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About a quarter of the way through this book, I was ready to toss it. I am glad I didn't. It suffers at times from mind-numbing detail and Jeal occasionally assumes knowledge I doubt most readers possess (particularly 19th century British military minutia). The pace is very slow through most of the book - not surprising considering the volume of information covered. And I do NOT recommend it as a first book on Baden-Powell! Tackle Russell Freedman's much more readable "Scouting With Baden-Powell" or spend a week with William "green Bar Bill" Hillcourt's long but less-scholarly "Baden-Powell The Two Lives of a Hero" (written with Olave Baden-Powell, the General's wife). But the reader looking for the most comprehensive and balanced treatment of Lord R.S.S. Baden-Powell should read this book. I have a much better feeling for and understanding of BP as result of reading this book.

The text is primarily chronological. However, when dealing with specific aspects in Baden-Powell's life, he sometimes discusses issues and recounts all the related incidents, which can be somewhat confusing because it interrupts the chronological flow. I found myself having to stop reading to put these "breakout" incidents into chronological synchronization with things already discussed.

The illustrations and photos are excellent. The photographs are grouped into three sections on higher quality paper. They will make little sense until you read the text referring to them. I really love BP's illustrations! They are sprinkled throughout the book (and in the original hardback edition called "The Boy-Man", are on the inside covers). The footnotes are copious but very difficult to use, numbered by section, not chapter, all at the end rather than at the foot of the pages and without referring page numbers, and many referring to documents by a code name which is keyed in a bibliographic section. The index was only marginally useful, rather short for such a large book, and limited in scope. I feel as though Jeal could have made this the seven-volume "Compleat Life Of Baden-Powell" had he wished. At times, while reading this book, I wished he had (and at other times this thought sent chills down my spine).

The thing that put me off was Jeal's amateur psycho-analysis of the inner "Stephe". This permeates the book and distracts from the narrative. Perhaps in reaction to the slanderous assertions of other biographers, Jeal asserts that BP was a repressed homosexual. I found most of his arguments unpersuasive and reject this suggestion. He also implied that many Guide leaders were lesbians. Since his evidence of this was sketchy at best, I found it distracting. Yet he did not go into detail about the trials of Oscar Wilde and the resulting intolerance of homosexuality, which is important to the context of this issue. Another example of this unfortunate tendency of pseudo-psychology is in the epilogue ("Curbing the Beast and Reclaiming the Child"). Jeal suddenly begins discussing a darker side of Baden-Powell that was barely hinted at in the rest of the book. He attributes this darker BP to repressed childhood anger and a "lost childhood". It felt as if this was added on in the epilogue because he needed to say something about it and had neglected it through the rest of the text. These forays into psychology are the greatest weakness of this book.

Jeal's discussion of the Seige of Mafeking is nuanced. His treatment of Baden-Powell is obviously sympathetic, yet he also wants to show BP "warts and all." Jeal digs into the letters and diaries of not only Baden-Powell and his family, but even BP's officers and their families. As the book goes on, he relies more and more on interviews with people who were there, which gives the text a ring of authenticity that I did not find in other BP biographies. (For instance, he lists the inhabitants of Outspan in BP's last days as a result of an interview with one of the employees.)

In the later sections of the book, the detail is again dense and Jeal returns to psycho-analysis, but it does not (to me) seem as heavy-handed as in the beginning of the book (until the epilogue). I had not appreciated the conflicts and fitful starts of the early Scouting movement, and the power struggles that nearly wrecked it. I was dredfully ignorant of his home life and last years. I think Jeal was harsh with the two primary women in BP's life: his mother and wife. He paints both of them as unscrupulously domineering and cold. But his treatment of the end of BP's life is poignant and tender.

He addresses issues raised by other biographers and explains how he believes they are wrong based on documents and interviews in the five years he worked on this massive tome. I found this very interesting, but would rather have these things dealt with in their own chapter near the end, rather than scattered through the text. An example of this is his treatments of militarism in the early years of the movement and BP's opinions of the Fascist leaders Mussolini and Hitler.

