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Education
Clinical Sports Medicine
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Education (1993-04)
Authors: Peter Brukner and Karim Khan
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clinical sports medicine
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Review Date: 2008-05-22
this book is very good, for anyone doing musculoskeletal health, or related. covers everythin under the sun, well recommended

A Useful Aid in Evaluating Injuries
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-10
Anyone working in sports medicine should have this reference guide in their library. It's an outstanding resource that will help in diagnosing an injury.

A great reference for any medical professional
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-23
Awesome book !!! I'm a P.T. and Athletic Trainer getting
back into sports medicine and this book is a "must" for
your library. It's well organized and covers such a variety
of subject matter regarding injuries,rehabilitation, specific
medical injuries, and even aspects on the use of supplements
by athletes. It also contains functional anatomical references
that aid in the evaluation and differential diagnosis of
the injury. Great Book !!!

Great book for physical therapists - incredible value
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-03-20
This is an astounding book. When was the last time you saw a 900+ page hard cover book packed with useful photographs and excellent line drawings...The practical advice in this book is unparalleled. No wonder it is an international best-seller. It arrived quickly and well packed from Amazon. Keep up the good work and thanks!

An invaluable resource
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-23
The second edition (2001) of this work is indeed an outstanding resource. My daily work includes imaging of sports and musculoskeletal injuries. I find this book frequently useful to supplement deficiencies in my knowledge and experience, and a most useful companion to the second edition (2001) of "Musculoskeletal Ultrasound" by Marnix van Holsbeeck and Joseph Introcaso.

Highly recommended as a workbench resource to those interested in imaging of sports injuries.

Education
The Complete Children's Liturgy Book: Liturgies of the Word for Years A, B, C
Published in Paperback by Twenty-Third Publications (1996-06)
Author: Katie Thompson
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Complete Book is Right!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-07
If you are new to Children's Liturgy of the Word, this is a great book to start with! It is easy for anyone to use to facilitate Children's Liturgy of the Word, and it has all the Sundays for all three cycles. My parish has been using this book as a resource for two years.

Complete Children's Liturgy Book
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-01
A wonderful resource to use for Children's Liturgy of the Word or for catechesis.

What a wonderful find!!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-13
I have been in charge of the children's mass at my church for a few years now. We had some old books from the 1970's that we were using, but they had inadvertantly got recycled during a clean out that I missed at our church. So, I went on several sites trying to find a replacement. When I found this book, I was apprehensive about what might be inside. I was very happy when it arrived. Not only does it cover the gospel for each week, but it has a suggested activity to go along with it that you can photocopy. I have requested that my church order one to keep with the children's mass supplies as I plan on keeping this one for myself to use not only for the mass, but also as a reference for the sunday school class I teach. This book will help anyone who wishes to teach a child about their religion in an easy and fun way.

book does the work for you!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-15
we bought this book this summer, as a workbook/instruction manual for our church's recently re-introduced children's liturgy program. it's perfect! completely scripted, any one of the 4 couples who take turns leading, can just pick it up the night before, read over it and be ready to lead the next morning. in years past, the leaders spent so much time preparing and planning that they could offer only ONE children's liturgy a month! but with so much of the work done for us, in this book, we are happy to offer it EVERY sunday. the gospel is kid friendly, the discussion questions are very helpful and the kids love the activity pages....we love that they directly correlate to each sunday's gospel reading. 5 STARS! highly recommend!

A Great Resource for Catechists!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-29
This book is a wonderful resource for RE teachers and catechists. I teach 2nd grade catechism and use the readings in this book at the beginning of each lesson (once a week). The kids love to hear the stories and have told me that it makes "Father's readings more interesting!" The activities are very relevant and complement the readings very well.
The only problem I've had, is that a couple of the readings were too condensed and left out some key details. Therefore, it took a little more effort and time to explain them, and they left the kids a bit confused. But, with careful research and comparison from the readings at Mass, I've been able to clarify any uncertainty.
I highly recommend this book to catechists working at the elementary levels! It is a great addition to the curriculum and helps the kids get more involved in the Mass.

