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One of the best books I have ever read. I have given several copies away as gifts and every one who started the book finished it.

This book captivates a spiritual cadence so deep and profound I could not put it down. A brilliant participator in a futuristic world where light emerges so graciously on a baby soul of sorts. I recommend this read for all interested in an evolutionary experience beyond the scope of most science fiction...

This was one of the most original, creative and imaginative books I've read in quite a while! My compliments to the author for having such far-seeing vision - a vision written in a very practical, matter-of-fact based reality that seems more than believable. I look forward to his next work and can't wait to re-read the book the book from which this work stems (The Urantia Book).

I enjoyed the story and the action, but also the lessons taught through the experiences of the characters. The concept that minaturization could create devices to provide humans with whatever they desire is, actually, quickly becoming reality. Still, until I read this book I didn't consider the implications of such technology. I also found it interesting how people living on earth 50,000 years from now would view the people of today (basically, as animals with uncontrollable tempers and ego). In short, this is a good read with an excellent series of messages that many people who are otherwise not interested in spiritual matters will find intrigueing. I highly recommend it.

I enjoyed "The Seven Circles" -- read it on a two day train trip. The story itself is intriguing but for me the most interesting part was how the author's imagination filled out concepts in The Urantia Book that I'd not considered. The Urantia Book is loaded with facts -- turning those facts into an effective story requires an imagination that helps to lift the facts into a realm of experience easy to relate to. "The Seven Circles" did just that.

If ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna would come back to us and finds this book, she would be more than pleased. She would be humbled and she would, perhaps, wonder, was once this world like this...and if yes, why can't it be as beautiful again?

Seven Dreams of Inanna is a tale of ancient wonders, a dream in itself. As a writer myself, I have to confess that I don't read just anything. Some may say that I should, but the truth is...I don't!

Richard's book grabbed from the beginning for its narrative is subtle and ingenious. One can tell that extensive research was made to be able to put this work together. The words flow impeccably. The authors treat the subject with the outmost respect and reverence.

We have a few main characters who compliment each other to perfection. We see them grow, we see them going stronger as the tides grow higher. We feel their love, their longings. We are compelled to watch them fight for what their heart yearn for. If this novel were a film, it would be an epic of the likes of Ben Hur and Spartacus.

Richard and Jitka bring the gods from their heaven to interact fabulously among each other and among their not-always-humble subjects.

These are lines written with dedication and passion.

A couple of things I will mention, though, for I promised I would write a very objective review. Two things that disappointed me. One, there are scenes in which more eroticism was required and so we are left with paragraphs of dull imagery which is a sad contrast from the rest of the story. Second, the illustrations. For the life of me, these graphics are horrible and shapeless and lifeless, and most certainly bring down the quality of such powerful novel.

So, dear reader, please read with contentment, but pay little attention to the illustrations.

You are in for a marvelous journey. You will laugh and you will cry and you will wish a thousand times this novel is 300 pages longer--or that there would be a sequel!

This is an enthralling tale of a princess in ancient Sumar who doesn't fit the typical role of most female romance characters. She is courageous and romantic at the same time. Not another damsel in distress but really takes part in the action.
I don't want to give the whole story away, so I'll just say if you are getting bored of the typical grocery store romance novels, but love a good romance adventure this book would be a great choice.

SEVEN DREAMS OF INANNA is a wonderful adventure and love story of a blacksmith,Kesh, and Klori, a princess and the daughter of a great King who loves the people he serves,. Klori experiences seven dreams given to her by Inanna, the Goddess of Love. But their happiness was not easily won.

There is treachery and greed within the happy Kingdom taking place in what could be ancient Mesopotamia. As the story unfolds we are linked to the age of mythology by the gift of dreams given to Klori. The dreams lead and protect the lovers.

For those yearning for something old and new, that reaches out to the heart with a flair for the dreams and goals that we all pursue, this book is a wonderful read. It flows easily and leaves a warm afterglow.

Seven Dreams, a small book, nevertheless communicates the sweep of time from pre-historical Sumerians to modern day. The love of Klori and Kesh is timeless, their courage and faith in their visions of Inanna, the deity of Love, is the finest of human nature. The story flows with the bold epic vision of Homer, and the poetic rhythm of Shakespeare.

