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As a woman in her early 30's, I wish I read this book in my early 20's. It explained all the financial concepts most people want to understand in clear concise language. This book has everything, it shows ways to save for your child's future, explains the differences between CD accounts and Money Market accounts and much more. I'm going to buy one for all of my girlfriends!

This book is a fabulous resource not only for couples, but savvy singles looking to make the most of their money! It's a real eye opener - not too preachy, but just full of solid, and often amusing advice that's laid out in an easy to understand format. A must read for anyone who wants to retire someday...

I'm not married with children and planning for their college savings or a well-off magazine editor engaged to an equally-fabulous investment banker, but I can still benefit from the financial lessons in The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couple Can Take to Make The Most of Their Money - and Live Richly Ever After, the first book written by CNBC personal finance correspondent Sharon Epperson.

The Big Payoff is billed as a resource for middle-class couples, but as a single, young professional, I found the information in the book relevant to my life and circumstances. I viewed the book as a way to prepare for my future as it gave me advice and real steps I could take to build a solid financial base to support me now and for years to come.

Epperson wrote an easy-to-understand book that's broken down into eight action steps any individual or couple can follow. The steps are divided into chapters that cover topics such as buying a house, emergency planning, college savings and estate planning. The Big Payoff can benefit all people too - from the working poor trying to learn ways to maximize their dollars and build a legacy of financial literacy to pass down to their children, to the middle-class trying to stretch their earnings and provide a comfortable lifestyle for their families. Everyone needs to know about savings plans, budgeting and saving for college and retirement.

Epperson's book makes complex topics palatable and helps people introduce financial literacy into their every day lives and practices. I'm living, breathing proof that the Big Payoff works. One of the best features of the book is the exercises and worksheets that accompany most of the chapters. One of the first things I did after reading the Big Payoff was to write out my short- and long-term financial goals. Then, I drafted a personal budget. The budgeting process is probably one of the hardest, most honest exercises a person or couple must face. It makes you accountable for yourself and your spending habits. Even harder than that, is sticking to your budget. I'll admit, even after a week, there were a couple times when I just didn't feel like keeping track of my receipts. But, I did. Now, I am able to put into perspective my actual needs versus my wants and I've been able to save more money and feel good about the prospects for my future. Sure, I'm at the baby-step phase in this process, but it's a personal triumph for me to at least have taken steps to do something about planning for my future.

The Big Payoff is a plan to help people of all ages get their financial lives back on track or help others take the right path from the beginning.

I have read numerous financial self-help books,but found this one facinating in its focus on couples. Nine years into our marriage - we are still searching for the right financial formula that works for us both and this book provided some practical steps to save, build realistic plans for emergencies and things that we need to consider as a couple. I also enjoyed the empathetic tone of the book in communicating the reality of many two income households and the struggles we still have to make ends meet. I felt refreshed after reading this book - I have more direction to help our family get on better track with our savings plans as a result of reading it.

The Big Pay Off has already been a BIG help to our family. My wife and I have found it to be filled with easy to implement advice. Its well written, straight-forward, and even funny at times!

As we enter the fifth anniversary of 9-11 and the mid-term elections, Diana Butler Bass' book is well worth a second look. Using her personal experiences attending church in Washington, DC post-9/11, Butler Bass reflects on what it means to be a Christian and an American in a post 9-11 world. As Christians, do we drape the cross in the American flag or do we follow the cross of the risen Christ?

Bass has a talent for expressing keen social observation and scholarly analysis in clear, engaging prose. In "Broken We Kneel", she is able to lead the reader through big ideas about church and state by drawing on her experience as a mother, scholar, and church worker in the Washington DC area. The result is a book that is both accessible and insightful--and most importantly a joy to read!

Bass' strong Christian voice, rooted in Augustine, is desparately needed in current discussions about peacemaking, patriotism, and citizenship. While challenging, it is generous and hopeful that Christianity's long tradition has important and unexpected insights for today's world.

The deepest implications of 9/11 have nothing to do with George W. Bush or Osama bin Laden, and everything to do with Christians' duty to oppose violence and empire wherever they may emerge. As Butler Bass explains, the confusion of the state with the church has perilous consequences, both theologically and throughout human history. In the face of war, Christians are called to remember that they are "in the world, but not of it." They must love and forgive all people, even those their kings declare are enemies. (One of the most innocently radical elements in "Broken We Kneel" is Butler Bass's discussion of oikos - the concept that we are all one family.)