Education
Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3 (Comprehensive Curriculumà)
Published in Paperback by American Education Publishing (2001-02-23)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
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Excellent product
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-25
This is an excellent comprehensive book for each corresponding grade level. Though some parents will find, as I have, that their homeschool child is more advanced than they would be in public school. My children grades 4th, 3rd and 1st, are finding each of their books a little too easy, so be sure to supplement each compresive curriculum book with some additional books. For example, the "Skill Sharpeners" is an excellent series of books.

good supplement for 3rd grader
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-18
I bought this for my 3rd grader. I also use it as a booster for my gifted 2nd grader. It is fun, clearly printed, and colorful. My kids don't feel fun doing it, not an "assignment".

Comprehensive Curriculum -highly recommended
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-05
These are great books as a supplement for any homeschooled child or traditionally schooled child. The bright drawings and colored pages truly help kids to keep at it and not get so bored with the work. Trust me, I've gone through my fair share of educational books and the plain black and white ones are never chosen over the colored artistic workbooks.

Comprehensive Curriculum
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-22
This curriculum covers everything in a naturally progressive way and is divided into subjects. It is not so full of work that you have no time left for supplimenting materials you choose for your child's particular needs.

It is missing to things however. Exams would make it easier for the evaluator to determine progress, which although many homeschooling parents disapprove of, will help satisfy state's requirements. It would also be practical if the book came with a built in planner at the beginning, with more information as to how the book was intended to be used.

great for families with more than one
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-11
If you're juggling a few children at different ages (I have one school ager and two toddlers) this book is a great find. We can tear out pages to take them on errands. Very little preparation is required, just review the directions and assist child when needed. The areas your child is struggling with will be pretty glaring, so you can make quick review lessons to takle the problem areas. Having a worksheet based curriculum allows time for bible and life-skill lessons, as well as reading time with books of your choice. My child looks forward to his worksheets. The short and flexible lessons allow him to absorb the important stuff without feeling overwhelmed (he has adhd). It's also great for his confidence to get such immediate feedback.

Education
Computational Fluid Dynamics (McGraw-Hill International Editions: Mechanical Engineering Series)
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Higher Education (1995-07-01)
Author: John D. Anderson
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The basic of CFD
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-14
I found the basic knowledge for understanding the computational fluid dynamics. If you have "computational fluid dynamics, Hypersonic and high temperature of gas dynamic" and a software for solve linear system and EDO( like Mathenatica), you could make computational fluid dynamic.Also clarify "Time-dependent approach to the steady state","classification of quasi-linear partial differential equations","Implicit and Explicit methods","Boundary-fitted coordinate","Time and space marching".

A must read
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2004-02-27
In my opinion, this is the best book I have read in all my engineering life. The beauty of this book is in the author's ability to exactly understand what the students difficulties could possibly be and also help in removing the difficulties. NOBODY must read any other cryptic CFD book before he ventures into this superlative text. While reading this book I had a feeling of some professor standing in front of me, teaching with love in a simple and clear language. Believe me, you can finish the entire book in one sitting if you have some background in Fluid dynamics since it is downright clear, conveying and interesting.

I personally have not found a teacher better than this book.

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-28
This is a very easy book to read. Anderson not only explains the computational methods, he covers the basics and explains the relevance of the equations and terms. This book addresses the needs for people with little background on this subject. I recommend it for any novice interested in obtaining a basic introduction to CFD.

Simply Fantastic
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-04
I am presently in my 4th year of a PhD in Astrophysics. While my background in the analytic portion of Fluid Dynamics is strong my understanding of how one discretizes and solves these equations numerically is somewhat lacking.

I picked this book up as a starting point to more complicated methods and found it to be, hands down, one of the best texts I have ever read. It presents the material in a concise, clear, and physically motivated fashion which makes learning the topic incredibly straightforward.

While this book is only a 'kicking off' point for more advanced techniques I think it is a must read for beginners and intermediate users. For the first timer to CFD the book will get you started down the right path armed with all the preliminary tools. For the more advanced user it will put aspects of the topic into an easier to understand light and perhaps shed more light on fundamentals that were presented poorly elsewhere.

I'd give it ten stars, it's allowed me to crack into the code I'm using and really understand why it works as well as having set me down the path to a more advanced level of understanding of CFD.

Great!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-15
If you want to learn CFD from the beginning, you must buy this book. It is simply the BEST, and I hadn't enjoyed reading a technical book since long time ago.

