Cunningham Reviews

This is a compilation of two of Prairie Home Companion's famous joke shows. The single cassette is filled with about an hour of rapid-fire, mostly short jokes. Content varies from fun but silly knock knock jokes and puns, to more adult topics such as doctor, lawyer, light bulb, and relationship jokes. Nothing too bold or dirty, just some old fashioned fun with at least a few memorable one-liners for everyone. A nice mix of rolling eye groans and belly laughs. I often had to rewind to catch the joke that was proceeding during my laughter at the previous one.

Using the style of old-time one liners that just keep you laughing and the interaction of musical introductions, this CD keeps you laughing.

Keillor draws on his usual subjects, Norwegians, "Olly and Lena", jokes that could apply to any ethnic group for some of the time, but the 3rd grader jokes are especially funny and useful for a family "uplifter". Some are groaners, some slapstick style, but all are funny, even if you heard them before.

A good buy!

Guinness World of Records is a Fascinating Voyage of Discovery to facts, figures, feats and lots more! It's amazing to know about the Greatest, Smallest, Heaviest, Tallest, fastest, first and all about the exceptionally 'The Best of the Best'. As far as I remember, the First US edition appeared in New York in 1956 followed by editions in various languages later like the French, German in around 1962/63 and other editions in Japanese, spanish, etc. taking the flight to more than 250 plus editions in various languages. Indian dish 'Dhosa' by Sankalp in Ahmedabad, as the longest and largest size, is also on the Food Category which itself is Hall of Fame in Guiness World Records with more and more records to amaze us. Another Hotel Crown Plaza from Ahmedabad too, is featured for the Biggest Menu. The Book is divided into Categories on various topics with unique occurences and interesting peculiarities. Watching Guinness World Records on Television & Ripleys is just Great viewing but reading and possessing the Book is a Prize Collection. I recommend such Books as they make a good Useful Book Shelf Possession.

I love to have a copy of the Book of World Records handy when I knkow I may need help starting a comversation. All I have to do is open up the book and start asking questions to someone, like "Hey, guess who was 8 ft. 11.1 in. tall?"

Within minutes the ice is broken. Even though I don't always buy a copy every year, I eventually update. I can't stand to be estranged from the current record-holders.

--George Stancliffe

As the title indicates, this book is a book about the history of doctrine, from the council of Jerusalem in the NT to the seventeenth century. It is not a book on church history. You will look in vain for any material on (for example) the narrative of the seven ecumenical councils, the Crusades, or Calvin's life. Among different doctrines, it focuses on those that are important to Reformed Orthodoxy of the seventeen century. For example, while there are 140 pages on the Arminian controversy, 13 pages cover the whole discussion on medieval scholastic theology. Cunningham studies in detail the doctrine of church government, the person and work of Christ, and most of the doctrine of grace (the Five Points, doctrine of justification etc.)

This work is the lecture notes of a 19th century theologian. Therefore, there is no bibliography at all. Its purpose is not to retell the development of doctrine from a neutral perspective. It is an apologia for orthodox Reformed theology based on a history of doctrinal controversies. Cunningham asseses theology not from a contextual, historical perspective. It does not matter to Cunningham what century a particular theologian is speaking from. All that matter is whether the theologian expounds scriptural teaching correctly.

Owing to its uneven coverage and its methodology, Cunningham is misleading as a textbook of historical theology. However, as a defense of Reformed orthodoxy, it is hard to fine a better work than Cunningham.

Good Reformed 19th century treatment of the history of doctrine from the pen of a famous theologian and scholar.

Two volumes makes Cunningham's book a very good resource for the study of the development of doctrine.

At first, I thought the story started a little slow but it didn't take long before all of the characters to come to life, I became enthralled and couldn't wait to to find out what happened next. The tempo keeps building and building right until the end. My wife and are animal lovers and fell in love with Mongo the swamp cat and his role in the story. We are hoping for a Randall Pride (main character) series!!