Indeed, though Butler Bass bills her book as a lament, it is equally a gentle reminder that Christians are aliens in the City of Man, and that bombs falling on Iraq and Afghanistan can neither return our missing loved ones nor answer our own prayers for healing. She also offers hope that through renewed commitment to hospitality in the tradition of Jesus, we may strengthen our citizenship in the City of God.

God is speaking to us, even now whispering good news of comfort and hope. If September 11 challenged you as a Christian, Diana Butler Bass will help you to listen to God again. Buy this book now.

Diana Butler Bass writes for the many Christians whose horror at the attacks on September 11 was compounded by the abduction of Christian terms for nationalist, militarist, and imperialist goals, and the enthusiastic unquestioning enrollment of innumerable congregations and church leaders in a neo-medieval crusade.

A meditation framed on the experience of conflict with the Washington D.C. congregation on whose pastoral staff she was serving at the time, the chapters will call to mind the works which indelibly marked the path of Christianity in the 20th century, whether theatrical, like 'Murder in the Cathedral' or 'A Man for All Seasons', confessional like Merton's letters and meditations on the American war against Vietnam; but the language is not the language of the polemic or the theatre or even autobiography, but the language of lament, of exile, even of excommunication. There is no ease in such language, and there are no simplifications in the book, which opens with the author's confession to her (Episcopal) priest that she had removed the United We Stand sign from the church entryway, because it was a call to vengeance and to a national crusade. When the priest informs her that the church belongs to the congregation, she responds that it's God's church, and from there, travels from the powerful political congregation which dedicates its faith to nation to the celebration of Easter some 20 months later in an inner city church three blocks from the White House.

Those who seek the company of the suffering servant of which the gospels speak, rather than the Nordic warrior messiah that stands at the center of the American war cult as much as he did at the heart of the German Church of the Third Reich, will find a familiar voice & a kindred heart in 'Broken We Kneel'.

Diana Butler Bass shares hope with the church, and all who care deeply about the role of faith in our national life. Bass dares to speak boldly of the hope with in her, and of our challenge to be members of an alternative intentional community, the Church within the Empire. Her words give courage to all whose hearts ache for another way to be both Christians and patriots, to humbly tell out from our souls the greatness of the Lord. Bass' text is a welcome antidote to the myopic zealotry that has been so prevalent in our national landscape after September 11th. I pray that from the hope renewed in reading this significant little book many, "proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high." An engaging and inspiring read for all concerned about faith in America. Share this book with your friends, your pastor, grandmother, and reading groups. Would be an excellent springboard for parish discussion groups.

This information-dense book will give you an important start on dealing with any security issue likely to arise in your business. Had a mugging in your parking lot? Here's how to make your employees and customers safer. Had a customer skip out on a large debt? This is where to go and what to do to get your money back. Want to do a background check on someone? Look here and find out how.

I have been dealing with keeping my companies' employees and funds safe for decades. I still learned a quite a bit from this book, and will be keeping it handy for future reference. Buy it. Read it. Apply it. If even one technique is needed, you will have more than repaid your time, money and effort.

Having been in the pool business for 25 years, I know how busy and hectic daily routines can be. Reading a book is the last thing I have time to do. Business Security is loaded with great subjects that I can look up and read only a few pages to learn what I need to know. I feel safer with the knowledge I've collected from the many different articles offered in this realistic, post 9-11 based book. I highly recommend this book to anyone, whether business related or not, to use as a "security dictionary" whenever the need arises.

As a security consultant and author, I found this to be a great reference that I refer to again and again. This is a great read for both large and small business owners who understand their responsibilities in a post 9/11 world. Nice Job!! Robert Siciliano

The scenarios in this book are very helpful in protecting yourself from a lot of grief. Things you don't ordinarily think about is pointed out to alert you of potential safety risk. It my be titled Business Security, but some of the safety measures can be taken for the individual and ordinary person. The book is an interesting book to read and entertaining. Some items are even good for group discussions. I gave it 5 stars because the book is easy to read and there is useful informantion in it for everyone whether you own a business or not.

