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This is a wonderful guide. It is small and very easy to follow. To perform a function it just lists the steps, no extra verbage, no pictures, just steps to easily follow. A good index makes things easy to find. It is perfect for me because I just want to use the basic things, nothing exotic. It might not be enough for someone who wants to do more, but for a basic user it is Terrific and small enough to carry easily. Don't hesitate!!

O'Reilly's new "Mac OS X Pocket Reference" hits a home run right out of the stadium!

Yes, Missing Manuals are good. As are Little Books, Bibles and Inside books. However few of those tomes fit your pocket, purse or brief case as beautifully as this little gem does! It's an essential quick-reference on OS X that all new users will use at least several times on the very first day it arrives.

Not only does it contain all the really essential commands and keys, it includes basic UNIX command info, printer, modem configurations, and a host of other important help one may need while at the desk or on the road. Add a user, remove a user, tune the dock, correct OS preferences, log in, log out, change passwords, and do just about anything the unfriendly new OS requires you to do.

I actually like it better than the frustrating online guide help. It is well organized, has a good table of contents and index, and is designed with a simple, easy to understand format.

But it's not just about help. Just thumbing through it you'll pick up tips that you hadn't thought of before. (Like building and using the powerful locate database!) It's a great little book, fits nicely in the brief case for travel and gives you the support you need when you need it.

Yes, I bought David Pogue's "Missing OS X Manual" for the kids and at home. I bought Robin William's wonderful "Little OS X Book" to send off to college with my son. But this one . . . it's in MY brief case all the time.

Although the Designer's Bookshelf concentrates on books in the visual communications fields, the Max OS X Pocket Reference caught all our Mac User's fancy and won itself a place in the Design-Bookshelf.com Editor's Choice Circle for July 2002.

This book is valuable as a quick start guide to Mac OS X, both for users of earlier versions of the Mac OS and for "switchers" from Unix and Windows--Part I of the book is all about converting.

Part II covers the basics of Mac OS X including window usage and keyboard shortcuts, the Finder and Dock, the Classic environment, and managing user accounts and logging in. The "Basic Keyboard Shortcuts" chart is especially handy.

Part III discusses system preferences and the applications and utilities that come with OS X. A future edition of this book would be much more useful if it provided information on the various "iApplications" (e.g., iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes) and the other applications that come bundled with OS X. The book currently provides a one-paragraph description of the various applications but nothing on how to use them. The section on Developer Tools is so brief as to be almost useless.

Part IV covers the Unix interface to OS X, focusing on using the Terminal application and basic Unix commands. This section seems to be confused about its target audience. Some things are discussed at a very basic level, but at the same time it assumes the reader knows why they want to work with the Unix interface in the first place.

Part V is called "Task and Setting Index" and tells how to accomplish various tasks and configure the system.

Any book about a specific computer technology will become dated. This book was published in May 2002, and at the time of this writing (November 2002), some items discussed in the book are already out of date with the release of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). For example, iTools is now .Mac, and Sherlock is no longer used to find files (that function has been moved to the Finder).

Why do I give this book four stars? Much of the information is so abbreviated that it is not helpful, for example, the coverage of the applications and utilities. There just isn't enough content to justify the book's billing as a "pocket reference". On the other hand, it does provide a good overview of Mac OS X.

This book is invaluable - it's small, it's concise, it has what you want to know, and it's small enough to pack in your pocket. The main reason it deserves the five stars in full is because it delivers on all the Mac OS X content with depth that fits a pocket-book, plus some UNIX code. In essence, what Chuck Toporek has done is to create an all-purpose Mac OS X book small enough to carry with you. Mucho content in a mini size - that's why I recommend this book.

