Cunningham Reviews

This book is highly informative, although focused for CD-ROM only. It provides a good basic overview, especially with detail of the production process regarding how CD-ROMs are made. The book is clearly written and presents a strong, commonsense content and menu development methodology.

The book describes the process of developing specifically for CD-ROM. That is, it assumes that the CD-ROM is only distribution media and that the content will essentially be used from the CD-ROM.

The focus is also on designing a CDROM-centric version from scratch. The content development methodology that is explained in the book may be less applicable to a high number of CD-ROM uses where the CD-ROM is just one of several types of distribution media for the content. For example, many information development organizations are focusing on content management repositories that generate output for Web, print, and CD-ROM from a single source. The methodology that is outlined in the book may be less applicable to those purposes.

Nonetheless, if you are developing content that will have customized menus and run solely from the CD-ROM, this book gives a good foundation in the basics.

For all uses of CD-ROM, the book covers the manufucaturing of CD-ROMS in detail, and this is valuable for production coordinators and managers, as the manufacturing process can be confusing. I found this discussion of the production process to be most enlightening and difficult to find elsewhere.

I've never seen a book like this. I mean, this contains a ver specific info about herbs and helps to know some others plants that it's impossible to get in the US.

I use some of this herbs to improve my daily life and beleive me, this is very helpful.

I recommend this book to all people who have some health problems or those who want to know how the herbs works on your life.

Good luck to all!

The story of Randy Cunningham's Vietnam experience before, during, and after being shot down by a NVA SAM. He and his RO, Driscoll, bailed out over the sea and were picked up by US forces. Randy's story is amazing, exciting, and provides a glimpse into his abilities, character, and values. I met Randy at an airshow in 1986, before he retired from the Navy and went into politics. My original copy of this book has walked off, and I would love to obtain another one for my library.

The storyline with Jim Steel, the main character, has some events that are just too far-fetched for a true western (i.e., Jim rescued in a bar-room brawl by callgirl Adele packing a Greener rifle, or Jim kidnapped by three females). The tidbits of history scattered through the story were interesting (i.e, Jim's reminiscing his service under General Sherman, and Sheriff Luke Tabor being asked to work for the Pinkleton Detective Agency). The book is entertaining for a reading pastime, as the storyline moves along, seldom bogs.

Scharper and Cunningham present some of the key concepts that are found in the bible. They use quotes from many authors as well as bible passages to develop their concepts. Their introductory words invite one to read further and initiate the thought processes. This book is useful to those who need some green inspiration or need a few quotes to liven up a presentation or conversation.

The Battle for Wake Island inspired a nation after the horrendous loss at Pearl Harbor. This is a remarkable compilation of first hand experiences, both by the author and the men of all ranks who fought alongside. The smoke and haze of battle prohibits any one person from experiencing the whole. Cunningham cleverly weaves the stories and memoirs of his fellow Wake Island defenders into tapestry that gives a remarkable vision of this heroic defense.

Taken as prisoners, the men were enslaved in the highly profitable Japanese War machinery, enriching companies like Mitsui and Hitachi. The savagery and endless brutality of the Japanese against the POWS became an a living hell. Truly, Cunningham has written the personal answers of so many to the question: "What really happened to these gallant men?"

Regrettably, little is said of the gallantry of the civilian construction company employees, many of whom were equally gallant defenders.

I could not stop reading! The author's experience had me bound to the pages. There is "healing" in this book for anyone who has ever experienced the tragedy of murder in their immediate family, neighborhood and community, or the natural (untimely)death of a loved one.

Our book club (Seven Sisters Sipping Tea) discussed I Cry No More on Sunday, October 8. (Praise God) Lives were changed because of this reading and at this meeting the healing power of God was evident through the outpouring of emotional releases experienced. Personally, I have been reminded and encouraged to "stop and listen" to the signs from God because His voice is audible -- whether we believe it or not! There were several of us who felt the urge to share this book (immediately). "I Cry No More" will not stay on my shelf! I have to pass it on to someone immediately -- I am learning to listen! God's healing power in our lives must be shared.

Thanks Beatrice for allowing us to witness your testimony!