This book can be regarded as a very useful manual for business
persons, especially also working international about avoiding
problems in their daily activities, also using modern media,
incl. the Internet.
M. Enchelmaier

Following a concise and accurate history of the markets last 2-3 years and the possible developments that may effect participants in the markets.

This book is worth a read, by anyone interested in the markets.

I'm only sorry that I think the political aspects of these changes not happening is not addressed.

Patrick Young looks into his magic eight ball and reveals what the future holds for the financial markets. Very radical and probably very acurate. A must read for those traditional brokers who are contemplating a second house in the Hamptons

As the cover of this book says: Liquidity! Accessibility! Transparency!

The authors take a European perspective to challenge the traditional way that financial markets have operated in the United States and elsewhere. They point out, correctly I think, that the revolution is here. Fully automated markets now do the bulk of the worldwide futures trading. For example the Chicago Board of Trade was overtaken in futures volume by the fully automated German-Swiss EUREX in Frankfurt in 1998. London was charging from behind to take a big piece of the automated futures business as well. Automated trading experiments are going on in a number of other places, as well.

The vision the authors have is captured by a quote from Ludwig von Mises: "Economic history is the story of the gradual extension of the economic community beyond its original limits of the single household to embrace the nation and the world."

This vision is essentially of convergence into one global market, with one clearinghouse, and one regulator to do everything. The need to get costs down will require that convergence as the ultimate solution. How imminent this vision is has to be a guess (the authors convey the vision in the form of a dream), but the stories in the book show how often the complacent, traditional view has been wrong. The authors are good at pointing out the speed bumps that will delay progress, and outline good ideas for better and faster implementation.

But they are definitely tolling the bell in the near future for face-to-face selling. "In the future there will only be electronic traders." They also see a rise of small traders, small banks (doing direct placements of IPOs over the Internet with traders without underwriting syndicates), and greatly squeezed paychecks for traditional investment banking and trading activities.

I found the book to be consistent with my own vision. I was still left with the question of why the transition has not been a faster one. Financial markets should be converging at a much faster rate, if one looks only at the technology and the use of the Internet. Which aspects of human stalls are the worst delayers? Probably the tradition and bureaucratic stalls, because the existing markets and regulators are very slow to see new opportunity. Consider how recently fixed trading commissions disappeared. Those should have been gone in the Roaring Twenties.

If you want good detailed information on the state of the electronic market revolution, this book is essential reading. If you own a seat on an exchange, your pocketbook requires immediate attention.

There is an excellent section on how to prepare for the transition, and another one on the dangers to be cautious of.

Good look in building your wealth faster through more efficient markets!

In reading the book, there are many things that would scare traditionalists in our business. The rules are changing, and unless we adapt as traders and exchanges, we will be doomed. As I have discussions with other board members, and other floor traders, some intuitively understand the coming electronic age. Others pass it off as a purely European phenomena. "It won't happpen here.", is a phrase I hear every day. Brokers and traders see that the computerized competitors are having a tough time gaining a foothold in the American futures market. They rest thinking that their future is secure, and that maybe their margins will be squeezed a little. The revolution has only begun. While some of the positions the book posits seem outlandish, Columbus was seen as outlandish in 1492 too. This is a must read for any person associated with floor trading or an exchange. This also makes good reading for anyone involved in government regulation. Barriers are being broken down. Borders set by politics are not relevant to the sea change taking place in the financial marketplace. The U.S. is the titan of investment capital today, but a government that shackles the growth of the marketplace due to over regulation, is doomed to see all that capital leave for less regulated environs. I am on the Board of Directors at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, so I speak from experience. The revolution has begun, and we are trying to embrace it.

Building on the monthly news and insight from Patrick Young's ADTrading.com newsletter, Patrick Young and Thomas Theys have put together a concise history of recent developments in capital markets, especially the futures markets, and the steady advance of electronic trading. As a longtime reader of the newsletter I have been exposed to most of these ideas on a monthly basis; as an industry executive I have watched the events unfold day by day. Nevertheless, this compilation provides fresh insight into Capital Markets trends.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in an overview of the recent history of the futures, equity and FX markets and a plausible view where the markets are heading.