Dr. Bruce Perry, former collaborator, more recently biographer of Malcolm X, searched for decades after Malcolm X died for more speeches and interviews by Malcolm X. He spent years tracking down the man who had the tapes that led to this book, finding him in the rain forest jungles of Guyana, and being able to interview him while the revolutionary government of Marice Bishop still ruled Grenada. He knew Pathfinder would publish them, because Pathfinder was the publisher Malcolm X chose while he was alive to publish his work, because they believe in Malcolm X's words because they are Malcolm's.
There are three sections, two speeches given before Malcolm split from the Nation of Islam from January and February 1963, two interviews from december 1964, and the last two speeches we have in full, one he gave February 15, 1965 and another he gave the next day. Malcolm X was murdered on February 21, 1965.
You can judge for yourself how Malcolm X grew and changed.l One thing, it wasn't to become someone just into peace and love and non-violence and all sorts of silly things that people say, but that Malcolm X never was into. I just leave you with the contrast in titles. The titles of the 1963 speeches are "Twenty million Black people in a political, economic, and mental prison" anmd "America's gravest crisis since the civil war," rooted in the problems of Black people in America. The speeches given in the last week of his life speak of the world: :There's a world wide revolution going on" and L:Not just an American problem, but a world problem."

In 1991 I met Malikah Shabazz (one of M/X's daughters) and she autographed my copy of this, telling me that this was her favorite of the varying complations that filled bookstores at the time. I agreed then and now. This presents a more complex look at the varying stages of Malcolm's evolving philosophy while other such compliations are more selective to represent such phases in Malcolm X's evolution Elijah Muhammad's teachings (which I personally have no use for), socialism, black nationalism, etc. to promote the point of view of the compliers. Here, we see that M/X, while consistant in his search for something better for Black people. So it can rightly be called "A Malcolm X Reader" or "The Evolution of Malcolm X Thought."

He also mentions Nelson Mandela in passing in this collection, and what he has to say about his days in the Nation of Islam near the end of this book will give fans of the pre-1964 thought of M/X much pause. After this, check out "Malcolm X Talks to Young People." While that is a representation of his later thought, it's also quite good. But read this after the "Autobiography" and M/X Speaks" to get the full enchilada of Malcolm X Thought.

This book has all of the themes that Malcolm spoke about during the last year of his life. He patiently explains over and over that the U.S. government is not and can't be "ours", not without a revolution : it is theirs, it belongs to the superrich
( mostly -white ) man. He calls this system " the power structure" or, most scientifically of all, then and now, "Western, or American, imperialism". He speaks of the need for Blacks in "America" to be proud of their African roots;
the need to become and to stay politically independent of the twin parties of capitalist racism; of women's equality and dignity - that's right ; it's one of the main reasons he broke from the Nation of Islam - and he speaks of the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cuban revolutions as examples to emulate HERE. Above all he teaches you , of whatever color , creed ,or sex , to start with the standpoint that most of the people in the world are your potential allies and what is called " America" - the U.S. government and the Yanqui Empire - is your and my deadly enemy. Anti-capitalist and pro-socialist, this is not the Malcolm of biographers, or movie directors, or other "interpreters" - it is Malcolm X speaking for himself, putting forward a line of march relevant to every fighter for meaningful social change today, tomorrow, and beyond.

If your view of Malcolm X is from the Spike Lee movie, reading this book and the other books of speeches from his last year "Malcolm X: The Final Speeches" will turn your head around. Malcolm is depicted as a purely humanist, apolitical person, after his trip to Mecca who simply loved everyone. The speeches and interviews from his last year show him as an increasingly political person who was working with Cuban, Congolese, Algerian revolutionists and with revolutionary socialists in the United States to fight for African liberation and against the growing US War in Indochina.

Moreover, Malcolm's speeches from this year also document the reactionary and corrupt practices of the Nation of Islam under Elijah Muhammad and its terror campaign against Malcolm and anyone else who dissent. He had held back from this, but he needed to do this to expose the threats against himself and his family.

As in his other speeches and interviews Malcolm speaks in a voice with lots of practical school-of-hard-knocks knowledge and reasoning, in a soul stirring, voice, with lots of wit as well as wisdom thrown in.


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I recently reread this book and I realized that I took it way too seriously. And I must say that Ms. Herndon has a wonderful sense of humor. I would definitely recommend this book if you're looking for a fun, light read.

