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The subtitle "The complete guide to Niagara falls and vicinity" is misleading.Its far from being a "complete guide". Many of the Niagara Falls area tourist attractions are omitted, and there is no reference to lodging or restaurants. The book is excellent though, in its nature and historical content. I suggest that a more appropriate subtitle would be "A guide to Niagara's parks, museums and natural resources".

After reading over a dozen books about Niagara Falls and the region (a hobby of mine), I found this book to be the best of the lot - for a tourist. It's well organized, offers excellent photos and maps, and I especially enjoyed the chapters regarding the Erie Canal in the U.S. and the Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada - both within a 30 minute drive of the falls.

The autors offer a number of suggested tours for the tourist - with helpful info on how long each will take.

For a more in-depth historical perspective on the falls and the Niagara region, I would recommend Pierre Berton's history of Niagara Falls.

If you are planning to go to Niagara Falls (either US or Canadian side) but do not know what to do after observing the Falls then this is the book for you. The material on Welland Canal, Niagara on the Lake, wineries and the botanical garden were very helpful.
However the book is not perfect: maps that covered both pages were lost in the middle, detailed maps are missing, no restaurent/hotel recommendations.

Produced entirely in black & white, and with very small images. The original was in color & about twice the size. There is really nothing to hold your interest, visually. This will turn people off to Krazy Kat. I sent my copy back.

Not to nitpick too much, but Herriman didn't use color in his Sundays until (I believe) 1935. The comics are reprinted here smaller than the original full-page size; to reprint the comics that large would require an oversized folio that would cost many times as much and not fit on most shelves. Not that it wouldn't be neat.

Fantagraphics delivers again. The greatest comic ever published is getting its due thanks to this series (taken over from the now defunct Eclipse series). Once again the book is crammed with great Krazy Kat full page strips (keeping in step with the series previous three volumes). Comics were at one time far more complex, as a simple head poke into this book will reveal. These aren't your average four panel "I hate Mondays" gag strips. These involve reading, not glancing. Herriman was a master at his trade, and dialects, puns, non-sequiturs, nonsense, changing backgrounds, slapstick, and poignancy pervade every page. There's nothing like this on the incredibly shrinking comics page of today.

If you've never read Krazy Kat, here's some background: Krazy is a Kat (yes, with a "K", that's very important); Ignatz is a mouse; Offica Pupp is a dog (who also happens to be a cop). These three folks live in Cocino County, where Ignatz fulfills his greatest desire of flinging bricks at Krazy Kat's head. It's not so simple as "BANG!! HAHAHA!" Krazy LOVES Ignatz (pines for him) and since Ignatz only showers attention on Krazy in the form of a brick, Krazy has come to interpret this as an act of love. If you see a little heart rising from Krazy's head after Ignatz "beans" Krazy's head, this is why. Three is of course more fun, and Offica Pupp makes the triangle complete. Offisa Pupp has something for Krazy (though it's not as obvious as the other trist). Consequently, Offisa Pupp detests Ignatz for throwing bricks at Krazy. Ignatz is often seen being dragged off to jail protesting his innocence while Krazy rhapsodizes about his "'lil dahlink!" If this doesn't sound like good reading to you, then you obviously haven't read the strip. Give it at least a few chances; it takes some time to sink in. It's easier to experience than to explain. You can't read this strip vicariously.

This installment has an amazing bonus - a boatload of Krazy Kat daily strips from 1931. Previous volumes have included interesting miscellany from the past (pictures of an Ignatz figure, or piano music for the "Krazy Kat" rag), but this is almost too much to ask for. Krazy Kat dailies are harder to find in print than the Sunday pages (will Fantagraphics take on the daily strips when they're through with the Sundays?), so this is a welcome bonus. And the book is HUGE! The strips are very readable, and the dailies are VERY readable. Also included is an article about George Herriman's early cartoon career, along with some of his earliest strips from 1909-1910 (Baron Mooch and Gooseberry Sprig). There are some fascinating facts here: Charles Dickens considered art to be an integral part of his novels (wouldn't know that today!), and Cocino County was actually created for an early strip of Herriman's, not for Krazy Kat.