The question of militarism could have been better addressed. The concerns and fears that the youth of the British Empire were weak and needed character building were concerns and fears felt around the world at that time. There were other similar organizations rising around the world at the same time. Jeal did not address the massive changes around the world from 1850 to 1950. The world had turned on its head economically (the rise of the middle classes and rich merchant barons, and the reaping of colonial economies), industrially (invention and commercialization of automobiles, airplanes, etc.), religiously ("Awakenings", new religious movements such as Mormonism, Christian Science, and the Salvation Army, and wide-spread atheism), politically (National Socialism and Communism) - in nearly every way. People were grasping for something larger than themselves to save them from being lost in the changing world. Jeal could have done more to place the events, particularly after the founding of the movement, into a context larger than the British Empire. He relates the world-wide travels of BP, but (with exception of the US) does not go into much detail on BP's relationships with Scouting organizations in other countries.

My conclusion from this book is that Baden-Powell was an ordinary man upon whom was thrust greatness. The picture that emerges is a complex man. BP was a social climber, not a good student, at times flighty, and a bit of a clown. He would take others' ideas to enrich his own. He was not above stretching the truth if it would make a better yarn around the campfire (or in a book). He was a man with feet of clay. He was an idealist. His concern for young people was quite genuine. He tried his best to be the role model for the movement. He created the greatest youth movement ever seen, almost without wanting to. He breathed into it the Soul of Scouting, which carried it around the world. He indeed did his best to do his duty to his country and all the Scouts of the world.

An excellent read. I was impressed at the volume of information Jeal had at his disposal in researching the book. With all the references he had I cannot but think that this book IS the definitive history of Baden-Powell. Yes the book does raise some controversial questions about Baden-Powell but Jeal does not attempt to label Baden-Powell in any way; instead presenting to the reader facts from people close to Baden-Powell including extracts from Baden-Powells own diaries. The reader can draw their own conclusions. I found Jeals book to be an excellent read and an wonderful insight into the life and culture that existed during Baden-Powells life, and in particular, his army career. The worldwide Scouting movement owes Baden-Powell so much and I think every scout leader should read this book. I did!

Tim Jeal was given unrestricted access to the unrivalled family archive by the great-nephew Mr. Francis Baden-Powell. There are many pictures in this book that cannot be found anywhere else. Tim Jeal spent five years of research prior to writing this book. There are FIVE pages of acknowledgements which include, British Scout Association, Mr. J L Tarr (Chief Scout Executive of BSA) and numerous other sources. Mr Jeal was born in 1945. He attended Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford. His previous biography of David Livingstone was honored by the literary editors of The New York Times and the Washington Post. He lives in north London with his wife and three daughters. Tim Jeal was cognizant of the gap that existed in Lord Baden-Powell's not having a full and objective biography. He spent five years on research. He was able to obtain unique access to people who knew Baden-Powell and to a huge amount of unstudied private papers of Lord Baden-Powell. This is an EXCELLENT book and the many references from Baden-Powell's Diaries and Letters give candid and honest information that cannot be found anywhere else. A must read for those who are interested in having access to information not normally available and making up their own minds.

Actually the full title of this book is Baden-Powell, The Boy-Man. This is a well researched but dry treastie of the founder of Scouting. You get the strong sense that Juel knows very little of Scouting and was writing the book more from the point of having been a fellow military officer. What is sad however is that Juel seems to be taking part in a relatively recent phenomenon in our culture to shatter our hero figures. We now know George Washington did not really cut down the Cherry tree and Abe Lincoln was manic depressive. Juel want's everyone to know that B-P had his faults as well. In much the same vein that some historian muckrakers spend their time in an effort at character assination, Juel has devoted the thrust of his effort into a character assination of B-P. Anyone who is interested in Baden-Powell could find many other books in print that are far more readable than this one (Green Bar Bill Hillcourt's Two Lives of a Hero comes to mind and it is available right here on Amazon). Despite its relatively recent release the book flopped and was quickly discontinued, Scouters would not waste time or money reading it, scout shops would not carry it, and it is, after all, a dull and uninspired effort at best. The Boy Man & the Character Factory (by Rosenthal) are two B-P Books Scouters would do well to skip.

As I write this it's approaching summer in Philadelphia and I have just been reminded to shut the windows by a hungry mosquito that zipped under my nose and sat on my arm. I don't live very far from 3rd and Walnut where Dr Benjamin Rush and his assistants were bleeding patients out in the street. I also walk by Samuel Powell's home several times a week and the placards remind me of his death in that great plague. Indeed all over Philadelphia there are tangential reminders of the plague, the bodies were often buried where they dropped and of course there are graveyards all over the city. If I had a backyard I would be very interested to dig around in it.