This is possibly one of the funniest books I've ever read. Although I think it is categorized as a mystery, I guessed the ending about three-quarters of the way through. It didn't matter. By the time I got there, my sides ached from laughing. Angie, the heroine, starts out to be a sad insecure woman. By the time it's over, she's self-assured and confident. I loved her! Can't help but say she reminded me of me, insecurities and all. If you're looking for a whodunit that'll keep you guessing until the last page, this is not for you, but if you're looking for a book that'll make you laugh and smile until the end, you'll enjoy this one. I guarantee it!

This book is very funny. It is easily read and quite humorous. The characters are real, thus making the story that much more enjoyable. I highly recommend it

Angie Piscatelli is a NY psychologist who witnesses a robbery in a NY bank but she refuses to go to the police. Instead, she buys a blonde wig as a disguise - which changes her life. So certain she won't be recognized, she walks past the scene of the crime the next day and what does she see! The alleged thief is standing not fifty feet away from the bank he robbed the day before. AND - the thief follows her. Angie doesn't know whether it's because he's attracted to her or wants to kill her. He goes so far as to follow into a coffee shop and ask her for a date. Since she hasn't had date in ages and he's very good-looking she doesn't know what to do. Of course, she says no. So he finds out she's a psychologist and makes an appointment for a session. In the meantime, her ex-husband, the love of her life, appears on the scene and announces he wants her back. What's a girl to do? Read this book and find out. You'll laugh your way to the conclusion

Clear and concise, this book has taken me from knowing nothing about web design to publishing a site of my own in 3 weeks. While there is much more to learn, my site is running smoothly and 100% W3C Strict compliant.

this book is the greatest that i have read ever.
though that i have a little expiriance with HTML and CSS , but this book give you the actually way to write your code only at XHTML and CSS , with a great way of explaining .

I've been studying at web design and construction for over 10 years. Since I'm both dyslexic and limited in my short-term memory, I've had problems with doing more than just the basics. Understanding XHTML and CSS have been problematic for me, and I've had to rely on programs like Dreamweaver and Front Page to write my pages. This book is finally bringing home how web pages are constructed, and how CSS is used for both styling and positioning things. Virginia has put together the best method of presenting the material in a manner that I can comprehend, and hopefully retain. I've purchased a lot of books on web construction, but none have helped me as much as this one has, and continues to do. I'll keep it over all the others as a reference in the future.

Virginia DeBolt's newest book is an excellent resource for modern, standards based design. It combines the depth of a well qualified instruction with lively, real world examples of practical web applications. This book will save you so many hours of work and research by showing you how techniques have evolved and how each application meets the various standards. Webpage structure (including columns), various navigation methods, working with images and picture galleries, banners, links, blogs, and much more are all discussed. Also included (in color) are inspirational website designs showing these modern CSS based techniques.

In the course of designing our numerous large websites for parent support I have read over a dozen design and coding books on html and css, and this is one book I return to over and over again.

A sword-wielding milkman, a reporter, bikers and some aliens.. suspend your belief and enjoy the fast paced story about saving the world!

The style of the book reminds me of some books written Alan Dean Foster. Sci-fi in the sense that it has to do with aliens and some advanced technology which isn't explained in any detail. The characters are all cliche but likable. The story is straightforward but has some new enjoyable twists and some campy humor that made me chuckle to myself.

The book was well written -- The prose was straightforward and the story flowed between chapters which left me wanting to read more.

My only complaint is the book was expensive for the small amount of pages -- especially since it was a Kindle download. But I guess everyone has to make a living.

If you enjoyed Army of Darkness, Buckaroo Banzai, or anything in the ouvre known as "Python", you will thoroughly enjoy this book. On the other hand, if you like your plots bulletproof, your characters serious, and your prose...well, prosaic, then this is not the book for you.

Otherwise, hop in, buckle up, and get ready for more gun-totin', alien huntin', trailer trash fun than you can shake a stick at.

