This is a good basic introduction to WWII armor. It presents all the main Axis and Allied battle tanks, and a bonus of German assault guns and self-propelled artillery. It is large format with one page per vehicle. A good photo of that vehicle takes up half the page with the rest devoted to a brief service history and technical details (armor thickness, gun caliber, crew, etc.).
Although not for the advanced armor student or modeler, it serves it's purpose as a reasonably priced basic photo guide to WWII armor.

As Bataille said somewhere, 'Nietzsche's madness is one of the most horrifying challenges to the whole mindset of the West in this century' or something like that ... yep, one day the rug will be rolled back and we will laugh at ourselves for falling for the trite and too-neat myth of Nietzsche the Syphilitic. Prof. Crawford's book goes a long way to dethroning this myth, and assembles many key factoids and quotes. Although, she then looses the reins a tad and sails off into some inane theory that he was then faking it! Egads. Truly, we have sunk far far far from our shaman fire-gazing ancestors who let the holy spirit tear off the roof of their mind every night, and toss them into the vast oblivion. Meher Baba's work with the Masts is probably the key information that prof. Crawford needs to correct some of the excesses of this book. Otherwise, a step in the right direction, ... i.e. closer to the cliff!!!

I'm a bit biased as a relative of mine wrote this book. Even so, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I'm a bit fan of disaster stories and "nature gone wrong" themes so this was right up my alley. I thought the character development was pretty good, but the plot and the pace of the story is what kept me turning the pages. If you enjoy this, read "Icequake" as it is sort of the companion novel to "Tsunami".

This is a good collection of literature from the Enlightenment to the early 20th century. Some of the choices were wuite interesting such as Wuthering Heights as the example of the Victorian novel, (I, myself, would have chosen Jane Eyre), but all in all this is a well put-together collection. The biographical information before each author is also interesting and puts the works into context. This is amust-have for English majors and literature fanatics alike.

I have had experience in the main frame world in the distant past but have been out of the hands on world for about 4 years now. This book was very good at getting me up to speed. The directions and explanations were easy to read and concise. The only way it could have been better for me was if they likened commands to those of other operating systems. Well you can't have everything. All in all a very good guide book for beginners and those with experience in bronze age of computers.

When a person is asked to describe a witch,the first image that comes to mind is an aged hag with a steeple crowned hat.However,this was not always the rule.The 'witch' in this tale is one such exception.Unorna,the witch is beautiful,with her red gold hair and her well proportioned features who resides in a mansion,and spends the winter in the huge conservatory surrounded by lofty palms and tropical plants.Her most remarkable feature is her eyes,which are of different colours and her ability to use them to hypnotise people and make them not only her slaves but to see what she wanted them to see or even forget their past.Despite her powers,she is not an inherently evil person but her love for the wanderer drives her to desperate measures to destroy her rival for his affections.She also has strange dealings with Keyork Arabian,who is attempting to prolong life through his experiments.This book might as well be called the Wizard rather than the Witch as Keyork Arabian is the most evil character in the book. This book is very interesting to read not only for the story and the marvellous descriptions but also for the author's in depth analysis of the powers of the human mind and her interpretation of the relation of the soul to the body.This is not a middle age romance as electricity is often mentioned in the book. A parallel can be drawn between this book and the classic by Gaston Leroux namely The Phantom of the Opera.Both the phantom and Unorna represent that part of us which seeks to be loved for ourselves and the great extent we can go in pursuance of that objective.Another similarity between the stories is that both characters have to make an important choice and redeem themselves by it.

This book is generally good, unfortunatley the class I took that used this book was not good. So I'm having trouble separating the book from the class. Taken by itself the book is informative and I feel does a good job of covering the various expiriences of women. The book, of course, does take a liberal slant but the attempt to be balanced is there and should be appreciated by readers of a more conservative slant. The authors do have an agenda, as do most liberal feminists, and they make no apologies for their ideas. The best sections are the ones dealing with women and sexuality. The authors are sensitive and try to go beyond mere male-bashing. The authors also stick to significant issues, (something the class didn't do), and to keep the book from getting to boring they insert cartoons, usually Doonsberry, to illustrate their case. The cartoons are appropriate and add to the work.

I have not yet read the 20th anniversary edition but recently read the original release. I think what Christina had to go through is absolutely horrible. I was a victim of abuse as a child and nobody believed me because my step-mother was so sugary sweet when there were people watching. It is fine to appreciate Joan Crawford's accomplishments as an actress, but we must also remember what Christina (and her brother Christopher) had to go through for Joan to achieve such status.

I think it is also important to point out that Christina did not see her mother for the last 5 years of her life...a fact that Christina glosses over in the book. I'm not sure of it's significance, but it just seemed odd to me that Christina didn't elaborate on why she went so many years without seeing Joan. They communicated through letters rather than telephone calls or personal visits. There had to be something more there.

This is an excellent book and to all those people that said Christina needs to get over it, I think this book was a very big step in doing just that.

For anyone who criticizes Christina Crawford for not trying hard enough to "just get over it" and "get this abuse by her mother out of her system" - this book "Mommie Dearest" is Christina's way of doing just that! - And good for her!

