This book is an excellent introduction to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. Appleton provides the reader with accurate information about this important group of medications, leaving it to the reader and his doctor to choose an effective remedy to this all-too-often fatal disease.

The only problem is that like most medical books, this book was obsolete before it was published. New drugs and non-drug treatments have been developed since _Prozac and the New Antidepressants_ went to press. A depressive searching for help might do best by talking to his or her family physician or psychiatrist first.

I LIKED THE BOOK BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED WELLBUTRIN SR FOR DEPRESSION. HOW LONG BEFORE IT WORKS? HOW DID YOU FEEL? HOW MUCH ARE YOU TAKING? AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD SHARE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH WELLBUTRIN.

I was given paxil for my depression at the end of july and it still hasn't been a good drug to me. I feel that people who are treated for depression should try to overcome their depression on their own because they would have a better chance of overcoming their fears or whatever the case may be. By someone giving you a drug for your problems you will adapt to that and feel as though you should receive medication for every problem you may come across. From my experience depression is a mind thing and should be taken into deep consideration about the cause and effect and at that point you will know how to handle the situation.

better than it's counterpart for step1.however the level of difficulty is less than that seen on step2.

A very good book for USMLE Step 2. There are about 50% of questions in my USMLE Step 2 exam(I just took it in Nov/2002) are matching questions . You can find a lot of questions in this book are similar to the real exam, especially the matching questions.

Study the book instead of an expensive review course. This is a good one!

I am recommending this book to my PA students to prepare for End of Rotation Examinations and the NCCPA Exam. This is the only book that I have reviewed that truly follows the NCCPA format. The fact that it is also easy to read; written the way clinicians think, makes it the logical choice.

Roger Jones, PA-C
Clinical Director
Bethel College PA Program

Known simply as "The Blue Book", this is one of the best reviews for the Gross Anatomy shelf exam. It has 1000 Board-type questions, with detailed explanations. Has some beautiful illustrations.

I found this book to be very thourough. It does a good job of hitting on all the major points and also giving some depth. I haven't taken the boards yet, but it has helped me a great deal on practice tests.

For the past three and a half years I have run a small service business in Charleston, SC. The service I provide mainly consists of window cleaning and glass replacement. So far my success at producing profit has been limited. It seems as though I am often asking myself "What am I doing wrong?"

As I read Brian Appleton's book, "Cleaning Up In Your Service Business" it was as though someone finally turned on the lights. For three and a half years I had sat in the dark, unable to see where my business was heading, and unable to control it.

This book explained what I need to do to make that profit I've been looking for. It is simple to read, and easy to understand. Each section clearly explains the progressive steps needed to run a successful service business. It also provides suggestions for diversifying, and bringing in needed capital during slow seasons.

I recommend this book to anyone looking to get started in the service industry. Or to those of you like me, who have a business that has not been producing the desired results - MONEY. By putting the principles found in "Cleaning Up In Your Service Business" to practice, I have already seen growth in my business, and profit margin.

Daniel Riley

I definitely recommend this book for all new entrepreneurs.

This book focuses on the application and implementation of real
world business theory, showing you step by step how to start a
service-oriented business.

The author provides telephone numbers, book references, and
lists several business opportunities that will help the reader
to get started right away in setting up a new business, if he/she so chooses.

An Excellent Read!

It's been a year since Mary, Queen of Scots, fled Scotland and pled for asylum in England. And although she is now a prisoner, dependent on Elizabeth I's charity and mercy, Mary and her allies still plot to make her Queen of England.

Sir Walter Pendennis is in Augsburg, negotiating for a secret loan on Elizabeth I's behalf, and he is looking forward to returning to England, and to settling down in his country manor with his wife, putting his days as a diplomat behind him, when tragedy strikes. Eleanor, Sir Walter's wife is run over by a farm wagon, and is seriously injured. Believing herself to be at death's door, she confesses to her husband that she has been conspiring with the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland for quite a while now to overthrow the Queen and to place Mary on the English throne. Sir Walter is both angered and appalled at the news. His only thought now is to somehow thwart the conspirators, and to minimize his errant wife's role in the conspiracy. Discovering that his old friend, Lady Susanna Appleton is in Hamburg, Sir Walter goes to her for help. His plan is for Susanna to impersonate Eleanor and to somehow insinuate herself into the conspirators' circle. Sir Walter assures Susanna that practically no one will discover the impersonation as Eleanor has more or less had little contact with any of the conspirator's (save through letters). Eager to prevent any kind of uprising, Susanna agrees to help Sir Walter, eventhough she senses that there is something that Sir Walter is holding back.

Susanna's lover, Nick Baldwin, however is not so sanguine. Distrustful of Sir Walter and his motives for involving Susanna in this dangerous enterprise, Nick does some digging of his own, and discovers that Eleanor had actually been murdered, and that the order to murder her had come from someone close to Northumberland. Obviously the conspirators did not trust Eleanor at all. Fearful of Susanna's safety, Nick quickly makes for England. Will Nick arrive in time to warn Susanna of the danger she is facing? Will Susanna mange to ingratiate herself with the conspirators? What exactly is Sir Walter hiding, and exactly what kind of deep game is he playing? And will the conspirators pull off their coup?

