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We prefer a literature approach to homeschooling, but also love books like this that bring in creative hands-on activities. Our preferred history spine for Ancient cultures is "Our Young Folks' Josephus" which not only covers Israel, but also all the cultures that affect her including Greece and Rome. "Classical Kids" is a great addition to our homeschool. It includes fun crafts that reflect ancient Greek and Roman arts, as well as great science projects. Along with "Archimedes and the Door of Science" and "Galen and the Gateway to Medicine" it is a wonderful part of our ancient history studies.

This is a must have book. The projects are easy, usually with things you have around the house. But the simple, one or two paragraph historical perspective offered about the activity is great for a 5 year old or 18 year old. The Greek and Roman recipes were super and we've kept them on our weekly schedules even though we've moved on to the Middle Ages now. Enjoy this book. You may have lots of crafts and activity books around the house (we do), but you'll do over 75% of these.

This book has loads of great activities to enhance study of the ancients. Activities require only standard items found around the house and have very understandable instructions.

There are lots of great ideas in this book to really get inside how the ancient Greeks and Romans lived, but what I liked best was the science and math experiements to learn about the advances in math by Archimedes, Pythagoras, and the other scientists. This is really helping us tie together our history and science studies.

Absolutely boring...my students laughed at some of the suggestions. I just had to return it. My sixth graders would have done a far better job writing this book than the author. It wasn't worth the restocking fee either!

I purchased this book for a very special reason. Eighth graders in our local school district are studying latino literature. In addition to novels, plays and short stories, they are reading poetry. Cool Salsa is a wonderful collection. Our students are enjoying the selections. Actually, they will be entering an art contest soon; producing visual representations of chosen poems.

I love this little book of Spanish and English poems that so well captures the experience of growing up bilingual and / or as an immigrant in the United States. Although that is not my personal experience, I have been an ESL teacher for 25 years, and Spanish is my second language. I have watched many students from a wide variety of first languages and cultures go through experiences similar to those expressed in the poetry. I think this inexpensive book is a great addition to the study of poetry in ESL, bilingual, or literature classes, and can inspire bilingual / bicultural students to express their own feelings and experiences in poetry.

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This book is really what it says it is, COOL SALSA...it goes in hot yet cooling to the senses, then slides warmly all the way down to the last page! This book in awesome for anyone who is interested in just reading something that isn't Americanized. These poems are true and real, great for children and Adults.

Some of the greatest Latin Amertican writers are featured in this book like Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Ana Castillo, etc. There are many books that I think about and this one is at the TOP of my list for children and adults to read, if you like poetry.

Great for offering multicultural poetry to students. Poems are mature and interesting and written in both Spanish and English.

If you like mild, medium, or hot there is something for anyone in Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing up Latino in the United States, and just like nachos, there is a whole lot for everyone. This book is a compilation of first, second, and third-generation Latino writers, and it includes a diversity of writing styles and themes. The combination of the poems captures the essences of Latin rhythms and ways of life in America. Students of all races will relate to different aspects of this book, and two examples of poems that all students should be able to identify with are "Translating Grandfather's House" and "The Aquatic Show." "Translating Grandfather's House" depicts in a semi-sarcastic tone a very common situation. A teacher is looking at a student's sketch, and she tells him that it looks like a house from a Zorro movie instead of a picture of a real house. However, the student says he is drawing the house that his mother was born in and she was born in Mexico. On the finished picture of a Spanish style house in an elaborate natural wild grass setting of his grandfather's town, he titles the picture "GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE." The teacher realizes her error, gives the picture an "A+," and then displays the picture on the "green" blackboard. The teacher-student miscommunication battle is timeless, and the irony or confusion over why green chalkboards are called "blackboards" is classic as well. The "Aquatic Show" is a very charming and funny poem. A kid is talking about singing and sort of dancing in the shower. He explains how much he enjoys this activity. Also, he assumes that the bathroom fixtures, which are his audience, really enjoy it too. He mentions songs from different Latin countries, which is a nice form of cultural exposure for non-Latin Americans. In addition to the poetry, this book has an excellent glossary and an interesting "Biographical Notes" section that gives a brief synopsis of accomplishments for each poet.

