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A thousand thanks for this excellent text, Dr Doyle!

It is rare indeed to find a book that provides vital, up-to-date information for the busy practitioner AND is so clearly written that it is easily understandable for the lay-reader. Tis book accomplishes both with a crisp writing style that is consistently clear, informative and engaging throughout.

Well-referenced chapters review the diagnosis, biological basis and comprehensive treatment of this increasingly identified disorder.
Dr Doyle even-handedly covers the many controversies that still surround ADHD in Adults. Especially helpful to the clinician is the chapter on managing Co morbid and Treatment Refractory ADHD. The section on "Work, Women and Family" even includes a very informative evaluation of "ADHD-Friendly Work"

Dr Doyle has masterfully written a handy and helpful reference for busy clinicians treating Adults with ADHD. Impressively, this text is also easily accessible to the non-professional or family member who is trying to understand and cope with the complexities and consequences of this challenging disorder.

I highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with ADHD!

Dr. Doyle's book is "just what the doctor ordered" for those of us who may be confused by the debate over whether Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is overdiagnosed. This book clearly defines ADHD from the disorder's biological basis and behavioral manifestations to an analysis of the medications in terms of what does and does not work in given instances, to the various pychological interventions, and even to a celebration of some of the unique talents of the ADHD-affected individual. While the book is addressed to adult ADHD, it is so comprehensive that the reader can understand ADHD on all levels--both juvenile and adult.
Perhaps more importantly, the book is a good read. Dr. Doyle uses vivid patient stories to illustrate his points. These stories are so engrossing that the person who recommended this book to me confessed that she had skipped the scientific analysis on more more than one occasion to get to the end of one of the stories.
I found myself in the opposite quandry when, for my next book, I chose Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," about an autistic boy. I loved the novel, but found myself longing for it to have an in-depth appendix by Dr. Doyle to give me the same careful understanding of autism that I now have of ADHD.

Although this book appears to be aimed at psychiatrists and mental health professionals, most of it is quite accessible to the lay person like myself. I like professional journals and books because I want details and depth, but they are usually crammed with overly technical terms and very dry.

Dr. Doyle's book is the rare exception: a comprehensive, professional-level work that is actually enjoyable to read. His style is almost conversational, and although he presents a lot of technical information, I never felt like I was slogging through a textbook. Unfamiliar terms are clearly explained, and every chapter is sprinkled with specific references to groups, associations, websites and other books where you can get more information.

The chapters on medications provide the best review of currently prescribed ADHD drugs I've ever seen, in print or online. Doyle clearly explains each class of drug and how it works, and discusses critical issues like side effects, interactions, and precautions. Again, though written for doctors, this material will be very helpful for patients and families.

Doyle's approach to ADHD is sensibly holistic: he emphasizes the importance of each patient's uniqueness, and discusses the impact of factors like age, gender, ethnicity etc. And his survey of treatment options goes beyond traditional psychotherapy and medication to include ADHD "coaching," cognitive-behavioral therapy, and what he calls "environmental interventions" (making changes in one's social or work settings).

Doyle suggests that, once you've found a way to manage disruptive symptoms, it's wise to consider lifestyle and career choices that are compatible with adult ADHD. In this area (and throughout the book) he offers relevant examples drawn from his years of psychiatric practice. I found these stories fascinating, and they're a big part of what makes this book so engaging.

Highly recommended!

BRAVO!! Dr. Doyle's style of writing is enormously engaging and a quick read, despite the comprehensive and scholarly nature of the book. When I first picked it up, I actually found that I couldn't put the book down, as if it was a well-written novel.

He doesn't JUST describe the issues. He usually gives GREAT vignettes or examples of actual people or composites of those he's known who are dealing with difficulties and under certain situations (work, home, etc.). So, the images of people and their issues are very vividly portrayed.

I highly recommend the book to my psychology graduate students who will be treating adults with ADHD. In fact when students ask me, "How does ADD manifest itself" (like in young women who aren't necessarily hyper), I refer them to this book. As well, I think the book is appropriate for many patients and their loved ones. They can be helped to understand so many of the complexities related to living with the challenge of ADHD.

Clearly has an insight which needs further exploration. Such original thinking should encourage further scholarship along the same lines, but I hope we hear from Kennelly again real soon.

Elegant, illuminating, and boldly anti-oldschool. Well worth reading and rereading. Charts a new course for genetic criticism while walking the fine line between brashness and brilliance.

Eye-opening and ground-breaking. In comparison, the recent special issues of Europe, Roman 20-50, and L'Esprit createur (dedicated to new research on Genet) seem brittle and yellowed. Kennelly traces a bold path with the new that demands critics rethink the well-worn paths they have followed with the old.

