Running Books

The depth is this poetry is extreme. I have meditated on many of them, and I am a wholer person.

daniel running is an amazing author. whilst reading this book, i was swept away..breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking...

Hi! I am one of Daniel's students and i can't explain how much i love this book. Its amazing. it touched my heart and made me laugh. I knew that Daniel was a talented person through me past 2 months with him but this shows it even more. he is the most talented poets i have read. good job Daniel!

Great, if you like poetry!

terrific account of new york through the eyes of a cabbie!

Found the book to be both entertaining and quite enjoyable. Thought the stories were interesting and provided a nice perspective of one man's wild adventures within a fascinating city.

This homemade recounting of a taxi driver's life is fun, easy to read, and better than it ought to be. That is, it completely amateur in feel and presentation. But it is amateur in the best sense of the word--it is written out of love for telling a story and expressing the joy the author feels has been a part of his life as a New York taxi driver. Amateur comes from the Latin amare, to love, as the author surely knows. Jerry Tierstein's love of a life not filled with fame and fortune, but with long hours of routine and demanding work, is uplifting in itself. His joy in his own good fortune in meeting Rudi Guiliani is balanced by a near-death experience he had picking up some hookers in the wee-small hours of the morning--as two men they had robbed came after them--and their taxi driver as well. Jerry sold me his book on a short cross-town trip from West 72nd Street to East 93rd. It won't take you much longer to get into the book--and the ride will be a delight.

I enjoyed reading The Meter's Running by Jerry Tierstein.
It was a very well written as it showed the humorous side of life as well as everyday ocurrances of a poor working man trying to make a living as a Taxi driver.
The Author, Jerry Tierstein brings out the public in a view only a person that works on a daily basis with the public can truly understand.
It is a well written as the author pulls you into his life and he introduces his shinning personality with every adventure that he endures.
This is a page turner and a must read.

Michael Jackson is a very good writer on matters alcoholic, and this is an excellent discussion of Belgian beers. He discusses the different styles, the traditional pairing of food and beer in Belgium, and the people that brew. His tasting remarks are short and to the point. If you are a "beer geek," buy this book.

This is a great book if you love belgian beer. So many great pictures and chapters to browse through on a cold winter night by the fire with a bottle of aged Westmalle tripel or perhaps a Kwak. Very thorough, he obviously spent a lot of time "researching" his topic!

I've loved Belgian beers for years, but never truly understood them fully until now. Where do you begin to classify them? To choose one to drink? Michael Jackson shows you how. From the ancient beginning of the brewing of Belgian beer, to now, as you smell, taste, and swallow, Michael Jackson takes you through the process. This is education in the most delightful way. Great photographs, delightful anecdotes,You almost feel you are on a stool beside him. My wife,who is Belgian born,loved the insights into her native land and traditions. If you can only buy one book on beer, this must be it!

Michael Jackson belies his English heritage to write perhaps the best Belgian beer book in existance. More than just tasting notes, he describes his visits to the breweries, his discussions with the brewers, the smells, the sounds, everything you need to feel like you are there! A prized addition to any library.

Colvin is now referring to the review 'above' when in fact he's actually referring to the review 'below'. Just to reiterate that the review 'above' is about the actual book advertised and the review 'below' is about an issue of New Worlds edited by David Garnett (good, but not the same NW)!

The above review isn't for this recently published anthology, but for one of the David Garnett edited New Worlds anthologies done through the 1990s.
This new US anthology is a representational collection of stories and features drawn from the magazine New Worlds which flourished from 1965 and saw its last issue in 1995. It was closely associated with a development of sf which became known as the UK 'New Wave' movement and nowadays is probably best known as 'slipstream'. The British movement was a conscious break with modernism and attempted to find a literary form which reconnected with the general reading public as well as to develop new conventions which, as far as the writers were concerned, better described their contemporary experience.