Furthermore, the "Editor's Note," provides an outstanding description of what the reader should expect from this book, and it gives a great rationale for the writing of this book. The purpose of this book is to inspire the desire in others to learn other languages. Finally, the introduction, written by Oscar Hijuelos, presents a heartfelt, compelling, and poignant picture of what it was like to live in America over 40 years ago as a Latin American. It relays the trials of a life when people were "Hearing one language on the streets, another at home, and a third at school..."(p.xxi), and one where there were no books or attitudes of sympathy for anyone dealing with this issue.

Howard Brockman is a social worker who also studied Ethics/ Religious Studies, Shamanism, and Energy Psychology, including Emotional Freedom Techniqae and Tapas Acupressure Technique. He does a creditable job of discussing the blend of these elements that he developed in his practice, with a clarity and depth that will be helpful to experienced therapists as well as newcomers to wholistic healing.

Items I found of particular interest:

- Brockman muscle tests (asks questions using Kinesiology) around issues of clients who are not fully grounded in their bodies, and helps them to be fully embodied. He finds that this corrects a common block to full release of chronic symptoms.

- He finds that inviting involvement of clients' higher self is helpful:

... Clients tell me their problems, of course, and I then ask them to list their therapeutic goals. After further discussion, I ask them to prioritize what feels most important to address first. When they have done this, I ask them the following questions through manual muscle testing: "From your soul, is this indeed your highest priority goal at this time?" and "Is it in your `highest good' to pursue this goal at this time?" When the client's muscle testing answers affirmatively, we proceed on the chosen goal. When the client's muscle testing indicates no, together we test to determine if any of their other therapeutic goals meet the criteria of these two questions. Sometimes their soul chooses a goal they have already identified as a starting point. In other cases, however, the client's starting therapeutic goal is something completely different from whet the client initially listed consciously. In either case, we discuss their `chosen' starting point to ensure that the client is in accord with the entire therapeutic process..." (p. 71)

... Being in physical form means that we define ourselves by our physical body and separate egoic self-identify. Spirit is a dimension that is boundless, nonmaterial, and timeless. Yet in spite of being corporeal, we are also Spirit.

Our task is to resolve this paradox by integrating the two aspects of being through our awareness and our unique free will. In order to do this, we must have a self-validating, empirically based, firsthand experience that generates a reliable internal reference point. This reference point becomes an accessible inner resource for creating an instant link to Spirit. Unless we are blessed with a spontaneous, archetypal mystical experience, it is typically only through some kind of spiritual practice or discipline that we are able to make this link. Otherwise, our tendency as unique and separate human beings is to shift our thoughts away from Spirit and orient to ego, where conscious connection to the power of intention is lost. (pp 74-75)

The above is also an example of Brockman's clarity in addressing therapy issues, a clarity that is helpfully present throughout this book.

- Using shamanic approaches, he invites clients to connect with compassionate spirits who can be helpful in dealing with their issues. Noting that many in our society are skeptical about this aspect of therapy, he observes that discussions are insufficient to be convincing to many; only experiential understanding of spirit realms can be convincing to them. He also addresses curses, intentional and unintentional, that may contribute to psychological and physical problems and suggests ways to deal with these.

Many more nuggets, anecdotes and discussions make this a highly recommended book. Brockman is a teacher from whom we have much to learn.