These are the threads that bind this very suspenseful mystery novel together. With "Face Down Before Rebel Hooves," Kathy Lynn Emerson does an excellent job of maintaining that taut suspenseful air, where you wonder if Susanna will finally be unmasked; and if the killer, who believes that (s)he has failed in his/her attempt to murder Eleanor, will strike again. Since this mystery novel is based on historical fact, we all know how the coup panned out, however, I thought that the authour did a truly wonderful job of bringing this entire conspiracy to life. Susanna Appleton remains as wonderful, and as strong and as resilient as ever. And it makes for wonderful reading to see Susanna and Jennet, her clever and resourceful ally, grapple with the mystery at hand and solve it. This novel is quite a fun read, and is, in my opinion, part of a series that is one of the better mystery series dealing with Elizabethan England.

In the first few years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there were numerous plots and counter-plots to try to put Mary, Queen of the Scots, on the throne. Many powerful nobles, especially in the north, had strong Papist sympathies and ultimately many rebelled. Elizabeth's spymaster Sir Walter Pendennis is aghast to learn his wife is in league with the rebels.

Sir Walter travels to Hamburg to ask his good friend Susanna, Lady Appleton, to help him infiltrate the rebel leaders so that he can prevent a civil war. Susanna, loyal to Her Majesty and relishing a good adventure, agrees to help. She goes to the estate of the Earl of Northumberland with false messages and soon joins the Countess' entourage. She gathers evidence on rebel activity even as someone wants her dead.

Kathy Lynn Emerson brings vivid color to a tumultuous time during the early stages of the Elizabethan era. Readers learn that the intermingling of religious conflict with politics leads to thoughts of rebellion. The heroine is independent and morally righteous, but tempered with a pragmatic streak. FACE DOWN BEFORE THE REBEL HOOVES is an exciting historical mystery.

Harriet Klausner

Set in Elizabethan England, author Kathy Emerson has chosen an interesting historical period for her mystery series and an intriguing heroine in Susanna, Lady Appleton -- a proto-feminist educated by her father and grudgingly admired by her more conventional husband. Emerson introduces a great deal of information about the times, the people and the herbs without making it painful, and the book is readable for that alone. The heroine and other characters are believable and three-dimensional and the murder and its solution are reasonably well-done -- better than many historical mysteries. I look forward to reading others in the series.

This is an immensely readable, enjoyable book. The characters are great, the story kept my interest, and the historical background is accurate and is inserted into the story in engaging ways. I have been reading a lot of historical mysteries this summer, and this is an excellent one! Good summer reading!

What a wonderful surprise! It's refreshing to find an author who really knows her history. The main character, Susanna, is a very unusual woman, in that her father pampered her by allowing his daughter the education that would normally only be appropriate for a boy. Poor Sir Robert, to have to put up with a wife who can run the family business better than him, take care of the household, and research and write a book on deadly herbs on the side. ;-) I've read the entire series up to date and have discovered they just keep getting better! I hope Emerson has plans for more.

Just took this set on a business trip. It was great to have so much reading in so little a space. The case is the same size as a dvd case (I can't stand jewel case, they break all the time). And the uncut, unadbridged text is a real eye opener to the early 20th century.

The Tom Swift, Sr. books have always been in window into the early 20th century. It is entertaining to see how enginering and science have and have not followed the paths imagined. Also the books are an eye opener into our changing social attitutes.

E-books are said to be the wave of the future. It is nice to see an e-book that does not required a special reader. It was great to see Twain's Adam's Dairy and Eve's Diary with the full original illustrations.

It is great to be ablle to buy 25 books for $2.00 each. With the Tom Swift out of print, the only other way would cost me over $250 for poor quality books.

The interface on the CD is simple enough for my six year to understand.

Overall a great buy.

In this sequel to Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, Tom Swift and his new friend John Sharp build Sharp's dream aircraft, a hybrid dirigible/airplane. However, Happy Harry's gang is still around, and is up to no good. Why are they hanging around the bank? As usual, Tom combines his love of all things mechanical with his boyish energy and big heart to help his friends and bring the villains to justice.

I do love how these books present a window into the United States of 1910. Especially, I find the limitations on police work astounding, in light of the modern use of radio, etc. As always, Tom is presented as a good role model, which is very nice. Overall I did enjoy this book, and do recommend it to you.

I just finished this book this morning. I think the wonderful thing about this book is getting a perspective on people's views of technology in another time. One of my favorite glimpses was when Mr Sharp told Tom that someday these blimp-like airships would be everywhere. I think we have yet to see a mass market on blimps. Also, when the sherrif gets to ride in the Red Cloud, he wonders at the fact that he hadn't even ridden in a car before, and now he was riding in an airship. Imagine a sherrif who spent his life never driving or even riding a car. The other fun thing about this sort of book is the dialogue. I can't remember some of the better lines, but I smiled several times pondering the meaning of some old cliches, or tough fighting one-liners that no longer sound tough. Read it. You'll see.

This book was originally released in about 1910. The Airship is a kind of dirigible. Remember, this is before the Wright Brothers' flight. Old as these books are, they are full of thrilling adventures and most engaging characters. Huge numbers of these books were sold, partly because they are gripping and well done. In this book, Tom's souped up zepplin helps him and his friends to escape trumped up, false charges for a bank robbery-- actually committed by others. Tom also meets a sweetie girl-friend when his dirigible temporarily goes out of control and crashes into the roof of her school! The characters are a real treat! Fun, odd, colorful, and wonderfully drawn. Great gift for a young person. I believe this is a handsome facsimile of the 1910 edition.