Burton Books

This book is great! Very easy to read and it just plain makes sense. My husband and I have been using the plan outlined in this book and are already reaping the benefits of living debt free. I highly recommend this book.

THIS BOOK IS VERY HELPFULL. IT PRESENTS A VERY DOWN TO EARTH, LOGICAL WAY TO VIEW AND TACKLE FINANCIAL DEBT. IT IS A COMFORTABLE READ THAT IS NEITHER BORING OR OVERWHELMING. BOUGHT ONE FOR EACH OF MY 20 SOMETHING CHILDREN.

This is part of a set. A serious Bible student may spend thousands of dollars with other texts. This is the best. Get the New Testament edition as well for a complete set that cost $100 and has more features and ease of use than any of the forty others that I have tried and liked! This is the Best!!!!

I am especially appreciative of Coffman's thorough consideration of the scriptures. This commentary is very helpful at understanding passages further. I purchased this commentary because the on-line version is no longer freely available, since those that hold the rights to it have decided not to make it so (despite a financial offer by the website to keep the right to publish it online). This happened shortly after the commentary's author passed away. I think it very unfortunate that such an institute would choose to revoke such access when its author was willing to make it made publicly accessible. I do commend those that hold the rights to Coffman's NT commentary for allowing free access to such on-line (which I think are the same people who hold the OT rights).

My only difficulty with giving this commentary 5 stars has nothing to do with the content of the CD but rather the ease with which it can be used. The installation of Theophilus is required (a free down-load which has some frustrations of its own: it does not have some translations freely available to it). I had some trouble after installing Theophilus, it absolutely requires finding the patch and installing it to have access to the commentary (which the booklet that was included with the Coffman commentary CD did not mention).

Class listings are not so unusable as other reviewer says. As for me, paper copy is more useful than online sometimes (I still like to read from paper instead of display most of time)

Overall, really great book. Highly recommended!

Overall not a bad book, but the title is misleading. Don't think that because the book is called "Java 1.5 Program Design" that it is about the design of Java programs. The book is really an introduction to Java programming.

It's a big book and it covers a lot of ground. It seems to be designed as a college text book. At the end of each chapter there is a review and there are exercises.

The first chapter has some unrelated information about buying a computer, and about microprocessors. They also explain what a millisecond is, what a microsecond is, etc. I'm not sure that kind of stuff really belongs in a Java book.

Appendix E is a 200-page listing of Java standard classes. What a waste of paper! It would have been better if they had written 2 pages describing how to look that up online. Nobody goes to a hardcopy book for that anymore.

But the book is comprehensive and does have what you need to know about Java, including the big 1.5 changes.

Jazz in American Culture was the first book I purchased in hopes of developing a background of jazz music and artists -- and how it related to our culture.

The book has an excellent outline of the history of jazz in the US with brief portions about many influential artists; major occurances in our jazz history; and the different styles of jazz (and what critics thought of them).

Although it wasn't a book that I started and couldn't put down, it was still good and worth a read.

I had to read this book for a school research paper. My thesis was to show that the state of society greatly influenced the sounds of Jazz. This book was exactly what I needed to read. It clearly explains the topic that I needed to research. This book is written in English clear enough for even Junior High students to read. I found it interesting and enjoyable. I used to think that I hated anything to do with Jazz, but this book really shows the reader how much of the music Americans like actually evolved from jazz(ex. swing, beebop). This is a good book for jazz lovers, jazz researchers and basically anyone who wants to learn more about the only music which tells the tale of America's stuggles

This book does a good job of explaining some of the problems with the criminal justice system. We see how attorneys routinely destroy honest witnesses on the stand, in total violation of professional ethics. We see attorneys hide evidence and doctor documents. We see"expert" witnesses say whatever the attorneys tell them to say. We see police say whatever the procedures imply would be the best testimony to give, accurate or not. And we see some juries intentionally give unjust verdicts, without any fear of reprisals for wrongdoing.

Katz's first target is the exclusionary rule. This rule is intended to keep evidence out of the courtroom if the cops seize it illegally. Well, it is all well and good to deter police misconduct, this rule is not part of our constitutional rights. All it accomplishes is to make truth irrelevant in criminal proceedings. It has to go, and our rights have to stay.