The most terrifying aspect of this book is how Powell, correctly, focuses on the medical mythologies of the time, you can hardly call what they practice science. Their theories of how the plague was created: rotten coffee on a dock, foul miasmas in the air, boat loads of refugees from Santo Domingo are only topped by the remedies they invented and proudly advertised. From discharging rifles and cannons to 'break up the air' to bleeding quarts of blood from gravely ill patients while also forcing them to ingest mercury and jalap which basically cauterized their innards and blackened their teeth. The healthy who couldn't afford to run off to country homes went terrified about their business taking the extra precaution to soak their clothes in vinegar, wear camphor dipped cotton balls stuffed up their noses while chewing garlic and smoking cigars.

It's a fascinating read and residents of center city Philadelphia should familiarize themselves with it.

Obviousely by what was written from the first reviewer he has no medical knowledge. This book portrays a disasterous time in Philadelphia that was repeated several times thereafter. However, the medical treatment in this time was based on the humours of the body : black bile, yellow bile, blood and phelgm. They utilized bloodletting and mercury concoctions to purge the body of "pestilence".
This book tells the story of the time of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793. It paints a picture of a time where cleanliness wasn't exactly up to par and nor was the medical care. At the time Philadelphia was thought to have the leading field in medicine, however the doctors were not prepared for that kind of crisis. There was many theories about what was causing the sickness. In that time they believed that rotting coffee brought overseas was the reason why people were falling ill. Another believed that it was unseen vectors in the air.
That summer many french refugees from the island of santa domingo arrived telling tales or a horrid fever. That July was when the fever struck; people had violent fever, yellow skin and black vomit. They usually died within a few days. When the frost finally arrived that November and killed the mosquitoes (that were the cause of it) one-tenth of the citys residents had died.
I highly recommend this book. It paints a clear picture of an effect of an epidemic in a time when not much could be done.

I ENJOYED READING THE BOOK, AND RECCCOMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS READING REAL HISTORY. PROVIDES A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE/ACCOUNT OF PHILADELPHIA, AND THE REACTION TO A PROBLEM THAT REACHES INTO EVERY CORNER OF THE CULTURE.

MANY GREAT PEOPLE STRUGGLED TO GET PHILADELPHIA THROUGH THESE DAYS!

This is a great story, full of familiar people (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson), life and death situations, bravery, cowardice, avarice, public hysteria, and stupidity. The author chose to focus on the drama of the event and the clash of medical authorities. But it seems to me that an even greater story lies in the mystery of why no serious effort was made to solve the mystery. That is, given that no one knew what caused the sudden and inexplicable death of thousands of America's finest citizen's, why was the scientific method not applied? Instead, the medical profession selected a host of mostly disastrous therapies, mainly lethal doses of mercury and bloodletting. Possibly as many people died from the "cures" as from the disease. What does this event tell us about our society's willingness to accept authority and mysticism, when a small dose of knowledge would go a whole lot further? This is a fascinating if horrifying portrait of our culture, as well as a great read.

I don't want to call it fruition, because Sr. Powell has a lot in him yet. But the other reviewers and the press release aren't lying: this is a fruitful continuation of the project begun in _Tea_ and _Lunch_--and it is better because the resonances with the subject matter get deeper. It's one thing to write brilliant couplets with almost OCDedly classical caesurae. It's another thing to have them weave in pop diction with an adroitness unmatched except by Ashbery and O'Hara, and with a charm that is more honest than these. I could go on and on.

But no matter how I went on, it's still another thing to have all this technical skill be about what this is about. I mean, really about it. Founded on it and in it. Yes, I'm talking around AIDS, etc., because I can't talk _about_ it, and probably neither can you! *#$!, this book is good. Dream of unity of composition/poiesis finds and resists itself.

The artwork intriguing, however the text-Not! A compilation of Verbose Language and Wordy Images left little to be desired. Not recommended. While Powell offers some beautiful phrases they are in little consistency with the entire Poem.

This book needs no words other than the ones in it. Though that would be an absurd review. The poetry is remarkably, shockingly good; unique, brazen, naked.
Some of the Cocktail Mix: body, mortality, sex, haste, despair, brutality, waste, want, and men. Disease with a voice.
Although it's not the book to do this with, because it is so intense, I read nearly straight through at once; I couldn't stop. I couldn't stop being amazed.
I loved his use of punctuation, line breaks, rhythm, alliteration, syntax, empty and full visual space.
It is beautiful poetry and it is hard.

