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In this jam packed compilation of the first three editions, Patrick Riley brings his successful books up-to-date with the latest tantalising information, including star names, alternate names, physical descriptions, biographical data, a dash of spicy personal information, movie titles, video distributors and manufacturers, and production dates. For the connoisseur or the curious browser, this is the indispensable resource for finding the films that feature your favourite stars. More than a mere listing, "The X-Rated Videotape Star Index III" offers detailed physical descriptions, biographical data, the names and addresses of video distributors and manufacturers, production dates, and many useful cross-references. ... Read more

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DON'T CALL ME NUTS! addresses one of the pressing issues in psychiatry today, indeed in the larger scope of civil rights in society--the stigma of mental illness.In its pages, Corrigan and Lundin explore all facets of the stigma which persons with mental illnesses face.DON'T CALL ME NUTS! is both a valuable resource, a history lesson, and a gaze into the future of a stigma-less community.

DON'T CALL ME NUTS! is a handbook for persons with mental illness.In its pages are discussions about dealing with self-stigma, knowing when or whether to disclose a mental illness, seven ways to foster personal empowerment, and legal and political remedies.From the point of view of impacting society, DON'T CALL ME NUTS! explores the public's reaction to stigma through the methods of contact, education, and protest.

Authors Patrick Corrigan and Robert Lundin are in themselves experts in the subject.Corrigan, the executive director of the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, has published widely on the subject and in the broader field of psychiatric rehabilitation.Lundin, a former freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has lived with a schizoaffective disorder for 20 years. ... Read more

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GREAT RESOURCE!
Super great and indepth book dealing with mental illness and stigma.Highly recommended for those in the field, or people dealing with mental illness personally.Discusses the pros and cons of disclosing your disability in the work place.

A great book for trainers
Don't Call Me Nuts is a very complete publication on the topic of stigma as it relates to mental health.The wonderful thing about the way it is written is that it could be used to teach about stigma and predjudice as they relate to any topic.This would be a very helpful book for anyone concerned about mental health or for any teachers, or corporate trainers who want to teach about the painful consequences of prejudice.

At last a book of empowerment for those with brain disorders
When this book arrived in the mail I hoped I wouldn't be disappointed or bored.I needn't have worried, it is fantastic.It reads easily, yet takes on some tough subjects such as: whether or not to disclose mental illness, addressing stigma and suggestions for handling society and bringing about greater understanding.The examples are colorful and the suggestions are useful.What a superb job Patrick Corrigan and Robert Lundin have done.I hope this team puts forth some more books for us. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1908-11.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Transform an uncertain case into a successful settlement!

Insurance premiums are growing! Millions of dollars are spent each day to investigate fraudulent injuries and vehicle damage and to pay spurious claims resulting from low speed automobile collisions. It is of vital importance to be able to differentiate spurious claims from legitimate ones through appropriate investigation techniques and complete and thorough documentation. Low speed collisions are difficult to analyze because there is often little or no physical evidence and statements taken from drivers, passengers and witnesses lack depth and detail.

If proper photographs are not taken early and interviews are not conducted with knowledge of what is needed by reconstruction specialists or SIU, determination of the proper disposition of a claim is problematic at best. In this volume, you will learn how to overcome common problems and deficiencies in the investigation of low speed automobile collisions.

In this book, you will learn to take timely photographs properly and interpret those photographs for revealing clues. You will learn how to conduct effective interviews, get the information you need, and detect when someone is being untruthful or evasive. You will know how biomechanics and occupant kinematics affect your case. In the end, you will be better equipped to investigate and document low speed automobile collisions, reach the appropriate conclusion and arrive at a fair and just disposition of your case.

The companion volume to: Low Speed Automobile Accidents: Accident Reconstruction and Occupant Kinematics, Dynamics and Biomechanics.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Knowing fraud when you see it

Photographing vehicles and vehicle damage

Statements, interviews, memory and deception

The importance of eyewitness evidence

Digital photography versus film photography

Using statements and photographs

Case studies in fraud detection ... Read more

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The 1st installment in O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series

"The best historical novels ever written..."
-The New York Times Book Review

This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, Royal Navy, and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the road of broadsides as the great ships close in battle. ... Read more

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Author paints a vivd picture
The author paints a vivid picture naval life.If you are interested in well developed characters and wonderfully detailed naval battles you will love this book. ... Read more

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Get into the center of the action with The Stadium, a book that takes you to some of the finest event centers across the globe.
Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London,Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 eye-popping photos and 70 architectural plans,this book defines the stadium as a worlwide cultural icon. ... Read more

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the stadium:architecture for the new grobal culture
I am studying about economics of sports facilities,
so that hardly can find books about these theme in japanese.
I think this book is very useful that sports facilities of worldwide.
I recommend this book who are interested in sports facilties and culture of local identities.

Great Book but needs a CD
If you're looking for an architectural book that includes drawings such as floor plans, sections and elevations then you're in the right place.

This book offers a lot of pictures for 18 different stadiums including the Wembley Stadium in London.. i would have given it five stars but unfortunately most of the drawings are too small to be read or understood professionally.. i think they should have added a CD just like most architectural books now a days with full size images to help you view it in details.

