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Just when you thought you had endured all the hype and universally conflicted opinion about Dan Brown, his controversial book, and the so-so movie version of 'The Da Vinci Code', up pops yet another souvenir of the secret codex. This time we are given the screenplay adaptation by Akiva Goldsman in its entirety (a feature that explains why so much of the novel's story was crammed into the crowded dialogue of the main characters) along with comments from Dan Brown, Director Ron Howard, and notes by Brian Grazer and John Calley.

But it seems the real purpose of publishing this book is to further hype the film, and the book is actually very handsome to peruse. Included are a generous number of photographs of not only the sets and actors, but also the digitally reconstructed venues that were verboten to the cameras. There are views of the Louvre that are breathtaking and recreated interiors of many of the cathedrals that play such a prominent role in the film. That is the enjoyable part of the book.

But to actually read the script with its stilted, chewy, linguistically lazy dialogue is an activity probably best left unread. Goldsman seems a martyr to the words of Brown and every opportunity to make the book into a movie was met with decisions that actually made the film the weaker for them.

But for those who need to have pendants, sweatshirts, caps and trinkets - like leaving Disneyland - then this is a souvenir book that is certain to satisfy. Look at the pictures and read the comments, but forget the dialogue of the clunky screenplay! Grady Harp, May 06

This is a very well put together and informative book that is not only exciting to read but opens the door to a lot of information and provides a "behind the scenes" look into many elements of the filmmaking process that people might not necessarily be aware of. As a former movie executive and now a professor in a film school, I found it a very realistic reflection of the movie business and use it in my courses.

Always have wanted to try to write a screenplay for one of my many favorite books - This book shows us that writing a screenplay is harder than it looks, getting the right information out without over-writing. The photos and storyboard are outstanding - taking you through the process of visualizing the characters and events. This is an excellent addition to all who loved the book, and now see its journey onto the big screen. A must for those interested in writing, illustrating, and pulling together cast and crew and locations of an already great story creating a great movie.

Da Vinci Code aficionados and movie buffs will find a must-have with this lavishly illustrated volume commemorating the making of the film. First off, it's a generous size, 8 ½ by 10 ½" so the 275 images are quite compelling.

It's also interesting to note in Dan Brown's foreword how an author might feel about having his or her book made into a movie: "...a bit like sending a child off to boarding school in a foreign land. You know your child will be changed by the experience, and all you can do is hope you recognize her upon her return."

Needless to say he was quite pleased and considered watching the filming quite an adventure, as will those who peruse this book.

The cast as the world now knows is remarkable, and for this viewer could not have been better chosen. Why all the press discussion of Tom Hanks' hair when there is so much more to explore is quite beyond me. He is, of course, a fine actor and in excellent company with Ian McKellan and Alfred Molina.

Storyboards included in the text are especially revealing as readers are allowed to see how many of the scenes were visualized, in addition there are the wonderful shots of filming of and at the Louvre. All who have spent time in that museum will be delighted to pay a return visit to it via Pinewood Studios where the production designer built a 400 foot section of the Grand Gallery.

There's so much to be discovered in this volume - how a script is presented when lines are spoken in four different languages or that a 12 line car chase resulted in numerous filming days or how Newton's tomb was fully recreated.

If Brown's novel and the movie are on your A-List, you'll love this book!