May Fantagraphics march on and chronicle all that there is to chronicle of Krazy Kat. Fans of "both high art and low culture" (taken from a review on the back of the book) appreciate it to an infinity squared degree.

The book is fine, except for her complaints on the attention given to her disappearance. Of course the disappearance is emphasized--she was FAR AND AWAY the most important American to disappear without a trace. The disappearance of an obscure judge (Judge Crater) and Jimmy Hoffa still produce books--why shouldn't there be even more about a more famous, more worthy American like Earhart.

That Amelia Earhart disappeared under mysterious circumstances while on an around the world flight in 1937, insures her a prominent place in mankind's collective memory. The mystery of what really happened is still unknown sixty-six years later and what actually occurred most likely will never be resolved. Too much time has passed and any evidence likely is lost to the elements. That is not to say that people have given up the search. As recently as 2001 a book by Karen R. Burns, Randall S. Jacobson, Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved, will likely not be the last.

There is more to her memory than the fact that she disappeared. She was one of the first female pilots in America. She was the first female to cross the Atlantic initially as a passenger and later alone. Amelia Earhart was only the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She emerged as a promoter of aviation in its early years and pursued a career based on her fame as a female aviation pioneer.

The sobriquet "Lady Lindy" underscores the comparison to Charles Lindbergh and his flight from New York to Paris in 1927. In one respect they were very different. "Lindbergh never reconciled himself to the demands of being a public figure, while Earhart accepted her public stature and made it work for her and women in general."(22) These two precepts, her gender and publicity, point to the core of Susan Ware's book, Still Missing, Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism. That Earhart was a well-known female spokesperson and roll model in the 1930s contributed to the cause of feminism during a time between "suffrage activism and the revived feminism in the 1960s and 1970s."(13)

Amelia Earhart was a popular heroine. She served as an example for personal achievement. She was courageous and brave and she was a woman. It was a time when women's advancement was forged by personal achievement.

The accomplishments of women as disparate as Babe Didrikson, Gertrude Ederle, Katharine Hepburn, Dorothy Thompson, Martha Graham, Georgia O'Keeffe were widely reported as evidence of the ongoing advancement of the modern, post suffrage women. Individual achievements substituted for, and also sustained, the feminist momentum.(25)

There were long periods during which Amelia Earhart was not in the press, but she was active making speeches, writing and engaging in business promotions. Key to her marketability was her marriage to publisher George Palmer Putnam. Feminists view her relationship as a "modern marriage" with freedom for each to pursue their independence. Nonetheless, it appears he controlled many aspect of her life in promoting her to the public as the best female pilot. This was the key to her public image. From this everything followed. However, it brings into question her real independence despite her protestations to the contrary. Was she in fact as free and independent as she and author Ware claim? Ware acknowledges Putnam's proclivity for control, but doesn't attribute to him any limits to her freedom. Theirs was an acknowledged marriage of convenience and one wonders if she ever loved him at all. However this is not a problem with modern feminists and Earhart, as a spokeswoman, is more central to Ware's study.

Making a living in aviation in the late 1920s and 1930s was not easy. Her counterpart, Charles Lindbergh served as a consultant for Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT). It was advertised as the "Lindbergh Line." Amelia signed on with TAT as well but with the traffic department. In contrast to Lindbergh's substantive contribution to the corporation, her job was largely ceremonial. Later she worked for the Ludington Line, but this line was sold to Eastern Air Transport in 1933. Her job there was to overcome women's reticence to flying. Ironically "in order to get women into the air as passengers, she was forced to rely on traditional gender stereotypes that exaggerated the differences between men and women." (71)