2 days before I purchased this book I had an interesting thought. I was wishing that there was a way to "marry" the ancient shamanic ways with more modern techniques such as Energy Medicine. I have background/experience with both.
2 days later I found this book quite by accident (?). Anyway..as a healer this book has been invaluable in showing both ancient and modern ways of dealing with things like psychic attack, soul retrieval, intrusions, etc.
The book is huge, packed with wonderful info/options on how to handle a variety of spiritual issues that may be confronting you or a client. I now consider it one of my bibles that I will refer to again and again. I only wish Mr. Brockman wasn't so far away, but then.. I'd be on his front doorstep looking for training.

While this book can be taken simply as a prescription for improving your life, it is in fact much more.





First of all, Brockman is a terrific writer. He takes readers through his own personal journey of the quest for meaning, freedom, and health --- both physical and spiritual. The account of his own travails and questions is reminiscent of the writings of Huxley, Hesse, and Jung. So it's an exciting adventure of a read from that standpoint alone.





But beyond that, this book provides a veritable collection of recipes from which one can develop one's own mix of methods that will serve to alleviate trauma, find one's unique purpose in life, improve relationships, and ultimately find true peace of mind.





If you're initially put off by some of the notions that may strike you as speculative or unproven, please read on. The essence of the book is pragmatic testing. You can try any of the methods and determine for yourself the validity of their efficacy. Drawing from ancient wisdom traditions and modern cutting edge scientific research, Brockman asks only that you see for yourself if you do not find his studies and experiences to be useful.

I found "Dynamic Energetic Healing" to be a thought provoking and original approach to psychotherapy and energy-based healing. As a shamanic practitioner and Reiki channel, the energy psychology information was new to me and something I had not heard about before. I found Brockman's descriptions of integrating shamanic healing into a therapy framework that uses muscle testing along with tapping chakras and acupressure points fascinating, while at the same time surprisingly effective. The illustrations of his various "interventions" are easy to interpret as are his instructions for using them. I found them helpful in guiding me to try them out. I have experimented with a number of them and I have been totally amazed by how quickly they have brought me to a calm emotional place when I was feeling anxiety. I also loved his descriptions of Mindell's process orientation in his many examples of working with people. Particularly interesting are his descriptions of cultivating "second attention" awareness as a way to increase one's intuitive capabilities. I especially recommend that you read his case histories. The ones about resolving supernatural intrusions and physical illness like cancer were very inspiring. His writing style makes it easy to understand and follow how he tracks each client's process to resolve their particular issues. If you are open to stretching your current ideas about healing, especially from the traditional talk therapy approach, I highly recommend this book! It is a new and what I might consider progressive way of approaching emotional and spiritual issues.

Dynamic Energetic Healing is a must have book for every psychotherapist- especially those who work with trauma, loss, or any of the hard to clear presentations of anxiety and depression.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC BOOK- clinically sound, innovative, and clearly written!!!

I bought it 8 months ago and have been working its practices into my sessions little by little and my work is exploding with results! Clients are asking for more of it. Trauma and crisis are being resolved - often quickly! Clients are feeling empowered, some experiencing happiness and hope for the first time in their lives. Interventions generating from the work are synthesizing into practices clients can use in their day-to-day lives, accompanied by a renewed "curiousness about life and their place in it"!

Even if you have never considered working energetically, Howard Brockman delivers a compelling synthesis of how energetic interventions and core shamanic practices facilitate the unpacking of complex trauma and allows access to material that often lies out of reach of most clinical interventions. Within its pages he offers an array of practical healing interventions that will support the compassionate facilitating of your client's process.

Divided into four parts, the book is clearly written, easy to follow, and presented in a way that is easily comprehendible by both professional and lay readers.

Part one chronicles Mr. Brockman's quest to integrate sound psychological practice with compassionate spiritual practices and how this evolved into the synthesis of energy psychology and core shamanism he calls DEH. Part two offers nine chapters depicting DEH healing interventions. Part three offers DEH healing protocols - including a very well written chapter dealing with clearing the phenomenology of trauma. Part four offers seventeen case histories that depict a variety of clinical presentations and how the model works to facilitate the process that is opening within the client.