I would also recommend Capital Markets Revolution to industry insiders who are well aware of the events and ideas discussed, as they can benefit from the framework and view of the future into which current events are placed.

The fates of those who sacrificed during the 60s to make America a more perfect union were varied; Some were cut down by assassins. Others re-defined the struggle by securing historic victories at the ballot box. Most simply returned to anonymity, choosing to bear the scars of battle in silence.
While many of these heroes remain unsung, the legacies of the more prominent among them have been well-documented in mainstream media outlets dutifully marking civil rights anniversaries as a way of gauging how far we've come since then. In some cases, these stories have now been re-told so often they seem dated and stale.
But John Blake's compelling new book, "Children of the Movement" traces those human blood lines forward and breathes life into these intimate -- but largely unknown-- family portraits. His interviews with the sons and daughters of those who fought for America's soul are at once inspiring, depressing, universal and utterly unpredictable.
Blake's sparing but effective writing frames each vignette, putting them in context without overwhelming you with tons of historical detail that might have detracted from the narrative. His book is not only a pleasure to read, but also informative, captivating and timely.
Most of all, "Children of the Movement" reminds us that while the struggle for civil rights has changed much in a generation, it is still far from over.

This is really one of the most fascinating books to deal with the civil rights movement in recent years. The author does not rehash old ground, but instead strikes out to see what happened to the next generation born of the activists, heroes, martyrs--and even the repulsive racists--of the 1960s. The older generation that we all know in another context turn out to have been parents ranging in quality from wonderful to awful--and those who knew them 40 years ago may sometimes nod their heads knowingly and say "Told you so!" It adds a human element to our knowledge of that great movement that shaped modern America and inspired the world.
I should add that I took this book with me on two hurricane evacuations this year (you can see that I am from Florida, The Hurricane State), and I could not have wanted for a better literary companion. I recommend it highly.
It does not pretend to tell the whole story of the civil rights movement--but it does tell an aspect of it that no one before John Blake has put between hard covers. No library dealing with that era is complete without this book.

As a child born in the late 70's, I've often felt, in some sense, that the Movement was something in the "past tense"...something that was really (according to History Books) only associated with MLK and other "icons".

After reading Children of the Movement, I realize I was reading the gaps of my childhood history books. I was also hearing the story told from the children...the youth of the 50s/60s...the ones that essentially "gave up" their fathers and mothers for the cause.

Wow...what sacrifice...John Blake makes you look at MORE than the leaders we often hear about, but forces the reader to face how the movement affected children of the time and how the pain and loss weighs on all of us today.

The only way to ensure this perspective is HEARD is to recommend this book to an educator you know...a History professor, a Social Studies teacher...someone who can truly ensure that children today absorb this rich perspective...

This book should be required reading for anyone from the age of 10 to 100, but particularly for those members of the last several generations who may take certain freedoms and rights for granted. For anyone who may be only slightly familiar with the struggles, sacrifices, pains and scars of those who fought for civil rights in America, Blake's book is a vital history lesson, presented in fascinating narratives that captures the reader's attention from beginning to end.
By focusing on the children of the movement, Blake gives a fresh and often unpredictable view of the civil rights movement. The extensive use of photographs was an important compliment to each and every chapter.

John Blake's book, "Children of the Movement," provides a powerful, if painful, glimpse into the heart and soul of the Freedom Movement of the Sixties, as, an insightful portrait of its legacy, through the lens of some of its children--one of whom is my own daughter, Ericka Abram. Blake's tenderly-written report reveals many common themes in the perspectives and lives of these offspring, the most compelling for me being that Movement parents seemed to have been so committed to our cause and protecting our children from the social ills we fought, we forgot to tell them what and why we were fighting. The resulting common disconnection between parents and children is more broadly reflected in the confusion and despair of today, in dealing with unrelenting racism and poverty and oppression, that stand in the stead of the clarity of purpose and commitment of the past. Blake's book opens the door to a healthy discussion toward healing familial wounds and easing generational divisions so as to bring us together in a new effort to finally find freedom in America.

This is a great book and I agree with Mr. Leeb. However, I remember the 1970's and Mr. Leeb likes to compare today with what happened in the 1970's and assumes things might happen the same way in our next oil crisis. From 2008 to 2030, this is a very different type of oil crisis, this is about depletion of the world's natural resources. I have paid for Mr. Leeb's newsletter for several years and have made money. He gives good advice and I think he's right. It's a very good read. Regards, Keith Renick, Peachtree City, Ga.