Education
Course In General Linguistics
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (1965-06-01)
Author: Ferdinand de Saussure
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Foundation of modern Linguistics
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-19
This text marks the beginnings of modern linguistics, and is a must for any linguistic bookshelf. This text is, surprisingly, somewhat difficult to find in bookstores, so I was happy to find this affordable copy at Amazon. I recommend this book, along with Bloomfield's Language, to anyone interested in the structuralist foundations of contemporary linguistics.

A must for any English Major!!!
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2005-02-13
If you need to know the foundation of structuralism then you need to read this book. This is where it all begins and the translation of this edition flows well and is perfect for the beginner and novice alike.

One problem with this translation that potential readers should be aware of: If you are reading this to get a better understanding of the terms used by structuralists (signifier and signified) then you need to get the other version. This edition uses the words signification and signal.

Although the rest of text is fine, the exclusion of signifier and signified is, I believe, the only major drawback to the book since these were the terms adopted by structuralist and post-structuralist.

The Essential De Saussure ...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-08
The thirties of the last century cradled the birth and growth of structuralist Linguistcs in many horizons like phonology ,grammar , etc ... and if we were about to ask who embraced that stream , we would - undebatably - find the name of Ferdinand De Saussure.

This fine book of his explained his structural approach to language and established a series of theoretical distinctions that have become basic to the study of linguistics.

Saussure made a differentiation between the (actual speech) or what we call a spoken language ,and the knowledge underlying speech that speakers share about (what is) grammatical.
For Saussure speech represents instances of grammar and the mission of the linguist is to find the underlying rules of a particular language from examples found in speech.
this is different than the descriptivist's p.o.v ,since the structuralist sees grammar as a set of relationships that account for speech ,rather than a set of instances of speech.

Once you grasp the main concepts of this oeuvre you can go further by reading Bloomfield's works on Structuralism.

The central concepts of linguistics
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-13
This book comprised from lecture notes of Saussure to his students in Geneva (compiled posthumously by his students) is a work which changed the course of lingustics since its publication. In this book he makes distinctions which have later become central to discussions of linguistics like:

1. Sign as the unity of signifier (letters, sounds, image) and signified (meaning implied by the signifier)
2. Language (langage) as the unity of langue (code - language as a system) and parole (usage)
3. Syncrhonic (language as static system) and diachronic lingustics (langauge as an ever changing, evolving system)
4. Retrospective (language evolution so far) and prospective linguistics (future evolution of a language).

Many linguists have added a cloud of debate over these concepts, but non explains as lucidly as the master who propounded these. For those confused bout semiotics, semiology etc., this work is a reference point for the original meaning of the term 'semiology' as intended by Saussure. Many of Saussure's binary distinctions became the central to an approach to social sciences called structuralism which still holds sway in social sciences.

Ferdinand De Saussure = Father Of The Modern Sausage
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 25 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-23
Ferdinand De Saussure was well known as the father of modern literary structuralism, but he was also an avid lover of the modern sausage! De Saussure, "the sausage" (as his good friends called him) was a fun loving linguist.

Education
Creating a Business Plan: Your Dream Concept Made Real
Published in Perfect Paperback by BizTeach Inc. (2008-03-10)
Author: Nik Kerner
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Clear Path to Success
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-31
Let's face it, starting your own business is difficult. When I came up the idea for my own small business, I was consumed with the details of the business- not the business plan. This book as helped walk me through the in's and out's of my business plan, and ultimately, helped land me a loan from my bank. Thanks for keeping it simple!

Take the Mystery out of business
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Review Date: 2008-03-28
I wish I had read this book sooner, maybe I would have opened my own business! This book takes you into the most mysterious thing about opening a small business - the business plan. I always heard that banks wanted them, but I had never seen one. Now, by reading this book, I not only saw one, but I saw it in action. This book has great tips, humor, and a knack for talking in a way that non-business majors can understand. Read it and see just how you too can get rolling on your dreams!

Great Product For New Entrepreneurs
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-27
Mr. Kerner helps the reader, in a simple step-by-step approach, to address those items that must be included in an effective business plan. He leads you through the process so gently that before you know it, the plan is done and ready to open doors for new entrepreneurs everywhere. I particularly like the fact that Mr. Kerner has successfully started businesses, and provides us with the tools he would have liked available himself.