The late Bill Hicks would have loved this book that so aptly extends the plotline of his Flying Saucer Tour. Bill always wondered why it was that aliens abducted only yahoo morons from Nowhere, Alabama. Ian Healy explains it all in a manner that would make the writers of Saturday Night Live proud. The Monty Python troupe would applaud, and The A-Team would give a heads up. The Milkman is a little like the work of all these legendary clowns. The story would be silly and frivolous to the max and gag-me-with-a-spoon bad if the author was not such a helluva writer. The jokes break wind like Spinal Tap going to eleven, and the many clever similes will make you giggle with anticipation of the next one. The author uses pop cultural references similar to those in my own first book, Plastic Ozone Daydream. Mr. Healy has a firm grasp of what entertains hip Americans. If you can't handle a few gaseous emissions, look elsewhere, but if you thought Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle was the cat's meow, you may really enjoy The Milkman.

If you're looking for a great read this summer, pick this one up. It's funny and fast paced. The length makes it perfect to take along on a weekend trip.

An excellent book that looks into the history and present controversy of mind control. A great book.

I have read several dozen books on conspiracies, mainly those dealing with mind control and extraterrestrials. Some like the books by David Childress lack much in the way of new material. Commander X always has something new to reveal to his audience in just about every one of his offerings. MIND STALKERS covers alot of ground and really gets a person to thinking. I mean, some of this stuff seems so unbelievable...but you never know. Commander X always seems so convincing. This is probably the best book on the subject in the last two or three years that I have read.

I have read a few conspiracy books in my time and Commander X is one of my favorite authors on topics which the major media seem to be ignoring. He is not as political as some of the other writers in the field who seem to have an anti American axe to grind. The good Commander is more into UFOs and ETS and believes we have gained a good deal of scientific knowledge from these beings. This book was easy reading -- it shows and there are groups among us who would like us to do their bidding; regardless of if they are terrorists or extremeists in our own military. Apparently, apparently there is a secret group working within our country to control our thinking...it is sort of an elitist group with branches in other parts of the world -- some have called it the New World Order. There are some exciting accounts in this book which makes it more interesting then some of the other books that have been written on the subject. I guess Commander X found out a lot about the Mind Stalkers when he "mixed it up" with the greys when he was abducted my the greys which he talks about in THE COMMANDER X FILES. Definitely buy this book if you want to know more about the evil that seeks to control us all!

Over the years there have been several good books written about mind control. All of these books are now out of print and impossible to find. I was very happy to see Commander X new book about this very interesting subject. This book has it all. From the early history of attempts by various governments to learn the secrets of the human mind and how to control it - to later successes using drugs, mental manipulation, to electronic implants and now possibly microwaves. Considering what is going on in the world today, this book makes you sit back and wonder if we're not all being manipulated by some secret group somewhere. Highly recommended!

Grant Morrison is probably one of the most imaginative minds in the whole comic industry, and the first 1/3 of his run on "The New X-Men" is simply one of the most amazing reads I have ever been exposed to. the X-men have always been a series that had a lot of political and social themes intertwined within it, and Morrison creates a fantastic reality through fantasy that have all the political happenings that are going on now. "New X-Men by Grant Morrison: Ultimate Collection Volume 1" is a great escape from reality but at the same time, is the most realistic super-hero comic thematically that there is.

Can't wait for volumes 2 and 3 to come out this year!

For years the X-Men have claimed to be advancing mutant rights, but what have they actually accomplished? They've defended against threats, sure--but they haven't really done much beyond that. Finally, the X-Men get proactive in their mission. Writer Grant Morrison, with a host of artists including the ultra-talented Frank Quitely, Leinil Yu, and Ethan Van Sciver, reinvents the X-Men as an elite mutant search-and-rescue unit whose main priority is teaching the next generation of mutant youths the skills they need to survive in a world that hates and fears them.

In this volume, the X-Men face Cassandra Nova, Charles Xavier's evil twin sister intent on destroying her bother and his legacy. Nova draws the Sentinels and the Shi'ar Empire into the fray and things get worse from there. Genosha, an island nation of mutants, is destroyed and Jean Grey, the premier psychic of the X-Men, is slowly regaining her Phoenix powers.