With Cocktails, D. A. Powell continues the work he began with his previous collections Tea and Lunch: examining, critiquing, lamenting, and accepting the effect of AIDS on an entire generation and subculture of men. Like Powell's other works, the poems here are marked by sudden inversions and juxtapositions. In "[when you touch down upon this earth. little reindeers]", childhood innocence and the pleasure of santa claus are demolished by the scene of rape, leading to a listing of AIDS symptom "gifts" and "a sweater." The collision of the dramatic and the inane mark Powell's work as a poetry that critiques a certain poverty of authenticity in culture. All these poems mine the inauthentic in search of a redeeming social value. Three sections explore particular avenues: "Mixology" seems to specifically address AIDS and mortality, "Filmography" revisions familiar and surprising films of the past several decades, and "Bibliography" embeds itself within the context of Biblical tradition and narrative. As a triptych, these sections cultivate an understanding of contemporary American mythologies: what we allow ourselves to believe in order to get through the day.

Dean, just finished with his senior year in high school, isn't sure what to do with his life. For the past few years it all seemed so clear to him--when he was a freshman he was a baseball phenomenon, playing varsity for his high school and scaring the heck out of guys much older than he was. His sophomore year was just as spectacular, and college recruiters and major league teams were already looking at him and talking about him.

Then, in Dean's junior year, he fell into a slump. An injured arm set him back a bit and he just couldn't seem to find his rhythm. He had a miserable season, followed by another miserable season his senior year. No baseball scouts looked at him anymore. No scholarship offers came in from any colleges.

Now the summer after high school, Dean is in limbo. He has a job house-sitting so he is living on his own, away from his parents, gaining independence and deciding what he wants to do. His former coach and secondary father figure has a friend who is starting up a baseball team at a small private college, and Dean has been offered a trial scholarship--full tuition, room and board for one semester, with an extension if his baseball game comes back. Dean is torn. Should he try to start over a new life without baseball in it, or should he take the scholarship offer and risk failing again?

I liked Dean's indecision. It was realistic to me that he would be reluctant to take another chance on a baseball team after two years of disappointment. I also liked Dean's relationship with Jack and Shilo; they gave him support that he obviously needed.

I thought Dean was far too casual about things, though, especially in his relationship with Karin. He seemed to really like her, but at the same time he didn't care if she liked him back or was exclusively dating him. I also thought Jack's relationship with his son was crummy, and I thought it was crummy of Dean to take over as a surrogate son.

The book I read was called Dean Duffy. It is written by Randy Powell. I choose this book because I like Randy Powell's books. I also liked it because it was a baseball book and I like baseball alot.
The main character in the book is Dean Duffy. He is a high school legend. But his last two seasons weren't too good. So he sets out to find what he is worth. So he takes an apartment sitting job in Seattle. There he meets up with some old friends that he was teammates with back in high school. He also meets this girl named Karin in a fast food restaurant. He gets together with her and goes out on a couple of dates with her.
While he is in Seattle this coach from Shute College named Dick Dargo gives him a one semester scholarship to play baseball but if he proves him self he will get a full scholarship. So this puts even more pressure on him because he likes Karin. So he tries to put off everything in his life so he won't have so much pressure on him. So when it was time to make his decision he chooses to.......
The author used a lot of literary elements in his book. One of them was foreshadowing for example Dean said " I wonder what would happen if I did accept the scholarship maybe I will become pro or maybe it will just be a waste of my time."
I would recommend this book to about almost everyone who like baseball books because I really liked it alot. The only bad thing about the book was the ending and if you were to read it think you will think the same way I do about the book.

The book Dean Duffy is a good book. It is about a high school baseball player who is a superstar until his junior-year slump. He has to make a lot of decisions in this story,like which college to attend or whether or not to attend a college at all. This is a good book for sport fans, and people who like to see how other people solve problems.

A Review by Corey

Dean Duffy is a young adult just out of high school. He was an awesome baseball player his freshman and sophomore years, the he went in to a huge slump his junior and senior years. He could never figure out why. But over the summer he is offered a full scholarship to a college he'd never even heard of. Almost the entire summer he is apartment sitting and doing a little work just to make enough to keep him alive. Not doing much gave him a lot of time to think about what he is going to do with the rest of his life and if he really wants to accept the scholarship.