Business Plans done right!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-28
Thanks to Mr. Kerner's work I finally feel as if my dream concepts can be made real! For me the business world has always been rather daunting, never knowing where or how to begin. Yet, the clear, step-by-step approach laid out in this book is effective in breaking it all down. It's clear Mr. Kerner wants to help you succeed, and his humor throughout the pages helps to make the process of creating a business plan much more enjoyable! Highly recommended, this book is written for people like you and me!

Clear and simple! Highly recomended.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-25
I started a business about a year ago, and things were going well. There was just one problem, when I wanted to expand ie: get a loan, I didn't have a business plan. I needed something to give me clarity and help me organize my thoughts so that I could present them to a bank. After trying several online business plan guides I found this book. The instruction is clear, and after completing it, I actually understood what went into my plan. A great buy!

Education
Crown Me!
Published in Hardcover by Holiday House (2004-10)
Author: Kathryn Lay
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Funny and Insightful
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-17
Crwon Me is a funny and insightful novel about a kooky kid and even kookier classmates. It had me in stitches. Kids will love this!

Winner of the Best-Book-With-the-Worst-Cover Award of 2004
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-06
I know that I am just a lowly Amazon.com reviewer and that the things I write make little to no impact on the wider world around me. Even so, I feel hesitant to read and review a children's book when I learn that it is some perfectly nice author's very first novel. They must be so proud. To have put all that effort into a title. To watch it grow beneath your fingers and become something new and different. To have it molded and shaped by a variety of editors, friends, and advisors. To have it published by a big ole publisher like Holiday House. Then, finally, to watch it ripped into tiny shreds at the hands of some two-bit Amazon.com reviewer who probably wouldn't know the next great kid's book if it came up and bit them on the ... well, you get the idea. After reading the first half of "Crown Me!", these were my thoughts. I found myself worrying. How was I going to write a review of this book when it so obviously still needed work? To my utter relief, however, the second half of the story more than made up for the first. So while this is not the best children's book of 2004, and while the author probably has a ways to go before she can be said to be the next great voice in kiddie lit, there's promise here. Real promise.

Some kids want run for President when they grow up. Then there's Justin Davies. He doesn't want to just run for President. He wants to BE President. And now, thanks to his history teacher Mr. Bailey, he has a chance to be the next best thing. King. When Justin and his rival Andrea Carey are pronounced King and Queen for two weeks, they're both delighted. Sure Mr. Bailey keeps saying that this'll teach some kind of a lesson to them all, but all Justin can think is that this is the perfect way to get the attention he needs for an eventual run as fifth-grade student council president. Problem is, being a king isn't all it's cracked up to be. His friends keep getting mad at him when he won't favor them, he keeps making impossible promises that he can't keep, and now the school bully, Badger, is challenging him to a joust. It ain't easy being king, but somebody's gotta do it. Justin just needs to learn how.

When I first began reading, I felt I recognized the author's voice in this book. It sounded oddly familiar. After a couple more pages, I realized that lay is a dead ringer for Bruce Hale (author of the oh-so popular "Chet Gecko" series for younger folks). Take out a couple of Gecko's bad puns (and give them all to "Crown Me!"'s bully villain) and you've got a mighty similar writer on your hands. Lay is a bit too prone towards putting bad or corny jokes in the mouths of her characters. The bully spouts overused phrases like, "I'm going to punch you into next week" and "I'd be just as happy to squash two wimps for the price of one". When you begin the book, things like this are particularly prominent. Justin, our hero, is not especially likable and his friends are even less so. It's mighty difficult to believe that he would still want to be friends with them when they repeatedly betray him, get mad at truly tiny slights, and cowardly abandon him at the worst times. The first few chapters of the book were so depressing, in fact, that I had to make myself keep reading.