Most women in flying became stewardesses. Women who wanted to be pilots were handicapped by "the two T's - tradition and training." (75) Childhood conditioning contributed to discrimination. The case of Helen Richey, a copilot for Central Airways, is instructive. Male pilot complaints encouraged the Aeronautics Bureau of the Department of Commerce to issue an advisory allowing female airline pilots to only fly in fair-weather. Richey resigned. "After Richey's resignation women were shut out of cockpits of scheduled airlines for the next thirty years."(78)

Female ability was demonstrated during air races some of which were with men and women and others just for women. Amelia Earhart, with Helen Richey flying with her as copilot, came in fifth in the 1936 Bendix race. In 1937 Louis Thaden and copilot Blanche Noyes won over all the men! Competition among women led to new records. The Ninety-Nines, an organization for women only, served as a support and advocacy group.

What was the nature of Amelia Earhart's career? Fundamentally it was self-promotion from which endorsements flowed. Her agent was also her husband George Putnam. She was a speaker, a college councilor, magazine writer, and, as one commentator said, she became "caught up in the hero racket." (201). Probably a close comparison to her aviation career was that of Roscoe Turner's. Turner bowed out of speed racing and managed to live a full life. Similarly, when the qualities of individualism and daring which contributed to Earhart's early fame were no longer helping her image, she planned her flight around the world. She anticipated it would be her last, but not, of course, in the manner in which it was culminated. She would settle down to more routine flying when she returned, so she thought.

Some critics debunked the flight as nothing more than a publicity stunt. "She said the main object of her flight was to establish the feasibility of circling the globe by commercial transport." (215) The only real significance to the flight was that it meandered along a route near the equator, which was longer than any others that had been flown. And, of course, she was a woman. Otherwise it was not unique. "Between 1924 and 1933 six expeditions had circle the globe, including two by Wiley post in his Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae." (214)

The expedition started out badly. On take off from Hawaii she ground looped the Electra and had to return it to the Lockheed factory in California for repairs. It was decided to reverse the route, and for weather reasons, the new departure date had to occur before the end of May. There were many details to take care of and with all the preparations, Amelia began her flight fatigued. As she progressed around the world she and Noonan flew by day. Stops included San Juan, Venezuela, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, across Africa, India and Australia. From Lae, New Guinea they were to fly to the Howland Island and then on to Hawaii. Howland Island was selected because it was within flying range of New Guinea and Hawaii. Facilities had been prepared for them, but a radio beacon was not installed because it would delay the flight.

The leg to Howland Island was 2,556 miles and Earhart and Noonan planned to use islands for navigation during the day and celestial and dead reckoning at night. The coast guard cutter Itasca made radio contact with the flight but they were unable to get a bearing. Radio communication was never established but messages indicated a worsening situation over the course of the next six hours. Earhart and Noonan were confused about there position and fuel was getting low. When they were presumed lost a weeklong search was commenced without ever finding a trace of them. The loss made front-page news for ten days but "public interest lagged in the immediate aftermath of her disappearance and presumed death."(225) Since then various theories have persisted to explain her disappearance and new ones crop up. She is in fact, as Ware's title proclaims, Still Missing.

Ware, in the final pages of her book, speculates on what Amelia Earhart may have done with the rest of her life. Undoubtedly she would have continued promoting aviation and speaking out on the role of women as she had been doing all along. Ware, in writing her book, seeks "to rescue Amelia from the clutches of the cult of her disappearance and to refocus attention on her life itself."

Ware does focus attention to Earhart's accomplishments in fostering women's equality with men, but there seems to be a contradiction that underlies her story. On the one hand Amelia Earhart is portrayed as an independent women in a new field who performs as an equal to men. Indeed she is very brave and becomes the most famous and remembered female aviator. But in reading the book, the reader finds her husband, Putnam, choreographs her actions. She seemed to allow herself to be manipulated by him. Ware quotes Florence "Pancho" Barnes, "She was a goddamned robot. Putnam would wind her up and she would go and do what he said." (93)

One wonders if, in her book on feminism, Ware isn't using Earhart to make her own point and not to refocus attention from her disappearance at all. In the final analysis, after reading Ware's account, I am left with a sense of admiration for Amelia Earhart's bravery, but not much else. Ware, rather than rescuing her from the cult of the disappeared, uses her disappearance to announce that feminist equality is still missing. Isn't that taking advantage of her loss, just like the cult of the disappeared?