Those who like fantasy will be breathless, those who like desert adventure and royal warfare will be satisfied, but those who like a good love story will be charmed.

Set in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, the Biblical Ur of the Chaldees, near present-day Basra in Iraq, the Seven Dreams of Inanna is a love-story that is as timeless as the place itself. Set at the dawn of history, it tells the story of the Princess Klori, daughter of King Mesan of Sumer and her devotion to Inanna, the Godess of Love.

Brookes and Sanovia have caught the mood of the times in this novel. Love, courage, intrigue, treachery, politics and war; they are all here in this fast-moving story which brings to life the people of the time, their customs, beliefs and life style. A cracking story in its own right it will also appeal to those interested in the history of the ancient Middle East.

Highly recommended.

I read this book some years back, and my memory may fade. But a conversation with a friend brought it to mind. The book is an evolutionary psychological view of human sexuality, and some of the laws & customs that pertain thereto. The discussion on homosexuality is long, but interesting - even for me, a dedicated heterosexual. The account about the birth order in determining homosexuality is the first I had read of that. I've since seen it elsewhere, though never with numbers attached.

Personally, I'm more interested in prostitutes than homos, not least because I find the (adult female) former attractive. Posner's discussion of this phenomena is brief. I recall two points: that prostitution is one of the few cases where one woman shares many men; and prostitution, by its very nature, selects for "pervert" customers, since the stranger your tastes, the harder they are to come by without paying for them.

However, Posner's book is not the final word on the evolutionary psychology of prostitution. That book has yet to be written. I have not written it; what I have written is a fiction about prostitution - good, sexy fun, to be sure - but nevertheless a book that considers the morality and politics of the business. EvoPsych is somewhere in the background. The book is called Naked in Haiti: A sexy morality tale about tourists, prostitutes & politicians. Enjoy.

Chief Judge Posner's book is an erudite and interesting one. Whilst often regarded as a conservative for his scholarly analysis of economic issues in a market economy, this book is not conservative. It appears basically supportive of the sexual revolution. Its utility is at its greatest when it applies neutral economic analysis to the social aspects of sex. It is at its weakest when in the enthusiasm for the novelty and power of its analytical insights, it at least appears to derive moral or normative conclusions that do not necessarily follow from the positive analysis. It reflects the dangers that both libertarian Austrian economists, such as Ludwig von Mises and social democratic economists have both seen in trying to apply insights derived from markets to non-market transactions - here sexual ones. Accordingly, whilst Chief Judge Posner speaks supportively of certain aspects of Swedish policy in relation to sexual matters and expressly and by inference against the traditional conservative Judeo-Christian attitudes to sex in those areas, economic analysis does not dictate that viewpoint. Values dictate that choice, but economics can illumine the consequences of those choices. In sum, an able, readable, but a very personal work, which could be read by those who are not familiar with the limits to the economic analysis of law - an area Posner has brilliantly contributed so much to - as conclusively determinative of issues which cannot be resolved by that positive analysis alone. Whilst less accessible in view of the use of math, Professor Becker's works are closer to a neutral analysis of many of these important questions.

Judge Posner is the finest legal mind of the current age, and "Sex and Reason" is precisely what you'd expect from him. Bemoaning the lack of empirical study that supports modern day sexual jurisprudence, the author takes it upon himself to correct the oversight. Empiricism is not wanting in the book; footnotes are omnipresent, filled with broad support and delightful nuggets.

The book begins with an investigation of sexuality throughout the ages. Sociobiological principles are explained and taken as postulates (women, on average, seek quality, whereas men seek quantity). Posner builds his model of rational sex--dismissing easily typical objections to economic modeling of human behavior--and usng it, attempts to unearth truths about some of the more risque periods of history. We are treated to an analysis of Greek pederasty, the rise of companionate marriage in the Christian church, prostitution throughout the ages, countless other subjects.

Modern sexual jurisprudence is investigated: Griswold is discussed, critiqued, defended. Utilitarian approaches are ventured forth in an attempt to justify Roe. Posner discusses cultural policy issues at the helm of modern debate, and offers us his own bright proposals: a free market in adoption, for instance, coupled with a thorough and unabashed defense.

