Stevens Point Books

This book is very helpful to cross-reference with school manuals on trigger points. And the way that it demonstrates where the pain would be felt and how to alleviate it is very easy to follow. I would recommend this book.

We briefly studied myofacial and trigger point therapy in massage therapy school, and this was a great accompanyment to that portion of our curriculum. I will be keeping this book when I begin my practise.

This book has been very helpful to me. I'm in massage school now. It's easy to use, easy to reference and is a great value for the price.

If you have knots in your muscles then this is the book for you! It will show you where the triggeer points are by muscles groups and explain in detail how to perform the pressure and stretch. Very good teaching tool for beginners who know little about muscles.

This book is a wealth of information on pain referral patterns for any particular muscle, so in that regard I find it very valuable. However it does not give exact information on how to massage trigger points but focuses almost exclusively on how to stretch to relieve targetted muscular pain as well as strengthening exercises but nothing on how to massage these particular trigger points to help break up the spasm. The pictures are grouped regionally so as to find the affected muscle quickly but since the title said Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain: The Practice of Informed Touch I kinda expected more of the informed touch aspect.

So colorful! Plentiful examples of practical applications, luxurious pristine diagrams and the wildly formatted pages brings the reader back to the middle school textbook yrs. The writing isn't very involved or through, so this would be best for a HS intro chem text, but probably too simplistic for college students. Examples and problems given are in following with the text and provide no stunningly difficult challenges, but rather just the right amount and level of practice. Just a fun, youthful, simple chem text.

The textbook is a wonderfully written and easy to understand. However, I take exception to the egregious misuse of flow charts. The error occurs in Chapter 5, figure 5.1. If the textbook were not a science book one could understand the lack of formality. However, it is a science textbook directed toward beginning students, as stated in the preface. I believe therefore, it would represent a huge improvement to the efficacy of the book if the flow charts reflected formal Boolean logic.

Although this book is a visible represention of a truly remarkable achievement, it is also an invitation to glimpse the invisible, all that which makes a team a team, the indivisibility of its participants. The spirit of this triumph is grasped most deeply by "Seusical the Musical," persons who dare to dream, the creative imagination of the residents of Whoville, especially the microscopic JoJo. "Top Dawgs" examplifies the reality of the most underlying theme of Dr. Seuss, "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think," players one-anothering one another as team.

The Unfinished Struggle, considering its brevity and the number of years that it covers, represents an adequate, even good, effort at describing the difficult, hazardous, uneven, and highly compromised journey of the labor movement since the Great Railroad Uprising of 1877.

Since the book is intended for those without thorough knowledge of the labor movement, a shortcoming of the book is the absence of any history of unions prior to 1877. How did they start? What was/is the social, economic, and political/legal context of unions? But the book is a window into the practicality and realities of unionism since 1877.

The author shows that other than for a brief thirty-year period the labor movement has mostly struggled for relevancy, even survival. It is not clear as to the degree of optimism that the author has regarding the completion of the struggle. As a practical matter, a reading of this book leaves little room for optimism.

In the absence of great detail, the author focuses on historical "turning points" as markers to indicate the standing and prospects of the labor movement. Among those selected for discussion were the Strike of 1877, the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912, WWI, the Steel Strike of 1919, the Great Depression, the Wagner Act of 1935, WWII, the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, the PATCO Strike of 1981, and the change in the leadership of the AFL-CIO in the mid-90s. In addition the conflicts and contradictions within the labor movement are well assessed. Basically, the book is a very sobering account of the labor movement.

The author acknowledges the next to impossible task of writing a short history of the labor movement because of its complex past, but he has done a very credible and worthy job.

This is a great guide for any beginning roller coaster enthusiast. The only problems are that it is not really that current, and the editing is terrible. Words are misspelled everywhere. But if you can get around that, it is a great guide.

This is a great book. An absolute must have for coaster enthusiasts. Even for the casual coaster fan there is a wealth of information and great unbiased comparisons of roller coasters the world over. The only catch is that it current up to 1997, and there have been so many incredible coasters built since then. Regardless, this is still a wonderful point of reference.

This book includes a history of roller coasters, lists of the top ten steel and wood coasters (as of 1997), a very full list of all the coasters in the world as of the printing, a top ten list of great amusement parks, and a trip planner that allows you to maximize your coaster experience anywhere in the United States.