This book is worth reading. The authors looked into it and found out that oil prices will keep going up and offer some ways to protect your money during high oil prices.

This book is definitely an interesting read as it has an unorthodox approach to something that almost all Americans feel the effect of: rising oil prices.

Dr. Leeb is clearly a very intelligent individual and wrote this book about continually rising oil prices when oil was around $65/barrel in early 2006. That prediction alone is impressive and the book follows the believable premise that this trend will continue and oil will cost at least $200/barrel in the next few years.

He gives us reasons why this coming crisis is being ignored, where we should invest in the next few years, and what effects this economic collapse will have on the economy and the world if it is still ignored. The book also covers some basic economic concepts such as inflation and outlines possible US government action to control and deal with this crisis as it unfolds.

The book is easy to read and written on a level that I could easily understand. I recommend it for the ideas it gives and for the several points that really made me think and consider our current economic status and what it might lead to in the near future.

I agree with most of Dr. Leeb's positions in what he addresses in this book, namely that the situation he outlines for the future will come to pass if nothing is done. I also realize that he is writing from a well-informed and experienced position, and that is worthy of respect from everyone. There were only a few things I didn't understand about the book.

First, this book is repetitive. There are maybe 50 pages of content in a 196 page book. He could have written an excellent small booklet or a series in a trade journal but seemingly opted to make the same project into a full book. The information is good; the presentation is much too long.

Secondly, he has a chapter entitled "Planning for Survival: Alternatives to Oil." This chapter outlines several well-known alternative energy solutions (natural gas, nuclear, wind, etc.) and boldly states "One of the most promising alternative energies...is wind" (page 133). This sounds fair enough, but if you add up his numbers on page 143 you would find that (by his estimates) we need 800,000 windmills in the US to provide us with all our electricity needs. Dr. Leeb implies that we should commit to this immediately, so probably he has already invested in wind power. I am not an engineer, but I have seen these windmills and I cannot imagine where you could put them or where the concrete, metal and labor (and energy!) resources required for a construction project like this would come from. I may be wrong, but I would have liked to see more evidence to back up the statement that wind is the best alternative energy available.

Despite these points, I think this is a really excellent book. I am more of an optimist than Dr. Leeb, and I think that when the crisis hits it will not be with such doomsday results that he outlines. Humans, the most adaptive creatures on earth, will figure out a way to deal with it that will minimize damage and we will recover even if it takes a few years with a slower world economy. However, his advice and non-conformist ideas are excellent and only time will tell the true impact as the economic and political status of the world seems to change yearly. In the meantime, I recommend reading this book and considering the financial advice and predictions that Dr. Leeb offers. It should not take long to read and I learned a lot that I would never have thought of before.

This is Important Stuff - We all wish that the world would stay under control, but reality will not be denied. Leeb is to be admired for saying it like it is. It's too bad that most Americans will not read this book - a cold logical look at what the future will look like.

I just happened to pick up the audio-book version of this book before thumbing through the hardcover.

This is first book of its kind that I've found that recommends stock options and an investment strategy for surviving the coming economic collapse. Dr. Leeb presents a strong argument for getting your finances in order. The basis for his book is the 1970's, a period very familiar to me, the time of "Stag-flation." I believe that with a few adjustments for problems he missed ¯ academic studies such as these tend to be rich in details and highly accurate but myopic. Dr. Leeb is primarily worried about inflation. The basis of his book is that the government will flood the market with dollars to counter the political fallout from collapsing demand. Maybe so, if it can.

Unfortunately, when this book was written, the mortgage crisis had just begun to show up in the media. Where will the money come from when the government is broke? I'm just guessing but I think you'd want to hedge a little more towards deflation than inflation and Dr. Leeb takes this into account.

Another minor flaw with the book is a lack of appreciation for the economic impact of the environment. He sees this as a problem that is 50 years away. As a practical environmentalist and a chemical engineer, I see it as a problem we must address within 10 years or so or we, as a species, will be dead. The American Chemistry Society (ACS) has provided ample warning for years about the rising unhealthiness of the food we eat -- like the warnings to everyone, not just pregnant women, not to eat fish (those on the top of their food chains).