This book contains science fiction short stories, and a lesser amount of essays and reviews, from a remarkable British science fiction publication called New Worlds. It also has an interesting introduction by the former editor of New Worlds, Michael Moorcock.
New Worlds is in a sense 'before my time' for it ceased publication as a magazine when I was a child. It must have been wonderful to be part of a avante garde literary movement! You will not find the sort of "alien fires ray gun at human--human fires ray gun back at alien" stories here. New Worlds aspired to intelligent and literary science fiction. It brought opposition from some quarters, which Moorcock writes about in his introduction. It wrote about sex and drugs. It engaged in literary experimentation; for example, the story The Tank Trapeze by Michael Moorcock uses quotes from a newspaper. The story The Four-Color Problem by Barrington Bayley has a technical mathematical section. The anthology also includes stories from other masters of the genre such as Brian Aldiss and J.G. Ballard. The science fiction genre was indeed reshaped by these coterie of authors which have been called "the new wave." I am not aprori opposed to it experimentation. Sometimes it doesn't not work. But sometimes it can serve the author's purposes. And the literature of the fantastic has not always had "typical" narrative anyway. Take, for example, two novels, Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, and Dracula by Bam Stroker. The Journal of the Plague Year, written before the 20th Century--I forget which century, sorry--is a fiction story based on a real plague which killed around 100,000 people in London. That story is written in the form of a journal which includes facts. Dracula is told in the form of more than one journal.
The idea behind the story should be interesting, and the form and content of the story is to be of service to the idea; this was achieved in the pages of New Worlds.

With stories like "Ferryman" (Eric Brown), "The White Stuff" (Peter F. Hamilton & Graham Joyce), and "A Night on Bare Mountain" (Graham Charnock), anthologies don't get any better than this. My only quibble is with the experimental narrative "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City"(William Gibson) which rounds out the volume with a whimper, not a bang. Otherwise, this is Hugo & Nebula territory.

The recipes in No Red Meat are simple to prepare for every day meals but are also suitable for entertaining. When I am searching for recipes that do not contain red meat it is convenient to have a compilation of them. Previously, I had to search through the poultry, fish and vegetarian sections of several cookbooks, which frequently contained too few choices or unappealing recipes, to find a recipe for my menu planning.

My husband's cholesterol is through the roof!!! So we both decided we wanted to try going without red meat for a while. I looked into a lot of vegetarian cookbooks but they were so off-the-wall and not very realistic for a family with 2 school age boys. It was so hard to find any recipes for "normal" easy cooking that didn't require weird or bizzare ingredients!! Thats why I love this cookbook! The recipes are simple and DELICIOUS!!! It's worth every penny! We can't wait to see how this will impact his cholesterol levels!!

As one who has coronary heart disease, I feel qualified to comment on low-fat cooking. No Red Meat is one of my favorite and most-used cookbooks for healthy, delicious meals. The recipes use everyday, common pantry items, and you don't have to be a Julia Childs to follow the instructions. Johnny's Chicken Pot Pie has become my husband's most requested supper, and it can be made in about an hour. When my dog, Gracie, stole my book and ate the covers and the corners (not I know why it's called dog-eared) with the page numbers on them, I couldn't wait to purchase another copy. Try it, you'll love it!

I bought this book to help lose weight but when I saw it also lists the sodium, I gave it to my mother-in-law who's on a strict low sodium diet but wasn't adhering to it. The recipes we've tried were excellent and easy to prepare. I really think my Mother-in-law will find it easier to follow her diet, which is a good thing because her life depends on it.

Now I have to buy another copy for myself!

"On The Run." By Michael Coleman

This book is about a boy named Luke. He steals things often. He is like the lock picking champ. He can unlock any lock that you give him.
One day Luke saw some shoes in a car so he unpicked the car lock and got the shoes. When he turned around two boys named Lee Young and Mig Russell were standing there. They stole the car that Luke had just unlocked. The owner came running out of the store and was chasing the car. Then he saw the Luke had stolen the shoes. But there was a girl about Luke's age that was standing right were the car was heading. So Luke ran as fast as he could and pushed her out of the way of the car. The owner then cought Luke and toke him to court. Luke had to help blind people for his service. And that is when he found out that the girl standing there that he pushed out of the way was blind and the daughter of the man owning the car. Luke had to help her and run with her so that she could enter a race. Because her old guide runner (her dad) broke his foot chasing Luke. The girls name is Jodie. So her and Luke worked together so much that they became friends and trusted each other. But a couple of days before the race Luke ran into Mig and Lee. They wanted him to pick locks the day of the race so that they could stele stuff. But Luke didn't want to because he was trying to do better. But then they said they would hurt Jodie. And Luke didn't want her to get hurt so he said he would do it. Luke tried to figure out how he was going to do the race and the thing for Mig and Lee. But he was scared of not making it to the race and Jodie wanted to win really bad. Read this book to find out if Luke makes it to the race and wins.
I thought this book was really good and I recommend it to people because it is good and exiting. It keeps you reading and into the book!!