Richard Posner's mind is nimble. His arguments are fun, light, powerful, thrown forth quickly into the crucible. So criticize what he says: one gets the feeling Posner wants nothing less. Be fascinated as insights are bred from left field. The book will make you think (about sex, no less, as if a person needed any prodding in that direction), make you smile, and it will make you, as it made me, quite impressed with a certain seventh circuit jurist.

Judge Richard Posner's 'Sex and Reason' has influenced me more then any book I recently read, lead me to a complete reevaluation of what the Law is, and what it should be.

In this review I wish to concentrate less on Judge Posner's approach to the regulation of sex, although we will get there, but to his general approach to Jurisprudence. Becuase if 'Sex and Reason' taught me anything, it is that the way lawyers 'do' the Law is in need of thorough revision.

From my perspective as a third year law student in Israel, most of what the Law deals with is the meaning of words. Lawyers and Judges argue about whether or not various actions fall into various legal categories, and, particularly, about ways of interpreting statues and precedents. The main questions are 'how should one interperate the law'? and 'By what method does one decide which interpretation of the Law is best'?

In the United States, the main 'field of battle' regarding these questions are between the various Originalist positions (roughly, those who believe that words in statues mean what the people who wrote them meant), textualists (those who believe that texts should be read to be internally consistent) and living conbstitutionalists (the ones who believe that times change and the constitution - indeed, all laws - change with the times).

In Israel, the main contribution is by former Supreme Court Chief Justice and professor of Law, Aharon Barak. By Barak's lights, statutory interpretation is not originalist, nor is it textualist ("the interpretor is not a linguist" is his famous catchphrase - sounds better in Hebrew). Rather, Barak subscribes to a form of Living Constitutionalism which for want of a better term I'll call contextualism (Sometimes, misleadingly in my view, refered to as 'Purposive appraoch') - Barak argues that you can learn about the meaning of laws and decisions from their wider environment - the principles, laws and mores of the society. When faced with a legal question, Barak will strive for Harmoney not with the language of other statues, but with their intentions, so that all Law would create a single, ideologically cogent, fabric. In paraphrasing Hillary Rodham Clinton, one may say that according to Barak, It Takes a Village to decipher a Law.

I emphasises these different approaches in order to demonstrate that the criteria by which we decide whether an interpretation of the law is good are very unclear. But accept, for the moment, that one of these goals is superior to the others, and that we can evalutate various interpretations based on these criteria; We are still left with the question of what the marginal untility of trying to improve our interprative approach according to one of these criteria is.

Suppose a new study slightly imroves our understanding of the original meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Let's say that after a great deal of historical study and analysis, professor A has improved our understanding of the meaning of a certain clause by 5 %. Now interpretations are 5% more likely to correspond to the original understanding of the terms in question.

Well, so what? Are we, as a society, better off because we get a slight improvement in statue interpretation? That is highly unlikely. Even if we accept that one method of interpretation is correct, that does not mean that its outcomes are good. Indeed, it is unlikely that s study of 18th century political philosophy, or a comperative study of the spirit of law, will lead to good social outcomes. If you accept that it will, congratulations: you have just passed from the domain of Jurisprudence to the realm of theology.

From of social point of view, imrpoving stuatory interpretation based on any of the above criteria is a huge waste of time; a great deal of effort and resources are spent on things that will not, frankly, matter.

What I glimpse in Richard Posner's 'Sex and Reason' is an alternative: Pragamtism. The alternative is implicit here; I assume, not having read any of his other books (but I do frequest his excellent Blog, written jointly with econmist Gary Becker), that this approach is developed further elsewhere.

'Pragmatism', as I understand it, is about making positive statements about the consequences of various legal rules, and then chosing the best one. This requires sound theoretical analysis (Posner, and I, see the foundation of it in economics, but in principleit can be founded on psychology, anthropology, sociology, or many other fields, and Posner used reasearch from all these fields in his book) of the situation, and especially empirical research to find if the theory holds. Thus, a pragmatic approach to the questions of legal interpretations and doctrine requires first making positive inquiries into the subject; Only then should we make a normative judgement.

