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If you know a sports trivia buff, then Sports Publishing's 101 Little Known Facts series is the perfect gift for your favorite fan, young or old! These unique books are full of interesting information, statistics, and photographs about six of America's most beloved sports celebrities: Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Karl Malone, Troy Aikman, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Kurt Warner. Did you know that Michael Jordan gets manicures every 10 days and pedicures once a month? Or that Tiger Woods has seen a sports psychologist, Jay Brunza, since he was 10 years old? Did you know that Karl Malone owns a 180-acre cattle ranch in Arkansas called the "Mailman Farm"? Were you aware that Dallas Cowboys star Troy Aikman originally planned to attend medical school? Or that despite being allergic to chocolate, Ken Griffey, Jr., had a candy bar named after him in 1989 -- "the Ken Griffey, Jr., Chocolate Bar" -- and more than one million bars were sold?

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Waste of paper........2002-01-31

15 minutes of superficial research---that's all this little book is. It could have been a good book had the publisher dug deeper to come up with true little-known gems about Tiger. Anybody could have come up with this content by downloading three or four bios or wire-service stories about Woods and then cutting and pasting. The result is a piece of junk masquerading as merchandise.

Tiger Woods.......1999-06-17

I love to watch tiger woods on tv play golf and he is my favorite golfer in the hole world Amber Nicole Smith .

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The political economy and culture of Chinese cinema during the era of China's prolonged economic reform has not until now been examined in detail. Ying Zhu's new and comprehensive study examines the institutional as well as the stylistic transitions of Chinese cinema from pedagogy to art to commerce, focusing on the key film reform measures as well as the metamorphosis of Chinese Fifth Generation films from art film narration-as in Chen Kaige's 1984 Yellow Earth-to post-New-Wave classical film narration-as in the same director's 1993 Farewell, My Concubine. Zhu also considers the films of a younger generation, the so-called "underground generation," which has been making both critical and commercial waves in recent years. Of use to Asian Studies scholars and film scholars alike, her work reconciles the stylistic, cultural, and economic dimensions of the nation's cinematic output, also providing the first systematic institutional analysis of an industry in a state of constant flux.

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Glowing review in the Journal of Asian Studies.......2005-02-18

I came across a glowing review of the book in the Journal of Asian Studies, Nov. 2004, Vol 63, No. 4. Here are a few excerpts--

"Comprehensive in its treatment of the subject matter, the book is well researched, and goes beyond the scholarships of such critics as Chris Berry, Nick Brown, Rey Chow, Shuiqin Cui, Paul Clark, Sheldon Lu, Xudong Zhang, to form a singular critical paradigm of globalization both as restraint and opportunity within which to rethink the Chinese cinema. ... Zhu's analysis of Chinese (national) cinema both as a culture and economy opens important channels of communication between economic reform and cultural production, between popular entertainment and intellectual heritage, between technology and cultural politics, and between local traditions and global markets. ...
The reader is fortunate to have a first-hand and intimate account of how cultural, intellectual and political issues are mediated through film to arrive at the state of Chinese cinema as we find it today. The author knows the ins and outs of the collective struggle of the Chinese film community to master the forces of the market in order to stay in business beyond the pale of socialism. ...
In Zhu's encyclopedic treatment of the topic, we see a rare synthesis of knowledge and understanding."

Ying Zhu, "Chinese Cinema during the Era of Reform".......2003-11-08

Dr. Ying Zhu's book is a wonderful introduction to the post-Maoist Chinese film industry. Useful to both scholars and in classrooms, it presents a picture of a film world that is relatively unknown to most Americans, but may not be for long. Balancing the impact of globalization and Hollywood with national needs, Chinese cinema, like Chinese industry in general, may be the coming wave. This book will give you a head start in understanding why.

great introduction to Chinese cinema.......2003-11-04

I'll only put a brief word here because Dr. Zhu assigned us to read her new book for our class, so I can't exactly give it a fair review.