Morrison & Co. offer a revolutionary look at the X-Men. Instead of reacting to events, they are beginning to take matters into their own hands as they push for mutant rights. But there's still enough high-scale action equations and soap opera melodrama to keep everyone happy. However, the art does vary and Igor Kordey, though normally quite talented, was rushed during production and his pencils suffer for it.

Still, this volume presents the X-Men at their best and offers a truly fresh take on Marvel's band of mutants, something that has been missing for quite a while. Since Morrison left the X-Men, they have largely reverted to their original state (with some exceptions), which is a shame, since what has been offered here is truly inspired.

In early 2000, Marvel managed to wrestle Grant Morrison, arguably the most influential writer in comics (moreso than Alan Moore, in my opinion), and gave him the flagging X-Men title.
In the first arc, he destroyed the mutant country of Genosha, created an ultra powerful foil to Professor Xavier, put the X-Men at odds with the Shi'ar empire, saved the world, and started to degrade and destroy the relationship that Jean and Scott had.
Morrison's stories in the volume are big, operatic, and loud, much like his material from his run on JLA, but grounded in team dynamics and the fragile nature of how lives can change in the blink of an eye.
On the art side, frequent Morrison collaborator Frank Quitely turns in good work, bolstered by the inks of Tim Townsend, and later on, Ethan Van Sciver and the infamously rushed work of Igor Kordey.
Overall, Morrison plays with the various aspects of the 30 years of X-Men continuity while managing to keep it fresh and forward looking. The art, however, is the weak point of the volume and the entire run. The fill-ins lack of a firm visual continuity, and the bevy of different artists hamper the total impact of the collection.
All in all, even with the uneven art, I still heartily recommend this collection of my favorite Marvel Comic.

Grant Morrison's X-Men run is probably the best X-Men run in the last decade. Ironically, it's a little different than other classic runs... and that's what makes it so special.

Without spoiling anything, Grant changes the status quo with the X-Men without really changing core concepts of the X-Men. His stories turn the entire framework for the X-Men on their face. The stories are well-plotted, and this collection really does read like one whole story. There's lots of nice character moments, as well as character arcs that get started here and will be expanded upon in vol 2 & 3 of the collections later on this year.

The only faults with Grant's run are the art and some of his 'big ideas' that sometimes don't seem to pan out. Because of scheduling problems with these issues, Frank Quintly did not draw every issue... so often times you will see different art styles every issue as multiple artists contributed to keep this book on schedule for the regular issues. Nonetheless, most of the artwork is good and the storytelling makes up for this.

This is really awesome work though. Seriously, if you haven't read it - do so. It's better than any of the new TPB's coming out. It contains so much core ideas that make the X-Men what it is today that it's really worth reading.

Eiseley was an anthropology professor in Philadelphia [U. of Penn.] who wrote more about the human condition than about anthropology, alone. This somewhat rambling series of thought-provoking essays recounts experiences of the author during anthropological explorations. He tells, for example, of the reasons why he is "the man who didn't find the skull." That is, he thinks he never became a more famous anthropologist because of three missed opportunities: the cave of spiders, the owl's egg, and the old man out of the Golden Age.
Near Carlsbad, NM, he was hunting for evidence of an ice age man when he found a cave that had more recent traces of man . . . and a crevice that might lead to more ancient findings. As he crawled into the passage, Eiseley encountered a low-roofed chamber that had a velvet-like ceiling. Millions of daddy long legs! When the light hit them, they dropped off the ceiling. "All I know is that up out of the instinctive well of my being flowed some ancient, primal fear of the crawler, the walker by night." He retreated.
The second chance was a cave at the top of a rugged canyon. As he entered the opening, an owl flew out, leaving an egg unattended. Beneath the egg and nest, all sorts of treasures might exist, but Eiseley couldn't disturb it because he knew the owl species was endangered. "Under it might be a treasure that would make me famed in the capitals of science, but suppose there was nothing under the nest after all and I destroyed it?" [He left it alone.]
"The old man of the Golden Age" was someone who brought Eiseley a human jaw which he claimed was from 20 million years ago. It was embedded in stalactite drippings that could represent considerable age. But the man would not show the cave location unless Eiseley would publish a story saying that the Golden Age (Miocene period) was true . . . that a great civilization existed then. The man was mad or crazy; Eiseley could make no such statement. His pride prevented it, and so he lost the jaw and the possibility of future finds that the man could have shown him.
In this book, Eiseley displays a richness of vocabulary and observations that proved his sensitivity to the world around him. He was willing to examine what he considered to be his own weaknesses and shortcomings. He came from a childhood with a mother who was deaf and a father who worked long hours as a laborer. He worried about the profound impact of teachers on students because he remembered how influential some were on his life--both positively and negatively.
He marvels that we are made up of elements some of which are dead, yet we live. He challenges our absolutes and certainties and lays bare the raw uncertainty of man's efforts to understand himself and his world.