An example for this kind of reasoning would be the case for the supply of contraception to Teenagers. In the United States, some conservatives oppose supplying sexual education and contraception to Teenagers, and promote abstinence instead (in prgrams such as "The Silver Ring Thing", "True Love Waits", and "Free Teens"). Reasearch, however, demonstrated that such programs rarely decrease the negative side effects of Teenage sexuality such as unwanted pregnancy and disease (pp. 270-271). As Posner writes "the idea that puritanism may actually increase ... unwanted births is difficult to accept, but ... only because effective puritanism... would have the oppositve effect. A Puritan ethic that has only a modest effect in reducing the amount of teenage sex may produce more teenage pregnencies and unwanted births than moral indifference to such activity would" (p.272).

Now, in my view, this kind of analysis should be paramount in deciding legal questions such as whether government support for abstinence programs should be deemed constitutional. Perhaps the legal rethoric allowing the government to fund such projects is powerful - but legal niceties should not obscure the underlining realities.

Reading Judge Posner's book is a humbling experience. Much of what I thought I knew about sex is a tiny fraction of what this book has documented, analyzed and argued.

I have known that many early Greek luminaries, such as Plato, Socrates and Sophocles were homosexual. This book puts these mere points of interest in a wholly different light by exploring the social settings of the early Grecian (Athenian) society: that the early marriages were not companionate, that women in that society, including wives, were sequestered, that boys and girls were raised separately, and not by the mother, that pederasty was almost an accepted social institution, etc.

I have always believed that homosexuality is a rooted genetically, although it is not binary factor. This book puts homosexuality, through the use of the "Kinsey scale", into different degrees and clearly distinguishes between homosexual tendency and homosexual activity, and defines the opportunistic homosexual in economic terms. With very simple reasoning, this book explains why urbanization seems (only seems) to foster homosexuality and the emergence of homosexual enclaves such as San Francisco and New York.

This book also explains, again through an economic model, why the black men in this country seem (again, only seem!) to be sexually aggressive and promiscuous, whereas sexual abuse of off-spring children (girls) have a higher incidence in white households.

I am also enlightened on how the child birth, which in the early days often caused the death of the mother, created serial polygamy (polygyny, to be more precise) and that the widower, who were older and more economically established men, puts young bachelors at a competitive disadvantage in securing a mate, especially in the early industrial society where the cost of marriage was high.

I am enlightened to the role of the Church as the promoter of companionate marriage and how its fairly profound effect on this social institution. And also why the Church "overtly condoned prostitution and covertly condoned monastic homosexuality."

There are many other issues, such as infanticide, fornication, adultery, divorce, coercive and abusive sex, pornography, adoption, surrogate child-bearing ... to which Judge Posner gave interesting and informative treatment.

The thoroughness with which Judge Posner analyzes a problem is unmatched. Although I am not always completely convinced by his reasoning (because some of the arguments are necessarily qualitative and intuitive,) but the plausibility is striking. And I am frequently amazed by the different angles with which he looks at an issue, and the amount of facts and data he brings forth to support his views. When facts contradict what his theory predicts, he graciously points that out. In the conclusion of the book, Judge Posner, with scholarly grace and modesty, points out that his work was exploratory, a learning process for himself, and was not being presented as definitive.

Judge Posner's writing style is very good. The book is never boring, though some of the information and arguments are repeated due to the inter-relatedness of many of the issues. Throughout the book, the Judge's remarkable analytic skill can be felt. At one point, the Judge mercilessly took apart the New Jersey Supreme Court's opinion of the Baby M case (Stern vs. Whitehead) and clearly showed how judges, lacking knowledge on the subject matter and often ignorant about economics, proceeded to vote their own prejudices, and substituted rhetoric and sloppy logic for judicial analysis. This one episode, which clearly illustrates the reason he wrote this book, as he stated in the introduction, is worth the price of the book.

How many judges are as good as Judge Posner? Since he has published so much, chances of his ever being nominated and confirmed to be a justice of the High Court must be pretty slim, considering the infamous borking effect. This is just as well. I wishfully think his publications probably has a greater influence on the society, especially the legal community, than if he were appointed a justice.

Having read several of Judge Posner's books, I mark him down as one of a handful of top-notch intellectuals in my estimation.

A great book. Has more secrets to happiness than any of the other trendy books. It's all there, thanks to Carlson. The tough part is DOING what he asks of you. Good luck.