The same goes for the "Miranda" rule, which once again gets truth out of the courtroom. Since truth is a prerequisite for justice, this has to be counterproductive.

Removing these rules would decrease the number of lies told by police on the witness stand to avoid having otherwise legitimate cases thrown out. And these lies are deadly to the system: they cause everyone to lose respect for justice, and at some crucial moments, good lawyers will catch the police telling such lies and get completely guilty defendants to go free, causing the justice system to look even worse. Katz points out that police ought to be prosecuted for violating Fourth Amendment rights, and that criminals ought to go free only if the violations are "shocking to the conscience of a civilized society."

Katz next takes on juries, explaining that the Bushell case in 1670 is a precedent that has prevented jurors from being penalized for bad verdicts. That has been a blessing in some cases, but has allowed juries to misbehave badly in others. Katz has some ideas on how to improve matters. It includes avoiding the large number of jury challenges, which can degenerate into a contest to see "who can pick the stupidest and most bigoted jury." In my opinion, juries ought not be trusted with determining truth at all and at best ought to decide what justice to apply given the truth.

There is a marvellous chapter about witnesses, which includes the amazing examination of Mary Brunner by fellow Manson family murderer Bobby Beausoleil. Katz points out that statements taken by the police ought to be videotaped. As for difficult witnesses changing their stories under oath, Katz suggests exposing such witnesses to perjury charges.

The author also recommends getting rid of "imperfect self-defense" and other abuse excuses such as "diminished capacity" and "temporary insanity." Even if there really were extenuating circumstances arising from something of this sort, the time to apply them would be at sentencing, not in determining guilt or innocence.

Finally, there is a recommendation to have cameras in the courtroom.

I think there are plenty of useful suggestions in this book, and I enjoyed reading it.

I've recently read three books by former trial court judges and Katz's is the best of the three. The other two, Guilty by Harold Rothwaz and Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining by Judy Sheindlin, are both good at presenting the worst examples from the criminal justice system. Sheindlin was also a family court judge and provides additional stories on problems with the juvenile justice system. Katz, however, does a better job of analysis of the problems. He also covers a broader range of issues that affect the system at various stages during the criminal trial process.

You can't go wrong with a Jaci Burton book! Kismet F & F is a great series that will leave you panting for the third installment! These first two books in the Kismet series are very HOT and will not disapoint any reader!

Ms. Burton will take the reader on a trip to the worlds of the fairies and elves with this two story read.

This book contains two stories about two sisters that are princess' to the fairy world. One must marry the King of the elves and the other finds forbidden love with his captain of the guard. It's forbidden because she is promised to another and honor will not allow them to consumate their passion. Or will circumstances change and true love and passion be theirs?

Both stories are short but well-fleshed out. In other words there is more substance than sex scenes. This is not to say that this read is not steamy...it is but, it's not used as filler. The characters are dynamic and Ms. Burton has aptly demonstrated with this read that she has quite the imagination. Step into her mystic world for a short while. You won't be sorry.

Burton-Jones' account of the knowledge based economy is the best I have found. I've nearly finished my PhD and have read many books! Most books by academics while good for my thesis yield few useful insights for practice. Unfortunately books written by practitioners are mostly useless. They are too light weight to add any value at all (not just for me, my consulting friends tell me the same thing!). This book strikes a great middle-road. Burton-Jones is a practitioner but he seems to have read everything academics have read! It's original, well researched, well written, and carefully argued enough to be very useful for my research and teaching while still practical enough be a great reference for managers. I particularly liked Burton-Jones' Knowledge Supply Model, his Knowledge Growth Model of the firm, and his clear 'Implications' sections concluding his chapters. It's a great book. If you want an introduction to the knowledge economy it is perfect. If you are serious about the knowledge economy or knowledge management, it should be on your bookshelf (or your desk). If you teach knowledge management or economics (particularly in grad school/MBA), get it.