- Gail Cooke

The author wants to fish out the contents of recent suspicions of the role and `function' manifestations of Judas.
Their observations may sound alien and dissimilar to many media discussions that have been going on in North America, and became more energetic during Easter.
I feel they brushed the whole debate aside.
The momentum given to the arguments whether there was a `conspiracy' between Jesus and Judas is the works of the media - the newspapers, radios, and the TV - based on analysis allegedly emanating from ancient Coptic manuscripts (third or fourth century) - named Gospel of Judas.
Analyzing, chemically, the ink of the manuscript remains controversial to me.
Was such action heretical?
I do not know but I believe this will lead to nowhere.
By rushing the information, which the National Geographic Society in Washington has uncovered, the media is trying to confuse our minds, like saying `there are more beautiful photographs of women than there are photographs of beautiful women'.
The American novelist James Cooper - has written, "" If the newspapers (media) are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own"".
Cooper pronounced those words in the mid 1800's when there was abundant news but little resources of intelligence to verify.
Stunt news was then predominant.
And still is.
Anything that attracts attention, a public figure, whatever he did, is news.
Our century cannot be different from prior centuries when it comes to people trying to find proves and rationales for certain recorded actions and reactions that have taken place in previous times.
The quest for discovering new venues will never stop as long as the progress in chemistry and technology continues on such quick pace.
The point, though, is how the media is transmitting this data, and when.
For example: during the rule of the Bourbons in France, French gatherings in the royal court were very much similar to `séances' where learned individuals, for instance, persons of high ranking families (mainly ladies), tried to rationalize the spiritualistic messages delivered by the distinguished Bishops, and Cardinals who had been appointed by the Pope.
Such debates had notably been conducted in the short lull periods of peace times, when Europeans were not fighting each other and the material were printed by mass communication available during that era, but with restricted distribution.
In their space of relaxation, rich and well fed and triumphant individuals tended towards exaggeration, so they extended their conversations to philosophize subjects such as `it's impossible to believe there is a God', or those who wished to demonstrate the degree of their `learning capabilities', so to speak, talked of how sceptical they were about the existence of God but never professed true atheism.
Some agnostics were doubtful and noncommittal about the whole subject of religion and wanted to be showy about their `enormous knowledge' and their `abilities' to discover new subjects for discussion.
Some even equated such séances with Freemasonry.
Still, printed material on these meetings remained restricted.
Renowned individuals like Verdi, Brahms, Tchaicovsky, Talleyrain, and Robespierre were famous agnostics.
Interestingly, in their lives they were peculiar kind of men, of no fixed occupation, vagabonds (but many of their works, whether good or bad, will remain ageless) and in their eloquent mother language parlance, they pretended to have acquired the luxury of `discovering' better, bright and distinct ideas with a supernatural attributes to even doubt the existence of God.
And the media ran after them, propagated their views, and unearthed their personal memoirs and their mysterious and private exchange of intimated correspondence, much to the chagrin of the Church.
Nowadays, the term `Conspiracy Theory' is having the greatest ascendancy. Like agnosticism, and scepticism in the old days.
The media is treating `Conspiracy Theorists' like window-dressing articles of a new fashion, a means of improving appearance and giving artificial and false impression.
The media, to a group of conspirators, attributes any `action with a bang' to sinister design they have all performed together such as acts prohibited by law, or by means against the law.
But because human imagination is infinite, some media fat cats are going back in history to touch base with our Religion (Christianity)- and this book is not an exception and its related movie.
They are giving us the mental image of events that we always believed and perceived as real, as not anymore acceptable to the senses unless verified.
Think of it guys.
Isn't it strange that on Easter Sunday this year (2006) there have been more media talks about Judas than Christ?
As far as I am concerned, these persons are loquacious, and very forceful in their trivial discussions that one might be led to pursue their pattern of offensive and garrulous thesis, supported by deft cameras and skilful writers.
Many buy their books, which are becoming `best sellers', amid the sad division of our Church, and would agree with them on face value.

What a farce!

Ron Howard had a very interesting childhood with being Opie Taylor in a very famous TV series, The Andy
Griffith Show, and then moving on to more interesting times with his debut on "Love and the Happy Days." It was
a pilot episode which was then named Happy Days. On Happy Days he played Richie Cunningham. During the
six years he was doing Happy Days, he married his high school sweetheart. He left Happy Days because he wanted
to pursue his dream of directing. The reason for wanting to be a director was because when acting if he didn't like
the script he would have to live with it. If he was a director he could change what he didn't like. The first movie
he directed was Grand Theft Auto, he also acted in this movie. As time went on he had several films that didn't go
so well in the box office, so when he directed Apollo 13 he worked very hard to make it a success. He showed the
world what a great director he really was.

The book "Ron Howard Child Star & Hollywood Director," on a scale of one to five is a three. The
book didn't really have a captivating mood or keep your interest throughout the entire book. In my opinion it was
slow and ponderous. Even in the parts that were more interesting, the author was slow to get to her point, I didn't
like that about the book. What I enjoyed in the book was how his family was the number one thing in Howard's
life. The main focus of this book shows how " Ron Howard has proved that a child star can grow up to find adult
happiness and success."

Ron Howard has always been a symbol of something good coming from an era of "Drug freaks and acid heads." I'm his same age and I lived in that same time when the clamps or thumb screws, as we called them, were put on us--the younger brothers and sisters--by our parents. We always felt that we were stymied as a direct result of the exiled hippy generation.

I remember hearing the words of Cruchev. He said, 'American children were nothing but spoiled brats.' Ron Howard, from Opie Taylor to the director of Apollo 13, has been a wonderful sample of the many good qualities that have come from our generation.

Ron Howard's example and accomplishments was one of the main reasons I purchased the book. The other reason was the Author: Barbara Kramer.

Barbara Kramer has a style that allows a young reader to read at a rapid pace,while at the same time, enabling the reader to comprehend the contents of the book.

As an adult reader, and author, I read the book with great enthusiasim. I'm actually a slow reader but I finished this book in one hour and enjoyed every minute of it.

If there is one thing I dislike, it's a biography that is slow and ponderous. I think young readers feel the same. "Ron Howard: Child Star & Hollywood Director," picks up on all the interesting points of his life. I was particularly interested in how Family was number one to the Howards. They wanted to make sure Ron had a normal childhood. I also liked how Ron got along with people of the older generation, like Betty Davis and John Wayne. In my opinion that was how the "Generation Gap" was really bridged, by people like Ron Howard.