The EPA now warns pregnant women not to eat shark, mackerel, tilefish, albacore (white) tuna or swordfish because of mercury; in truth, their credibility is not gold leaf anymore. Better advice would be to not eat walleye, salmon, pike, or trout and this goes for wild fish and farm-raised. The reason why government agencies such as these are not reliable is because of protection of government interests, such as Canadian and American commercial fishing. But, that, to use an old author's ploy is another story.

Dr. Leeb misses this converging phenomena. One reason may be the cost of damage to the environment. This cost is largely un-measureable and is usually ignored in economic analysis. I should know, I'm a engineer. We have trouble accounting for inflation in our calculations let alone the economic impact of improvements in quality, safety or the environment. I am sure that DuPont would have taken more care not to destroy the Chesapeake Bay if they could have weighed the economic cost. Certainly, the government accountants would have reminded them with stiff penalties.

Or, maybe, Dr. Leeb assumes that if the effect of the environment is severe enough, the health system will collapse altogether. Imagine a world without health care. He alludes to this towards the end of the book.

All in all, this is an excellent book. Like the others in this genre, he warns about inflation. I think Dr. Leeb has chosen the correct path by avoiding the temptation to tell you how bad it could get and focusing on how you can improve your lot during the collapse. At least, Dr. Leeb has some investment ideas for your survival.

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I have gained much from this small yet fact filled book and feel much more secure about the future.

This short book covered more than I thought it would, a must read if you are considering a 401k plan or are ready to retire.

Ms. Rowland does a great job answering just about every question imaginable when it comes to dealing with your 401K plan. There is advice for getting started,switching jobs, planning beneficiaries, actually retiring, taking loans out against your 401k...everything. The book is written in a series of 2 page articles she lists as "steps" so if you want to skip around you can. While a little of the material is dated as a result of the recent tax changes, it is mostly in regards to amounts an individual is able to contribute. I felt I was fairly knowledgeable on this topic before I started reading but I found it pretty interesting and worth the time.

This is an excellent book about 401(k) plan. I found 99% of my questions answered in that book. The book is well-organized, and the author did a good job in presenting the pros and cons of 401(k)plan. The only thing I recommend to the author is elaborating more about the 401K status for non-residnts, and how can they get their money out of this plan in case they decided to leave the country.

This book is excellent! She explains, in-depth and in easy to understand language, exactly what a 401(k) plan is and how to use it to plan for retirement. Her book clearly explains the role of the 401(k) in retirement.

I was spellbound by the biography of John McAfee on TV and simply had to find out more about him. I borrowed his book from a friend at work and finished it in one sitting. All I can say is WOW! I feel like my brain has been sucked out, rearranged, and siphoned back inside my head. I sat, still, after putting the book down, and felt like I was in a dream. I was awe struck. This book has given me glimpses of the reality behind our computers that I never dreamed of. My problem now is (since it's out of print and I can't find it anywhere for sale) how do I tell my friend that I lost his copy:)

This book is a mind blower. McAfee's genius shines through every page. It brings computer technology to life in a way that's indescribable. You have to read it to understand. Beg, borrow, steal or buy this book. You won't regret it.

Reviewer: Warren Wellson from Phoenix, Arizona Computer Viruses is undeniably the most comprehensive book on the subject ever written. Put together by the master virus sleuth (McAfee, of Mcafee Antivirus fame), it provides both an easily understood section for the computer lay person, and an amazingly in-depth study of the mechanics of virus functioning for the computer adept. It is engrossing reading from start to finish as has become one of the most used reference books in my library.

This is a must have book for anyone interested in the world of computers, or anyone who would like to find out how thoese little critters that disrupt our data work.

Reviewer: Warren Wellson from Phoenix, Arizona Computer Viruses is undeniably the most comprehensive book on the subject ever written. Put together by the master virus sleuth (McAfee, of Mcafee Antivirus fame), it provides both an easily understood section for the computer lay person, and an amazingly in-depth study of the mechanics of virus functioning for the computer adept. It is engrossing reading from start to finish as has become one of the most used reference books in my library.

This is a must have book for anyone interested in the world of computers, or anyone who would like to find out how those little critters that disrupt our data work.

