paranoid (even though people really were out to get him) man. He took the Vice Presidency because he wanted to be accepted. After becoming president upon the death of President Harrison, Tyler quickly alienated the Whigs by first being against, then for, then against again, a national bank. Losing all credibility with the Whigs, he then began kow-towing to the Democrats for acceptance. Of course the Democrats would never fully accept a former Whig, so President Tyler became a "President without a Party" and accomplished very little. Standing up for a principle, no matter how noble, is useless unless you can use the political mechanisms to enact your principles. Tyler's playing his 'states rights' card against each party eventually led to his downfall.

Now, for the author. Chitwood is a classic apologist. He tried so hard to defend Tyler that his narrative turned defensive. He also did not criticize Tyler when it was obviously necessary and heaped praise upon him for confusing and inconsistent views. For example, when John Tyler argued in 1820 that slavery could be abolished if it were allowed to expand into the Missouri territory, Chitwood called the argument "brilliant."(p. 49) His argument may have been novel, innovative, creative, but not brilliant!

John Tyler had the dubious distinction of being the only president of his era with consistent principles. While Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe occasionally deviated from the states' rights creed, Tyler was as good as his word. This infuriated the Whigs, who -- as Chitwood makes clear -- elevated Tyler to Vice President precisely to appeal to their own states' rights wing, then ran him out of the party when he proved true to his position in the federal government's top executive office.

Readers interested in the controversy over Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings will find page 102 of this book especially interesting; Texans will cheer Tyler, even if they don't like Secretary of State John C. Calhoun's tactics; and Virginia natives will appreciate a politician who promised to put Virginia first, then did. Tyler's only period of sordid, political calculation came in the constitutional convention of 1829-1830, when he took a back seat to B.W. Leigh in order to avoid riling one section of the state against himself. This minor glitch can surely be overlooked in a career as laudable as Tyler's.

Chitwood criticizes Tyler for not helping smoothe the way from slavery to a free society, and there's much to lament there. The fact that this book was published in 1939 means that it is devoid of the republican/liberal debate that dominated the historiography over the past 20 years. Rush out, then, and buy it! (I got my copy at "Sherwood Forest," President Tyler's James River estate in Virginia, which is run as a public attraction by the president's descendants. Although John Tyler was born in 1790, his *grandson* lives in the house today!)

OK so I know that Allison Tyler, the author has a devout following based on the negs that I have received in reviewing one of her books that I decided to hunt down this one to see if I would like it .....

The book deals with Lissa, a young art historian, California girl, in the UK under the spell of doctor Colin. The two of them meet during their travels in Europe and I guess it took Collin like 3 seconds to get Lissa in his bed to spank and you know what ....

Lissas immediate submission is explained later in the book since Collin and Lissas ex belong to the same worldwide underground fetish, I guess, club. Members are ID'd by some stupid pinthey wear.... don't know if anyone shoud trust a man wering pins of any kind .... Most of the book deals with Lissas being a bad bad little girl and Collin spanking his bad bad little girl. This interplay of conversation goes on so much in the book, 'Are you bad bad girl ...' that honest to goodness I had the urge to spank Collin to shut the heck up!

For me to enjoy eroticism in a book there has to be some kind of sin in it to make it sizzle, there should be some pursuit, capture and ultimate submission to add spice, and, of course we have none of that in this book. What we have is two people that just seem to enjoy spanking and babbling while it's going on.

I don't agree at all with the negative review of this book -- if you're into spanking and SM action, there's nothing hotter than an Alison Tyler book. This one has added intrigue and delicious exhibitionism, three-ways, and more. I loved this one even more than her more thriller-oriented book, Strictly Confidential.

Alison Tyler, co-author of the delicious short-story anthology "Bondage on a Budget," thrills with this sexy tale of a woman discovering her passion for punishment. Set in several European cities, this novel focuses on Lisse's awakening as a submissive and her desires to please her man and please herself. The artsy background--sex in various erotic museums and galleries--adds to the fun. Plenty of dirty talking, X-rated scenes, three-somes.... A sweet, frisky treat for those looking to heat up the night with a little under-the-cover reading. If you're looking for literature, read John Updike. If you want to have some fun, look no further.

I used this text book in my Environmental Biology course. I was prepared for another awful Science text book. The author of this book does a good job covering all the topics necessary. It is written well. The chapters are long, but that is because he doesn't leave out important material. It was expensive, but that's how text books are. And the cover is a nice bonus.

This is an awesome text especially for AP students and level 1 and 2 college students! It helped me score a 5 on the AP exam and test out of my first two semesters of Environmental Science.

