Scott Reviews

It's a beautiful book, well written, easy to understand, concise and well ordered. This author is gifted; his book is a must for any lay person, microbiologist or physician who desires a well-documented, global resume' of viral disease, its history and implications. In my view, the connection he describes between cancer causation and viruses is a bit conservative, but reasonable - considering the age of his copyright (1987). Would like to see a newer version, but his writings are sufficiently current to include this book in any library.

Sheldon N. Feinberg MD

An excellent primer for anyone interested to know about viruses. Scott explains with clarity and in layman's language what viruses are, how they react biologically, why they are difficult to control, how to fight them, etc. It also has an informative chapter on the AIDS virus. Though directed at the general public, it contains also much technical material but expounded in Scott's remakable manner of making technical stuff clear for the lay reader. Having no background in biology at all, I was able to follow the book, even the technicalities of DNA, gene replication and so on.

This is a well written novel. Lazenby knows his subject well. He understand the politics. I had intended to read this on my vacation. I was going to read just the first three pages. I got hooked and finished the book. It may seem hard to believe but this is a very exciting novel about local government. I recommend this book to any that have interest in government, politics, policy-- or just want an interesting novel to read. I hope Lazenby continues to write.

A novel about being a city manager sounded like a formula for pure boredom -- and I have experience as a local elected official and teach public policy. I am glad that I felt "duty bound" to read this book, it is extraordinarily well done. Lazenby masterfully creates a complex, multi-tiered plot involving all of the complexity and many of the issues faced by local governments today. Even a casual reader who simply wants to get a sense of what really happens at City Hall everyday will be well rewarded with both information and entertainment by this book.

I can't say enough good things about this book. Once you have purchased your fly rod and reel this is THE book to have. Has a lot of good entomology drawings. Scott has a good sense of humor. Highly recommended.

I have read many books on flyfishing and I have found that Scott Richmond`s The Pocket Gillie is by far the best flyfishing primer I have seen. It is very well written. His chapter called Hard Times in a Bugs Life gives much insight into basic entomology to help one choose the correct pattern and presentation,which I think, is the essence of flyfishing. The book is economically written and fits in a fly vest pocket. I highly reccomend it.

Many of the issues up for discussion are simply based upon the age-old debate between, semi-Pelagianism and Augustinianism. However the contributers adroitly cut through the flesh and get at the heart of contemporary church issues. This debate is not over a matter of style.But rather it accurately raises the concern as to what constitutes true Christian religion. If some of the points that are raised are indeed correct, one would have to wonder if authentic Christian faith even exists within much of the current church milieu. These articles should not be treated lightly but rather with fear and trembling.

This is a fantastic book, covering clearly many aspects which challenge and threaten the church and the truth of the gospel.

I purchased this book as a second thought, and found out I got more than I bargained for. The level of expertise and experience with God impressed me initially, but it was the depth of each topic presented by each of the authors that shocked me. When dealing with God and spiritual subjects in books, there are so many approaches, and many that are really weird, but in this book the contributing authors do much to show by scriptures and experience the reality of the need for the church to be seeking God's power, holiness, and evangelistic outreach to the human race. This is not a book of testimonies alone, but scriptures and the reality of the topics listed in the title. Another book that assisted me in certain sections of this book was I Give You Authority by Charles Kraft. Though much different in subject, it assisted me in understanding some things that are occurring in the South American churches. I highly recommend this book for one's bookself, not only for reading, but as a text book for what is happening in Christianity today.

The chapters are written by individuals from various backgrounds who are sensing the Holy Spirit drawing them into a closer relationship with God. This purity of heart has been documented in past and present revivals around the world.

Of course, any of Fitzgerald's work edited by Mr. Bruccoli must be wonderful. These short stories, which appeared in various magazines from the 20s through the 40s are simply charming. Fitzgerald's elegant style of writing and sensuous story-telling techinque captivate the reader from the very first lines. Particularly appealing is Fitzgerld's use of humor - sometimes dry; sometimes understated - and well illustrated in the story, "The Pusher in the Face." Typical of early Fitzgerald, some of these stories end with an ironic twist of fate, such as the story, "Two for a Penny." Fitzgerald's themes are timeless and relevant to people living at the end of this century. These stories could have been written yesterday. If it is cold where you are, read these stories with a cup of hot cocoa by the fire; if warm, read them on your porch in the early evening with a pitcher of ice tea or lemonade.

Many American writers learn much about their craft by studying Fitzgerald. As Dorothy Parker said: Fitzgerald could write a bad story, but he couldn't write badly. Many of these stories, although unsuccessful by Fitzgerald's standards, are nonetheless instructive in their weakness: the strong parts stand out so clearly that they afford insights into what makes a given story truly work, and what makes one fall short. And: weak or not, there's beautiful writing in all of them. This collection is a treasure for Fitzgerald fans, and an important addition to a fiction writer's or writing student's bookshelf.

It's a shame that apparently Wrox has scaled back their book line since nearly going out of business, as this is one of the most practical, useful books I've read on ASP .Net. The book covers a lot of areas that generally are overlooked in the generalized books. For example, a great tip is to do your data binding in Page_PreRender instead of Page_Load because it happens after postback events are handled, thus saving you from having to perhaps do it twice.

The book also goes into more detail about the usefulness and dangers of viewstate, session and application objects, lots on caching, etc. This book will make you a better code monkey. Try and get it!

This book is exceptional. It provides several programming scenarios for different operations, then lists the good and bad points of each. It also explains in which situation they are best used. For example: .NET Remoting vs. Web Services vs. COM

There are several performance tips given that I never thought about and they really work . . . I, of course, had to test them for myself.

If you are like me, you don't have time to test every scenario to find out which technique is best for every situation, this book helped to guide me in the right direction.

I teach a class for the University of California in their Web/IP Engineering program. I use this book as one of my texts because it's cross-platform and it has enough technical detail to really explain the complex art of optimizing a site. It's 1999 but the book is still relevant!

this book really helped me a lot with setting up my personal and company web sites. read this book, it will make your day!

Providence is a superbly crafted roleplay game of super powers and magic set in a world of high fantasy and thrilling adventure as players battle between good and evil, right and wrong. Against the seemingly overwhelming forces of chaos stand the hero-player as a beacon of light and sanity. Providence: Main Rule Book is the core title providing all the information necessary to begin a campaign. Included is a character creation system enabling the development of a wide variety of interesting and dynamic characters. A complete description of skills, powers and spells is provided and players will be introduced to the Creative System, the set of basic, advanced and optional rules necessary to fully explore this engaging, entertaining, fascinating game. Also available for this unique gaming universe are Providence: Main World Book providing a detailed examination of the world of Providence including its inhabitants, geography and history; Providence: The Recognizers which includes the history and organization of Providence's bounty hunters; Providence: People's Knights featuring The Lost Tribes, The Wayfarers, and the Reaver's criminal organization; and Providence: Cliff-spider, The War Citadel, is a complete adventure with a profusion of story threads establishing it as a core source book for gaming adventures. The Providence series is "player friendly" and a welcome source for endless hours of great fun and high adventure.

And on that note, XID Creative shines with its release of "Providence: Main Rule Book." The Creative System does all it says and more.

- The Creative Engine is a clean and clear skills-based system providing both flexability in use and character development in play.

- System resolution utilizes target number (TN) resolution, providing as many or as few modifiers as the troupe feels comfortable with.

- Magic and powers system that, while initially difficult to grasp, is quite fluid once understood.

- The Providence world is presented in enough detail to provide a base level of play, very sufficient to get a grasp on.

Overall, an excellent game!