The book is well laid out, indexed, illustrated, and is very easy to use when I need to reference a particular topic while working with a client.

An advanced and clinically adept practitioner of traditional psychotherapeutic approaches, Mr. Brockman offers an approach that is clinically sound and straightforward for both therapist and client. Guided and informed by clinical intention, DEH uses manual muscle testing to follow a series of protocols that negotiate the conscious and unconscious experience of the client in clearing and solidifying their energy field in pursuit of actualizing the desired clinical intention.

What is refreshing about DEH is that it sponsors "a process oriented psychotherapy" that allows for an active naming of the phenomenology of the therapy experience - both in what is being cleared and what is being accessed as a resource for the client.

DEH frees the therapist of having to operate from the position of all knowing and invites them to work as a "facilitator" of client process, greatly freeing the therapist to work from an intuitive position. The client, free of the pejorative descriptions of traditional psychotherapy, is freed to speak in the language of their many ages and experiences, promoting a process that is both generative and intuitively grounded in their animate soul in pursuit of their therapeutic intention.

What develops is a true collaboration between therapist and client as DEH allows the conversation to move in the direction of experience/energy that needs to be cleared - both horizontally through time and space and vertically through the thought and emotional field of the body.

Thus, splitting and dissociation, often process stoppers in most psychotherapy sessions are readily handled by DEH, as what is in the highest good for the client at that moment in the therapy is simultaneously engaged with which "client ego state" needs to be actively guiding the process- using manual MT, conversation, and energy clearing --- without missing a beat or disrupting the process--- and often rendering an expression in the client's eyes that says "finally someone is listening to who I am and is going to get it". As a clinician who has worked for over 20 years with sexually abused and traumatized clients this is astounding to see. Indeed DEH delivers!

I was delightfully surprised that reading and using the book dispelled my initial fears that energy work would somehow be this woo woo experience that would not hold up to the scrutiny of my clinical standards or the demands of client presentations.

In the 8 months that I have been practicing from the book I have never found the DEH model to fail to operate with clinical integrity. Delightfully, clients of all ages, backgrounds, and faiths have embraced its use, because as they say - "its simple and straightforward, the taping works, and I am feeling better".

But what is perhaps most amazing about DEH is that it offers a means that is clinically sound for each client to develop "practices of being" into their lives - of creating a life based in sound psychological practices that incorporates the spiritual practices of the client, in a way that is generative, ever evolving, and full of spirit.

To top all of this off- using the model is fun! It seems like I am on a
"healing adventure" with my clients! I never leave a DEH session feeling drained - but rather energized, open and warm to the experience of life, and "full of Spirit"!!!

Howard Brockman has written an exceptional book! Anyone interested in healing, of opening to their greatest potential, of knowing and living from the true depths of their soul, will gratefully benefit from using this book. I highly recommend it!!!

The book is and excellent resource for information on how to lead a non for profit organization; I would highly recommend it.

However, I did order the book from Amazon to be shipped to my home overnight, for which I paid , but only received it three whole days later. This was rather disappointing and very costly!!!

No one is more qualified and experienced to write an ED Survival Guide to Non profit management than Margaret Donohue and Mim Carlson. I have had the distinct pleasure of working with both of them for a number of years. I have the utmost respect and admiration for them and am thrilled that they took the time to write this book for all of us "in the field" who can and will profit from their wisdom and experience!

excellent source for anyone looking to be and organized and successful Executive Director. Works for any field.

I'm so glad I decided to purchase this book. Good material! I was feeling a little overwhelmed, 9 months into this new position and that's when I bought this book. THANK YOU!!!

Being new to the Non-Profit arena, I was looking for an insider's guide. I found it in this book. It has specific examples and suggestions that pertain to daily life as an ED. I know that it will always be with me as a reference guide for what and what not to do..

I bought this book after reading Dave's articles on UML modelling for XML schemas hoping to learn more about the technique. So I was really interested in a quarter of the book but I still read the whole book.