Review by Jacquel Cunico
Lehi, UT

On The Run is about a boy named Luke that is a thife. Luke stills things
from stores to cars. One day Luke stills a pair of shoes and starts to still a car still a car. I would tell you the part were he gets mugged but I would be giving you the best part.So if you like exciting books then reed On The Run. P.S the athor is Micheal Colman.

Luke Reid is a fifteen-year-old thief whose dad is in jail for thievery. All Luke did was try to steal a pair of nice running shoes, but he got caught and now has to help the blind. Unfortunately, the owner of the shoes is a blind girl named Jodi, and Luke has to work for two months with her. Then, if he does well, he gets to work another two months with the blind. If he does badly, he gets sent to jail for two months. Jodi wants to run the London Marathon for kids, which is two and a half miles, with Luke leading her. Will Luke help Jodi win the marathon, or will he have to go to jail?

Michael Coleman is a great author who pulls you in with the present part of the story, causing you to forget what happened in the past parts of the story until it's too late. The speed of the information is a bit slow, and so is the storyline, but in the best moments (such as when they are playing Goalball), this book is amazingly good!

Originally titled Going Straight, this UK release about 15-year-old thief Luke Reid focuses who inherited his career choice from his father. Luke hates his father for missing his last 10 birthdays but hasn't quite made the logical leap that if he continues on this path he too will end up at Markham prison like his father. A possibility for reform and redemption comes in the form of blind marathon runner Jodie who is the victim of a crime Luke could have prevented. Coleman succeeds in creating a fast paced work that maintains suspense and doubt about the main characters' futures. In a few places the English lingo makes the text a bit obtuse, as most readers will not realize that `to grass' is thief slang for narcing or ratting someone out. Another area needing work is a slow chapter that is bogged down by entirely too much information about Louis Braille that would have been better suited to an epilogue. Luke is fascinating internally conflicted young man who has many gifts including the potential to change and the realization that he is in control of his own rehabilitation. The culmination of Luke's choices is a brilliant heart-pounding finale at the London Marathon involving tv cameras, police and an ambulance. All in all a compelling and wild ride about a boy with whom many young readers can emphasize and model their own desires for self-improvement.

In the past I made some works with OSWorkflow and indeed it was really a hard task to collect the documentation and examples on how to use it. Reading this book I found a lot of useful information about different forms of using OSWorkflow.
There are many intresting topics that you can left behind in an enterprise application that use a workflow, an example is event management, and in this book you can found how to make it with OSWorkflow and Esper, and other main topic in this kind of applications is Business Rules, and there is a good coverage of this using JBoss Rules
Integration with Spring, JUnit, Hibernate are other topics that are very important when you use OSWorkflow also are covered in the book.

Been playing around with open source workflow engines for quite some time, Enhydra Shark, JBoss jBPM, etc. At each pass I feel that I'm playing with a black box, guessing at the internal behavior, not understanding the results. I hadn't really considered OSWorkflow because it didn't have the 'press' of the other packages. Then I bought this book and found out how much fun one can really have with a workflow engine. All of the components are pluggable, as this book points out repeatedly, if you don't like the behavior of a component, change it -- and here's how. Need a different persistent store, change it, customize it. This is truly a programmer's workflow engine and this book will appeal to programmers.

This book also shows how, with examples, to integrate JBoss Rules (aka DROOLS), Quartz scheduling, and Esper complex event processing.

The only downside which I found was not with the book, but with the OSWorkflow distribution, the Hibernate support is old in v2.8.0. At first I was disappointed but with the help of this book, I just wrote my own Hibernate 3 support in a matter of a few hours and I know the package much more intimately as result. I went on to customize and *optimize* this for my project.

OSWorkflow is a great workflow engine, let's hope this book give the kick-start which it needs to be even better.

"OSWorkflow", by Adrian Naya Lazo, published by in August 2007, is for experienced Java developers and system architects wanting to develop complex Java applications that make use of the OSWorkflow engine. Since the OSWorkflow engine is not plug-and-play, but requires low-level configuration, it is not intended for non-technical end users. Despite that, the book doesn't assume prior knowledge of business process management.

The book is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1, "BPM and Workflow Basics" introduces workflow engines, different types of business process management systems, traceability, and auditing. At the end of this chapter you will have a high level understanding of what Business Process Manaegement technology entails. In Chapter 2, "Introduction and Basics", you enter the Hello World scenario. For this kind of chapter, there is a lot of information here. It might have been better to have a very short "Hello World" chapter, with just the simplest scenario, because this covers quite a lot. Still, the chapter is very good in laying the basis for the rest of the book. You are shown where to get the OSWorkflow engine on-line, how to navigate a sample user interface, you begin to understand the basics of OSWorkflow, and then look at some important XML definitions and an example workflow, steps, actions, results, splits, and joins. Interestingly, you are shown how to send an e-mail automatically, by configuring an XML file. Then you are shown an alternative approach, not via XML, but using a visual designer. (This part could have been the first "Hello World" chapter, with the earlier XML tags being in a follow up chapter.)

