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I found this book from a bibliographic reference while reading "XML for Data Architects" by the same author. The "E-Commerce" part of the title threw me a bit, but after reading through the book I was amazed. This book contains a tremendous amount of strategy, approach, technique, and supporting reference for those who are involved with design and development of international technology. Even more valuable to me were the numerous international, national and industry data standards resources. After having given it a solid read, I am impressed. Cheers !

Excellent choice for the transition of broadening business network capapbilities! This is the 2nd book I have purchased and utilized from this author. This is a must have, and not a shelf space waster. Worth more than 40 bucks for the sales recruitment ability it created for my small company.

This book gives a very good overview of Enterprise Application Integration(EAI) and about the methods and the techniques for approaching EAI successfully. The main thing is about the role of CORBA as an EAI-enabling technology and the domains where EAI needs. The later chapters explains the latest additions in the evolving CORBA technology apart from some precious real world examples towards its goal. It is a very useful book for those who are to use CORBA as a viable integrating technology.

Excellent! Worth every penny. I especially liked the chapter on security...

Being a student of business and information management, I had heard about SOA before, both from a technical perspective (XML, Web services) and from a business standpoint (shiny visions of flexible processes). This book is like the missing link between the two areas! It does not only tell you that SOA will change organizations but it also shows *how* exactly this is going to happen. The authors describe all relevenat aspects, starting from organizational change down to the SAP tools that can be used to model processes and to create your own service-oriented applications.
What surprised me most was that ESA - SAP's flavour of SOA - is business-ready today! This is illustrated with numerous real-world examples from a wide range of corporations. The case studies give a good idea of useful ESA applications and show how the transition to a service-oriented infrastructure could take place.
"Enterprise SOA" is suited for everybody interested in information management, even without any previous knowledge in the SOA field. After reading through the book, you'll finally know how SOA is changing the business environment and how SAP is bringing the concepts to life based on open standards. Although you won't know every technical detail, you'll have learned enough to plan your organization's future in a service-oriented world.

This is a very helpful book on SOA because it provides the business case for SOA, an excellent technical overview, and real-life examples of how to use it.

While it is written from an SAP perspective, any IT group that is investigating SOA will find value in this book -- as it describes how SOA impacts different layers of the IT stack (from persistence to business objects, to process orchestration, and uesr interfaces). It also provides actual case studies.

The book was reviewed by Gerald Haigh in the Feb. 17, 2005 issue. Excerpts:

"Astonishingly helpful"

"Most of us will be grateful for this"

"A big bonus...is that you get the book on CD-Rom, too, which not only makes the index easy to search, but also means you don't have to type in the web addresses, which are sometimes long and complicated."

I love resources -- especially Internet resources! Besides being free (most of the time), they're readily accessible and provide the public with more information than they can probably handle :). For those involved in education and improving our children's schools -- whether you're a parent, teacher, principal, or higher up in the world of education, a listing of resources for educational websites is greatly welcomed.

The book, "Essential Websites for Educational Leaders in the 21st Century," by James Lerman, provides such a listing. In his book, James conveniently lists over 300 websites relating in some way to the area of education. These websites have been researched, gathered, and organized into 25 categories, such as General Reference, Homework Help, Projects, and Young Children. In order to make the list, each website had to pass certain guidelines so that readers would have the best possible selection. James describes each website, explains what makes each an important resource for education, and tells how educational leaders might make use of each resource.

MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book -- what a wonderful collection of websites, not only for those involved in the field of education, but also for those just interested in learning, and in ways, making their lives easier with the knowledge found at these websites. The information in this book is very useful, well-organized, and easily accessible. We are proud to say that one of our websites, PrintableChecklists.com, has been selected for inclusion in this book. Thank you James, for providing a book that will make life easier for educators, parents and others involved in the area of education.

I have tried to learn programs from training books before. Sometimes I learned, but I rarely had fun. This book quickly taught me what I needed to know about Dreamweaver and was fun to boot. In my book (excuse the pun), that makes this book a winner! Thanks IconLogic.

This book offered the kinds of lessons I needed, taught the way I needed, and introduced me to "skills and drills" learning. I'd heard about that methodology but never tried it. I'm a big fan now.

Here's what I mean about "skills and drills" learning: Each lesson was explained before I went throught it. Then each lesson was "skilled" into my head via step-by-step activities. Next the lesson was "drilled" into my head via confidence checks (which are exercises you are asked to complete--without step-by-step handholding--before you can proceed).

I also appreciated the fact that the techno verbage was kept to a minimum. No wasted words here!

This book gave me great insight into the b2b world. I was a novice and now I consider myself an expert in this field after reading this book. I highly recommend this book for beginners and up.

The checklists alone are well worth getting the book. The author takes the proven, intuitive process of software development and uses it as a template for building an extranet. A must read for anyone involved in online commerce. I've already given many copies to clients who have used the book for their businesses.

It's always hard to figure out which search engine to use when you're trying to find information on the Web. Hock's book does a great job at sorting out the strengths and weaknesses of each of the major search engines, as well as providing easy-to-read documentation of features such as phrase searching and searching for personal names. I especially liked the sections on "What Happens Behind the Scenes" and "Special Options," which show where each search engine excels. Any serious Net.searcher should have this book within arm's reach.