I have gone to therapy, but it always seems to take forever, they always want to schedule you "next week." And you know people always want to give advice. Sometimes we don't always like to hear the same thing over and over again. It is nice to get helpful advice in this book from an expert who is detached to our lives. This advice is helpful, to the point.

The book is a nice size too. You can carry it in your purse or with you. It also is a great conversation piece as the title is kind of funny and the principles are universal to so many people.

Really a great book!

I had gone through my share of traditional therapy and this book offered me a totally new perspective. No more dwelling on the past, lets move on and deside for ourselves how we are going to feel every day, and it's ok not to be perfect. The book offered a doorway into the fact that I and only I can decide how I will look at my life and deal with whatever issues will come up. I hugely recommend it!

I just finished reading this book, Shortcut Through Therapy, twice. I want to study it until I really "get it". When I read a book I underline what speaks to me and this book has almost every page highlighted! Richard Carlson had a way of putting "truths" into everyday language that the average person can understand. I do feel the book could have spun a more positive note regarding therapists or else not mentioned them at all. I plan on buying 10 copies to pass around to friends and family. Last year I passed around copies of, The Big Book of Small Stuff, also by Richard Carlson, and it was well appreciated by most of the recipients.

This is an amazing book that has helped me through many a troubled time. Occasionally, I re-read it, in full, usually once a year and consider the book to contain some of the most sound advice I've come across in learning to deal with everyday stress/problems, particularly through recognize thoughts as being no more than JUST thoughts which can be addressed then dismissed. I was saddened to hear of Carlson's passing in December and am grateful for the help he provided many.

Richard Quan's prose has a mesmerizing rhythmic quality which uses simple syntax to achieve lyrical and evocative effects.

"It is late summer. The wind is blowing and I am alone. What is happening with the weather is happening with me. Nature, too, can cry. Our moods are the same." (Quan 3)

These short sentences convey so much that is unspoken about loneliness, the environment, the narrator's voice, and portray the mood effortlessly in minimal verbs and nouns. The narrator's tone, sometimes cynical yet containing romantic overtones, captivates readers from the very beginning of the novel.

A mystery as well as a love story, "Siren's Silence" shows that literary fiction does not need long, extravagant strings of adjectives and metaphors. It also demonstrates how a well-written plot will keep readers turning pages until the end, and that images of memorable characters linger long after a first reading.

Good plot, sound language, engaging characters--definitely look forward to more books by Richard Quan in the future!

Written by a survivor of Cambodian genocide who made his way to the United States to study international human rights and refugee law, Siren's Silence is a haunting novel about an attorney who receives contact from a Ukrainian lover who disappeared from his life eleven years ago. A single telephone call draws him into a web of murder, obsession, and lust; Siren's Silence is a suspenseful odyssey through both the light and dark sides of human nature. Utterly compelling from cover to cover.

Siren's Silece is a great read. Once I started, I couln't put it down until the end. I definitely recommend reading it with a cup of Cappucino. It's a deliciously wonderful combination.

Siren's silence is a poignant tale of love and loss. The author of this novel has a unique voice and narrative style not to be missed!

Siren's Silence is a compelling story unlike any I've ever read. Victor's life is forever changed when he meets Siren. Their relationship unfolds through a series of events that takes the reader along for the journey. The author, Mr. Quan, gives the classic love story a poignant twist and a touch of mystery.

Inspired by Joe R. Lansdale and DC comics such as Weird Western Tales and Jonah Hex, Dark Highway's Skull Full of Spurs left a big ole smile on this cowpoke's face. Jack Ketchum's story Luck, about a man who continues to get himself killed over and over and the unfortunate fates of his killers was one of the books highlights. Another was Richard Laymon's story The Hangman, a great and surprisingly funny story about a vengeful ghost. The stories about the midget sheriff, a magic bullett which hangs in midair in the middle of main street and Cthulhu mythos in the old west are all also great. Pick this book up.

I just finished Skull Full of Spurs and I thought it was great. My favorite was the story by Edward Lee. It's a real departure for him. The Brian Hodge story is also quite good. I haven't enjoyed a book this much since Razored Saddles. I'd like to see more of these weird western type stories hit the shelves.

Highly recommended.