I regret having to be a party-pooper, but the list of glowing Amazon reviews for this paltry sum of a book is unbelievable. Of the many rollercoaster titles out there, this has to be the most lackluster, primarily because the underambitious author set out ONLY to make a superficial guidebook that -- due to the ever-mutating coaster technology -- is already dated. Worse, the uninspiring black and white photographs fail to do these rides any justice. Most of them seem to have been culled from the same theme park publicity departments to whom the author (judging by the text) apparently ingratiated himself. As a history, it offers nothing but the same litany of facts stated again and again in such other -- much more engaging -- rollercoaster tomes as Robert Cartmell's groundbreaking THE INCREDIBLE SCREAM MACHINE. Be wise and look elsewhere on this site for other recommendations on books of this nature.

To put it best, Urbanowicz did something very convinient for us all -- he put most of the coasters in the United States and the rest of the World in this lovely little book. However, in the age of the internet, specifically, with the Roller Coaster Database available (rcdb.com), this book really needs to have more than just a listing of coasters.

To me, the book is good for trip planning, and that's all. The section entitled "Best Roller Coaster Trips" is very good, but nothing that an enthusiast, with a brain capacity equaling that of a horse, couldn't figure out. Having the tips and hotel info is a nice plus, but other than that, nothing that can't be done alone.

The listing of the coasters, to me, is somewhat pointless, especially with the aforementioned web sources available. This section also provides ratings for the coasters, which to me is fine, but I tend to disagree with quite a few of them, so it affects my experience. One last thing to note here is that he claims to have every operating wooden coaster on the planet. I know of at least two that, at time of printing, were not included.

The top 10 and top 5 lists are ok, though again, I disagree with quite a few of them. The section on history and manufacturers are also both nice, but nothing far fetched from what you would read in any other recent book.

Overall, I would say that this book is good for two kinds of people: Those who want to know the opinions of Steven J. Urbanowicz, and those who have no access to the internet.

I have to say that i was never very interested in roller coasters, but had a trip planned for the summer, so I decided to purchase this book. It was facinating! The book was well written and not only held my interest, but made me want more. The photographs are exciting, and I really like the "coaster facts" which appear throughout the book. I would urge everyone to get a copy of this book. It will make a coaster fan out of you!

Todays's network administrator needs to be armed with more knowledge than just Microsoft GUI management skills. This text discusses firewalls, routers, switches and intrusion detection networks, their importance in the enterprise, and how to deploy them in a secure fashion.
While directed towards the large enterprise, this book can also help the small and mid size businesses to maintain a secure network.
My only reason for 4 stars is Chapter 4 on Firewall Attacks and Defenses. The conclusions at the end of the chapter are great, but I would have placed the chapter at the end or as an appendix.

Why is it that when you need a good technical book it written way over your head or one of those "dummies" or "idiots guide" books? i'm not a rocket scientist but I graduated college and dont have time to read and re-read pages because they are written for other geeks to understand. whats great about the Sage guide is that it's not a "manual" -- it's like a conversation. the author talks to you like you are a human being and then when you're done you can do your job. other books (my boss bought me this one and the one with the bald biker gang guy on the cover) leave you with no "action" or thing that you can apply in real life. after reading this book, i immediately followed three of their suggestions and i have logs to prove that i've been stopping some attacks. Even better, our deputy director is now investigating buying vulnerability software for our unit based on the examples shown in the first part of the book. I think everyone that is looking to get a hold on the security of their own network needs to read this just once.

This is the minimum every network administrator should know about network security and is an excellent guide for administrators at the intermediate level of security knowledge. One of the things I really liked about the book was that it not only tells the reader how to secure their network but also tells them how to test the system using specific techniques and tools. This includes footprinting a network with tools like whois and DNS interrogation, monitoring traffic, and sniffing. The other great feature of the book is that it includes vendor specific attacks and defenses - the things the vendor won't be telling you. Some of the vendors mentioned include Check Point, PIX, Microsoft ISA Server, NetScreen, and Novell.