Great book. my wife is next in line to read it after she's through my oldest son wants to check it out.

Ron Howard had a very interesting childhood with being Opie Taylor in a very famous TV series, The Andy
Griffith Show, and then moving on to more interesting times with his debut on "Love and the Happy Days." It was
a pilot episode which was then named Happy Days. On Happy Days he played Richie Cunningham. During the
six years he was doing Happy Days, he married his high school sweetheart. He left Happy Days because he wanted
to pursue his dream of directing. The reason for wanting to be a director was because when acting if he didn't like
the script he would have to live with it. If he was a director he could change what he didn't like. The first movie
he directed was Grand Theft Auto, he also acted in this movie. As time went on he had several films that didn't go
so well in the box office, so when he directed Apollo 13 he worked very hard to make it a success. He showed the
world what a great director he really was.

The book "Ron Howard Child Star & Hollywood Director," on a scale of one to five is a three. The
book didn't really have a captivating mood or keep your interest throughout the entire book. In my opinion it was
slow and ponderous. Even in the parts that were more interesting, the author was slow to get to her point, I didn't
like that about the book. What I enjoyed in the book was how his family was the number one thing in Howard's
life. The main focus of this book shows how " Ron Howard has proved that a child star can grow up to find adult
happiness and success."

Ron Howard had a very interesting childhood with being Opie Taylor in a very famous TV series, The Andy Griffith Show, and then moving on to more interesting times with his debut on "Love and the Happy Days." It was a pilot episode which was then named Happy Days. On Happy Days he played Richie Cunningham. During the six years he was doing Happy Days, he married his high school sweetheart. He left Happy Days because he wanted
to pursue his dream of directing. The reason for wanting to be a director was because when acting if he didn't like the script he would have to live with it. If he was a director he could change what he didn't like. The first movie he directed was Grand Theft Auto, he also acted in this movie. As time went on he had several films that didn't go so well in the box office, so when he directed Apollo 13 he worked very hard to make it a success. He showed the world what a great director he really was.

The book "Ron Howard Child Star & Hollywood Director," on a scale of one to five is a three. The book didn't really have a captivating mood or keep your interest throughout the entire book. In my opinion it was slow and ponderous. Even in the parts that were more interesting, the author was slow to get to her point, I didn't like that about the book. What I enjoyed in the book was how his family was the number one thing in Howard's
life. The main focus of this book shows how " Ron Howard has proved that a child star can grow up to find adult happiness and success."

This book contained some good information but was filled with too many errors. The errata from the publisher's web site does not cover even half of the errors, and contains errors itself! Even at a clearance price this book was a waste of money.

This book has lots of errors due to bad publishing. But It did help me to score so high on my 70-67 exam. I made only one mistake. I am still in shock. After some 500 questions I was ready. Most of errors in this book were obvious. I corrected most of them for myself of course...

I used this book just as a last minute source. It had a LOT of ERRORS and wrong information. The questions on the test were very different!

This book might be used to supplement other study guides you have used. It is far from complete and has many errors.

Few of the questins were anything like ones I've seen on the tests.

Although there are some mistakes in the text, and a few obvious errors in the test questions, OVERALL this is a great book to use for your final pre-Test preparations. It WILL NOT stand on it's own (hence some of the bad reviews it has gotten). You must already have a good grasp of the material. This book will help you to reinforce that knowledge and pass the test. I spent 4 days with the book (after taking the 803 and 922 courses in an ATEC) and passed the test with an 855.

This book is a great example of the entire TestPrep series (see my reviews on the Server and Workstation books in this series). You CANNOT pass the test just by reading THIS book. (Trust me, I learned the hard way!) You must get a good understanding of the material FIRST (MS Press's self-paced study guide is excellent). Before you take the test (a few days), get this TestPrep to reinforce the material you will be tested on. If used this way, the book is excellent! Last hint to those of you taking the test: Take this test (70-58) LAST (you will find many questions are similar to questions on the Workstation, Server, and TCP/IP tests!)

many error, make you confuse......... but better than question included in new riders study guide of netorkink essential..........

Poorly edited, but right to the point, compared with other "enormous" Networking Essential material. One of the best solutions to study anywhere (tube, bus, train, car... well if you're not the driver!). It has probably some minor errors, but they are compensated by the utility of the book as itself.

I have used other books in this series and was quite happy with them. But after reading the first few pages in this poorly constructed book, I could see it was only going to frustrate me with it's blatant and carelees errors. Some of the questions were appreciated, but over all it was not worth the time to even scan over it. Too many errors for my liking...Here is a simple explaination found before the 1st chapter.....We all know that the minimum RAM required to install Sever 4.0 is 16MB...right? According to this book..both Workstation and Server require 32MB!!!! DAHHHH

I've read several books on the MCSE courses. All of them have some errors. Some have more than others. This one has more than any I've come across. I do not recommend using this book at all. For the money, there are many other places you can acquire a bank of questions that are substantially more acccurate and relevant.