Overall, its a good book as an overview to the whole XML modelling approach and it is great for a beginner or novice in the area. It explains the concepts quite clearly and provides some VERY SIMPLE examples.

But if you are looking for a book that guides you along on the "how to" aspect and application of knowledge, then this book doesn't quite have enough "meat" to be of much use.

In summary, for beginners only.

David Carlson's book on "Modeling XML Applications with UML" is an excellent contribution to the business of building distributed e-Business applications. My only complaint with the book is the title which emphasizes the subject of UML over the subtitle of "Practical e-Business Applications." Mr. Carlson painstakingly builds up the requisite knowledge one must possess around XML, DTD, XML Schema, other XML schemas, XSL, XSLT, XPath, XPointer, XLink, XMI, and UML in a lucid, cogent manner; both defining each piece of the puzzle and providing an excellent overview of how they all fit together. What has emerged is an excellent overview of the W3C and OMG efforts to recommend standards that serve the building of eBusiness applications. The examples that he provides are particularly useful as he draws from industry and open source efforts to define XML vocabularly such as Rich Site Summary and Jetspeed's Portal Site Markup Language (and he practices what he preaches, one look at his XMLModeling.com web site will testify to this). Of particulary value is the soup-to-nuts example that Dave cooked up, called Catalog Markup Language (CatML), in order to take the reader to just the right and intended level of understanding. These examples and the corresponding discussion is a non-gratuitous, yet complete, resource for anyone trying to get bootstrapped into all of the moving parts around building applications that cross organizational/corporate boundaries.

Dave leaves no stone unturned in pulling the whole story together in his description of portals, vortals and related technology that sets these valuable BtoB capabilities in motion; his prescience in describing the roles of various channels such as wireless devices is much appreciated, and for including a discussion on Web Services, which will be the next big architectural holy grail, makes for an excellent resource that paints a broad picture with just the right amount of depth on each subject.

The title tells us the main objective, which is the role of UML modeling in working with XML, but I would suggest that the story built up in an effort to reach this objective is much more valuable than the objective itself. Thanks professor, nice job.

It is quite a strange book: very interesting, depicting a complete, sometimes accurate, path between UML and XML languages, and trying to show the whole and complex environment that required the development of a language like XML. The fact that both UML and XML syntaxes are not explained in detail should not induce to consider this issue as an introductory one: a thorough comprehension of all quoted subjects presumes a good knowledge of a structured (possibly object oriented) programming language and some reference to an XML syntax textbook and a UML guide. You do not learn by this book either designing UML or writing XML code, but it represents a survey about the subject that can be interesting both for skilled people and beginners.

Like many web-related technologies XML and its many derivatives have evolved much more quickly than the support from traditional modelling and development tools. As a result many developers creating XML-based applications are doing so with the crudest of tools, and find it very difficult to either exchange ideas with more traditional developers, or to benefit from the strengths of more powerful tools and modelling approaches. This book sets out to address that issue, and it does an excellent job.

At the same time, the book provides a valuable introduction to a range of XML and e-Business technologies for those more familiar with traditional approaches. I found it answered a lot of questions I had about XML which had not been addressed by reading more typical "how to" books, so this book bridges the divide both ways.

The book starts out by setting out its aim - to bridge the XML and UML communities, and provides a high-level overview of both areas. It then focuses in on the key issue of e-Business integration, both as a common challenge and an area which will naturally affect both communities.

In subsequent chapters the author discusses defining a business vocabulary, and shows how an XML vocabulary can be modelled in UML, or generated from it. Having established this basis the author then discusses a number of XML-related standards, including XMI, XPath, XPointer, XLink, XML DTDs and Schemas, and XSLT, in each case using UML models to explain how the pieces fit together.

Finally, the last few chapters present an overall e-Business architecture based around the examples in the rest of the book, bringing all the pieces together in the context of Web Services.