The authors also examine routing devices and protocols, network management and security, IPSec, VPNs, and security software. In addition to the internal network considerations the authors look at the items on the edge of the local network. These items include network switches and routers, including attacks and defenses by brand. They complete the book with a good discussion of internal network design including the importance of firewall selection and placement, Intrusion Detection Systems, and segmentation. Security Sage's Guide to Hardening the Network Infrastructure is highly recommended for people interested more in how to secure a network than how to hack one as well as how to test that security.

Every sys admin should read this.
Every network admin should read this.

Microsoft should read this :)

Seriously, great book, w/ great info!

The book gives a tour of how to protect your computer network from intrusion. As you might expect, the authors devote substantial space to how you might design the network; often with a firewall and DMZ. Inevitably the firewall will be attacked, so there's a lengthy foray into the various attack vectors and your countermeasures. Variants of a Denial of Service are perhaps the most common attacks. However, there's no analysis of the most virulent form, a Distributed DoS.

I found the best strength of the book was its analysis of the various vendors offering products in this field. It's an up to date study of many key vendors. Cisco, Symantec and Novell, of course. But also much smaller entities like Tero and Net Continuum. The authors furnish an independent assessment of each company's main products.

Other chapters talk about things like routing protocols and network switching. Important certainly. But you can find this material in other networking books. If you are considering this book, go for its comparative advantage of the vendor studies

This book really helped me to open up my eyes to the truth. I have made contact with UFO's and one orb since I read it!

I liked the tone of the book. I thought it was more heart based than ego based and the writing is very matter of fact. The author does not dramatize or wallow in sensationalism even if the facts reported are not easy to digest. It is important to differentiate between the personal story of Mr. Greer's life and his disclosure project. The story of his own experiences cannot be substantiated and is thus subject to endless speculations. However the disclosure project itself produces a huge body of evidence and also testimonies by government personnel with nothing to gain in contributing to this topic. However I think it doesn't matter how many facts or evidence we produce; if we are not ready for any information our minds will dismiss the whole thing. For example hundreds of commentators warned us about the dot. com crash and US housing bubble for many years prior to their respective implosions and they were all dismissed by the official media, academic, public and corporate experts. As a society we simply did not want to look at the evidence. This book is another valuable contribution that helps loosen our rigid belief system about life and open us to a world that is much bigger than the official version.

I am so sorry I wasted money.. on something, that is trying to cram their NewAge belief into people.
Not worth reading. I had hoped for some serious research into little known subjects.. instead I got a " lesson" on the " Great Oneness " and the " Creation and God being one".. and on and on. What a total waste of money and time.. do not bother !

As an individual who has some personal experience with the subject of UFO's and all the possibilities that go along with this phenomenon, I find it difficult to believe some of Dr. Greer's stated experiences and opinions. For those people who are knowledgable in the 70 year old UFO story, many of us have found his story to be is off the chart in his personal characterization of his (saucer people connection). In finding the truth about this great and vital relationship between humanity and the extraterrestrial visitation of, at least the last 70 years, it has become a great and long detective game. Yes, there are people who know the truth or parts of the truth, and yes, they are not talking. But Dr. Greer's story would make him appear to be like a demi-god with all the knowledge of the universe. I, personally, do not believe that any one man has has reached this level, as described by Dr. Greer.

My God there are some naive people out there! The author can fly, travel through time, flies in UFOs etc.

Are people really this stupid?

This book is wonderful! I started reading it and let my son who is fascinated with Hidden Mickeys read it too. I have seen him reading it for hours and now he wants to take it with him next time we visit Walt Disney World. I definitely recommend it.

*Note - This book is more enjoyable if you plan on visiting Walt Disney World since it includes scavenger hunts to find Hidden Mickeys.

I am a long time Walt Disney World fan and love the challenge of finding the Hidden Mickeys. This book was recommended by a friend who thought I would like to see some of the more challenging Hidden Mickeys. I was not disappointed. The author has made this into fun scavenger hunt for the whole family.

Some of my most enjoyable moments at Walt Disney World took place after my husband and I purchased Steve Barrett's Hidden Mickey's 2nd Edition! We began searching based on our location or ride line queue then that search continued at our resort and so on. This book gives you hints and tips on locating these Hidden Mickeys that have become pretty famous among visitors and fans, and when you really can't find Mickey, the book will list the exact location! After reading this book, I've become a fanatic and even find Hidden Mickey's in places there really aren't any - like my lawn where three pebbles fit the bill for a HM perfectly. This is a great way to entertain yourself or you children in lines at the parks or in shops and restaurants too!