Chuck Cunningham does an excellent job in combining intrigue,
action and suspense in his new novel, "The Jade Claw." This guy writes along the lines of James Patterson, but in his own great style. Character development and plot build into a real page turner. Highly recommended!!

This book is a marvelous witness to the peace and power available to us through the quiet welcoming of God into our lives each day. Carretto says, "Deep down the soul has understood that it must let itself be carried, that it must abandon itself to its Saviour, that alone it can do nothing, that God can do everything.... What matters is to let God get on with it." The author's lived-out, radical commitment is extraordinarily impressive.

However you can, as soon as you can . . . get this book. It is rich throughout, but the third or fourth chapter (apologies, I'm not sure which one off hand) is worth almost any price. It is one of the few passages I have ever read that has made a lasting, lifelong impact on my life with Christ. Go ahead, make the decision. You will be glad you did. In an age of "instant" Christianity, Mr. Carretto is a refreshing journey in the nuances of the soul, acknowledging the beauty and pain of what it means to follow Christ in a fallen world.

I am a senior engineer for managed network security operations, who works mostly with FreeBSD, Linux, and Solaris. I read this book to learn more about security technologies associated with products by Cisco, Microsoft, and other vendors. (I also try to read a variety of computer security books.) If you're planning to deploy Cisco routers, Microsoft Proxy Servers, or Raptor / Checkpoint / Pix firewalls, give this book a try. If not, you may find the first few chapters worthy nonetheless.

"Mission Critical" strictly adheres to the defender's point of view, whereas books like "Hacking Exposed" demonstrate security by describing the attacker's perspective. Chris Brenton's "Mastering Network Security" (Sybex, 1999) is my favorite "defensive" book, although I bet his new book "Active Defense" (Sybex, 2001) will be the king of this category. "Mission Critical's" focus on the Microsoft world at the expense of UNIX operating systems is a weakness, unlike the even-handed attention in Brenton's books.

My favorite section in "Mission Critical" is chapter 4, "Internet Security Applications," which describes cryptography, digital signatures, SSL, SSH, PGP, S/MIME, and Kerberos. The authors give just enough detail to explain how these technologies work without being boring or repetitive. Chapter 3, "IPSec," is instructive, and I also think chapter 8, "Cisco IOS," delivers plenty of content.

The book's main weakness (other than failure to give UNIX enough attention) is its lack of cohesiveness. I could tell several writers were involved, each with a different opinion as to what "layer 3" or "layer 4" means, for example. (This matters; are we talking OSI or "DoD" TCP/IP? If "DoD" TCP/IP, is the bottom layer "network" as listed on page 22 or "host-to-host" as on page 157? And doesn't "network" usually refer to layer 3 in the OSI model, anyway?) I survived the inconsistencies, but would the intended audience?

I strongly recommend prospective readers check the table of contents to see if the products discussed apply to your environment. As a general security book, "Mission Critical" rates 3 stars. As a book for professionals needing help with specific products, it's a 4 star book. "Mission Critical" is another step in the right direction for Syngress.

(Disclaimer: I received my review copy free from the publisher.)

As an IT professional, I bought this book to see what I am missing on the Internet security area. Just to discorve that there are so many issues that did not know. I especially like the chapter on Proxy Server (by Joli Ballew).

Well worth reading material.

Donna Cunningham has made a niche for herself in Pluto astrology (including recovery work and sexuality) and the Moon and its special effects! Well, what's not to love about the moon? "Moon Signs" really is a charming and special book. As an additional bonus, it crosses over nicely into the ritual area and can be of great value to Natural Magicians, Wiccans and others who need to be very tuned in to the moon and it cycles. The book is geared toward a general audience, though, and there are user-friendly tables and references that will help you find out what sign your own astrological Moon is in. Armed with this valuable information, you can then join the astrological "crowd" in finding out such things as emotional compatability, the meaning of the moon through the houses and things like that. The book also explores the moon's daily, and monthly path through the heavens. My favorite part of the book is the lists of affirmations appropriate for new and full moons in all 12 signs of the zodiac. I often call on thse affirmations for my own Moon Rituals, I find them so cogent and handy. The lunar approach of this book is a refreshing balance to the majority of solar texts on the astorlogical shelves in the bookstore and in my own personal library. It contributes very much just by being a "different" approach and it has a real charm to it besides. This is a good book to add to your collection.