Susan Ware's biography of Amelia Earhart is engagingly written, never dull, and full of insights about how Earhart's life reflects the development of feminism in the United States. Anyone interested in women's biographies will find this book fascinating.

This book is best for collectors and those seeking visual reference material. Filled with many lovely images covering a variety of time periods and styles of yixing teapots. lovely.

This book was not what I'd hoped for - which is a solid introduction to Yixing teapots. It concentrates on the history of Yixing teapots - and those that have been found in archaeological digs dating back to the Song Dynasty in China. Many of these ancient pots are illustrated in the book. There is some discussion on the qualities that make Yixing clay different from most other types of clay, but there is also much missing. The book doesn't illustrate examples of the differing colours available in the clay and never discusses famous clay types like Zhu Ni, which is so highly sought after by Yixing collectors.

There is a fairly large section on ancient masters of the art and those of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It's just a shame that their chops or signatures - which are usually recorded on their pots are not included in the text. Also missing is information on the modern state of the Yixing industry and the mechanical way modern pots are mostly made.

This is a rather basic and superficial look at Yixing pots and wares - but if you are after some biographical information on the most famous past masters or want to see illustrations on some very ancient Yixing pots then this book will be of interest to you.

This is a fairly little book that is packed with solid info and great pictures. I bought one for me and a second as a gift. I may have to get a couple more for other tea fans.

This book took a couple of reads to get the hang of. While the historical essays were interesting, a detailed description of how to use the guide, where the various identifiers could be found on respective pieces, as well as a tone geared toward the lay person could have made this book significantly more useful.

I will definitely take a look at other similar guides if given the chance, but this book will do for now.

Also, while this is the fourth edition, the beginning of the book makes it seem that the prices are only current with the printing of the first edition, which was in 1995 (?). So why weren't the prices updated with subsequent printings?

Overall it's very useful, but I wish I could have browsed and compared at local bookstores.

I'm just getting started collecting Griswold cast iron, and I bought this guide recently because I wanted some sort of reference point for assessing cast iron at auctions, flea markets, antique malls, etc. I'm not a dealer, and (so far, anyway) I don't purchase or sell any cast iron on-line.

I really like this guide, since it's descriptive, inclusive, and has photos and illustrations which are more than sufficient for determining what you're looking at when you're standing over the vendor's table. The major complaint that I've read about this guide is that the prices haven't been updated. That's true - it says right in the front of the book that the prices were gathered in 1995, even though this is the fifth edition and has supposedly been revised a few times since. But, I get the impression from what I'm seeing in the marketplace that, whether due to this book itself or due to the market for cast iron, the prices quoted are still fairly accurate for most pieces. At any rate, it still serves as a great relative pricing guide, to tell you how the various pieces compare to each other. People have said that the prices quoted in here are not reflective of on-line auctions for cast iron, though whether they're generally lower or generally higher, I don't know. Since I'm not buying or selling on-line, I can't really comment, but I do know that on-line bidders have a tendency to go haywire sometimes. These seem to me to be accurate prices for antique malls or flea markets, though. A few people have complained about the quality of the photos, but I think that this is a baseless complaint, since the photos and illustrations are very clear and easily sufficient to distinguish one piece from another. The authors even show a few select counterfeits, and do a side-by-side comparison of the genuine piece versus the counterfeit. They also included a nice informative blurb about the history of each company which is represented in this guide, and a list of part numbers for each line which is invaluable if you're trying to tell just what it is you're looking at. I wish I could give it four and a half stars - it deserves the extra half. I'd give it a fifth star if they'd put a little more effort into detailing some of the diagnostic features typical to pans of a specific vintage - I'm still a little in the dark about just which handle is the "old handle" and which handle is the "new handle," given that I've seen at least four or five handle styles on these pans, and I'd like to know a bit more about some of the skillets which were manufactured by Griswold but don't say "Griswold." such as Victors and Puritans, etc. The authors do give full pricing and photograhic information for those makes, but they don't really give any information about why they exist or why they don't say "Griswold" on them.