The availability of a lot of information on the Internet has made finding specific information a more difficult task to accomplish. Unless someone knows were to find something online they must make use of existing tools to find it. A number of elaborate search engine tools were created with this one goal in mind.

Randolph Hock has written The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines to provide us with helpful insight into how existing search engines can be put to use to help researchers find specific information online. A number of these search engines have been around for a while and have seen much use, but time, effort, and money can be saved by becoming more familiar with the major ones and using those that will get the job done!

This book covers the operation and use of major search engines such as Alta Vista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Internet Sleuth, Lycos, Northern Light, WebCrawler, Yahoo, and others. Readers will find out that there are not only search engines that search the 'Net, but search engines that search multiple search engines themselves! Some of these are covered in the book as well!

Readers are introduced to each search engine covered in the book. Screen shots, entry fields, and information about special functions and use are provided. They will learn how each search engine operates and how they should be put to the best possible use. They are compared with one another and the author offers his own opinion of the strengths and weaknesses of each one. Readers are left to determine which search engines are best suited for their own particular needs. An accompanying Website provides updated information at their fingertips!

The book is ideally suited for professional researchers, students, businesses, and libraries. It can be read from cover-to-cover or opened up at any particular place as special needs arise. It is thoughtfully written and very readable. It will make finding information online a much easier and more enjoyable task!

Liposuction is a controversial technique at any age, but Austinite Brooke Bates was the youngest person ever to undergo major liposuction. This enegaging, frank account of Brooke's metamorphosis offers a balanced assessment of this admittedly drastic measure. Bombarded with criticism by thousands of strangers after a dozen major TV apperances, this feisty Texas teen and her family somehow take it all in stride.
The book offers a detailed account of Brooke's experience, dealing with the medical, emotional and social ramifications of undergoing a major procedure at such a young age. The reader comes away with a compelling portrait of the daily anguish young people suffer when their face or body is considered adnormal or grossly unattractive. Brooke Bates's outlook on life has beeen utterly transformed by Dr. Ersek's magic fat-sucking wand, it seems, and it is hard to fault her or her family for resorting to plastic surgery that gave this wallflower turned winsome teen a new lease on life.
For readers of any age who struggle with a serious weight problem or love someone who does, this book offers a detailed account of a typical meg-liposuction procedure, discussing its pros and cons,which can serve as a private consultation of sorts for anyone considering this option. The abundance of before-and-after photos and Dr. Ersek's compelling response to his critics brings Brooke's uplifting story even more vividly to life.

I read this book, and I thought it was absolutly wonderful. I feel for this child so much, and my heart is so sad for her. Its so great that she is now better, and on a great path to a new beginning. This book really opens your heart, in so many ways. For all you people out there with an over weight child, this book is for you...
***** five stars!

PLEASE READ!!

If you want to learn about federal wildlife laws, this is the book. There are other texts and supplements out there for an introduction to the subject, but the depth this book reaches is impressive. For example, Favre's overview on CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) provided me with a clearer understanding of how the convention works (150 member states working to control international trafficking in wild plants and animals). His introduction spoke about the permitting system and enforcement of the treaty, and also provided a discussion of what constitutes illegal trade and contained an explanation of how individual animals are protected under CITES.

I was also impressed with Rebecca Wisch's discussion of the bald and golden eagle protection act. Very detailed. One arena that wasn't touched upon-fisheries-is acknowledged as lacking in the book's introduction (but it said a book on that topic may be forthcoming). Overall, however, the book is a great reference work. It introduces federal wildlife laws to those who might not know where to begin looking. The overview articles are packed with detail, yet they are easy to follow. In sum, this is a great book on Federal Wildlife Laws. I highly recommend it.

Federal Wildlife Laws is a nearly-comprehensive reference text on federal wildlife laws of the United States. If people are interested in gaining a clearer understanding of how wildlife is protected (or not protected) in this country, that understanding needs to begin with a foundation of how the federal government protects wildlife. That knowledge can be gained from this book.

The presentation of materials is easy to follow. The book's editor, David Favre, has chosen to not only include the full text of major acts (such as the Endangered Species Act, the Lacey Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Marine Mammals Protection Act, and several others), but also to include essays and introductions for each section that provide a context in which to view the acts. Additionally, the book begins with a section containing several extensive essays that detail the history of federal wildlife laws in America and provide an in-depth look at federal wildlife laws in the twentieth century. From there, each section has its own contents so that a specific subsection of any act can be easily accessed.

Definitely worth its weight as a wildlife reference text, both for lawyers who deal with these issues as well as non-lawyers who might deal with federal wildlife issues or the person who wants to more clearly understand what's going on with protection of wildlife in this country.

This book offers deeply moving poetry and stories that are finely tuned to nature and spirit. Life comes at you with each reading, for all it is worth... and it is worth much. This is a book to savor.

I found much depth to her writing, as well as that of her contributors. Her respect for the environment is obvious, and I salute her. WELL DONE!!