This is an excellent book that allows the reader to connect with it very much (Especially if you are a baseball player). It is very realistic and there are many conflicts that are similar to the world as it is today. The characters definitely keep you in the story because if you are a high school student I'm sure you know what people just like them, such as stoners, arrogant people, and the kind of people who are willing to do anything for you because they believe in you so much. The pace is very nice and you don't get lost from quick changes in characters.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves to play baseball or is just in the mood for a good book because you can relate to almost all of Dean Duffy's problems.

My review of Tracy Powell's General Motors Styling 1927-1958 is from the vantage of having worked in the industry during this, its most glamorous period.

His book contributes a historical perspective that adds insight and is a tribute to the genius of Harley Earl, as the father of automotive styling. Powell collects the stories of the players from that period and follows their interactions, bringing faces and names to life, as they would influence the industry.

All in all, it is a remarkable book, with photographs and illustrations, which--as a participant--accurately reflects the individuals and their places in automotive history.

A very enjoyable read.

This book contains subject matter not captured in other books on automotive design history, especially the story of the men and women that comprised the GM Styling Studios in the beginning. Each chapter seems written as stand-alone chapters, which is great for those with interest in certain aspects of the studios, such as the techniques used.

This should have been a fascinating story the topic is compelling but unfortunately the book is a disorganized mess. The writing is choppy and hard to follow the writer meanders all over the place. Some of the syntax and grammar is so tortured it is next to impossible to read. The book appears to be written without benefit of an outline or outside editor to guide the writer or help clarify the text. The book contains some nice period photos but not enough to justify the purchase price. Basically the book is a jumble of quotes without a good story line to tie it all together, each page jumps from the 20's to 50's then to the 60's without any regard for the readers ability to follow the writers chaotic path. If you are looking for a good read about the history of GM's design department look elsewhere this book is a big disappointment.

For decades, the General Motors company was one of the most popular and successful of the American automobile manufacturers. A key element to their commercial success was their employing engineering designers and stylists to give their automobiles a physical appearance that attracted the attention and loyalty of the car buying public. Tracy Powers draws upon his considerable expertise (he is managing editor for 'Automobile Quarterly' and winner of awards for writing and editing) to provide the reader with an informed and informative history of automobile stylings of this legendary company in "General Motors Styling 1927-1958: Genesis Of The World's Largest Design Studios". Profusely illustrated with eight photographs and thirty-two full color artist renderings, this detailed history is a seminal work of meticulous scholarship as Powell identifies key personalities and their contributions to milestone accomplishments as reflected in specific car designs for Buicks, Cadillacs, Corvettes, and other distinctive General Motors cars. Enhanced with the inclusion of an extended bibliography and a comprehensive index, "General Motors Styling 1927-1958" is an important and original contribution to American automotive history and should be a part of every academic library reference collection for the benefit of scholarship and non-specialist general readers with an interest in thirty years of specialized car history.

It's good, but it only gives the rating for 100 foods. I did like the book, but not worth the price.

I have been researching the Glycemic Index concept for several months. The data is fascinating, but often conflicting. This small resource provides powerful guidelines for adhering to a low GI diet. Unlike other resources, this book addresses portion size and eating low and high GI foods to produce a moderate GI meal. This book is a must for anyone interested in low GI eating.

My husband has hypoglycemia. He has to be on a low blood sugar diet. I was happy to see this book, but was soon disappointed. The book tells you to eat foods like rice, potatoes, breads, pastas, raisins, corn and many more items that raises your blood sugar level. Although it does have some good points, this pocket food guide is not for a hypoglycemic. A good book that is worth looking into is Sugar Busters.

I have bought books on the glycemic index. This book is a handy, quick guide to make it simple. Eating a diet geared toward low glycemic foods is easy to do. It's just changing a few choices. I got interested in the low glycemic index to help my husband with diabetes, and I lost 5 pounds. It's a healthier way of eating. Very refined foods have a high glycemic index. It also isn't generally good for you. Try that stoneground whole wheat bread. I'd also recommend "The Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to The Glycemic Index."

I enjoyed this book, a good clear introduction to Derrida's life and work.
A good insite into Philosophy.