By the way, this review is mostly focused on Griswold. I don't collect Wagner, Favorite, Sidney Hollow-ware, or Wapak. On the whole, I would say that even though I don't collect these brands, this is a very good guide for Wagner as well, and an alright guide for the other three brands. Favorite, Sidney Hollow-ware, and Wapak don't get nearly the attention that Griswold and Wagner get in this book, but I get the impression that those companies weren't as successful and didn't have quite the diversity of products in the first place that Griswold or Wagner did.

Very pleased.

Disappointing - does not live up to it's title or price. It is a painstakingly detailed academic historical treatise on the Remington Co's revolver production contracts with the U.S. Gov't and associated conflicts / problems / issues. The work is commprised mainly of the text of literally hundreds of letters between the two parties. The revolvers themselves are relegated to second place. The Model of 1875 cartridge revolver, a direct competitor to the famous Colt Peacemaker, is ignored.

Remington revolvers constituted the second most widely used handguns among Union forces in the Civil War. Yet until now there has been very limited detailed information about their design, production, government testing and procurement, and use by both the Union army and navy as compared with extensive data available on Colt military handguns of the same era. Don Ware's book remedies this, following a quarter century of research in largely original source materials, primarily from the National Archives. The text is supported with hundreds of drawings and photos including detailed closeups of inspectors' marks and such minute variations as found in loading levers and cylinder pins. Data on alterations of these percussion revolvers to fire metallic cartridges following the Civil War adds to the usefulness of this work, for the navy continued to use altered Remingtons as late as 1889. A lengthy chapter "Identifying Remington Army and Navy Revolvers" guides collectors through the evolutionary process from the early Beals model revolvers to the New Model Army and Navy. Perhaps the author could have included a brief discussion of the government's test and rejection of the Model 1875 Remington revolver, but his stated purpose was to concentrate on the percussion Army and Navy models and alterations thereof. If one had to find any fault with this book, it would be the publisher's choice of a soft paper which to a modest degree detracts from photo reproduction. All in all this book represents a ground breaking effort.

This would be a very informative and valuabe addition to any ones library of silver reseach. The book has crisp and accurate black and white drawings of many hard to find patterns with a fair market value for the date published. The text is readable,the size is portable and easy to carry along on antiquing trips.

The book is a lot of fun to look through. If you have already purchased several books on Victorian sterling and plate this would be an interesting addition to your library. If this is the only book you will be buying on the subject your needs would be better served by another book. This book conisists of turn of the century catalog reprints. The reprints are sharp and they are interesting to look at but there is not a whole lot of information.

Authors Bruner and Ware find many parallels between the LORD OF THE RINGS and Biblical teachings. I will cite only a few examples.

God often chooses the most unlikely, lowly people (e. g. Abraham, David, Moses, the twelve apostles) to accomplish great things (pp. 51-54). And it is Frodo, the lowly Hobbit, who takes upon himself the responsibility to destroy the ring (and Sauron's evil powers behind it) the only way it can be destroyed--by being thrown into the cauldron of Mount Doom.

"Evil is not possessed, but possessing." (p. 69). Gollum (Smeagol) committed murder to acquire the ring, and then was forced to live a miserable life hiding in dark places. But God can even take evil, turn it around, and use it for His purposes. One is reminded of this when Gollum snatches the ring from Frodo in the last minute, only to fall with the ring into the cauldron of Mount Doom. Thus, the evil Gollum unwittingly becomes the agent of the destruction of the evil ring (p. 89).