Although the book has no photographs to see what the films are like (always bad in film books, but sometimes necessary), the book is highly readable and provides a strong overview. A reader could pick it up and have a strong grasp of the history and politics of Chinese cinema. Though her accent can be a bit difficult to understand in class, she is highly readable, well-informed, and did a great deal of first-hand research. If you're interested in Chinese cinema, this is a great starting point. The price and scholarly aim (see design comments below) will not make it stand out on a shelf, if you can find it there.

Book design comments: red, gold-stamped, clothbound book, no dust jacket or illustrations, several glaring typos to fix in next edition.

Striking analysis of China's film industry.......2003-09-16

Zhu's book provides a striking analysis of the Chinese film industry's
transition to a market economy. The book traces the evolution of the
film industry, and especially the film makers, from making art cinema
(as the political atmosphere in post-Mao China relaxed)
to needing to respond to the demands of the marketplace, as
the policies of the Chinese government shifted to decrease subsidies
for films and to encourage privatization, marketization, and
co-production and co-marketing with overseas film producers
and distributors. Key film makers highlighted include Chen Kaige
(Yellow Earth and Farewell My Concubine), Tian Zhuangzhuang
(Horse Thief and The Blue Kite), and Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum,
Judou, Not One Less). The impact of the re-introduction of blockbuster
Hollywood films into the Chinese marketplace is scrutinized, both from the
perspective of box-office revenue, distribution, and screen time,
as well as the perspective of the impact on these films on Chinese
filmgoers and critics taste and expectations of what constitutes a "quality" film.
As the Chinese film industry continues its transformation, the book
explores the impact of Hollywood and globalization on national
film industries, raising important questions for all national film industries
(not just China) on how they survive and develop a (global) audience.
The book explores the exciting possibility of using the cultural advantages
of a national film industry to develop a global audience.
This book should be of interest to many readers, to students and
teachers of Asian studies, Chinese studies, film studies, and of globalization
and economic transformation, of socialist economies into market economies.
It will also be of close interest to people in the film industry and in trade
journals as it explores the role and possibilities of national film industries
in the face of a globalized film industry. Film buffs will find much of interest
here in tracing the evolution of various Chinese film directors as they may
more marketable films and found a wider audience.

Chinese Cinema during the Era of Reform: The Ingenuity of the System

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Chinese Cinema during the Era of Reform: The Ingenuity of the System
Ying Zhu
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORQRVK

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The Stars Down to Earth is the first collection of Theodor Adorno's key papers on the irrational and mass culture. The essays in The Stars Down To Earth offer an analysis of the irrational dimensions of modern culture which is both timely and disturbing in the 1990s, although they were written by Adorno half a century ago. Adorno's ideas are relevant to the understanding of phenomena as apparently diverse as astrology and ``New Age'' cults, the power of neo-fascist propaganda and the re-emergence of anti-Semitism, and the psychological basis of popular culture.

The Stars Down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Culture.: An article from: The Review of Metaphysics

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The Stars Down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Culture.: An article from: The Review of Metaphysics
Richard Hooker
Manufacturer: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on June 1, 1996. The length of the article is 591 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Stars Down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Culture.
Author: Richard Hooker
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1996
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: v49 Issue: n4 Page: p909(2)

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Two stars because..........2007-06-04

all indications (research/descriptions) led me to believe that this book is geared towards 4-8 year olds and, in my opinion, it isn't. Especially the mazes. My 7 year old son is awesome at word searches and mazes, so I thought this book would be ideal for him. I think the age category is very misleading. The age range should be between 9-12. While this book can be very educational (as far as the word searches go), it is most certainly not meant for stated age range. This is just one example: The title is Egypt. Some of the words to search for are, pharoaoh, tutankhamun, hieroglyphics, hermopolis, hatshepsut, just to name a few. While I suppose *anyone* can technically search for corresponding letters in a word, can you picture a 4 year old trying to find these??

I guess I will give this to him when he gets into junior high school.