This is only one among many collections of Loren Eisley's thoughtful works, and I would willingly recommend all those I have read. THE NIGHT COUNTRY, however, remains my favorite. Eisley's vision overlays the human and non-human worlds and examines both over the span of ages rather than years. He will show you tiny snippets of life in a parking lot, shadows on cave walls, deserts, pigeons and childhood memories that will linger in your thinking like dinosaur footprints impressed in mud and baked to permanence by hot volcanic ash. You may choose not to follow that trail again, but I assure you it will remain vivid. Consider the return of an old man to a boyhood home after more than a half century, eager to see the cottonwood tree he and his father planted together. It was the tree his father had promised would provide Eisley with shade in his old age, where he might sit and remember his Dad; a tree that had grown and blossomed and flourished year after year in Eisley's thoughts and dreams; a tree under whose branches Eisley figuratively lived his entire life. Gone. For, who knows, fifty years? And yet, what tree could have been more real, more alive? Like a field mouse displaced by developers, pigeons abandoned with an archaic train station, a bum dying in a depot, or a wasp fading into the chill of autumn, Eisley knows that the shadow he casts on a hotel wall will be that of another man tomorrow, and all shadows fade together into the night.

I first was introduced to Loren Eisley by a roommate in graduate school who read aloud to me the final essay in this book. It is entitled, "The Brown Wasps," and if you've never read anything by Eisley, you might want to start there. Among many things, this particular essay is about memory, home, and the place of death in life - themes that run throughout the book whose essays are intimate narratives that intermingle meditations on science and personal history. Having now written these words I feel they miss the mark in recommending this book becuase the themes of Eisley's work seem more experiential than concrete to me, which is the case for many truths about life - truths that can be captured more by the feelings evoked by a time and a place than by mere words alone. And yet, his words do a remarkable job of evoking past times and places, locating them in your present life and providing a context for understanding their meaning. If you read this book, perhaps you'll want to share it with a friend, as my friend did with me, and I have with many good friends since. Eisley communicates the happy/sad, excited/melancholic, naive/wise tensions of nostalgia like no one else I've read.

Theodosius Dobzhansky described Eiseley as "...a Proust miraculously turned into an evolutionary anthropologist," and his works are greatly admired by Ray Bradbury. This was the second book I read of his after "The Immense Journey" and it was no let down at all! It too is haunting, beautiful, disturbing, hopeful, fearful, and immensely imaginative.

Here's a taste, from the chapter The Places Below: "If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simpler prescription. Avoid the darkness."

In One Over X Williams takes us on a fantastical journey through time, space, and even reality. Following the main character(s?) through the enigmatic plot gives us a vicarious sense of omnipotence...or impotence, depending on our level of understanding. Truly one of the most innovative works of the 21st century, One Over X embodies a mode of storytelling that has yet been seen in modern literature. Williams forges new ground in this opening chapter of his masterpiece epic. Buy it. Read it. Love it.

If you like a book that makes you really think, that challenges your ideas about the past, present and future, try this book. It's part one of a series, and if the rest live up this first book, it'll be a great series! Lives are changed in a heartbeat, and you see different stages of the hero's life, like reflections in a splintered mirror. The characters are strong and well-defined. You won't forget them easily, and the plot carries you along in a rush of excitement to know what comes next. Can you follow the twists and turns of this one?