I am amused at the fury directed against this innocuous book by some of the negative reviews. (Perhaps this reaction tells us more about the critics' thought processes than about those of the authors of this book). Bruner and Ware freely recognize the fact that members of all faiths have enjoyed Tolkien's works (p. x). They are not saying that the applications are unique to the Christian faith. Nor do they ever suggest that Tolkien wrote the LORD OF THE RINGS for the purpose of promoting Christian doctrines or morals as such (pp. 109-111).

This is undoubtedly a thought-provoking book.

Additional comment for reviewer of Jan. 31, 2004, from Tolkien's own words:
"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work." (Tolkien, in a letter to Robert Murray)

And in response to this book's publication: For a book to call itself "Finding God in LotR", and then to blatently ignore the inconvenient fact that Tolkien was an unabashed Catholic in a time & place where it was professionally and socially unpopular to be so, removes this book from making any claims to factual or critical authenticity, and slides it into propaganda-land.

To the reader on January 31, 2004 and to all who think like this person: J.R.R. Tolkien himself was a Christian and thus his rendition of the Lord of the Rings was a Christian work. Tolkien may not have written his work as an allegory, but he did write his work with a Christian conscience. I, as well as many others, see in these books many allusions to various themes in the Bible. I have not read this book, but am looking forward to in the future. Tolkien may not have meant his work to bear a Christian theme, but it does.

This book is horribly superficial, and the writer shows a very clear failure to understand many of the themes in LOTR. This is not finding God in LOTR, but how to use LOTR as a blunt instrument in proselytizing for evangelical christianity; emphasis on "blunt".

With all the secondary literature trying to cash in on the Tolkien phenomenon it is probably worthwile to listen to the author himself for a change. In his foreword, Tolkien writes:

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old enough to detect its presence. I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author."

Oh, the "applicators" are at it, Professor, they sure are! After the 70s' and 80s' mystics, esoterics and new-worlders the evangelical christians have discovered Tolkien. Not out of conviction or love for it, I guess, but because there is no way around LOTR's huge success. The christians' favorite, C.S.Lewis, never quite matched it, on paper as on the screen.

So, after he found god in C.S.Lewis Bruner is out to find HIM in Tolkien. And he's not alone. Ralph Wood or Peter Kreeft just published similar "analyses". I'm waiting for their homilies on Harry Potter - but as I understand the super-christians still consider that one black magic. Much as they did with Gandalf and Sauron until lately. I guess they'll come around after Joanne K. Rowling is dead and can't defend herself against the blatant misuse of her work - as J.R.R.Tolkien.

I still was quite religious when I first read The Hobbit and the LOTR at age 14. And you know what I liked most about it? That religion was no part of it at all. I didn't take Sauron for Satan, or Frodo for Jesus, or Gollum for Judas. It speaks volumes about the intellectual poverty of modern evangelical christianism that they keep reducing every single story they like to a distilled version of the four gospels and, say, the first three or four Mosaic books.

Tolkien himself was a devout catholic - so what? Of course, there are religious undertones in his work. Illuvatar is his name for god, of course. But the Valar are angels as well as "gods"; they're even called that way, at some point. Tolkien knew full well that there are just as many heathen undertones: he knew his nordic literature. Or ecological undertones, for that matter: When will Greenpeace come up with "Finding the Kyoto Protocol in the Lord of the Rings"? Or why not preach about Tolkien's mistrust for modern parliamentary democracy? "Finding monarchy in the Lord of the Rings". See? It's not that difficult.

I guess I wouldn't have liked much of Tolkien's politics. But he's not around anymore to be asked, of course. And considering all else I know about him, his literary work, his teaching, the few recordings we have, he was a great person. And even if he wasn't I will always love his books - long after this evangelicalism has ebbed away again.