This book falls squarely into the apocalyptic tradition of business literature. It preaches the end of the world, and exhorts readers to repent and prepare for a new world unlike anything they have known. Burton-Jones has absorbed, organized and presented a mass of data to support his message. The data themselves are worth the price of the book, because they provide ample raw material from which to draw one's own conclusions about the validity of the author's thesis. He has trademarked certain key phrases in the book, and the frequent appearance of the superscript "TM" is a helpful reminder to the reader to remember that this book is at least in part a sales pitch for a consultancy practice. But it is nonetheless important to read this book because while Burton-Jones may be wrong about some things, he is clearly right that a big global economic change is underway, and he sets forth in clear, if colorless, prose a reasonably plausible explanation of what it is and why it is happening. We [...] recommend the book to owners, managers, individuals, students, teachers, and policy-makers.

Just to correct a misapprehension from a previous reviewer, this is not Edwardian but contemporary erotica. The opening story is set in an Edwardian era house - circa early 1900s - but events take place in the present.

This is a 208 page book with eleven stories of erotic spanking that is probably the best ever written.

The namesake 'Managing Mrs Burton' is the first story and deals with a young fourty one year old Personnell Manager of a Japanese Company in the UK being sent to the home/office of Paul Barnett to be spanked for an indiscretion at work. Our heroine submits to this abuse when she signed her contract at the company that feels they can keep employees motivated with this threat of corporal punishment. Of course, Paul had to be living in an Edwardian redbrick just to remind the reader that this is Edwardian rather than Victorian erotica? Very cute ......

The other stories are of the same high calibre and certainly writen to keep the reader that enjoys erotic spankimg more than on the edge of their seat .....

This is a very good and highly readable overview of the various "ethnic" regiments that made up the Union forces during the Civil War. From funny to heartbreaking to admirable, the stunning variety of soldiers that entered the Union armies is fascinating. Some regiments were specifically formed to take in ethinc soldiers of a certain nationality but when few recruits of that group joined they took in all comers. The ethinic makeup of the Union forces was often times as colorfull as their wide variety of uniforms.

Many people assume that the tale of immigrants to this country are often harassed and discriminated against solely by "Native" Americans until they assimilate, hence the "melting pot" analogy. William L. Burton sets out to debunk such a black and white approach to the immigrant population of the United States during the Civil War period. He does so within a framework of the Union ethnic regiments raised during the war. The author points out that much of the discrimination of certain ethnic groups was by other ethnic groups, rather than by native-born Americans. The story of these ethnic regiments was also largely a story of political and religious scheming, personal advancement, and to further the reputation one's own ethnic group as patriotic and loyal Americans. As the war progressed, many ethnic regiments lost their ethnic identities as conscription and lack of ethnic volunteers caused these regiments to become more and more like any other Union regiment. The experiences of the two main ethnic groups, the Germans an the Irish, are compared and contrasted throughout the book, with other groups such as the Scandinavians, the English, the Scotch, the Italians, the French, and others are handled as well.

Burton believes that the political parties of Civil War America embraced rather than discriminated against ethnics. The Know-Nothings and other anti-foreign and anti-immigrant groups were dying out by the time the Civil War started in 1861. In addition, political parties were happy to have famous foreigners such as the German Carl Schurz and the Irishmen Michael Corcoran and James Mulligan. These men tried to align their countrymen with whatever political party they were affiliated with. The Irish tended to be overwhelmingly Catholic and loyal to the Democratic Party. Germans, on the other hand, tended to vote along the same lines as native Americans, with no one religion or political party holding sway. In many cases, fights over ethnicity were not between ethnics and natives, but rather between two different ethnic groups, says the author. Each group basked in the glow of battlefield victories by their units, while also sharing in the shame of any defeat.

The raising of ethnic regiments differed in some cases, but in many ways the characteristics were the same. Many ethnic regiments started the war with a strong ethnic identity. Others, however, had difficulty fulfilling their quotas when an ethnic group did not have a large representation in a given state. The 79th New york Highlanders, ostensibly a Scotch regiment, was from the start made up of people of many different ethnicities. Other regiments, like the 32nd Indiana (German),8th New York (German), and 69th New York (Irish), were almost exclusively composed of one ethnic group at the beginning of the war. One pattern seemed to hold true throughout the war, according to Burton. As disease and bullets took their toll and ethnic heroes were disgraced or disillusioned, the pool of ethnic manpower dropped rapidly. As conscription became the norm, the ethnic character of these regiments slowly disappeared. By the end of the war, many of these regiments were filled with a polyglot collection of different nationalities and religious groups.