Should finally move Genet studies from the scholastic cul-de-sac in which they have been for most of the past decade into fresh, unexplored, and more promising, exciting avenues. Out with the old and in with the new!

This is the most complete self-development program ever! Every area of success and achievement is covered! You won't appreciate this great work untill you try it. Brian is the best and this is his best work to date!

Brian gives a nicely organized presentation of his secrets to success. His presentation is a little different from some other self-help gurus. He tends to stick mostly to the facts and gives a lot of direct advice -- without resorting to fancy stories (I always wonder how many of those stories you hear are true - and why so many in the self-help group tend to repeat almost the same ones verbatim).

I find myself listening to these tapes about once per week. They are a nice reminder of the essential secrets of success.

Of the 1,000 plus books i have read and the 100 plus audio programs I have heared over the last 10 years this and Brian's Program Traits of Champions are the two best i have ever listen to. The advice is timless and priceless.

Anthony Robbins talks about how he read over 700 books in the area of self-improvement. Well, I've read about 250 over the last 17 years. I believe no one has put it ALL together like brian tracy has in this collection of works.A lot of readers will never grasp the the magnatitude and depth of each area. Only those I believe, who have studied enough preliminary success subjects. Brian's "collection" of success topics in this tape set will be discovered and "rediscovered" decades later, like great art works.

The book begins with an inspirational story of survivorship then gives tools to improve one's own life. Filled with a little something for everyone- humor, practical advice, poetry, and crafted together in a way that you can re-read often.

The Life Team concept is outstanding. We've all heard the "don't associate with negative people,"idea. This book takes it steps further, packages it, labels it and in effect puts on a WARNING label. "Don't read any further UNLESS you're willing to take ACTION !! Getting NEW members on your Life Team...earth shaking!!!

I opened this book with the intention of skimming through the pages, however, I found myself up until the weee hours of the night because I couldn't stop reading it! It seemed to begin as a non-fiction novel but then turned into the most inspiring book I've read in years. If you're open to learning more about yourself and why your life is what it is, you'll just love reading this book. I've recommended it to all my friends.

Reading this book was the best way to simplify everyday life. Brian brings clarity to life's challenges. I found it to be the practicle explanation of the "Serenity Prayer." No matter where one is in their life, we all can use a little clarity.The section on the "the life model" was exceptionally insightful and usefull. I use this model when I am doing my family therapy sessions. I hope that this book is discovered by many.
Kathy W, Chicago, IL.

This is a book for everyone who was ever enmeshed in a corporate boondoggle. Hilarious and candid, Ross tells horror stories from the New Economy that have plenty of relevance for the Old Economy.

Ross chronicles dot-com madness during the height of the vogue, no-profit frenzy. It was like the California Gold Rush of 1849 but with no location, no objective, no direction, no product, and no defined value - just big talk and empty promises. Nothing else I've read has captured it better. We always have to re-learn the lessons in this book. Why is it important? Well, I don't know about YOUR mutual funds and investments but mine went down the toilet this year. I'll be wiser next time.

This book is a therapy of laughter for those who have been there, eating bad food and listening to the mind-numbing drone of snake-oil salesmen. And it's a sobering warning for those who haven't. Wherever you are -- in the New Economy or Old Economy, a battle-scarred manager or fresh out of B School - this book is for you. With a catalog of anecdotes that will shrivel your privates, Ross shows what happens when you mix arrogance with buffoonery, brazenness with fear, and hysteria with money. He ties it all together with an easy-to-read analysis that is at times stunning in its insight. A great read and a great value that will leave you either laughing or crying, but never in doubt about the truth of the New Economy.

Finally! A book that tells the truth about the so-called "New Economy." I'd always suspected there was more hype than reality being spewed forth by the consultants and Internet entrepreneurs. This book confirmed my suspicions. Like many other people, I've read a lot of books about the Internet and the New Economy. None of them have been as revealing as this one. The author's conversational style and humor make this an entertaining read. But don't let that fool you. There are serious lessons learned, which the author recaps in his Ten Lessons from the Front Line. His tips on how to deal with vendor phone calls alone makes the book worth purchasing. I wish I'd known about the gems contained in this book months ago. It would have saved my firm a lot of money.

This book pulls no punches as it outlines the smoke and mirrors used to sell the internet to buisness. Brian outlines the methods used by these internet companies to obtain money and use your established company name to build their reputation, all without supplying a meaningful product. His view as a middle manager outlines the dangers company executives entertain and the burdens they place on their people when they have high expectations without understanding the true buisness model of the companies they want to partner with. See the recent writeup in the October 2001 Harvard Buisness Review.