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A lot of computer-security textbooks approach the subject from a defensive point of view. "Do this, and probably you'll survive a particular kind of attack," they say. In refreshing contrast, Hacking Exposed, Second Edition talks about security from an offensive angle. A Jane's-like catalog of the weaponry that black-hat hackers use is laid out in full. Readers see what programs are out there, get a rundown on what the programs can do, and benefit from detailed explanations of concepts (such as wardialing and rootkits) that most system administrators kind of understand, but perhaps not in detail. The book also walks through how to use the more powerful and popular hacker software, including L0phtCrack. This new edition has been updated extensively, largely with the results of "honeypot" exercises (in which attacks on sacrificial machines are monitored) and Windows 2000 public security trials. There's a lot of new stuff on e-mail worms, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and attacks that involve routing protocols.

The result of all of this familiarity with bad-guy tools is a leg up on defending against them. Hacking Exposed wastes no time in explaining how to implement the countermeasures--where they exist--that will render known attacks ineffective. Taking on the major network operating systems and network devices one at a time, the authors tell you exactly what Unix configuration files to alter, what Windows NT Registry keys to change, and what settings to make in NetWare. They spare no criticism of products with which they aren't impressed, and don't hesitate to point out inherent, uncorrectable security weaknesses where they find them. This book is no mere rehashing of generally accepted security practices. It and its companion Web site are the best way for all of you network administrators to know thine enemies. --David Wall

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Security vulnerabilities of operating systems, applications, and network devices
Administrative procedures that will help defeat them
Techniques for hacking Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Novell NetWare, and Unix
Strategies for breaking into (or bringing down) telephony devices, routers, and firewalls

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“The seminal book on white-hat hacking and countermeasures... Should be required reading for anyone with a server or a network to secure.” --Bill Machrone, PC Magazine

"The definitive compendium of intruder practices and tools." --Steve Steinke, Network Magazine

"For almost any computer book, you can find a clone. But not this one... A one-of-a-kind study of the art of breaking in." --UNIX Review

Here is the latest edition of international best-seller, Hacking Exposed. Using real-world case studies, renowned security experts Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz show IT professionals how to protect computers and networks against the most recent security vulnerabilities. You'll find detailed examples of the latest devious break-ins and will learn how to think like a hacker in order to thwart attacks. Coverage includes:

Code hacking methods and countermeasures
New exploits for Windows 2003 Server, UNIX/Linux, Cisco, Apache, and Web and wireless applications
Latest DDoS techniques--zombies, Blaster, MyDoom
All new class of vulnerabilities--HTTP Response Splitting
and much more

Customer Reviews:

Excellent book for the beginner.......2007-08-01

While starting out in a new career, this book has been recommended to me time and time again. I have some background in security and penetration testing however this book takes you into a deeper understanding of how things work. I strongly recommend it for the beginner as well as the seasoned Information Security Professional.

Good learning reference for those interested in learning........2007-07-30

This book offers an excellent overview of techniques, though some outdated, to exploit and secure systems. The book is easy to read with just enough technical jargon to teach you something. It covers most major exploits and the techniques used to secure your system against them. I have tested many of the exploits and tools and found them to work very well attacking and defending. If you are new to computer security this is a must-read. If you are an expert in the field this is a great reference.

vedy good.......2007-03-31

The book is one of the best that i've read.
It speaks about hacking in a technical way and it's full of information

An essential book for Linux admins.......2007-03-07

I read this book cover to cover and bookmarked half the pages with tips I want to use. It's not just a book on preventing hacks...it's full of great productivity tips as well. Nowadays, I rarely buy computer books because all the info is on the internet. But this book is an exception. The internet can't substitute for the education you'll get by walking through this one page at a time.

Information Security.......2006-10-10

I had to purchase this book for college but it is a great read. One of the only textbooks that I have used that was actually interesting. They give clear examples and make it easy to follow thier explanations. Great book if you want to learn about hacking and some of the issues it involves.