A great book, after reading it, I reference it all the time when I need to get a better understanding of someone. The only drawback, is that you need their full birthdate. But this book is wonderful.

This book was about four kids Jessie, Benny, and Violiet . Those four kids like mysteries. One day Benny finds a locket and decides to find the out who it belongs to. I thought this mystery was great . I think mysteries are fun to solve. Mysteries make kids want to read and it makes kids want to read and it makes it fun becase it is always exiting to know whats going to happen next. .

In this episode, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny are in Florida learning about the sea life. Then someone starts stealing the valubable coral. Can the boxcar children find the culprit with only a clue from the sand?

Westcott's short novel has been for years something of a cult work among novelists for its structural perfection. The interlocking erotic and sympathetic triangles among the characters, and the novel's complex explosion of the meaning of the eponymous peregrine (which is pushed as far as symbolic meanings go to the level of either Hawthorne's scarlet letter or James's golden bowl) is absolutely dazzling, and shows the tremednous talent within Westcott that never received its full due. However, the novel does remain somewhat chilly: it's hard to warm to any of the major characters, whose purposeful shallowness can seem somewhat off-putting.

A rediscovered classic currently being championed by Michael Cunningham (who wrote the introduction) and Susan Sontag (who wrote a lengthy New Yorker piece about it, as well as its forgotten author), this is a remarkably good short novel, full of wonderful writing and terrific perceptions. It's a thoughtful and profound study of the nature of marriage and attachments; I'm sure it's going to linger a great while in my memory. For those who care about serious fiction, this is well worth the time.

I have had this cookbook for a few years and increase my use of it each year. The recipies are simple, not in the American "convenient" way, but in their appeal to the simple tases one associates with a true supper. That said, they are usually easy to prepare as well. I appreciate the author's suggestions for the entire meal, as her choices for go along with recipies are superb. Particular favorites are Avacado and Bacon Salad, Cream of Scallop Soup, Orzo with Fresh Dill, and Almond Cookies.

Marion Cunningham's "The Supper Book" is an old friend in our kitchen. My best friend gave me a copy years ago for my birthday, and it is probably one of the most-used cookbooks of the many that crowd my pantry shelf.

The recipes are, as you might imagine, simple, delicious, and easy to prepare. Yet there's none of the frantic "Dinner in Ten Minutes!" or "Gourmet Meals from Just Five Ingredients!" tone that you see in cookbooks that are trying to make a fabulous meal appear on the table in less time than it takes to read this review. Cunningham slyly makes most of the recipes easy and with minimal ingredients, but she lets you discover this happy news on your own. Her emphasis is, instead, on taste and freshness of ingredients.

The Crabcakes are absolutely delicious and the soul of simplicity. The Celery Soup is a revelation, and a dish in which celery gets to stand up and take a bow instead of being an afterthought as it is in so many other recipes. Speed Steaks is an intriguing idea--you slice the steaks very thin, freeze them, and then fry them while still frozen. The result is a beautifully cooked steak with a lovely pink center. And now that Fish Tacos are all the culinary rage, let it be known that Marion Cunningham first featured them in a cookbook way back in 1992!

Cunningham extols the virtues of calmness and solitude at supper. In fact, she writes, "Sometimes eating supper alone feels private, quiet, and blessedly liberating. You may eat anything you want; you needn't be conventional. I liked a baked potato with olive oil and coarse salt and pepper followed by vanilla ice cream, which proves to me that money doesn't buy a good meal. One night not long ago I had freshly baked cookies and milk, and found that uplifting."

Donnie Cameron's handsome, spare line drawings do much to underscore the overall feeling of calmness and simplicity that Cunningham gives the reader. It's a nice match of author and illustrator, as each heightens the impact of the other's work. This really is a valuable kitchen friend, whether you live alone or cook for a crowd each night.