As a second-year MBA student who is interested in e-commerce and the new economy, I have read many recent books on relevant subjects. Unfortunately too often those ooks were written by consultants or vendors who purposely created unnecessary buzz words, confusions, and self-serving exaggerations that twist the truth and mislead the reader.

Well, finally here 's a book that brings fresh, unbiased, and insightful perspectives. It is written by a global e-commerce manager from a fortune 500 company, who managed his company's e-initiatives and venture capital fund. Maybe because he is very hands-on with his job, this book does not preach complicated economic theories or strategies, rather it offers real world cases and examples that makes the book simple but powerful, and abover all, REAL. It is hence very easy and enjoyable to read.

The portrayal of corporate America in this book is precise and revealing. I wonder which company the author works for. It certainly reminds me of my internship in the east coast this summer.

This book is ideal for MBAs interested in careers in start-up, consulting, and corporate America.

This book was an awesome read. Many interesting short stories about lots of MY childhood heroes. The book took me back in time and also let me catch up on what has happened to so many of the players I grew up with. The successes and failures, the happy stories and the sad. Stories from Hollywood Henderson, Mike Clark, Harvey Martin, Ralph Neely, Roger Staubach, and many more. It is a MUST read for any fan of the Dallas Cowboys!!

This book takes you back through the good, bad and ugly days of Dallas Cowboy football. But its not really so much about football, its about the "after football" life of some of our favorite players of the past. Its hard to remember the names of most of the current players, but many of us long-time fans love to remember the good old days.
The author has provided a very informative and intriguing look at dozens of Dallas Cowboy players, some of them in the Ring of Honor, some of them more obscure. But each player has an interesting story to tell and the book is a very easy and enjoyable read. Not your typical sports book! I recommend it for both men and women readers.

We bought this for my brother for Christmas, but I have to admit several of the biographies were read before it was wrapped. My brother is a die hard cowboy fan. He loved reading the short biographies of where some of the OLD DAYS and NEW players are now. The only thing I wish is that there had been a short biography for TOM LANDRY because to me he is the HEART of the Cowboys.

This has to be the best biological collection of any sports team ever! My father, my brother, my friend, my mother and I - we all thoroughly enjoyed this book. My family often corresponds by way of sharing book reviews and this one quickly made it through the family. My father loved reliving all of his favorite players, my brother read it and loves debating with my father, my friend is just so happy that he can now understand the comparisons given during the telecasts of games today, but my mother and I had the most fun trying to quiz each other. Honestly, a great read for the sports enthusiasts and those crazy few in my family who want to discuss sports in anthropological terms.

White-Man-Runs-Him is an easy to read biography that includes a comprehensive history of Plains Indian tribes and a vanished way of life. The story of the Crow and US Army relations is poignant and revealing, though some of the truth has come out in other tellings of the Indian Wars stories. Well written and well documented.

This book provides unusual insight not only on the Battle of Little Bighorn, but also on the culture of the Crow Indians. It's very fact-filled and interesting. For all those who think that they understand everything that went on at the battle of Little Big Horn, and for those who are intriqued by the Crow Indians and their alliance with the U.S. military, this book is an exceptional read.

This book challenges the white male patriarchal version of events, but perhaps does not do so to a sufficient extent. However, this book is a valuable effort; highly recommended.

This well researched and fact based exploration of the Little Big Horn Battle presents alternative ways of understanding the event and its place in American history. The account is based on oral histories of the five Crow who were with Custer that day.

This book gives you every tool you need to get yourself through the rough edges, yet get the most from the Operating System! I love it and its tools!!!

Although the book lives up to its title, there are plenty of secrets, undocumented features and tips offered in the book, mostly Windows 98 Secrets Gold is a review of stuff most users will already know. In its current form, the book should be published in 2 volumes because it is quite unwieldy as a single volume making it difficult to sit and read. On the other hand, if the editors stuck to the title and only printed the secrets then the book would be much shorter and in my opinion, more useful. Secrets, undocumented features and tips are identified in the text margins with an icon and one only need flip through the book to realize that if you were to distill out the non iconized text, then the book would be much more compact. Curiously, the book keeps making distinctions between the features in Windows 98 and Windows 3.1 with hardly a nod to Windows 95. Still, like the authors state in the introduction, if even one tip is useful, you probably will have gotten your money's worth.

Oh looks so tempting. From the way windows 95 secrets went i could only wish. This is really torture because it's infront of me and i can't have it. Dag! WOW Nice Book i don't want to leave this web page.