Chapter 3 tells you about adding code to definitions created in the previous chapter. Because chapter 2 covered so much, chapter 3 already touches on advanced topics, such as transient data, function providers, registers, conditions, and BeanShell scripting. Tips such as those relating to Auto and Finish Actions are also outlined here. "Using OSWorkflow in your Application" is the title of chapter 4. Here OSWorkflow APIs are discussed, allowing you to embed OSWorkflow within an application. In addition, persistence, unit testing, Spring integration, and security are discussed in some detail. Chapter 5 tells you about integrating business rules with JBoss Rules. You are shown how the Rules engine works, as well as its connection with the Drools open-source engine. Usefully, it defines its terms as it goes along, even "What is JBoss Rules?" The integration with OSWorkflow rules is well described and the examples given are relevant.

The next chapters dig deeper into the integration between OSWorkflow and other software. For example, in chapter 6 you are taught about "Scheduling with Quartz". Quartz, a time scheduler, can integrate with OSWorkflow, so that you can sendin events and actions. The location and installation of Quartz is mentioned and briefly introduced, prior to an interesting chapter culminating in a customer support scenario, as well as a claims processing scenario. Both are pretty complex, well described, and really bring the concepts discussed into focus. Further advanced topics are discussed in chapter 7, in particular, Event Stream Processing and Complex Event Processing. The Esper CEP engine is tackled in detail throughout the chapter, and then coupled with the OSWorkflow engine. Examples are given, again, including an interesting one involving event-based mail alerts via patterns and listeners, also using the EQL (Esper Query Language), which is an interesting diversion in this chapter. Finally, chapter 8 outlines how to integrate with Dashboards provided by Pentaho. The Pentaho charting capabilities are discussed and then applied to the OSWorkflow instance database for creating a dashboard relevant to OSWorkflow monitoring and analysis.

In general, the book delivers what it promises. It provides a lot of explanations and diagrams and actual code snippets. It starts from the beginning, referring to on-line resources and continues from there, step by step, with a lot of real life scenarios. However, it would have been good to have seen how OSWorkflow compares with alternatives. Similarly, it is not clear why Quartz and Pentaho, for example, were chosen as endpoints for integration, rather than one of their competitors. The book is clear and well written with many examples. Despite the complexity of the subject and the broad range of topics covered, it was an enjoyable read.

I can't believe it's been over 8 years since I first went from "open source user" to "open source developer", but it was all the way back in 1999 when I released OSWorkflow, which was based on my work at Cisco Systems developing a document management system, to the open source world. It was designed to be a simple, easy-to-use workflow system based on the principles of the "finite state machine".

While it was considered lower level than other competing business process solutions, it actually got quite a bit of traction due to it's simplicity and the fact that instead of using big "businessy" terms that other offerings used to describe themselves, it never hid what it was: a core finite state machine engine designed to make it easy to manage the workflow of many entities (people, issues, documents, etc).

Since then, OSWorkflow has been a pretty good success: a GUI for creating workflows was built, the development team evolved beyond just me (in fact, I haven't been involved in the project directly for 5+ years), became the core of the super-popular JIRA issue tracker, and now it has it's own book.

As the original creator of OSWorkflow, I was given a copy of the book and read through it the other day. In addition to the tremendous pride at seeing the contents in print, I was actually surprised to learn many new things about OSWorkflow. The book covers topics such as complex branching, rules engine integration, Spring integration (Spring didn't exist back when I used OSWorkflow!), and even tie in to those complex business process solutions I never quite "got".

Overall, the book is an excellent guide to OSWorkflow and building workflow systems in Java in general.

This book is about an aborigine wormen who helps a white man, who is the son of a convict. This man was as a boy sent to an orphanage then adopted by a man to tend sheep. With the help of this woman he became the largest sheep station owner in the outback. Their children, who were half abo, were strong in their own ways but it was their daughter,Sheila, who was the strongest. She befriends a city woman Elizabeth, and between them a strong friendship is kindled fueled by the aborigine woman, Mayrah. As the original owner, Pat Garrity and his abo wife die, Sheila and Elizabeth take over the running of the station. Sheila is known to be tough, but Elizabeth gets a stronger reputation. By the end of the book, all fear the wrath of Elizabeth, who is the most fearsome sheep rancher in all the outback. In the final chapters the son of Sheila returns to the staion to find that Elizabeth is matchmaking with a relative from England who she is fashioning in her own image to be the next baroness of Wayamba Station.