We had so much fun with this! My kids were constantly searching for more. My husband & dad were a little skeptical at first, but were looking for them by the end of the trip. We found so many new things and enjoyed the search. We are Disney veterans and it made our trip much more interesting. Definitely will buy the next edition!!!

This book is a lot of fun. It's a great introduction to the concept of going to the parks and having a multi-layered experience. If you've been before, and you are going back, you obviously like Disney anyway. But it is fun (particularly for kids) to have an additionaly "mystery" to solve while walking the park and standing in line. The idea is that there are all kinds of "hidden mickeys" throughout the parks. A hidden mickey is basically a simple image of mickey's head: a large circle with two smaller circles connected (his ears). So the book explains all this, and has lists for where to find them. As a bonus, it also provides suggested iteneraries to avoid long lines and find certain hidden mickies. It's a lot of fun.

The down side to the book, from my perspective, is that it is difficult to find any one thing. The authors break information up by the purpose they assume a given reader might have, but if your need doesn't match one of those, you find yourself looking in many different places in the book for info. Another problem, and maybe its a "user error," but we couldn't find many of the hidden mickey's based on the descriptions in the book. They just didn't seem specific enough. Finally, many of the hidden mickey's, to me were just circles - a real stretch.

So I don't see this book as a definitive list of hidden mickies. I found this book to be more of a popularizer of a cool idea, with some very good ideas (e.g., the itineraries) added as a bonus. It's worth your dollars, but it won't be the best book on the subject written, I suspect.

As a university lecturer who has taught and written on Equal Opportunities issues, this book is a welcome and overdue addition to the literature on gender relations and sex discrimination.

In this book, one of the foremost liberal thinkers in the men's movement for equality - Warren Farrell - pits his arguments against staunch defenders of feminism. Counter arguments are presented by James Sterba, with input from over a dozen established feminist academics.

The organisation of the book is excellent: both Farrell and Sterba use the same chapter titles to construct their arguments on key topics. This is a useful approach that enables both lecturer and student to study arguments and counter-arguments on a series of contentious issues. The writing style is accessible, and also supported with appropriate academic references.

The value of this book is that for three decades, a men's movement for sexual equality has been gathering and organising arguments for progressive change. In many cases, their arguments are an evolution of, rather than a challenge to, feminist ideas on equality that developed in the 1960s. Despite this, a power shift in the late 1960s radicalised the women's movement and debate shifted (unconsciously?) away from advancing "equal rights" to advancing "women's rights". Those who radicalised the feminist movement have blocked the dissemination of Farrell's work in the mass media (although he has been able to publish six books and develop a strong following for his work).

When I started presenting academic papers using Farrell's perspectives at conferences, it quickly beecame apparent that antipathy to Farrell's work was mostly based on prejudice and not careful reading of his work. This book is, therefore, ground-breaking as it marks a point where the men's movement equality arguments are considered serious enough to warrant serious discussion amongst contemporary feminists.

For those with an interest in philosophy, this book represents a stage in a Kuhnian paradigm shift (a stage where new theoretical arguments are becoming so influential that they can no longer be ignored or disparaged). For this reason, I encourage all lecturers with an interest in gender relations / social science to examine this book and consider its value as a core text to reinvigorate the teaching of gender relations.

Dr Rory Ridley-Duff
Senior Lecturer
Sheffield Hallam University

I think this book was written to give guys an idea of what to
expect when debating feminists, the way a lawyer might train
his client a week before the cross-examination begins. Hence,
both authors are male, where one "takes the feminist side".

In any debate, an ability to communicate your ideas is crucial.
Could the SHOAH have taken place without first convincing
people that Jews were "racially inferior". Therefore, it should
be OK to use a word such as femi-nazi, or feminazism, to describe
a political philosophy of male hatred, and the people who practise
this philosophy: Femi-nazis are using hate speech laws to
effectively silence (censor) they who would protest against them.
Note that a femi-nazi might be male.