The superb essay by Richard Lorenz explains the genesis of Ms. Cunningham's career, the influences on her work, how her styles developed, how she sought work, and the challenges that she faced as a person and as an artist. The essay is of such quality that it raises the overall value of the book. Two of Ms. Cunningham's weaknesses were tendencies to misuse shadow and to blur where clarity would have worked better. Many of the images in this book are marred by these routine flaws. On the other hand, there are enough rewarding works to make owning this volume a treat. You will probably find yourself strongly favoring a third of the images over the rest. If you are a fan of her nude work, I think you will find many of the portraits disappointing. I did like them better than the floral images she produced.

This book contains 208 duotone plates, 50 black and white images, and 13 color plates. All of the color plates looked a little peculiar. Something is off in the reproduction of them. It almost looked like an error in the color registration by the printer.

Ms. Cunningham's best efforts were generally of people in her family, or those she had great respect or affection for. When her connection to the person was modest, often the results were too. Generally, the more elaborate the composition, the better the result except when shadows were involved. For that reason, her outdoor portraits in full sun turned out best.

My favorite images in this book (as reproduced here) include:

My Father at Sixty, 1906; Mother and Child, Germany, 1909-1910; My Mother Peeling Apples, about 1910; The Dream, 1910; Roi Partridge, 1915; My Father, about 1918; Dane Coolidge, about 1921; Roger Sturtevant, about 1922; Sherwood Anderson, Writer 2, about 1923; Gertrude Gerrish, 1924; Henry Cowell, 1926; Portrait of Portia Hume, about 1930; Frances Dee, 1932; The Pareeckh Sisters from India, early 1930s; Robert Irwin, 1933; Alfred Stieglitz, 1934; Herbert Hoover 2, 1935; My Father at Ninety, 1936; Shen Yao, 1938; Edward Weston at Point Lobos 2, 1945; Woman in Sorrow, 1964; Brassai, 1973; Ansel Adams, Photographer 2, 1975; Morris Graves in His Leek Garden, 1972; Dr. Maria Kolisch, 1973; and Roi Patridge and Horse's Skull, 1975.

After you examine this book, I suggest that you think about what you want to learn and feel from a portrait. Do you want to know how the person liked to portray him or herself? Do you want to see a pawn within the photographer's style? Do you want to understand the person's personality? Then, go back and look at these images and think about what Ms. Cunningham has captured in each case.

As Mr. Lorenz says in his essay, even before a negative is retouched, "lighting manipulates and obfuscates reality," the "environmental context of the photograph modulates its connective power," and the "theatrics of makeup and costume alter fact and validate illusions." Where do you see these effects?

If you are like me, you will find the double exposure work interesting . . . capturing a sense of the fourth dimension of time. Many of the works will remind you of Marcel Duchamp's work, with which Ms. Cunningham was quite familiar.

Capture reality past the poser's projection . . . and add truth!

This book uniquely draws on the authors' wide experience as OFA professionals to harness common knowledge from many projects and offer insights gained from implementing a number of OFA projects. It effectively bridges the existing gap between functionality-focused courses, and unstructured experience to offer you a comprehensive guide to successfully implementing OFA projects. Aimed at business analysts, technical architects, project managers and OFA implementers and administrators, this book will give you invaluable support, whether you are working on a first project of are extending an existing one. The book starts with an overview, followed by in-depth discussion of project scoping for OFA, assisting the business analyst in identifying the business processes to which it should be applied. It then focuses in detail on the key features of OFA and goes on to consider related issues of Enterprise Resource Planning systems and the Data Warehouse. All principles and practices discussed are explained through references to a number of case studies and each chapter is roadmapped, assisting you in structuring your reading of the book to meet your own project requirements. OFA project implementation principles covered: sponsorship; business process modelling; change management; planning; design of the application architecture; database design; infrastructure specification documentation; roll-out and continuing change management; backup and recovery

This book really gives the reader a sense of what Hamilton and Jefferson were REALLY like. They had disputes and were mistrustful of eachother. There wasn't any school-boy stuff going on here. I recommend this book if you're interested in history and are in college. Good book!