This is THE book on WINDOWS 98! I also have the Windows 95 version, and find it to be the most helpful, so I am now reading my new copy of Windows 98...AND with 4 CDs, it is truly a great deal! Windows 95 users can benefit from this book also! A MUST have book for YOUR library.

The author of this book is Brian Boru Dunne (1878-1962). The editors of this remarkable memoir want to point out that it is unlike anything we might expect from one writer memorializing another. Brian Dunne was a very young man from an Irish-American family, who had recently studied in a Belgian college with princes of the aristocratic de Croy family, met Gissing by accident in Siena, and then spent several months with him in Rome. The Roman period was an unusually happy one for Gissing, who entertained H.G. Wells and socialized with many important people there, including such other writers as Arthur Conan Doyle and Ernest Hornung. As Gissing's frequent companion, Dunne wrote it all down in his diary, preserving a record of their daily escapades and quotidian conversations in the fresh, unguarded manner of a young man whose mind was uncluttered by any adult protocol, social philosophy, or professional agenda. He went on to become the city editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, met and interviewed most of the leading figures of the day, and wrote several memoirs which will be published in due time. In Gissing's case, he remained faithful to his diary and produced a lively, vivid, and patently authentic account aof a man who was regarded as one of the leading novelists of the time. Paul F. Mattheisen

As a long-time student of George Gissing's work and one of his first biographers, I was delighted to read this vivid and perceptive first-hand account of his activities and opinions. Few people who knew Gissing personally have left memoirs of him, and Dunne's is certainly the fullest up-close portrait that we have. He describes Gissing's writing and eating habits, his attention to clothes, his reactions to Italy and his people, and his opinions of other writers, and all this helps to clarify the novelist's character. I especially appreciated the excellent informative notes, which provided much needed background, and brought Dunne himself forward as an interesting and significant figure.

I stumbled onto George Gissing two years ago through his travel classic "By The Ionian Sea: Notes on a Ramble Through Southern Italy." I had not read much late-Victorian writing, except for brief forays into Thomas Hardy. Now I have found a new champion -- George Gissing -- and am discovering that post-industrial era through his works. In this process, I discovered Dunne's delightful memoir and was drawn to it because it recalled a time in Gissing's life when he seem most happiest: his 1897-1898 tour of Southern Italy, the setting for "By the Ionian Sea." Dunne's memoir -- wonderfully edited to fully explain all references, from obvious to obscure -- can be read on more than one level. First, it gives a vivid recounting, through an innocent young journalist's eyes that miss little, of a golden three or four months or so in Rome, hobnobbing with Gissing and two other Victorian writers, H.G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle. It also can be seen as "a work in progress" where the reader can examine how Dunne, by now in middle age and an accomplished writer in his own right, moved from diary through drafts of memoirs. And particularly important for the Gissing enthusiast is the introduction, which puts the era in perspective and paints a vivid picture of the players in Dunne's Roman holiday.

Out of left field, from the editors of The Collected Letters of George Gissing, comes a refeshing new view of Gissing--plus some charming turn-of-century Americana. The oddly successful combinaton comes about in this way. When the English novelist, desperate to escape for a time from his miserable marriage, visited Italy in 1897-98, he met there a 20-year old American traveller named Brian Boru Dunne. The precocious young man, who would later become a journalist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, kept a diary of their conversations over several months, recording Gissing's opinions on literature, modern and ancient Rome, and everything else that interested them. Years later, he wrote p some of his notes. The diary is lost, but the editors have used Dunne's surviving materials to create a fascinating portrait that shows us a more unbuttoned and humorous Gissing than we knew. Because Dunne is worthy of interest in himself, they have seen fit to include some other pieces: William Jennings Bryan's unconsciously hilarious rules for oratory; Cardinal Gibons' recipe for longevity; and an interview with Mark Twain written by Twain himself. Their 40-page introduction to Dunne and Gissing is unexpectedly fascinating. The voluminous footnotes explain so much, and in such style, that they are an integral part of the reading experience. This beautifully produced, amusing, and illuminating miscellany should attract all Gissing readers, and they will be rewarded by more than they bargained for.