It's the curse of all technical writers and publishers that whatever you write is rapidly out of date, and this book suffers a little from that. Published in 2001 it views several key standards (such as XSD and core Web Service protocols) as "proposals", and frequently omits details from examples because of this uncertainty. A reader would be well advised to supplement it with more up to date reading around the technical details.

That said, this book is well written, easy to read, and covers a niche which is still almost unoccupied. The companion web site backs the book up with some valuable material, including a free downloadable tool for XML modelling, generation and reverse-engineering.

I'd love David to do a second edition, moderately refreshed to present a 2004 view of the various standards and how they fit together. The core of the book wouldn't have to change. Until that book turns up, I'm happy to recommend this one.

David Carlson has produced a book that discusses how to integrate two important technologies: UML and XML. More than that, the book serves as a primer to both. Even if you already know UML or XML, you'll probably learn something new about each. References are supplied for those who want to learn more. For me, I also found that the book planted seeds for new ideas.

The material is presented in a practical way, around a simple business application. This makes the technologies more concrete and easier to understand. Fortunately, the reader is not overwhelmed by endless code listings - though there are enough nuts and bolts to make the concepts understandable.

Key concepts such as vocabularies, schemas, and portals are explained well. The book also touches on related technologies, such as RSS, XSLT, SOAP and UUDI. All in the context of a practical use case. I found the examples useful even if I design community based portals and not e-Business applications.

Hopefully the book will lay down the foundation for standards in schema development.

Okay, so I will be completely honest, I got this as a library book and I did not see the little taggy thing on the side that said 'Christian' until half way through the book so at first I was a little bit creeped out by this girl who kept saying all these things like I don't do that because I'm Christian. Personally I get mad when people try to push their religion on you but thats okay. Now on with my real review instead of a rant. I loved this book despite what I just said those comments were very limited and I don't really read christian type books but this one was just amazing!! It really gets into the history of Ireland's Catholic/Protestant troubles. It has a few plot twists and some obvious character hook-ups(ish). But I loved this book and I can't wait to read the next two.

This book is somewhat poorly written, with nearly every line of dialogue containing the word "cool." But the worst part is that it is a Christian book that hides this fact by not mentioning it anywhere in the book description. If you're not interested in a thinly-disguised book of proselytizing, stay away from this book!

Maddie's trip to Ireland with her aunt was a fun read and a mini-history lesson. I always knew Ireland had a rich history and without being dull, Maddie and the characters bring it to life

Nineteen year old Maddie is traveling to Ireland with her Aunt Sid and Ryan, her aunt's godson. Her aunt is researching the peace camps affected by the Irish conflict with the Protestants and the Catholics. Meanwhile Maddie and Ryan explore the Irish countryside and discover the beautiful country while learning about the people and the culture. While there Ryan discovers his Irish roots and the story about his father and mother. Maddie and him then discover the truth about the IRA bomb that killed his father and what really happened to the man Sid loved.

I have always wanted to visit Ireland. I really want to see the green hills and listen to bagpipes and see the sheep. In fact I've already made plans to go to Ireland for my honeymoon one day. Heh. Reading this book was like taking the trip from my armchair. I learned lots about the culture and the people from reading. Little tidbits like stores not having bottled water or biking tours made the book more authentic like a guidebook. I learned quite a bit from reading this book about the IRA. I always used to get them confused with the IRS. This book made me understand more about what the conflict is going on in that country and how religion is a big factor in the fighting. It was sad to read about all those affected by the fighting. I also appreciated how the situation with drinking was portrayed. I understand how Maddie felt about seeing Ryan and her aunt drinking and being uncomfortable. But I also liked it how Maddie had to struggle with trying to explain why just having one drink is wrong. No one ever forced her to drink a beer, she did it on her own and then found out she didn't like it. I could have told Maddie that Guinness is horrible tasting, exactly how she described it! Drinking is not promoted in this book at all, it just gives a view that maybe as Christians we should find out why we say no to something before condemning others. I really enjoyed reading this book. It definitely makes me want to go to Ireland now more than ever. Teens will really enjoy reading this series.