For anyone interested in Derrida, the man; for anyone new to Derrida's thinking and finding it difficult (this book will help clear things up for you); for anyone who wishes to read an interesting biography about a philosopher with an a strong impact academic institutions during his own life time - this is book is it. I found Powell's monograph well-written, interesting and insightful.

Derrida's biography may not only face scorn from those who do not admire him, but also from those who expect a biography to mimic Derrida's so difficult books. Given the hatred Derrida's work faces in his life and death, a half-way step towards reconciliation with resistance to deconstruction, such as this book is, is of supreme benefit.



To my mind, this biography offers a good introduction to Derrida's thought and life. It gives to the uninitiated the first step toward Derrida. It consistently invites the reader to actually read Derrida's works, and therefore, even where its own readings are partial and too brief, they point to the importance and the meaning of Derrida's works.



If there are readers who wish to learn about Derrida and modern philosophy, and about much besides, including the question of what the meaning of life is, and what thinking is, then I do not know of a better book with which to begin. I also think it will be a good antidote to the over-enthusiasm of those who think that Derrida's revolution has already happened, and that it needs no further efforts. Derrida's work requires those willing to go their own way, and not simply to mimic Derrida's style and his frame of mind.



The more widely this book is read, the more it will be possible to see and hear philosophy being done in the present day in a relevant way.

Badly written: "Derrida was never restrained in print about what he saw as the shortcomings of his contemporaries in the efforts they made to embody their ideals." (p. 35).
Not a biography as much as a sketchy summary of Derrida's works. The "biographer" didn't have access to Derrida's private papers (correspondence, etc).

With the tin mining industry going elsewhere and the fishing industry near death, the residents of Cornwall depend on tourism to support their lifestyles. The town of Penrick Sands is the typical Cornwall town except they have a problem that drives tourists away. Every evening, a headless and armless torso illuminates the night skies only to disappear a few minutes later.

The local constabulary has been unable to obtain any answers to the puzzle. New Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell and his assistant Detective Sargent William Black are assigned to the investigation. Although they find the torso washed up on the beach, they have no idea who is behind the body's continued reappearance. While they continue their inquiries, they learn that a teenager was murdered thirty years ago with killer never caught. Similarities between the two cases exist. As the police officers get closer to the truth, a desperate individual is ready to take lethal steps to insure that they fail to findany answers.

Graham Thomas is a writer who has the ability to describe a place in incredibly colorful detail, making the reader feel as if they are on location. The second Powell mystery is better then its predecessor, the fabulous MALICE IN THE HIGHLANDS, because it allows the audience to see inside the flawed soul of the appealing hero. The complex mystery, connecting the past and present, makes this one novel that will not be put down until the end so that the reader obtains all the answers.

Harriet Klausner

I picked up this delightful mystery on a whim based on the quote by Susan Allen Toth (the engaging author of "My Love Affair with England") on the flyleaf. Graham Thomas draws his quaint and quirky local Cornish characters with a fine hand, and seems to be developing a fascinating, if all-too-human protagonist in Scotland Yard's Erskine Powell. As for locale, you can feel the rising damp on every page. Well done, I say. I look forward to more development of Chief Inspector Powell as well as more colorful locations.

You will probably appreciate this authors prose, but will realize this is not the easy, light-hearted engrossing read the Hamish McBeth and Agatha Raisin series are. But, the story is intriguing, once you get into the book. If you do wish to read this, be careful of a prior review; it just about tells the entire plot. NOT appreciated !

Malice in Cornwall reads much like the Inspector Morse or Wexford TV mysteries. Rather than an opera loving Morse, Graham Thomas has created Erskine Powell and his sidekick Detective-Sgt. Black who banter literary quotations back and forth. The Black character comes across as amusing. Powell isn't quite there yet - as a character, I mean. I don't think he has a personality strong enough for a series.

The mystery is straight forward. Plenty of digressions on Cornwall and the food Powell and Black are served. Is this a good thing or not?

The final paragraph was quite good. But I won't quote it here.

I turned to this book based on my experience with
"Windows NT 4 Server Unleashed", which let me bring
an NT server up rather painlessly some years ago.
However, this book does not measure up. Not only are
there many places where it's obvious that a proofreader
was not used, but I found quite a few places where
text was simply cut-and-pasted from chapter to
chapter, resulting in duplication of whole paragraphs.
Look elsewhere if you're looking to understand the
differences between NT4 and W2K from the ground up.
If you're already experienced with Win2K, perhaps
you'll find this a good reference, but it's not for
beginners.