The men who led these regiments were as varied as the regiments themselves. Consider August Willich and Louis Blenker, both German immigrants. Willich was a poor Prussian who never did learn to speak English well and who commanded in a down to earth, no-nonsense style. This colonel of the 32nd Indiana led it to great renown as one of the hardest-fighting Union regiments of the war. His countryman Louis (Ludwig) Blenker was a "Forty-Eighter", a failed revolutionary from the unrest in Germany in 1848. Blenker, a former wine-maker from Worms, led a lavish lifestyle while in the Union Army. His 8th New York was known as somewhat of a "tourist attraction" for their opulent parties and other activities around Washington, D.C. In addition, Blenker had what was essentially an entourage surrounding him at his headquarters. Many German mercenaries and other German notables who could not find a place elsewhere were welcomed into Blenker's "family". In fact, Blenker eventually rose to command the only all-German division ever assembled during the Civil War. Two Irishmen show serious contrasts as well. Some men such as Thomas Meagher of Irish Brigade fame were open Fenians, Irishmen who wanted to eventually see the independence of Ireland come by force if necessary. They believed that the Civil War was a perfect proving ground for future soldiers of the Fenian movement. Meagher welcomed his association with the Fenians. Others, such as political mastermind James Mulligan in Chicago, catered privately to the Fenians while publicly denying any involvement with the group. This was to curry favor with the Catholic Church (who despised the Fenians) and to also seem less dangerous to mainstream America. One thing united most of these men as the war went on: ambition. To hold a colonelcy was to wield power, and these men did anything they could to keep their regiments in the field as viable fighting machines. This led, as discussed earlier, to the loss of ethnic identity in regiments. Anyone who wanted to join was welcomed as a way to fill the ranks.

I enjoyed Melting Pot Soldiers, but this book is more of an introduction to the topic rather than a full blown, in-depth study of the various ethnic regiments of the Union army. Weighing in at 282 pages long, Burton's book does succeed in showing how the various ethnic regiments often experienced the same problems of political intrigue, power-mad individuals within the regiment or outside of its ranks, dissatisfaction with the introduction of other ethnic groups, etc. The author also provides an interesting look at how native-born Americans and ethnics interacted within their own groups and when dealing with other ethnics. Burton's main point seems to be that these ethnic groups, despite their differences with native-born Americans and with each other, were truly Americans from the beginning. These various groups of people had chosen to come to America from their native lands for one reason or another, and whatever the reason, forged a new American way of life. Burton closes the book by saying, "the best-kept secret of the ethnic regiments is how truly American they were." Those whose ancestors came to this country and participated in its greatest tragedy will particularly enjoy this book. Those interested in how ethnic populations interacted with native Americans during the war years will also find the book to be a good read. If you are new to this subject and want a solid primer, you cannot go wrong with Melting Pot Soldiers.

If you need to help your kid with the perennial leaf collection or if you just want a handy field guide for trees, I have found none better than Michigan Trees. I own a well worn copy of the 1978 edition and it is so popular among friends I am ordering another to loan out.

Definitely worth the price and the book does its job of helping you identify tree species of Michigan. Offers additional in-depth information about the anatomy of leaves, twig cross-sections, fruit, wood characteristics and uses. Most of which is more than average readers will probably want to know, but is interesting reading none-the-less. All I wanted was a reference to ID the trees on my property.

I was pleasantly surprised that the book also includes information on vines and shrubs, but was quickly disappointed when I discovered that this section offered no illustrations or pictures of either - only text descriptions.

Contrary to the front cover, the book has no photographs! Another bummer. All species are represented by illustrations only, but at least I can honestly say the drawings seem extremely accurate and have great detail.

My four-star rating is also due to the incomplete shrub and vine sections. I realize that this is a "tree" book and that adding such information is a plus, but the writer(s) should have stayed consistent and included illustrations for these as well. Trying to identify features by descriptions only is tedious and really seems to take away the joy of the whole adventure. Too bad, it would have been the "icing on the cake".

I recommend buying this book as a main reference and suggest finding supplement information via the web. There are endless sites that offer much of the same information for free, but carrying this book into the woods would certainly be more convenient than lugging a stack of print outs.