Then it got better. Once Lay's really into the story, the writing becomes crisper and the satire sharper. By the time Justin's campaign for fifth-grade presidency is in full swing, Lay somehow manages to give the book the thrill of an actual election. Kids reading this book will honestly be on the edges of their seats as they wait to hear the final verdict. I also loved the character of Willie, Justin's unwanted knight errant and remarkably adept campaign manager. Any scene in which a kid shows his love of presidential advisors by keeping a picture of Orville Freeman (Kennedy's secretary of agriculture) on his desk has my instant love. There are still loose ends left dangling by the story's close (we never learn what happens to the ficus that Justin and his dad continually forget to water) but these are small enough that they shouldn't distract from what ends up being a truly satisfying close.

The obvious pairing of this book would be with, "The Kid Who Ran For President" by Dan Gutman. Also consider giving it out with fellow first-time novel, "Donuthead", by Sue Stauffacher for another look at a kid dealing with dangers and insecurities. "Crown Me!" isn't going to garner too much attention, but it's bound to be adored by those kids who sympathize with Justin and his quest. Lay has an accessible voice and a fun plot here. She's bound to win some fans with this book.

Suspenseful and entertaining
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-24
Children's books beg for the gifts of vivid imagination and delightful reading. Kathryn Lay's book, CROWN ME!, has both of these gifts and more. When immersed in the life of Justin, a 5th grade political hopeful, young readers will be entertained while inadvertently learning about attitudes, dealing with others, & politics. Ms. Lay's story, written in 1st person, is presented in a suspenseful and entertaining manner. I congratulate her on a great idea and wish I'd thought of it first.

Crown Me!- King of the books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-04-07
I LOVED the book! I picked up the book because it looked good and it WAS good. It was funny and serious at the same time. It was funny because of what happened with the characters. The fifth grade class really got into the idea that Justin and Andrea were King and Queen. It was serious because Justin really finds out what it is like to be a leader.
Buy it! It's the best book I ever read!

Clever and fun!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-21
Justin is a confident, smart, and ambitious 5th grader with great political aspirations. When he and his academic rival are selected to be the king and queen for a class history project, the royal couple's delusions of grandeur threaten both of their campaigns for class president.

Kathryn Lay's delightful middle-grade novel is quite funny, with a charming mix of characters who aren't always what they seem. Cleverly titled chapters add to the fun.

Education
Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever (Baby-Sitters Club)
Published in Library Binding by Sagebrush Education Resources (1999-10)
Author: Ann M. Martin
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I love this book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-01
since we already know what the plot is about thanks to reviews, I just want to say that my favourite parts in the book are when Dawn & Whitney go shopping and when Dawn's dad and his date, along with others in the neighborhood, attend a classical music picnic. There is also a special surprise at the end of the book relating to dawn's life, read it to find out!

each chapter was something fresh to read
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-20
I enjoyed reading about the shopping trips, the music picnic, the carnivals, the baby sitting and everything else.

I love this book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-22
I really loved this book since I bought it. I think what made it more enjoyable was the way it was descriptively written, anne did a great job writing this book. The way she described the baby sitting jobs, the family dates right down to the detail and the shopping trips almost made me feel as though I were watching a movie of it.

great book!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-28
I really love this book! It was extremely well written and Dawn and Whitney had a beautiful friendship. This book illustrates that just because you have a disability doesn't mean you're different from everyone else. Also Dawn's dad is in the dating game and dawn and jeff come along for family dates, that was also an interesting read. I think this is one of dawn's better books. A great read!

Cool!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-16
The book is very cool! When dawn meets Whitney, Dawn finds out that Whitney has a disease so Dawn asks her if she wants to be her baby-sitter. Dawn and Whitney really had a beautiful friendship in this book. Plus, Dawn's father is having dates with another girl and Dawn and Jeff are asked to come to their father's date.