I am so grateful that Carolyn Mein's book came into my life. It did take a while for me to figure out what I was, but the search was well worth it and FUN. I really admire and respect what she has done. I am a person who is very focused on health. I have read EVERYTHING and know lots.If you eat the way she recommends, you will be healthy for life. My digestive system is now in the best condition it has ever been in. Thank you Carolyn Mein for all the hard work you did. For those who "understand" and have a real desire for optimum health........you're amazing.

i'm a western herbalist and student of chinese medicine. because of my background, i can surmise some of mein's basis for her conclusions, such as meridian pathways and their associated organs, endocrine hormonal influence, etc. i also think that she came up with the diets for each type via muscle-testing.
my primary interest in this book is as background material. as far as individualized diets, i recommend that people find what works for them, regardless of what they read in a book. mein's other pitfalls include not taking into account degenerative diseases, environmental stress, digestive disorders, etc. the biggest value in mein's suggestions is rotation of foods, as it is in most other diets-by-type.
we are all biochemically unique individuals and while typing ourselves may be fun, it's just one tool among many and not every tool is clinically useful in every situation.

It was fun looking through the book, reading descriptions and trying to find my body type. And it has a value in increasing one's body acceptance after looking at page after page of different body constitutions. I could not determine my "type" exactly, and got it narrowed down to three possibilities (that is after following all steps and reading psychological profiles). Next I look at the dietary recommendations, thinking that I could maybe blend them....but they were quite different and did not provide rationale for the promation of healthy vs. food to avoid.

I would find it hard to make some of the seemingly bizarre diet choices when the author offers no explanation for the "bionutrition" , either by research or by client experience. "Eat Right for Your Blood Type" is so much easier and understandable, plus the author attempts to explain/support his recommendations.

As with others I found this book difficult to follow and much prefer Dr. Abravanel's "Body Type Diet" in which one only deals with 4 distinct body types and a lot more guidance in the diet/exercise sections. However, having decided my body type through Abravanel, I found Mein's book to be great supplemental reading. And I am a firm believer that most of us are combinations of types - dominant and subdominant...............so that one needs to really get to know oneself to categorize and sort out what will work best.

Very confusing book. Found it difficult to find my "type". None of the types matched me and the personality traits were not me at all if the body type remotely fit me. I couldnt decide what type i was at all. The menus were somewhat constrictive unless you can live on nuts and beans for some. Basically if you follow a healthy eating plan with excersize you will lose weight no matter what "type" you may be. WELL, duh.

I wasn't sure about this book, as I bought it used and one of the other reviews said it "fell apart into peices"; he must have gotten defective or really old copy. Mine was a little beat-up, but was no worse wear than other used paperbacks I've brought on Amazon.

I do agree it doesn't go into enough depth on many subjects. However, on the flip side it doesn't assume you have lots of knowledge and is easy to find what you are looking for.

It's a good "Idiot's Guide", but not a complete reference. If you are new to the subject I recommend getting this and one of the thick MS reference guides. You'll end up using this one a lot for several months until you have really familiarized yourself with IIS 6.

One of the poorest books of its kind. It told/taught me nothing. Jumps all over the place and there are no in-depth explanations of anything.

Lots of good info. There are some technical terms that were not well defined, but most of the critical information is there. Book is a great starting point. It gets you familiar with all the important concepts of IIS.

Hey, it's a great book for beginners. I knew a very little about IIS and windows server before I started. Stuff like what a service is, what an HTML file is. You know, point and click, the basics. If you don't know this stuff then get a basic Windows server book before you read this book. However, if you know the basics of how to use a computer, then that's right were this book picks up.
It literally walks you though each tasks, with TONS and TONS of pictures to help you along the way. Honestly, this is the most basic book on IIS I've seen.
Great for beginners, but Newbies may want to take a primmer course first

If you're considering this book as a basic intro to web technologies, then perhaps it's a decent choice. If you're looking for in-depth details on IIS6, then you should choose another book.

The reads an an overview to IIS, SMTP, FTP, etc with no real details on any of them beyond setting up your "first site". Pages that could have been used to provide meaningful detail were spent providing overviews of quasi-related subjects like NLB, clustering and Application Center.

Microsoft IIS 6.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant is a much better alternative, providing the type of content I was hoping for when I purchased this one.