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Various aspects of contemporary living are discussed here such as the mastery of space & light; functionalism of kitchen & bathroom; the usage of stair as a piece of art, decorative tool & as a functional equipment to get people from one place to the other; the significance of furniture & fitting; the usage of colour & texture rather than resorting to white colour all the time (the book even went into such a trouble of elaborating to the readers why white is still rendered as the timeless colour in a modern living setting); modern house as a gallery & how it's transformed into a jewel piece in the nite time; how to blend past with the present; outdoor assimilating with indoor. I would not categorise this book as a must have in understanding the concept of modern living but it's indeed a valuable book to reinforce our view of what modern living is all about. The authors could have used MORE examples of prominent architects from diverse background & cultures but more emphasis is put upon modern living in England, USA, & Japan. In other words, when discussing modern living, we should discuss it in context of its universal appeal which this book fails to address. Many quality pictures are included in this offering but I couldn't help noticing the pictures are taken from the same setting but simply from different angles, something like selling sizzles but no steak. Otherwise, this is a user friendly reading book to have especially on a cold & wet nite. Some readers might find the directory of architects, shops, galleries, & suppliers at the end of the book handy for their usage though.

I generally like the Saddle Club books. They're funny and good for light reading. Sometimes, you even feel like you could slap Veronica, the bratty little rich girl. But has anyone noticed that they sort of repeat themselves? In this book, Saddlebags, the three main characters, Stevie, Carol, and Lisa, go out to their friend Kate's dude ranch with their parents. Their parents are genuine dudes and embarrass the girls. Then there is a storm and the parents are caught on an island. And it's -- SADDLE CLUB TO THE RESCUE! I'm all for this kind of plot, but to me, it seems as if they save someone or something in every book, or at least get an award or help someone greatly. The plot kind of repeats itself. And whenever they have a birthday, they immediatly revert back to being the age they used to be in the next book. Even though I think the plot has been a little worn out, if you read this book on its own (and not with the 90 other Saddle Club books), I think you will find it enjoyable.

In this book, the Saddle Club returns to Moose Hill, a fancy riding camp. Trouble arises soon, however, when Lisa is put in a different cabin than Stevie and Carole, and Carole, who has decided to ride a camp horse to save her father money, finds she simply cannot get along with her new assigned horse. Also, there's a mysterious new girl, Piper, who's friendly and an excellent rider but seems to be hiding something. Will these issues get resolved by the end of their two-week stay?

What makes this book worth reading is it is from Alanbrooke's diary which he wrote during the wife mostly with the idea of letting his wife know what was happening. He then later went through it and made notes in preparation for his history of the war.

So it includes what he was thinking at that time rather than just how he remembered things. This is what makes this a good book.

On the flip side, as the intro says, a lot was held back because it would be upsetting to others. It's also, while not boring, repetitious in places. That probably is a reflection of what he went through, the same arguments with the same people - primarily Churchill and Admiral King.

But it mostly suffers from the fact that it does not dive in to the real interesting questions and I think that is due to the parts he held out.

This is a pretty good effort; however - caveat emptor - I did borrow heavily from Ambrose Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary", so it is rather derivative, howver funny.

Many of the negative reviews cite the books publication date. That date is no secret. I bought this book just after it came out and it was the main source of my financial education. The internet was not the force it is now where advice (good and bad) is a click away. I achieved what I would consider to be financial success and independence and this book was a great aid in that quest. I do agree that I would not now buy it again (unless an updated version appears) but it still has solid basic advice.

I bought this book in June 1995 at age 32. I recently purchased another copy (due to someone denying that I lent it to them...?? How could you forget borrowing a 2.5inch thick, 5 pound book?) I want to share with you all what this book did for me. It taught me the importance of setting concrete financial goals and measuring my net worth on a regular basis. I am proud to say that I have in the last 12 years set and then met most of my financial goals. I have excel spreadsheets that track my net worth annually from 1995 (when all of my net worth was the equity of my house) to today (I own my house outright, have 401K's, pre-paid college plans, stocks, and CD's). My net worth has grown by 1,800% in those 12 years. As I have gone thru new chapters of my life (making a will and saving for college once I had children, becoming my mom's guardian, choosing to retire early), I have been able to easily pick and choose the chapters of the book that I once glossed over and re-read them when they apply to a new stage of my life. I was always a motivated person who wanted to live under my means to achieve financial freedom, but this book gave me the roadmap I used. I highly recommend this book for people who want to learn how to manage their money and achieve their goals in life. The peace that financial freedom gives me is priceless. Read this book and live UNDER your financial means and you can have this freedom too.

This was one of my first Personal Finance books (the 1991 version) and I bought the 1997 edition as soon as it came out. I wish there was a 2006 edition, I'd buy it immediately!

The book is a comprehensive and well written primer on personal finance and can be used as a reference for years to come. True, this book is 10 years old, but guess what, sensible advice about saving and investing doesn't go out of date. There are a few updates needed to bring things like college savings plans, and Roth 401k's (new this year) up to date, but overall this is rock solid advice on which to build your financial foundation.

There is an obvious pattern to the negative, overly angry, one star reviews which begin in the fall of 2001 and mostly run through early 2003, all of whom mark the negative reviews as helpful and the positive (real) reviews as unhelpful. It seems as if there were 80-100 of these placed over this time period, by whom I have no idea. There is speculation on that point in other posts.

In short, no one with any sense who had read the book and was writing a serious review would give it one star. It is simply excellent. Do yourself a favor and read it.

This is not a faddish, Super Secrets of Getting Rich Quick book. It is a practical guide to not staying poor due to lack of information, and not becoming poor through bad financial judgement.