There's something highly suspicious about all the one-star reviews on this book. Sounds like somebody is out to promote their competing book if you ask me. Some of the "reviews" contain outright fibs: e.g., the entry on NBC's Monitor Show states very clearly it was a radio show that ran from 1955 to 1974, not a "TV show" as the reviewer alleges. I used to listen to radio as a kid, starting in the late 1940s. I looked up all my old favorites, and found the entries to be accurate and informative. The huge number of entries are necessarily short, but this book brought back memories! It's good place to start in getting into the history of old radio. Also contains 120 period photos.

Five years later, and nothing's changed - this book is still an embarrassment and Facts on File will never own up to it.

I need not cite any other example than this one: The entry on the pioneering program "Amos 'n' Andy" runs for several pages - and through the entire piece, Lackmann confuses Charles Correll, who played Andy, with Freeman Gosden, who played Amos, persistently having it the other way round. If he cannot even get this elemental fact about the show straight, there is no reason to pay attention to any other assertion he might make. It's inexcusable.

As others note, errors like this may be found on every single page. What a waste of paper.

Readers interested in old-time radio are directed to the very excellent "On the Air: the Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio," by John Dunning.

The book is published by Facts on File. Apparently having facts on file is not a substitute for knowledge of the subject. In just one sitting I discovered... The Lone Ranger was produced in Pittsburgh (No, Detroit). NBC Monitor was a TV show (No, radio). Paul Harvey retired in the mid 80's (I heard him yesterday). And the errors just keep on comin.' Buy Tune in Yesterday, instead.

This book is full of inaccuracies from beginning to end. I list a few of them in Cave Canem, an online guide to reference book erratas. Email me for the URL.

Mr. Lachmann, in his comments on our 'amateur reviews,' says that its easier for us to criticize his work than produce one of our own, and in that manner dismisses our critiques. Yes, writing is definitely hard work, completing a project even harder. Congrats to Mr. Lachmann for that. BUT, we are not saying that the book is poorly written - i.e., something that is subjective. We are saying that the book is filled with factual errors! Mr. Lachmann should rather embrace our comments so that he can fix these errors in a new edition, rather than not even address the issue. As for the 'professional' people who gave it such good reviews, it can only be that they didn't do much more than skim over it. If we 'amateurs' saw all these errors, think what the pros would have seen had they actually concentrated on it!

I don't reccomend this book. First off his piano is not even in A440. How thoughtless to sell a cd like this and have your piano out of tune. Not only is it never in A440,it's also not in the same pitch throughout the CD. Luckily I'm using a digital piano so I could change the tuning on it.
I did learn a few useful things, but over all, with a few exceptions the songs he chooses to teach are not that interesting IMO and they're not really all beginner material, which is what the book claims to be for.

This book is most suitable for the investor willing to spend large sums for high grade Morgan and Peace dollars. The average collector probably will not get much useful information out of the book.
In the section on grading standards, only mint state grading standards were listed; and then several mint state standards were omitted, such as mint state MS-64, MS-66 and MS-68. Grades of MS-69 and MS-70 were listed, but if one did find a coin in those grades, the price would probably be way out of reach.
This book was written in 1984 and a lot of the specific coin information is outdated. A second updated edition would be useful for an investor.

Is this book a joke? It appears that the authors closely paraphrased the Silverstream documentation and added gratuitous screen shots for filler. One wonders if Howard Block and Al Dunn even develop applications with Silverstream?

There is more self promotion and self serving praise to Howard Block than there is substance. He is certainly getting by in the industry without posessing a grasp of technology. Why anyone would buy a book written by Howard is amazing to me. When you read his writings you wonder how this guy ever graduated High School, let alone how he became a self proclaimed expert of anything. Howard completely re-writes the Silverstream On Line help databases and his book is no more than a blatent copy of what Silverstream has already written. Don't buy this book, unless you are Howard Block's Aunt or Uncle and want to give him money for no reason.

This book has wasted both my time and money. The only good thing I can say about it, is that it comes with a CD containing SS with 60 days license.

Most of the information in this book can be found at either the SilverStream web site or other articles found in technical journals. There is no detailed infortmation or code examples. I have never seen so many misspelled words or incomplete sentences.

It's an outdated book covering 1.5 version (ver 3.0 soon to be realesed). It can be best described as a cut & paste operation from the Silverstream manuals. That too version 1.5 manuals!

I know currently this is the ONLY book available in the market but better wait a month or so and buy the NEW book that's being published by SilverStream Journal (check it by using the LINK on www.silverstream.com)