Dean Books

Ms. Curll has written an outstanding narrative on the process of admission to law school, and advices on how to choose the one that is right for you. She has chapters on how to prepare for law school while still in college, but also reviews the process for those who are starting out later in life. In one of the early chapters she tackles the question of whether law school is the right choice for you by asking many useful questions connected with the career.
As a former Harvard Dean in Law School admissions, she can write with many details about what the admission effort involves,including suggestions for positive interview results. She suggests some helpful work experiences you may want to explore before making a decision, and also reviews some questions on how to finance law school. Finally, she touches on some of the possibilities a law school graduate might consider after graduation, including clerkships, internships, and summer employment opportunities.
This is an extremely readable and informative book for anyone considering law school. She includes many useful anecdotes and personal stories from her own long career and personal experience.

Several years ago it seemed that synthetic racing surfaces were going to be a niche product in North America; mostly found at tracks which race through the frigid winter months.

But the evolution of the revolution has catapulted these surfaces into locations - and climates - throughout North America, which has made a puzzle for handicappers seem even more puzzling. This is where Bill Finley's outstanding analysis becomes the winning ticket.

In the first book out of the starting gate to explore the angles from the current data available, Finley takes the macabre out of the subject. "The modern horseplayer now has to learn the ins and outs of synthetic surfaces, which has some people horrified," he writes.

Through research from thousands of races, Finley delves into the brand differences of surfaces & track biases, running styles, pedigrees & sire lines, the "bounce" & training factors and racers making surface switches. "As it turns out, most synthetic surfaces are anything but slow, deep, and tiring," he says. "The bottom line is that synthetic surfaces are not that different from conventional dirt tracks."

Finley has a solid exploration into this new subject which gives any railbird a chance of finding success in this sweeping change of a landscape that is here to stay.

This book is a must read for anyone heading to the
track. I have been a regular reader of Dean's columns
at Horseplayer Magazine and TVG's online newsletter
for almost five years. He shows you how to tackle
time and money management, both of which are seldom
dealt with in other racing books. Everyone can pick a
couple winners each day, but hardly anyone wins money
on that alone. This books helps you do the preparation
for the day's events and how to do smart decision
making right up to the start of each race. Daily and
annual money management are also covered--again,
realities of betting most authors don't deal with. The
tools tactics and philosophy shared makes this book a
definate for those that want a fresh perspective on
betting!

basis and overall management over the course of the
year are critical to success as a handicapper.
- Arnold emphasizes the importance of time management
to a handicapper. This includes both preparation for
the day's events and decision making right up to the
start of each race.
- Provide big picture statistics in racing that will
lead to new and fresh perspectives.
- Present handicapping tools, tactics and concepts
that will alter how you look at races.
- Show how all of these concepts are combined into a
sensible strategy that can be tailored to satisfy any
bettor's individual approach to handicapping.

Let's face it, Dean Ing has invented a whole gendre unto himself. I call it "tech fiction". Very few other authors have the scientific grasp on their subjects that Ing does. I've been reading him since his Bela T-9000 days in Omni magizine, and he just keeps getting better and better.

Big Lifters is not only an incredibly good read (Certainly my most favorite Dean Ing book), it's an *important* read too.

He has some really important things to say about the politics of big-rigs, and the problems they present to society.

The big sign hanging in the main characters house that says "When you share the path with an elephant and EITHER of you stumble... YOU lose!" is so telling.

Ing's vision of the solutions and their effect on the various cabals and cartels make it one of those books that I keep several copies of, and loan out to friends and family.

An extremely entertaining, and very important work. Classic Ing.

Dr Dean is one of the world's leading physicians in the new field of anti-aging medicine. One of the most important markers to determine how fast or indeed how slowly someone is aging is being determined through the use of clinical tests which include assays of blood, urine, hair etc., but also other markers such as memory tests, reaction times and skin thickness/ bone density etc. For the first time it is possible to determine someones "biological age" instead of just their chronological age. Dr. Dean explores all these avenues in this book, it explains in detail how to accomplish these tests and frankly should be on every doctor's shelf who has an interest in this "ultimate form of preventative medicine."

Parents of boys interested in sports and thinking manliness and Godliness don't mix, owe it to their sons to introduce them to the life of Pier Giorgio Frassati. Though a continent and a century removed, Pier Giorgio shared the same idealism, problems and interests as our own young people. His teenage years were interupted by World War I; his parents didn't understand him; he struggled with his studies. He loved to climb and ski and hike the mountains of Italy and sports were his passion. But his greater passions were the love of God as expressed in his daily attendance at Mass and all-night Adoration, and his special love of, and personal sacrifices for, the poor. At his death, at the age of 24, he was personally, finacially responsible for 120 poor families. No wonder, Pope John Paul II called him the "Man of the Beatitudes". His life is an incredible read for any young man.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL BOOK, KEPT ME INTERESTED RIGHT UP TO THE END, I;D LOVE TO SEE A SEQUEL TO THIS BOOK. AS WITH ALL ROBERT DEAN VAUGHN BOOKS, ITS FULL OF EVERYTHING, HUMOR, SADDNESS, SUSPENSE AND MUCH MORE, HE HAS AHOLD OF THE READER RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE BOOK, IF YOU HAVEN;T READ HIS BOOKS, YOUR MISSING ALOT!

"A Bone to Pick" written by pastry chef and actor, Dean Kropp explores his seven-year journey through the underhanded methods insurance companies, along with attorneys, the IRS and Social Security, used to deny his just compensation.

Kropp relates his blistering critique of the auto and health insurance systems by using his tongue-in-cheek humor and sharp insight to share his personal experiences after getting whiplash in an auto accident. The book is an easy read, written in a humorous conversational tone that highlights the extreme stress of navigating the systems supposedly set up to pay for your injuries and help you heal. You will actually feel Kropp's pain as you dive into a network of doctors, lawyers and the other professionals whom you think will look out for your best interests. Well, think again.

"A Bone to Pick" is an inspirational, true story of Dean Kropp's uphill fight for his rights for compensation and healing. How bad can it get? When an IRS audit is your best experience, you know you're in a battle.

"A Bone to Pick" is sprinkled with Chef Dean's own stress-relieving gourmet pastry recipes awarded to those who helped him through this journey. Also included are photo exhibits of some of Kropp's rehabilitative back exercises and typical form letters you could receive from companies you've trusted to be on your side.

"A Bone to Pick" delivers a clear, honest (although scary) understanding of what to expect after being injured in an accident and more importantly, explains how to successfully navigate a system hell-bent on leaving you injured by the roadside.

Don't wait until you have an accident. Be prepared. Read "A Bone to Pick"!

For more information, please visit www.abonetopickbydeankropp.com

A Mocha Mind Book Review
©2008 Mocha Mind Communications

one of the truly engaging aspects of this work is the day by day account of the shipwreak. By seperating the sequence of events in this manner, the author makes it easy for the reader to read what is in all other regards a sad yet human story. Excellent

This quirky little thriller reads like the Coen brothers' FARGO with its small town Michigan cops and its big city hoods clashing comically. The book is less ambitious than Garrison's urban police novel, MAD BADGES, but is still well worth the read.