I have found this book very helpful in doing exactly what the title says - making the most of my money. While I can't say the this book was an easy read, it was worth the effort. I have been successful in avoiding consumer debt, keeping my credit rating healthy, setting up an investment plan, and generally sleeping better at night because I now know where my money is and what it is up to. I have read other financial planning and investment books since this one, and many of them have sound and useful information, as far as they go. None, however, seems as comprehensive and reliable as this one.

Here is my advice for you if you think you need to know more about money, but feel that a book this huge is too intimidating or time-consuming. Do what I did. Start with the chapters that are most relevant to your current situation. Got a problem? Look it up and read the parts that make sense. Then go back again and again, and read some more until you really understand that chapter or section (in my case, it was sentences at first). Eventually, it will become easier, and you can eventually master everything you need from this book by taking it in stages.

I love this book!!!

I purchased the original book years ago and have referred to it many times to build a foundation of financial knowledge. Ms. Quinn's book and her Newsweek column offer solid advice which I have used to build a comfortable retirement account, a college savings fund for my children, a low interest mortgage and an understanding of how it all works.

This book is also a great gift idea for college graduates and newlyweds.

I have tried to use this an introduction to VFP 5.0 on three occassions. This last time I HURLED it across the room at the wall! This is no exaggeration. The cover implies it will take the reader through a tutorial of how to build a VFP 5 program. However, you start the 'project' on about page 45 and Barrie then leaves the subject open and moves through to at least page 140 without ever mentioning the 'project' again. On page 67 he states 'Right click the database designer'...... there IS no database designer on screen nor in the menus and he has not mentioned it up until now! On page 75 he states 'If you don't see the relationship type you want, go back into the tables involved and re-define the index(es)'. At no point does he suggest how to change them or what to change them to. There are 3 types of indexes giving arange of 9 possibilities with no assistance from Barrie at all.

Thanks Barrie for wasting my time and money! (You might guess that I do not like this book!!!!)

Sometimes too many details, sometimes not enough, but overall a good balance. And the methodology of walking all the way through one project works.

I bought the book because it was advertised as being intermediate to advanced level. I do not understand this since it is more like an end-user book. It certainly is not for one wanting to develope software that produces printed reports which was the reason I thought I wanted it. END

This is approximately an intermediate book with quite a bit of elementary material on database development that is not specific to FoxPro. I like that it gives the reader a broad overview of the development process, but it does not give enough detail to "construct a marketable database" as the back cover touts. As an application programer moving from FoxPro 2.x to VFP, I had many questions that went unanswered. However, I found a number of the missing answers in the VFP 5.0 documentation. I also liked that the book used the framework application included with VFP 5.0 for illustration, instead of an entirely different framework. Because the book's guidelines are consistent with Microsoft's approach, the VFP 5.0 wizards are far more useable. On the other hand, this book's discussion of VFP's OOP implementation is way too choppy and shallow to allow someone new to VFP to really use OOP effectively.

This is the worst book on programming that I have bought. Mr.Barrie Sosinsky didn't write the book in a proper way where the readers can learn the magic power of Visual Foxpro.

The other reviewer mentioned that this is cheaper on the ACE site. It's a great resource however you slice it - and $36 is a great deal!

Great book, but trying to sell it for more than what it costs new, from the actual ACE website?! Give me a break.

This is a rip. It's cheaper on the ACE website.

This is probably the worst biography I have ever read. Having recently toured Fairlane Estate in Dearborn, I was interested in learning more about the woman who was instrumental in designing and building such an interesting house and gardens. I learned NOTHING from "Ford Bryan's" (if that's his real name) book. Mr. "Bryan" took incredible pains to record the details of every sales receipt and house purchase made by the Ford Family but there was literally nothing substantial about the people he was supposed to be writing about. If it wasn't for the pictures, we would have no idea what Henry or Clara even looked like! As for their personalities? A neighbor or two was quoted from probably some old letters or interviews but the book presents a huge family of one-dimensional, cardboard characters from the past. I suspect that Clara Bryant Ford was a woman worthy of an incredible biography. Let's hope it comes along soon!

This biography of Clara Bryant Ford was one of several books written by Ford R. Bryan, a cousin of Henry Ford, who died on May 14, 2004, the day after his 92nd birthday. Clara saved everything, and many of the materials she saved were used to write this extremely detailed account of her life. The book includes diaries, recipes, and even some family history and genealogy of the Bryant and Ford families.

What will the future hold for business? The Fourth Wave attempts to answer this question by looking far out to the horizon of knowable things. Expanding on Toffler's Third Wave, The Fourth Wave analyzes trends that will shape the nature of business in the 21st century. At the forefront of this trend analysis is the consideration of global consciousness, ecology, environmental integrity and economics. The book is written from an academic perspective, so it is not an easy read, but the authors must have sensed this shortcoming, because they use charts to effectively summarize the information presented in the chapters. We [...] recommend this book to anyone who wants a fresh perspective on the role business might play in the future, and perhaps should play today. Executives, change leaders and students will find this book useful and thought provoking.

I only read this book because it was required by a management professor. The book contains enough eco-trash logic to make you wince in pain. The authors would have you believe that business owners will succumb to the temptation of giving up their profits for the good of the community. Not only do the authors repeatedly promote an organization called the NIEO, they use words that soften their political philosphy. They say the second wave of business ownership is "Stockholders", the third is "Worker Ownership" and the fourth "Communitarian". "Communitarian"? What is that? Sounds like you know what. They base their analyses on exactly zero facts, or at least questionable conclusions. Reading this book was torture. A better read about business and how it should and will operate is "Reframing Organizations" by Bolman and Deal. In case you haven't guessed, I'm a "Capitalitarian".