I picked up this book because of my love of all things Irish. I really appreciate the insider look at traveling the Emerald Isle. It's a light read, perfect for the age it's targeted for. I didn't find the book too suspenseful--it was easy for me to see where it was headed--but it was well written and fun. I had a hard time believing Carlson was not 19; she nailed the young person's thoughts and mannerisms, I thought.

One thing that got old as I was reading was Maddie's annoyance with people drinking Guinness in Irish pubs. The lesson was, I think, that it's not a bad thing if not done in excess. But I got the point after the first couple of pubs. It got old after that. Also, I would have liked more exploration into the Catholic-Protestant conflict, but then again, this is a book for kids, so the light touch on that was probably enough.

Still, it's a good book for young people and a good look for anyone who wants to have a glimpse at Ireland today.

Cindy Thomson, author of Brigid of Ireland

I agree with all the previous reviewers:alex levin, feisal siddiqi, frank kastenholz, patrick klos, maguire. Additionaly I value the section with samples of ppp traces with comments. This is a book written by a developer with the ability to generalize and present his opinion, which is not allways affirmative of the RFC.

I need to debug PPP a lot on cisco routers and it gave me a good understanding of the subject. cisco web site has enough info on debuggin PPP and this books goes in conjuction with it along with the relevant RFCs. I didnt find any other book addressing the debugging issues addressed in this book. I'm looking forward to a/the sequel!

During my first job right out of grad school, I needed to debug PPP a lot on cisco routers and it gave me a good understanding of the subject.

Cisco's web site has enough info on debuggin PPP and this books goes in conjuction with it along with the relevant RFCs. I didnt find any other book addressing the debugging issues addressed in this book.

This book truly shows what an elegant protocol PPP is.

James is also an active contributor on the PPP news group and could be great help if you have questions!

This is a good book for understanding ppp and all the relevant things. Howerver, if you are looking for troubleshooting PPP connections, find something else.

The author motivates the design of the PPP protocol extremely well, and provides an intelligible roadmap to the RFCs and the vendor-specific "standards". Beyond that, he carefully points out shortcomings and misfeatures in various pieces of the PPP design and in various common PPP implementations, making the book far more useful and interesting than a "mere" reference on the subject would have been. (Not surprisingly, the shortcomings tend to exist in the proprietary PPP variants and implementations rather than in the open-standard and open-source ones...)

If your only reason for picking up the book is because you want to understand the difference between SLIP and PPP, you'll get more than you bargained for. But if you want or need to understand how PPP works, I can't imagine a better book than this one. The author guides the reader through the highly technical subject matter with satisfying authority. His delivery is strengthened by the exceptional editing and presentation of the publishers.

This is one of the more interesting books in this series, although based on a strange idea it held my attention more than some of the other Tales from Grace Chapel Inn. All the way through I was hoping that the intended groom wouldn't be one of the 'regulars' in the town's cast of characters. It was a good read for me.

Book was shipped in a timely manner and received in very good condition ,just as advertised.

Belle is in love. She just hasn't found WHO she loves! You will laugh as the men of Acorn Hill try to "dodge her bullet". What a wonderful story of love, life and laughter!

I have read all the books in this series and I must say I am very disappointed in this one. The plot moved so SLOW that I found myself skipping pages at a time just trying to find something more interesting than what they were wearing or the food Jane was preparing, etc. I also thought the main plot of Belle was just too silly. Melody Carlson can do better than this. I can't believe she even wrote it. The other books in the series were very good. If there are going to be any more, I'm not going to buy them.

I bought the first book Going Home after my father passed away. The characters in the books are likable and true. I've cried and laughed my way through seven books and am looking forward to reading more.