Skull Full Of Spurs lives up to its name: It is truly a roundup of weird Western tales that will shock you, scare you and entertain you to the uttermost degree. I had a blast reading this book and anyone who's a fan of horror fiction will, too.

The book contains 12 stories, all of them good, none of them bad. But of course, some stand out against the others. Jack Ketchum's "Luck" is a great little campfire tale, Rick Hautala's "The Screaming Head" is about a horrifying folklore legend that comes to life and Yvonne Navarro's "Divine Justice" plays with the idea of heaven and hell in a Western setting.

But there are three great masterpieces of the bizarre in this book. Richard Laymon's "The Hangman" is a classic ghost story mixed with the elements of the Western tale and ends up being a great, satisfying read. Lawrence Walsh's "The Devil's Crapper" is a funny and twisted story that will make you laugh with every word and every sentence. And Adam-Troy Castro's "The Magic Bullet Theory" (the longest story in the book) is an epic tale that is brilliantly written and highly satisfying.

And if that's not enough for you, there are also stories by Edward Lee, M. Christian, Nancy A. Collins and a very twisted, very disturbing story by Robert Devereaux. Skull Full Of Spurs has it all; horror, action, fantasy, humour... It has something to please every reader of the genre. This is one collection you'll want to come back to time and time again. So saddle up part'ner and get ready to be entertained!

I'm always wary of any collection of stories. Usually you get couple good ones, a couple mediocre ones and the rest is largely forgettable if not just plain crap. This anthology breaks that mold by having quality throughout. From the first spell-binding tale by Brian Hodge of a man who just won't die, to the last by Robert Devereaux of sexual insatiability, these stories keep you wanting to read the next.

This book is a must-have for your next camping trip to scare the dickens out of the kids. Read them "The Hangman" by Richard Laymon and "The Screaming Head" by Rick Hautala and there will be nightmares in abundance. If those don't do the trick there's another half dozen that will keep that campfire stoked all through the night.

I look forward to a to sequel "Skull Full of Spurs" in the near future.

So, you want to read this here anthology, but you're worried only a few of the stories will rock, while the rest blow. Well, never fear my friend, SKULL FULL OF SPURS has the makings to go down in history.

This book has 13 of the best Weird Western tales ever collected in one place. You got a tale about a cowboy with a virus that won't let him be killed. There's one about a magic bullet traveling down Main Street at a couple inches a year. And who wouldn't love a story about a midget sheriff? Oh, and for you nymphos out there, the sexiest, most erotic, Old West showdown ever written on paper is printed in these pages, too.

To top it all off, each story is followed by the author's bibliography. The search for the rest of your favorite author's work is right at your fingertips. Now that's a nice touch.

Yep, SKULL FULL OF SPURS has it all. Buy it. And pray Dark Highway Press puts out a SPURS part II.

The book is really well written, covering even more topics (i.e. Networking) than the first edition. Considering the advanced nature of the book, it's surprisingly easy to understand.

However, i would recommend reading Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (3rd edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull before this one if you're not familiar with Operating Systems, as this book covers advanced topics which are not for begginers.

Reading this book, I think it helps to know UNIX and some C already, but is ok if you don't... This book gives great details and examples. Must have for anyone working on/with solaris 10.
Yes.. it explains how zones and things like that work...

Do you want to know how the Solaris kernel works? This is the book for you!

If you've read any of the other titles by these authors you'll know how clear and succinctly written this book is. The book is not your normal 2nd edition "nip and tuck", it's a rewrite!

One of the things I really like about this book is that it describes the internal theory and implementation of many kernel subsystems, but is not a code walk through or reiteration of other books / manuals.

The book covers many of the new and recent features of Solaris, so it's also valuable for long time Solaris engineers that need to keep updated. People that are new to UNIX internals will also like this book as it starts with the assumption of some UNIX principles (but not too much), and takes you a *lot* further.

There are pointers to other material for the truely adventurous, and small examples with sample output that keep the subject material relevent and enable to reader to make the connection between the theory and their system.

Very highly recommended!

The book "Solaris (TM) Internals and OpenSolaris
Kernel Architecture (2nd Edition)"
is one of the best
books (perhaps the best one) that I own on
the Operating Systems related field.