I was a little late to the party that was Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man; managing to just start really getting into the series shortly before it came to an end. For the uninformed, Y: The Last Man tells the story of Yorick Brown; a college student who, along with his pet monkey Ampersand, become the last male mammals on the planet after an unexplained virus kills every lifeform with a Y-chromosome. How did it happen and how are Yorick and Ampersand still alive and kicking? That's part of what made Y: The Last Man such an addictive and rewarding ongoing series. This handsome deluxe hardcover collects the first two storyarcs of the series, Unmanned and Cycles, in which Yorick allies himself with the mysterious Agent 355 and scientist Doctor Mann, as they begin a cross-country trip as society begins to crumble around them. Vaughan manages to draw the reader in even more so as the mystery continues to deepen, and his vision of a male-less society takes the otherwise usual fantasy of being the only man on Earth and turns it into a thought-provoking nightmare. Pia Guerra's artwork has never been anything eye-popping in the least, but it more than serves its purpose and has never been anything less than solid. All in all, if you missed out on Y: The Last Man, now has never been a better time to get lost with Yorick in the unmanned world.

This is the most amazing story that I have ever encountered in any medium.

I picked up on the series in 2004, and followed it, month by month to its conclusion in 2008. I have such a personal attachment to this story, and Yorrick, and the post-apocalyptic world herein, that much of what I do now and would like to do in the future has been inspired by this. It made me realize what an incredible medium comic books are and the limitless potential they have for story telling. "Y" introduced me to other great comics and the works of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. It all started here for me.

I'm terrified that the movie adaptation will suck, as I have no faith in Shia LeBouf or the craptastic director they picked for this monumental occasion. It's like letting the Wayan Brothers direct 'Watchmen.' That's how sacrilegious it is to me.

But as long as I own the books. As long as I can avoid the movies, and the reviews that will say how much the story sucks because they only watched the movie; as long as I can go home and open these books and read it for myself, and recognize the brilliance in these pages - come what may - I shall be happy.

Like seeing an old friend again. It's an awesome marketing strategy by DC to put out a deluxe version of the beginning of Y just after the series finished. Crank up the nostalgia factor and run with it.

Now, on the merits, it's interesting to go back to the beginning and see where Vaughan was going with it. He's already starting to layer in the plots and hints that carry throughout the entire series. Yorick's confused and easily-sidetracked quest for Beth; the beginnings of the fraught relationship between Dr. Mann, 355, and Yorick; Natalya, the astronauts, and Kansas; even feces-flinging Ampersand. Vaughan's gift for interspersing bizarre facts and general geek chic isn't in the sort of full swing you get from Ex Machina yet, but his knack for the cliffhanger is in top gear.

All around, an excellent collection of the material. It's nice to see in an oversized hardcover, where Pia Guerra's art - and outstanding feel for human expression - is on full display. My only complaint is that a "deluxe" edition really could stand to have some more extra material. The sketches are fun, but I'd love love love to see a Vaughan script in raw form. I bet that would be downright revelatory.

Plague? Black Magic? Terrorism? Act of God? Could / would something simultaneously kill every mammal possessing a Y chromosome? Even unborn mammals in the womb? Well, according to Y: The Last Man, on July 17, 2002, that's exactly what happened...with the exception of one male human being and one male Capuchin monkey.

Y: The Last Man chronicles the life of Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand as they are thrust into a female-only society. And society is in chaos. The realization that the planet is doomed without a reproducing, intelligent species is not lost on its inhabitants. Some accept their fate; some fight to find a way to reverse the annihilation; and some even denounce any fight to survive as opposition to God's will.

Hence, to some, Yorick Brown is the ultimate opposition to God's will....A sole human male survivor. So when Yorick teams up with a government agent and a genetic scientist on a journey across the country to get to a laboratory to find out 'what makes him different', or to try to discover if there's a genetic 'solution' to this disaster, you can bet the band of travelers run into some hostile forces.

The storyline is not without some controversy....Well, I see no controversy, but I'm sure that certain groups might view the nature of a population unable to civilly function without men a bit 'controversial'. Regardless, Y: The Last Man is very well told, exciting, twist-filled and keeps you pressing on. It took me just under 2 hours to get through Book 1.

The stories originally were delivered in 10 Volumes (collecting the 60 individual newsstand comic books). Book 1 is a Deluxe, Hardcover combination of "Unmanned" (Volume 1) & "Cycles" (Volume 2).

Volumes 3 - 10 are readily available individually if you don't want to wait to collect the rest of the Hardcover Book compilations. Fair warning...Volumes 6 - 10 start getting a little (just a little!) long in the tooth, as perhaps more of an attempt to drag the story out and keep a great revenue generating series alive, but nevertheless, Writer Brian Vaughan keeps readers compelled to press on.

Rumor has it (according to [rumored] Director D.J. Caruso) that a movie adaptation will come out in three films...the first of which could be released as early as 2009 (with [rumored] Shia LaBeouf as Yorick). Hopefully, Hollywood will maintain the integrity of the series and not dumb down this fabulous "controversial" tale that the authors created.