....and a clearly written blend of ecology, systems theory, and environmental science, with interesting Enrichment sections and Guest Editorials by a variety of influential figures.

I like the "liberal" slant--in other words, the call to quit being the world's biggest consumer and polluter and create a sustainable society with more realistic values than the dream of unlimited expansion--but then I can't think of anything more insane than allowing the world to overheat so the oil empires can go on making money.

Anyway, major sections covered include:

Humans and Nature: An Overview
Some Concepts of Ecology
Population, Resources, and Pollution
Environment and Society

I'm glad I bought mine used; the publisher is nuts for charging this much money for a textbook, no matter how well-crafted.

Not very exciting stories, and barely "naughty". Not as good as lots of other erotic books.

I'm sorry but when I saw one of these reviews that called this book "wordy," I just had to laugh out loud. Aren't stories supposed to be a collection of words??? Reminds me of the king telling Mozart he had too many notes... Anyway, I also wanted to post a review because I thought this book was just racy enough to be fun. It's true that it isn't ideal for fetishists and people who want to be shocked, but the stories are indeed naughty and well-told.

This is an extremely hot collection of 27 stories, featuring themes like spanking, voyeurism, girls with girls, sex clubs, and more. My favorite pieces were N.T. Morley's "Memorandum," a white-hot inner-office memo, "California King," by Jesse Nelson, which is a story about the life and time's of a mattress, and Zero Sum Game, by Alex Mendra, with a dom woman and a sub man. In the Empire of Lust by Maxim Jakubowskiis a hot office fantasy and Outing Isolde by Ann Blakely is a dom woman, sub man, sub woman threesome. There is plenty of kink in this book, but even more important, the stories are all very well written!

'The Case of the Missing Links' drew me into it's web from the first page. I was delighted to be carried away with the curious characters, breathtaking descriptive views of sea and green, and the'gum shoe lovers' playful, yet case solving banter.A truly fun and surprising Mystery!

Not a heavy or intense story - the book made for great reading over the Labor Day Holiday. If you've been to this part of the California coast so much the better! I enjoyed the book even though I don't play golf. It would make a nice reasonably priced book to give somebody who does play golf!

Lee Tyler's book took me back to the many times I have played golf in the Monterey area. The story was exciting and I could not put it down. She really knows golf and is an excellent mystery writer. I read her first book and am looking forward to the next as they get better and better. It is clear to me that she did her research and knows the Monterey and Carmel areas very well. It will also be interesting to see where she takes her readers in her next novel.

As an engineer, I find this book to be offensive crap. Naive ideas, expounded upon ad infinitum with no proof offered whatsoever. Useless beyond belief. Tyler Volk certainly belongs in a university. What other organisation would tolerate such inane wool-gathering?

Einstein once lamented that his work "changed everything but the way we think." If you are attached to a dog-eat-dog existence, and change is just too...bothersome, Metapatterns is probably not for you. Science IS rapidly changing, and Dr. Tyler Volk generously invites us all to be in on it. If you would like some cobwebs tenderly removed, and would like a window on the new disciplines being born and old ones coming alive, just sit back and watch this guy go. With a flood of vivid images, taken from mainstream culture, everyday life, essential Science laid bare, the banquet shared of one man's experience, Tyler Volk empties by filling. If you believe that meaningful relatedness is essential, read this book. You will learn lots of nourishing stuff and it won't even hurt.

As a practicing architect who has a regular opportunity to explore the "meaningful making of space" this book was quite an eye opener. I've spent a great deal of time looking for order amongst the disorder of everyday life and the designed environment, finding the threads in "Metapatterns" was a good pathway to understanding the relationships. If Lou Kahn were alive today, it would probably take him to new spaces and forms. Excellent!

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I'm with the first guy. A lot of strategy guides give less info than the manual. This one has details on every aspect of the game and advice on every level, including multiplayer levels. I found it extremely helpful. But what really sets this strategy guide apart is that it is actually fun to read. There is a funny resume for each of the evil creatures and the book is written in the tongue-in-cheek, comically creepy style of the game itself. I liked it.

The book is a must-have for anyone who owns dungeon keeper. It has profiles for every creature that you can own...good or bad. It explains every room available, what it is, how it works, and how to get the most out of them. There are strategies and tips for every situation of every stage and maps of each dungeon to show you where the enemy and the secrets are. If you own dungeon keeper get this book, even if you don't want a strategy guide, get this book; you don't have to read the strategy parts, you can read the extra helpful information about the creatures and rooms that the manual doesn't have.