Education
De Profundis (Webster's English Thesaurus Edition)
Published in Paperback by ICON Group International, Inc. (2008-05-29)
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Strangely moving
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-21
One of the most famous - and infamous - letters in all of literature, De Profundis is a strange little piece of work: either much more than it appears on the surface, or much less. It is something I think everyone should read, if only for its insight into the human character, particularly that of one under great personal suffering. Wilde wrote this extraordinarily long letter from prison to Lord Alfred Douglas, his friend, lover, and the man who - by all accounts - was the reason Wilde was in jail in the first place. Despite repeated assertions in the first few pages alone to the contrary, Wilde seems reluctant to blame himself. He clearly blames Douglas to the hilt, and harbors a certain bitter resentment towards him. And yet... he clearly still hold much dear affection toward - and even loves - Douglas. He still seems to be asking for forgiveness - despite the fact that, by all accounts hardly excluding his own, he was the man wronged. It is quite clear from reading this letter that, desite the view history holds of him, Wilde was clearly a man of very high moral character. Certainly, one would not put Wilde atop a pedastal as the zenith of ethics - he himself says that morals contain "absolutely nothing" for him, and clearly admits - and is proud of - his having lived the high life to the hilt during his youth - but Wilde was a man of principles, and he stuck to those principles to the tragic, bitter end. Perhaps you might say he carried them too far. One gets the sense in reading this letter - or a biography of Wilde - that, not only could he have stopped his immiment imprisonment, but could have severed his ties with Douglas completely - had he wanted to. Apparently, he had his own utterly compelling reasons for not doing so. Whatever the case, Oscar Wilde is one of the most fundamentally and perpetually interesting characters in the whole of history. A self-described man of paradoxes - Wilde was subsequently the true essence of his time, while also being far ahead of his time - De Profundis makes for required reading by one of the most endlessly fascinating individuals you'll ever read about, and also provides a startling - indeed, perhaps too much so - insight into human nature.

De Profundis, though long for a letter, is not a long work in the conventional sense. Consequently, as many editions of Wilde's collected works are available, buying this on its own may be deemed questionable. I highly reccommend purchasing a Collected Works of Oscar if you have not done so already - it's well worth the price - but, should you desire to have more compact editions of specific works, an edition such as this will be privy to your needs.

Bonafide powerhouse!!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-25
This is a very moving account of a heartbroken man who was betrayed by a person he loved dearly. The pain, the trauma, the love, the anger, the frustration is evident in every single well-written sentence. This book is not only a window into the mind of one of the best British writers of the late 19th century. It is also a timeless lesson on what can happen when one falls in love with someone who doesn't truly appreciate what they have before them. Of course there are other lessons to be learned in this book but rather than point them out here, I'd much prefer you pick up a copy of "De Profundis" as soon as you can.

Wilde's Masterpiece, By FAR
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2003-05-30
Not actually a "letter," though it had to be originally presented as such for him to be allowed to write it while in prison, *De Profundis* is Wilde's masterpiece--one has to have really lived and really, really suffered to have written it and it's amazing that he achieved it.

I only very recently read it--and "got" it. It rings true to me, and is very, very moving and "profound." It ain't summer beach reading.

Wilde is still and will probably always be best known as a "Personality"--that and the author of a couple of decent period plays, a short novel, a few stories, and lots of forgettable poems and such. But THIS--THIS is IT.

He really WAS a great writer, it turns out, after all.

Ignore Douglas
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-17
So many people concentrate on De Profundis' accusations cast towards Alfred Douglas. Yes, it's true that the letter was written to him and that Wilde is ruthless in letting Douglas know exactly what he thinks of him but that's not why De Profundis is a great piece of work. It is great for three reasons. Number one - It contains the best account of the life of Christ. Christ as the romantic artist is the only account that has moved me to tears and the only account I can personally embrace. Number two - it is chock full of the Oscar Wilde voice and wit and as a result it reverbates as a true work of art and number three - It is ultimately a work that celebrates the things in life worth feeling - failure, love, injustice, strength and forgiveness.

Don't waste your time with the accusations towards Douglas. He is unimportant. Oscar Wilde is what's important and De Profundis is Oscar Wilde bare.

The Wilted Lily: Oscar as penitent manque...
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-04
Ah, me...one doesn't know which to be more irritated
and exasperated with: whether it be Walt Whitman doing
his dissembling shuck-and-shuffle about the children
he had sired (to throw off a probing, serious John
Addington Symonds) -- or Oscar, in this "j'accuse," which
he should have spoken while looking in a mirror, rather
than writing it on paper to Lord Alfred.
This is without doubt a fascinating, horrifying,
and yet in places humorous, "piece de Miserere mei"
(to combine a bit of French with Latin).
If one chooses to believe Oscar, his only fault
was weakness in "giving in" to Lord Alfred. Oh,
come now. Blinded by Eros, reason flies out the
door...if ever reason was in control. There are
some sentences which are devastatingly revealing,
but Oscar doesn't seem to see it. "The trivial in
thought and action is charming. I had made it
the keystone of a very brilliant philosophy expressed
in plays and paradoxes." Ye gods, and little fishes!