I own several books about Ridgebacks and this is my favourite.It is an enjoyable and informative read. Many of the photos are stunning.

An excellent history of the breed world-wide with discussions on temperament, evaluation of the individual animal, the breed Standards, and the direction in which our breed is headed. Profusely illustrated with high-quality pictures depicting Mr. Carlson's choice of the best ridgebacks of the world, the book should be a must-have for anyone serious about the Rhodesian Ridgeback. The book is global in its scope- it does not dwell overly on the ridgebacks of one country- which makes it all the *more* valuable as a tool for education and study.

Two months ago I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Carlson in person after which I bought two of his books. Knowing RR for over 10 years , I can highly recommend this book to anyone who ownes a RR or who is interrested in getting one. This book talks about origin , breed standard , feeding , training , sports and even has a few anecdotes in it that are really funny and show what life with a RR really is about. The book also talks about the position of the RR in the different countries around the world , including the USA. If however you are interrested in specific breeders and champions of the past years in your own country (like the reader from New England) , you should contact the RRClub in your country , because that is not why this book is written. This book is written for RR fanatics all around the world. Mr. Carlson knows and loves the RR just as much as I do and proves this through this very informative book , which is a pleasure to read.

I have owned Ridgebacks for 12 yrs. and I was looking for a good book on the breed. I have looked at several books that are partly about Ridgebacks and a lot about dogs in general. I bought this book based on the reviews and description. I have not been disappointed. This is a very well written book and is exclusively about Ridgebacks.
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What a lovely read ... its filled with history and information of this handsome breed ... includes a summary of how the dogs are fairing in different countries and a list of champions ... all obviously written by someone with great experience and knowledge ... Although it comes with lots of photographs ... its still very much a reading book, educational and informative ... If you already have a Ridgeback, get this for your library, ... if you're getting a Ridgeback, read it to learn more ... if you are just looking for a dog ... read it anyway ... who knows, you might just settle for a Rhodesian Ridgeback ...

Chip Carlson has established himself as the most prolific and knowledgeable Tom Horn buff since Dean Krakel, and his work is extraordinarily readable. To understand a true American (choose your own term) outlaw, rogue, bounty hunter, lawman, Westerner ... whatever ... pick up Carlson's work, which is full of the grittiness that haunts the legend of Horn.

Introduced to the epic of Tom Horn by the excellent western movie starring Steve McQueen, I wanted to find a book and read more about the history of a man who, on the one hand, seemed a ruthless killer and on the other seemed the unfortunate dupe of the big business of the day--the cattle barons.

Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon: The Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective fit the bill marvelously. I came away with what I believe is an accurate history of the hapless Tom Horn and, more interestingly, names of several interesting characters who contributed to the demise of arguably a great American hero.

Key among these characters was Joe LeFors, the very same detective and lawman who made life miserable for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Named Joe Bell in the movie, LeFors methods were, shall we say, "creative."

We are tempted to believe that political scandals, scapegoats and other applicable cloak and dagger are primarily of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Read Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon... and find out the rest of the story.

Although this book seems to contain a well documented, and at times, interesting account of Tom Horn and the Nickell murder, its about as much fun to read as a treatise on the history of linear-regression analysis. Mr. Carlson's poorly constructed syntax and meandering story lines makes this book a "plodding" experience.

An exceptional documentary dealing with one of Wyoming's most notorious citizens, one that reads like a novel. Although much has been written about Tom Horn, Chip Carlson has done an excellent job of presenting new facts and information furthing adding to the controversey over Horn's guilt in the murder of young Willie Nickell.

The best word I can think of to describe this book is FANTASTIC.Chip Carlson has written another masterpiece on the subject.
To me just about every chapter leaves you craving more information, and thats what a good book should do.His indepth research is amazing on how he has put it into a format for persons interested in this period of western history.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants more insight into the times trials and tribulations of 1890's Wyoming.