Male illiteracy is being encouraged. Femi-nazis only want a
relatively small percentage of the male population to receive
a "higher education", in contrast to a much higher percentage
of the female population. These "educated" males are the
"beta" males: Femi-nazis want beta males to specialize, doing
"mental work", as doctors, programmers, artisans, etc. In
contrast, "alpha" males are to be used for physical labour such
as "required" in construction work, landscaping, mining, etc.
Alpha males are also used to police (abuse) other males. Males,
both alpha and beta, are being "programmed" to serve females
in specialized roles, for "skilled labour" requires that they be
taught. Femi-nazis want males to be afraid of disobeying
females.

If you say "nice hair" to a female, she may call that "sexual
assault", and the police might agree with her, as might the
courts, for that fits their legal definition of "sexual assault".
Also, a female can now file a charge of "sexual assault",
anonymously. Females have been given the legal power to
extort males. And males are unable to defend themselves,
unable to express themselves.

The arguments for feminism are already widely published, from
newspapers to television shows, to movies. For example, they
don't say, MALE HATRED, but they say, MALE BASHING. Well,
"male bashing" is a boxing game. "They" want to "box" males
in, keep them from sharing notes, and networking, especially
if they speak out against policies which promote male hatred,
or male slavery. "They" use language to build walls, rather
than bridges.

This book is for them who wish to learn how to debate: Whether you
agree with the arguments made, pro or con, is a different matter.
Some have strong opinions, and can put forth strong arguments. This
book gives you an idea of what form a "real world" debate might look
like. Read the book, and consider changing the arguments, weighing
strengths and weaknesses of the arguments made. It is a starting point
for males struggling to articulate their emotions, and their hurt, who
don't know how to ask for justice. Malcom X and Martin Luther King
were powerful civil rights advocates because they were exceptional
orators, both as public speakers and as writers. It was King, the
pacifist who said, Freedom is never given by the oppressor voluntarily.
If you cannot express yourself, what will you choose to do, suffer in
silence, or take up arms? Shakespeare's Hamlet asks that very question:
Whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them.

The text is a balanced and evidenced based argument on gender issues which is vitally important in this day and age. Needlessly men and women have been competing and vying for attention for their particular issues with neither gender benefitting.

The book is described as a debate. This is not a debate. James Sterba has an overwhelming advantage because he scrutinizes Warren Farrell's claims without allowing Farrell a rebuttal. Nevertheless, Farrell writes in lucid, to-the-point style, while Sterba cherry picks Farrell's arguments for criticism. Sterba is one of those feminists who cannot fathom that there is any legitimate argument against feminist ideals. He is a follower of these ideals, but he seems to ignore reality. He brings to mind the mentality of a cult member: He will go to exhaustive and tedious lengths to disprove anything that contradicts his beliefs, and he seems to believe that society should take any precautions necessary to prevent any one female from any injustice no matter the expense of others and no matter how many males may suffer injustices because of it. Sterba couldn't possibly have a son nor could he possibly know any divorced fathers with vindictive ex-wives.

Wow. I am sort of kicking myself for not having gotten into this book sooner. I have so much gratitude to Dr. Farrell for participating in the writing of this very important and timely debate.

I now have a new awareness for issues which concern both boys and men in our institutions of learning and society as a whole, and for the growing need to promote Men's Studies and Gender Transitions Studies curriculum at major universities throughout Western society, among other things.

This book is also incredibly important for women to read as well, as it makes a very good case for why we as a society need to do a better job of understanding the ever changing gender roles in our society.

Regardless of who you are or what you do in life, if you have even the smallest interest for gender issues, this is well worth a read.

The price of the book was incredible considering that it is a brand new one. I received my book very fast and safely shipped. Thank you so much.

I've been waiting for a comprehensive monologue from Roto for a while. While the personal analysis is great, it still does not compare to the interview they gave Global Architecture for a clear out-working of methodology. However, they do delineate the problems that brought to bear on each project. Rotondi's optimistic philosophy about architecture is refreshing, as is the celebrative aspects of their work. A great insight into the thought processes of Michael and Clark.

This book has some great projects in it and makes for a good inspiration book. However, the picture quality can be a let down. Some appear to be blurry and the attention to detail in the picture seems lost in some cases. The text supplement in the book is just about right, giving a better understanding of the project. Overall, if you're a Rotondi fan or even a MORPHOSIS fan, you should enjoy this book.