STADIUMS
Very good book on some spectacular sports stadiums.The text is very informative and the images are first rate.It is such a relief that stadiums are back to having style and not just totally utilitarian, like my beloved Astrodome.It is so sad to me that the Astrodome ushered in the multisport stadium, that type of stadium is almost extinct and the few that still stand like Houston's so called "Eighth Wonder of the World", linger like some sort of bad experiment that went horribly wrong.To appreciate how far stadium architecture has come, just look at Relient Stadium, which is profiled in this book, and compare it to the old grey lady next to her...the afore mentioned Astrodome....sic transic gloria. ... Read more

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New insights from the Tikal excavations and epigraphic breakthroughs suggest that a thriving marketplace existed in the center of the city, that foreigners comprised a significant element of its populace, and that differences in tomb form and contents signal the changing fortunes of Tikal's rulers. Essay topics include the timing of the foundation of the Tikal dynasty, the earliest experiments in socio-political complexity, the 6th-7th century hiatus in monument erection, the reassertion of central authority around A.D. 700, and the complex causality behind the collapse and depopulation during the 9th century. Featuring some of the premiere specialists in the field as well as innovative new scholars, this volume promises to shape Tikal's interpretations and research agenda for decades to come. ... Read more

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• Designed to show experienced developers how to become power developers with BEA WebLogic
• Covers BEA WebLogic Server version 8.1 and earlier versions
• A perfect companion to the bestselling book, Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans, Second Edition (0471-41711-4)
• Companion Web site includes technology updates and links to related sites

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WebLogic and J2EE at once
This book is a great WebLogic reference, and also thorough coverage for J2EE concepts under one volume

NOT GOT THE Product
I placed the order on 13 may 07 . But till date I did not get the Book which i ordered. I belive it is almost 1 month. Please let me know when I can expect my product ?

Exellent book for advanced users
I really like this book.It is not for beginners, and is not an "Intro to J2EE".However, for advanced developers, and especially those leaning towards the administation aspects of WebLogic Server, this book is an excellent resource.
The examples in this book are straighforward, and the accompianing discussion is well written and easy to follow.
A lot of discussions in this book cover advanced topics leaning towards deployment and administration (such as tuning JVMs, or understanding Thread usage), but there are some excellent discussions regarding architecture as well.There is not a lot of material discussing developing J2EE code.
This book should be a part of any advanced J2EE developers library, especially those using WebLogic (since so many of the examples are targeted towards that platform).

Followup.
I've already reviewed this book previously but had to comment on the reviews by the "reader from Danbury, CT".

I'm not sure what your problem is but I don't see the value in panning a book you either didn't read or understand.My only other guess is that you have some sort of other agenda.

I guess it is just common sense to ignore anonymous reviews.

Not detailed enough
The book does not have detailed explanations - it just brushes the surface of a few topics. It does not really talk about the internals of WebLogic.

I bought this book and now will sell it on amazon or something. Glad that my company paid for it :) ... Read more

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In this assessment of Mason Patrick's aviation career, Robert P. Whitecredits Patrick, and not his controversial deputy, Billy Mitchell,with ensuring the survival of the Air Service at a time when it facedcritical internal and external pressures.He functioned as the trueleader of the Air Service, expertly maneuvering behind the scenes andin selected public forums to ultimately ensure the creation of the AirCorps. ... Read more

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Rescues a Deserving Air Advocate from Obscurity
The U.S. Air Force reveres Billy Mitchell, the combative general who advocated strategic bombardment as the critical mission of the service and worked tirelessly for independence from the army. His efforts eventually brought his cashiering for insubordination in 1925. Virtually unknown to later generations, but ultimately more important for Air Force independence, was Mason Patrick, who served as Army Air Service chief of staff through much of the 1920s. "Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence" tells the story of how Patrick worked quietly through the 1920s to prove the worth of air power.

This fine book tells the story of Mason Patrick from his birth during the American Civil War to a Confederate surgeon. Patrick became a career army officer after graduating second in his West Point class in 1886, numbering among his classmates John J. Pershing. He rose through the army's ranks and in 1918 Pershing appointed him head of the Army Air Service. With dissention between air officers and the rest of the service running high, in no small part because of Billy Mitchell, Patrick worked to smooth relations, to ensure the continued capability of the Air Service, and to position it to eventually become a separate service. That independence came in 1947, long after Patrick had retired and passed on, but his role in paving the way was central to the move. Indeed, Patrick crafted the Army Air Corps Act of 1926 that established the Army Air Corps as a part of the service equal to the Corp of Engineers or any other critical component.

He also pursued the development of strategic bombardment, supported by pursuit operations, that found fruition in World War II. Since this mission did not require close coordination with ground forces, Patrick believed there was no reason it had to be part of the army. This theory became the backbone of the Air Corps' campaign for an independent Department of the Air Force. This very fine book chronicles the place of Mason Patrick in this quest for independence. It is a valuable addition to the literature on the history of the Air Force. ... Read more

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Rip roaring fun!
Maney holds nothing back in this devilish tale of the man we love to hate, Young Bob La Follette.Although Maney could have praised him, he totally ripped him a new one, and I thought it was totally awesome.Ultimate Warrior rules! ... Read more