I study also the Linux Kernel which is also
technically elegant, and I recommend to anyone
interested in Operating Systems design and
implementation, to study the
OpenSolaris Kernel also,
since is very well designed and
in my opinion is technically
the best design that I know until now.

The book is excellent, it has clear presentation of the
advanced algorithms used at the Solaris internally,
and the reader has a lot to gain by elaborating
the internals of perhaps the most
advanced modern operating system.

Well written and detailed. If you wish or need to know about the internals of Solaris this book is the source. This is a second edition and covers 10 and updates information on 8 and 9. The first edition covered 2.5.1, 2.6, and 7. I liked the first edition and waited for this edition based on the books/authors web site and have not be disappointed. Highly recommended, a reasonable background in OS theory is helpful with the type of material covered here - but not required - it will aid in understanding however. Recommended more general OS books would include "Operating System Concepts" by A. Silberschutz, J. Peterson, P. Galvin, "Operating Sytstems" by A. Tanenbaum, A. Woodhull, and "Unix Internals" by Uresh Vahalia among others.

Somewhere in Time is a timeless love story by unconventional means. It really takes you back to another time. I can't say enough about What Dreams May Come. This book changed the way I look at Life and Death. A truly moving experience. I have read them both twice. They will remain favorites of mine.

20 years ago when this book was first out in print a friend recommended it. It changed my way of thought forever. It intreged me to search and study this and similar avenues of soul searching. The author changed my life and for this I will always be so very greatful

I read this book for the first time 21 years ago. I was 14 and I was enthralled. It changed my teenage fear of death into hope and beauty. I, too, read it in a rainy afternoon at the library and when I went to buy it, I could not. A movie? Awesome! A re-release of the book?! Incredible! I recommend to ANYONE who has even the slightest interest in life after death to READ THIS BOOK!

I have gone so far as to highlight passages and paragraphs that are of significance to me in my life. I have an almost biblical reverence for this book and find it hard to believe that it is NOT true, the introduction by Richard Matheson, captured my imagination, the book captured my soul. I have recomended and urged all my friends who have lost a loved one to read this book and many have expressed to me a deep appreciation, which I can take no credit for. For me, this book has answered so many questions and eased so many of my worries. If the movie can convey half as much as the book did, I predict a bigger box office success than Ghost. (Which by the was I was convinced Richard Matheson wrote!)

This book has no equal. "What Dreams May Come" will consume you, and take you to a place that you have ONLY "dreamed" of. It touches so many issues that many find so dear to their souls (love, compassion, God, and the power of the spirit). If you read one book this year, make this the one. You will never think the same way about death. A person who is beyond hope because of some dreaded disease or in major depression should "read" and "re-read" this book. You will never look at life or death the same way again. Just like Jewel's song says "Only kindness matters". The movie is also good, but the book has more detailing. Take a look into your soul and find a new piece of mind and a new perspective of yourself! Make every day count towards a new goal and make your life what 'you' want it to be.

You can always count on any book written by Cherry Hill to be full of great information, however this book covers areas a horse owner doesn't always think about. I must admit that I have ALL of Cherry Hill's books and refer to them often, along with her website, since I have recently returned to horse ownership after 20 years. The best part of this book is the emphasis on the safety of your horse. I would highly recommend this book to beginning horsemen, people like me who are returning horsemen, or any horseman who wants a solid review in good "horse sense". Amy

This is an easy read. A Picture is worth a thousand words and there are a lot of photo examples. A great resource.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to set up and organize proper, clean, safe and efficient care for horses. The pictures are great, and make it a lot easier for the beginner to visually see what works. It's an excellent resource!

I have 1 indoor arena, 1 covered arena, and can stall up to 100 horses. Cherry Hill writes in an easy to understand and very articulate manner information that anyone owning from one to One Hundred horses should read.

She has a keen and very healthy insight with a common sense approach to horses. I was lucky enough to meet her at "Road To The Horse" where she was one of the prestigious judges, and very impressed with her down to earth and friendly attitude. She has a true passion for horses and what is in their best interest.

I have at least 6 of her books and plan on purchasing the rest as time & money allow. You will get your moneys worth from her.

Leslie

everything you need to know to get started in owning,stabling,caring,and feeding your first horse. great pictures,charts,and building plans