And this man dared to call himself a "Classicist?!"
Yikes!!!
The best exercise for the reader is to just take
many of the things which Oscar accuses Lord Alfred
of, and turn them toward the self-blind, self-
justifying Oscar, to see their devastating hitting
of the mark. Never having met the young man, but
only having the "benefit" of hearsay (mostly from
Oscar's literary defenders) Lord Alfred seems to have
been calculating, temperamental (using anger to get
his way), manipulative, etc., etc., etc. The best
description of him may be Wilde's referring to him
with the lines from Aeschylus' play AGAMEMNON,
about the lion cub being raised in a house and
being let loose to wreak havoc and ruin.
But Oscar bears his share of blame -- more than just
that of the "sin" of weakness which he constantly falls
back upon in his own justification. Even in the midst
of what purports to be some sort of penitent cry from
the depths of hell...Oscar still is ever the poseur:
"And I remember that afternoon, as I was in the railway
carriage whirling up to Paris, thinking what an impossible,
terrible, utterly wrong state my life had got into, when
I, a man of world-wide reputation, was actually forced
to run away from England, in order to try and get rid
of a friendship that was entirely destructive of everything
fine in me either from the intellectual or ethical point
of view...." Er, when was the last time that the
"everything fine" had last seen the light of day?
Was Oscar an "Artist," as he consistently claims?
Was he the wronged, harmed Artist? Perhaps only the
reader can decide that for himself. Without doubt
he was witty, acerbic, funny, cute, clever, perhaps
even charming (to some -- sort of like a Pillsbury
Dough Boy with flair and a clever tongue), perhaps
stylish (in a frumpy, velveteen sort of way). Was
he wronged by a predatory clinger and manipulator,
and a hypocritical social prudery and class power
play (Oscar is no Socrates--that's for sure!)? He
hardly seems worthy, in some ways, of being a poster-boy
for Gay Pride parades. More likely, he is a better
warning poster boy for the self-excusing, and never
take-responsibility-for-your-own-actions crowd.
But this is an incredible piece to read and think
about. There is some of it that is mordantly hilarious.

Education
Debugging Embedded Linux, Digital Shortcut
Published in Kindle Edition by Pearson Education (USA) (2007-03-22)
Author: Christopher Hallinan
List price: $14.99
New price: $9.99

Average review score:

A great book on the subject
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-26
I confirm all that has been said.

It is the first source I have found that explains building the linux kernel in a way that makes it easy to understand. While you might be able to find this information on the net, this makes it easy to get an overall view of what is going on.

It is easy to read, and has great references. Well worth the price.


Really heapful
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-30
For those engineers who start their first embedded Linux project, this book is a must have. The book is not for those who want to understand how kernel runs but it gives you the most important concept and work flow to bring up the OS on your development board. The author also provides a useful further reading list in case you want to dig more. A very practical and clearly written book and I would recommend it to those who have solid experience in embedded development but just start to explore in Linux.

Embedded Linux Review
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-02
This book is very well organized, and provides a good level of detail of the topic. I do recommend it.

Excellent survey
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-28
I am an experienced embedded developer that just inherited an embedded Linux-based project already in progress. As there happens to be no one else at my company with any embedded Linux experience, I automatically became the de-facto Linux expert and I needed to come up to speed on a lot of topics very quickly. I found this book to be an excellent survey of the must-know topics for the embedded Linux developer. It also contains many references to the most definitive sources of information on the various topics. Highly recommended for coming up to speed on embedded Linux.

Very good book to study embedded Linux
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-09
This book, the CALAO SYSTEM USB-A9260 card, an eeePC and a cross over cable is all that you need to study embedded system everywhere (even along the Seine river in Paris - yes I did it !).
The chapters about the U-BOOT bootloader, the BUSYBOX embeded Linux and an extra piece of information on the JFFS2 file system are welcome. If the cross-development environment chapter had been about BUILDROOT, this book would have been THE BOOK for the present embedded Linux based systems designers.


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