This book is intended to all expert Windows NT administrators only! If you're new to Windows Administration and you want to start from the ground up with Windows 2000, then this book is NOT for you. Although I praise the book for it's in-depth technical explanation of the great new features of Windows 2000, it doesn't have much of the details on how to actually use them from within the server or your application. This book discusses in detail the internal workings of Windows services and components, but not on practical applications of the new technologies available or will be made available (eg. ASP.NET on IIS 5.0). I'd say the author focused on the "why's" but less on the "how's".

I am a web developer and I wanted to learn all the technical processes and hardware requirements in setting up and administering Windows 2000 such as setting up a LAN, a name server to point my domain at and make it available on the web, or even just to connect my network to my ISP (like setting up a router, a hub, proxy server, etc.), but I was disappointed not to get even a single hint. I guess I failed to review the table of content beforehand.

Anyway, I still believe this book deserves a space on my shelf for future reference - when I am already an expert in Windows administration. And I will still remain a fan of SAMS Unleashed book series!

Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is a very productive book. This book covers a lot of aspects of Windows Server Advanced Server ranging from installing it into your server up to securing your server from hackers, crackers and script kiddies. The book also explains just about all you need to know so that you can successfully manage a Windows 2000 server. I like how the book explains all the different aspects of each part of the operating system. The information ranges from how the operating system actually works up to the different techniques that you can use to tweak the server. Another thing I liked about Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is that it tells you both the GUI way to do things and also the command line way. Tips to different parts of the operating system are scattered throughout the book and these tips are usually pretty useful. Overall the Windows 2000 Server Unleashed book is a very useful reference manual that should become a bible for any administrator who is thinking about a Windows 2000 network

This book covers every topic of Windows 2000 Server you could possibly want to know, completely in depth. I reccomend this book to anyone that uses Windows 2k, from novice to pro.

This book is terrible. It is a short work containing quotes from various famous people (FloJo makes an appearence, as does ex-President Clinton, as well as a [Special] Olympian). Unfortunately, none of these people seem to want to say anything interesting. Each quote is a bland variation on 'Work hard and you can achieve' or 'Aim for the sky.' I suppose it might appeal to Chicken Soup for the Soul/Life's Little Instruction Book crowd, but the multi-celled others who roll their eyes at platitudes and are unimpressed by management gurus will get little out of this modest volume of the lamest quotes ever.

I read this book while preparing for the bar exam and it gave me inspiration to keep studying. It's a cutsy book, good for the coffee table. I loved seeing the handwriting of some of the most famous people in the world.

Ever since finding this gem of a book, I have ended each of the over 250 literacy seminars I present across the USA and Canada with selected quotes from this amazing collection of wisdom and sincere advice. From race car drivers to Nobel Prize winners, from Presidents to Special Olympians, the message expressed by so many, in so many different and individual ways, is the same. Persist, work hard, learn from failure and obstacles, use your passions positively, respect people and the planet as much as you respect yourself. What child does not need to hear this often? How many times is too many? How many negative, discouraging messages will be countered by the handwritten, thoughtful responses from the people in this book sharing their path? I logged on today to buy yet another copy, having given another one away to a seat mate on a plane who tearfully asked me for my copy to take home to his fragile teenage son. I love this book and know thousands of teachers do too. And I'll keep buying it.

As editor of this book, I thought it might be helpful and interesting to share the history of how it came together. My original intent was to create a collection of thoughts that could be sold to raise money to support many of the community needs I have an interest in. I had early help from my friend Congressman Patrick Kennedy in securing thoughts from Presidents Clinton, Bush and Ford. Having their thoughts, I then compiled a diverse list of folks that might be interesting to hear from. I dug around to find addresses, fax numbers, etc. and sent a fax note requesting "a thought on leadership, excellence and/or service that inspires your life's work". I attached copies of some notable letters I had received. The responses were varied and wonderful - a spontaneous outpouring of heartfelt thoughts that I believe will be inspiring and interesting for all. I am giving all royalties to Rhode Island charities to promote and support community leadership. In buying this book, you are helping me to help my community. Thank you. May you find the book helpful and may you always find vision to lead, courage to create and grace to serve. Best regards, Lorne Adrai