This has got to be one of the better books I have ever read; starts off on a level that is just a bit harder and more complex than what I was use to, but WOW! it really explodes in to a great read.

I recommend this book not to just SCIFI fans, but people who just want a great story that they will never forget.

To preface this, I'm not a huge fan of reading fiction books. I must be a product of the 5 second generation. But I was recommended this read from a friend. I started it and the characters were confusing at first. I couldn't figure out what Andy was doing and why. I almost gave up. But as the characters developed, I couldn't put it down. The shifting from Andy's world to the Wolfcats was intriging! It appears that the author has took great pains to create a solid body of charcters that kept me riveted. The author, Mr. Williams has written a fasinating book that I would recommend to all. It transcends science fiction. I tried to catagorize it, but it is impossible. Keep up the good work Mr. Williams. I hope you write many more!!!

And I fear it will become more needed as the courts and the police chip away at our Constitutional rights. The best parts of the book were the sections that explained how to be inconspicuous, and how to maintain privacy with documents and other property you would rather not have the police see.

My comments should not be construed to be pro-crime, nor should the book be considered as such. It should be read as a primer on how to maintain the rights we have while the "justice" system erodes those rights and attempts to use the system against even the innocent.

This is an important book that should definitely be updated, since it was published in 1988.

"E.X. Boozie" did for the law what Abbie Hoffman did for shoplifting. He taught people how to use the law to their advantage. I own this book, although I am delighted to see it is still available post 9-11, where our rights are being stripped away one by one. I consider this book a survival guide in this day and age. I know for a fact that many of the topics discussed in this book still in fact work. I was taking a constitutional law class, and really stirred up the teacher (a former cop) by pointing out the folly of his logic that cops were always right. On more than one occasion he had to back down and admit that in many of his theories that the cops not the citizens would in fact be in the wrong.

The book was written in 1988, the end mark of an 8 year Republican administration. I feel that history is repeating itself again. Poverty is on the rise, and the poor are always who gets blamed for wrong doing. Look around on many of the t.v. specials, or nightly news and see if this isn't eery: "Reports come pouring out of government agencies raising the hue and cry that crime is on the rise in America. News Paper headlines and the Six O'clock News broadcast graphic stories of murder and mayhem on the streets. Politicians pontificate about cleaning up crime and bringing back "the good old days." Movies and television programs dramatically portray innocent citizens being brutally assulted by grotesque-looking thugs. And who are the thugs that recieve all this bad press? You guessed it- it's the ghetto people."

Lest you think this book is meerley a rant, by a guy who's name "E.X. Boozie" doesn't sound credible, he actually has done the research. He lists the exact court cases, which are available on line, or on the books which discovered these loopholes. For example: "A series of landmark Supreme Cases has formalized a rule, that when police aquire evidence against a person by violating his constitutional protections, they shouldn't be allowed to use it to convict him." He backs this statement up, by correct court cases(Mapp v Ohio 1961, U.S. v Weeks 1914, and Elkins v U.S. 1960.) He also includes the correct case number.

This is a book to own for anyone who cares about their rights.

"E.X. Boozhie" has written what is probably the best book on understanding the law in the USA. Instead of writing on how the law is written and established, he writes on how it is practiced and enforced. He points out what to look for (and look OUT for) in various situations that can get you into trouble, and what to expect if you do. The author has seriously done his homework. Each chapter is followed by about 2 pages of footnotes; nearly all of them legal cases.

Boozhie has helpfully added a "10 Commandments" list on how to keep yourself OUT of trouble! ("Be aware of the rules." "Don't attract attention." "Trust only what you control.") Just the thing we need in a society where Big Brother's presence is all too obvious.

A worthy inclusion for the bookshelf of any freedom lover.

This book is a clearly written view of how the law works, from the POV of a convict. I don't know what Boozhie did to get sent up. His text is pretty pro-lawbreaker, but that's to be expected, and given the current tendency of the government to ignore the law and Constitution, not as grating as one might think.