The book's intensity is not just from the abusive activities of Joan Crawford as a mother (as bad as they were), but also from the unexpectedness of the abuse. - That's why this book of a child's fearful years living at the mercy of a mercurial-type mother is so classic - and a must read for anyone interested in this subject!

Mother Joan would often be very nice and "normal" for many days in a row, only to awaken enraged at her daughter in the middle of the night for some mild or imagined infraction of the rules. This is indeed often the fear of the abused child - what will set the parent figure off? - (A spilled glass of milk, an imagined "wrong" look from the child, taking one minute too long to complete a chore, going to sleep 12 minutes later than usual?) - And perhaps worse is what the punishment(s) will be: (A beating with a hairbrush, being forced to go without needed sleep, getting pulled from a chair and locked in a closet perhaps?)

The erratic up and down personality of Joan Crawford as described in this book gives what Christina Crawford says a "ring of truth" and psychological accuracy to her story. - An abusive reality, that sadly, is a way of life in too many households across the world.

"Mommie Dearest", a story that should never have been made public? - NO WAY! It's true stories and accounts like this that have helped bring about the acknowledgement of child abuse, that unfortunately, was kept hidden behind closed doors for way too long!

Whoever worried about grammar errors and said "get over it" or didn't read it and anything that discredited Ms. Crawford's work should be ashamed of themselves. I saw the movie for the second time on cable today (they rarely play it) and have read the book. I think that Ms. Crawford is very brave for comming out and telling the world about what Joan Crawford did. It's a shame what Joan did because of the problems that she had with Hollywood, her relationships, and flaws in her character. I know people and friends that have been abused and have been neglected as foster children, and to survive that is amazing and if people want to discredit something that people weren't ready to tell at that era, that is a shame because all that glitters is not gold. As a movie buff, Joan Crawford had great success, but in the dark, she must have had a hard time to deal with the let downs of Hollywood, and Hollywood made her crazy. Not all people have both a successful career and a wonderful home life, as Christina Crawford tells. I think that this book (and the movie) was to make people more aware of abuse and that it has always been here, no matter if its one child of a household that speaks up, or none.

I basically bought this book because I was tired of scrolling through the pages of HOWTO documents, which I think have tons of useful and time-proven techniques to solve problems related to Linux. A better index could have done this book an excellent one. There is an extensive command reference at the end but finding a command is not that easy. If you basically want a desktop reference I would recommend the O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell which is thumbindexed thus letting you access the information you want in no time.

This is the only edition I could find here, but my copy has a different cover. The image in the lower right corner on mine has a light blue pattern with a few circles and bubbles. (That's what it looks like to me.) Mine is definitely the second edition.

I do agree with many of the other reviews here. In some ways, this book is very basic, and they reference other Sybex books throughout. Each chapter states what book the information came from. This is almost like a Best Of collection.

For me, the book was very helpful. I'm very expirienced with Windows. Over the years I've also used Apple DOS, ProDOS, MS-DOS, DR DOS, OS/2, and Mac OS. This book had enough information for me to understand Linux better. The writers mainly compare Linux and Windows. Most of the focus is on Red Hat and GNOME. I'm actually using SuSE with the KDE desktop. There's a chapter on installing Red Hat.

I do like the information presented on using the command line. It's basic but enough to be useful. Later chapters discuss more advanced topics like server configurations, using Samba, and setting up Apache. It also covers how things work. ...under the hood. Since I'm not a Linux veteran, I can't really comment on the advanced topics, but I did find the book easy to follow.

I really love this book and have owned it since it first came out. True, Linux has become more complex since the book was written, but if youy can understand the things in this book, you can easily be productive in any modern linux. I am glad I bought it. I think everyone should have a copy especially if they are on a dial-up account and cannot get the HOWTO's in an easy manner.

I took the book out of the library. That's all I have to say. I've read many beauty books and yes Cindy Crawford is a beautiful person, but I found her book plain and boring. There were no tips in there that I didn't already know about, and there was little pictures and those that were there were of Cindy! Come on, I want to see other peolpe too! I think it's true when they say "Don't judge a book by it's cover!" I certainly did, and boy was I ever wrong. Here are two books that are more useful and informative!

Tyra Bank's book- a definate 5 stars!

Kevin Aucoin's book- making faces- there's nothing better!

It all depends on what are you looking for: If you already know the basics about make up or have been using make up for years this is not for you. If you're looking for a book that explains you all the posibilites of make up this is not for you. (Try Kevin Aucoin's "Making faces". But if you're a teen, or beginning to use make up or just unsure about the basics this book is informative, clear and covers all the things you should know: how to choose colors and formulas, how to aply them and the use of every product. It puts an emphasis in how to achieve a natural, non make up look and on quick, easy, 5 minutes make up, so it's perfect for beginners. The book's is quite beautifull too, simple, clear and modern, with good pictures although all of them are of Cindy so you can't compare technics and looks in other faces.

Cindy Crawford's Basic Face is the best make-up book I've ever seen...her approach is to make women look and feel beautiful and confident, while still looking like themselves and not as though they just stepped off of the catwalk. There's a lot of REALLY GREAT practical advice, and everything is complemented with pictures. (Through it all, Crawford maintains her sense of humor....making you--almost--forget that this girl complaining about getting pimples is one of the world's most beautiful women.)