From the very first page I was hooked. You can see above what the story is about, but this is so much more than just a story. The level of detail was incredible and the friendships and hardships are painstakingly described. Immediately you are THERE. The Australian Outback is so beautifully portrayed in all it's glories and evils. Highly recommended.

A fictional account of the begining of English settlement of Australia. A wonderfully descriptive story of the hardships and triumphs of early efforts to settle this strange country with penal colonists. It is told through the eyes of an aboriginal girl and a young englishman.

When I first started to read this book (first page)I thought it might be just to mind boggeling. The first few paragraphs were unclear to me. By end of page 2 I was thoroughly hooked. It is a story about an Aboriginal female who is brought to the son, of a criminal sent to Australia from England, as he is looking for a full time companion during his long days and nights caring for thousands of sheep. She is scared to death, she can't understand his language, and he doesn't understand anything she tries to say. Over a long period of time she learns to speak pidgon english and he learns to understand. They have children of their own, and a long history of the family unfolds in all its glory and excitement. This one of the best books I have read. And that is more than a thousand. Give it a go you'll not be disappointed.

Story catches your imagination with wonderful illustrations and even better narration by Robin Williams. Fun and enjoyable for the whole family, would recommend to anyone interested in reading/hearing a good story.

Story catches your imagination with wonderful illustrations and even better narration by Robin Williams. Fun and enjoyable for the whole family, would recommend to anyone interested in reading/hearing a good story.

Robin Williams does a great job of storytelling. This is truely whole family entertainment. Kids will definately sit still for this one, and adults will find it wonderfully funny. Robin Williams infuses the reading with his tremendous energy, wit, and love of adventure. The illustrations in the book are humorous and kids will laugh when they see them. Adults should be aware that there is one picture where Pecos Bill is nude, but it is not full nudity and it is only one picture. All in all I think this, like all Rabbit Ears Productions, is wonderful. I would especially recommend it for anybody who is looking for a great way to keep the kids entertained while they are in the car.

The photo and barcode for this video are actually for a
RARE CBS PLAYHOUSE presentation from 1988 starring
STEVE GUTTENBERG and my very favorite actress, the beautiful
and very talented REBECCA DE MORNAY; Roy Rogers & Co. are
great, but they had NOTHING AT ALL to do with this video:

so, whoever it was at AMAZON.COM who put these details in
this listing are simply mistaken: this is a great, rare
OOP VIDEO, but as of this writing, the details are wrong:

this one features MARTIN MULL, STEVE GUTTENBERG, AND my favorite actress REBECCA DE MORNAY ( see her in CANNON TALES
BEAUTY & THE BEAST, RUNAWAY TRAIN, BY THE DAWNS EARLY LIGHT
and her most famous performance as the evil nanny in
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE -- thats what I just love
about Ms. De Mornay: you never know what you're going to
get: she has such a fantastic range & versatility: she can
be the most wonderful heroine you would just die for, or
the most vicious, cold-blooded villian you want to kill!!
Terrific Actress, at this time, in my opinion, there is no
better Actress in Hollywood!!

I'm a beginner so this book is expanding my horizons. Maybe in 5 years when I retire I'll make a little extra $$ by quilting professionally. Until then, I'll keep practicing (so I can get really good) and dreaming about the future. There are so many hints & tricks that I wouldn't have considered. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

This book is an absolute necessity if you are going to become a professional quilter or even think you might want to be one. Thelen takes you through the process: from the very beginning questions you need to ask yourself, to providing you with charts and numerous 'worksheets' to figure your timing, planning and managing clients. She walks you though figuring out how much to charge, how much time you spend, how to market your services, what services to provide and even what office supplies you should probably have. She goes through the difference in stippling, custom quilting, and patterned meandering, charging by the hour or by the size. She goes through it all. This is not a pattern book though. Look elsewhere for patterns, look here for good solid information. Worth a purchase for the reader interested in starting a business.

This book is a MUST READ for anyone considering running a Quilting Business! Straight forward advise and guidance.

This book was so valuable in helping me start my business. Carol gives so many helpful examples of how to draw up the necessary forms, etc. Very helpful and uselful overall