I dug this book up at the library after the recent PBS television special highlighting John McAfee and his early shareware successes. I was amazed at the insights McAfee had at the dawn of the virus age. Over ten years ago he acurately predicted almost everything that has occured in the area of computer security and hacker intrusions, including viruses like the "Love Bug", and the confusion surrounding the millenium bug. Once I started the book I was unable to put it down. It's written in an easy to read style and unfolds the world of virus writers and virus technology in a compelling stream of revelations. While this book is one of the older books on viruses, it is a fresh and current today as any book on the subject. If you have even the remotest interest in the subject you've gotta get this one.

This study was one of the most practical ones to put into practice every day with my toddler. Not only were there spiritual insights into mothering, but also very practical applications. The study of Proverbs left me with a plethora of verses memorized to recite to my son as I trained him, and the last chapter of Proverbs really shook me to the core concerning being a virtuous woman. I began to meditate on that chapter and not only was my mothering impacted, but so was my marriage. God is Good! Jean's study is right on! I am a different mother, wife and Christian today because of her studies!

What it comes to Christian mothering help (with the right touch of humor) Jean Stockdale is by far the BEST! Biblical principals, much needed empathy, and large doses of humor make her entire teachning series a hit with me. I'm on my 2nd teaching book and I actually enjoy & look forward to doing my homework. I have learned so much.

I did this Bible study with a group of women from my church. Every one of our lives were transformed by it! Jean Stockdale is an incredible Bible teacher, but it was her message that was so dynamic - become a student of God's Word. This study was challenging as well as encouraging!

Jean Stockdale has truly changed my life and the way that I mother my two girls. She has so much wisdom and provides so much insight on how to raise Godly children. She is also very practical on how to handle such things as sibling rivalry, discipline, and releasing your children one day to go into the real world. I have learned so much from her. I recommend this book VERY much. You will be blessed.

WOW! This is really an insightful Bible study taught by a very gifted Bible teacher. I have studied under Jean for a couple of years now and can see how God has used the Biblical insight taught through her studies to cultivate a love for God's word in my life.
This study was one of my favorites because the weekly lessons teach on wisdom, friendship, importance of our words, anger, discipline, and integrity through an indepth study of Proverbs. This is an excellent resource to do as a group or individually. You will find the biblical teaching to be doctrinally sound and from the heart of a mom who has trully cherished the gift of mothering!

This book covers a broad scope of technologies and how they intertwine to make the internet work better. It gave me a new perspective of the ongoing development of the global infrastructure and pointed out problems with current delivery systems. I found the specific descriptions and comparisons of the leading products and how to configure them invaluable.

An essential resource for any IT professional. It's a reference we utilize often. We strongly recommend it.

This book is a must have reference for anyone who wants to become versed in the ever so popular world of content delivery!! I found that the wording is very easy to understand, yet the concepts are indepth and concise! Overall an excellent book.

Scott Hull and his colleagues/friends have provided an excellent resource for building, enhancing functionality, improving performance, and insuring security for Content Delivery Networks, paying special attention to SSL protocol; which I was most concerned with.

It is by no means a technology primer on all the subjects we encounter in a Content Delivery Network. You should already be aware of some foundation technologies like, LAN Protocols, PKI, Firewall design concepts, Bridging concepts as it relates to Spanning Tree protocol, web client access mechanisms/browser security, etc., to insure thorough understanding; although Scott does provide a solid refresher on these subjects.

The book is an easy read, and is a must have in your arsenal of technology guides if you are in the business of deploying these technologies, or developers who are looking to understand these technologies and provide solutions to their customers.

Thanks Scott! Very timely.

As an IT manager, I can't say enough about this book. It covers all of the issues surrounding content networking in a clear an easy to read way. I especially found the SSL and caching chapters useful since I'm in the middle of deploying solutions for both problem areas. The SSL chapter clearly explains how the protocol works and explains how it relates to real-life issues in deploying SSL accelerators.

I've also found this book useful to get my junior administrators up to speed with the technologies that they have to learn. Finding staff that is familiar with this stuff is hard but with a book like this, I can actually provide useful training material without having to develop anything of my own or spend a lot of time explaining the basics. I intend to buy copies for all of my staff.