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Activism in Pursuit of the Public Interest: The Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor.(Book review): An article from: California History
Allen G. Minker
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000OT7MVM
Release Date: 2007-03-22

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This digital document is an article from California History, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2006. The length of the article is 577 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Activism in Pursuit of the Public Interest: The Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor.(Book review)
Author: Allen G. Minker
Publication: California History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 84 Issue: 2 Page: 79(2)

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Activism in Pursuit of the Public Interest: The Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor

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Activism in Pursuit of the Public Interest: The Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor
Ben Field
Manufacturer: California Supreme Court Historical Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small.F. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of this history, nearly fourteen hundred years from the exodus to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, into straight prose that sparkles with clarity. More than half of the book is devoted to the postexilic history of Israel, the "intertestamental" period and the first-century history that forms the backdrop of the New Testament.First published in 1963, Israel and the Nations has achieved wide recognition as an excellent introduction to the history of Israel. This new edition, carefully revised by David F. Payne, includes some new material and a revised bibliography.

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An context for the Bible.......2007-03-30

Because the Bible has a spiritual point and tells a spiritual story, the context with which that story develops can seem obscure at times. Professor Bruce's effort, in Israel and the Nations, attempts to place most of the Old and New Testament within its regional political and cultural context in a very precise and clear prose style.

Bruce writes with the presupposition of the historicity of the miracles and supernatural interaction with the Hebrew people being real, but that is not his primary focus. His focus is to place the spiritual story within the larger story of the ancient near east. He does regard the the Bible to be a history source of the highest rank. The author makes no theological judgments of the events, but merely places them in time.

His story is remarkable when taken out of its familiarity: a large tribe of nomads arising from Egypt over 3500 years ago onto a cross-roads section of the Mediterranean coast, after various civil wars, economic collapses, and defeats by a string of neighboring powers, should be nothing more than a footnote to history, as much as the Hittite Empire or the Amorite. Instead, they changed the world, largely due to their struggle to keep and at times abandon their unique religious faith.

The first half of the book covers the period from the Egyptian exodus to the end of the prophets. This retelling of the history has a wonderful way of humanizing the events told in the Old Testament. The envies and strife spring from real tribal warfare, real economic crisises, and real political intrigue. The rise and fall of King Solomon and his descendants is an excellent example. Taking advantage to exploit natural resources, like copper and horses for chariots, his tribal empire grew; yet fell when tax burdens, forced labor, double-crossings of allies and enemies happened and raw nepotism and favoritism ensured the worst of combinations: weak and oppressive government, something not easily picked up by reading the scriptural narrative, but the elements are all there.

The value of Psalm 137, which tells of the joy of Judah's traditional enemy, Edom, rejoicing over their fall to the Babylonians in 587 BC has a greater ring to it when you understand the doom of the fall of Jerusalem and what that meant for relations to neighbors and what that said about the confidence of the Jewish people in years to come.

The last half of the book deals with what is known as the inter-testament period to the final fall of Jerusalem in AD 70 to the Romans and the Jewish diaspora that forever changed Judaism and his daughter faith Christianity. The exploits of Alexander the Great, his successor Greek rulers, the rise of Rome, and the Herodian dynasty are all told here from the perspective of the Jewish people and state. What readily becomes apparent is that the Jews were becoming more of a spiritual people and less of a nationalistic people, as the Greek influence after Alexander, spread the Jewish influence around the Mediterranean basin. In fact the first translation of the Bible out of its native tongue, the Septuagint, took place around 50 BC in the Jewish learning centers of Alexandria, Egypt.

This is an excellent book, not only because the story it tells is excellent, but because Dr. Bruce writes of it extremely well and concisely in under 250 pages. It would be a worthwhile read for students of the Bible.

Important reading.......2006-07-20

This book fills an important gap in the period covered. While not as extensive as some histories of the period it binds together each section of history very well, showing how one event not just preceded the other but in most cases gave birth to it. Today is the product of yesterday is what this book demonstrates in a comprehensive way. Accordingly to understand the days in which our Lord lived this book is invaluable. A must read. F F Bruce is both reliable and academic without being cold and analytical.

Israel & The Nations - Solid History Well Told.......2000-03-21

Israel & The Nations packs an incredible level of detail into a well flowing and very readable history. I highly recommend it for the Bible student or teacher who is seeking to have a clear chronological context for the events in the Scriptures. The authors' accounts are concise and fact-laden. The account of Nebuchadnezzar's defeat of Pharaoh Necho, the subsequent deportations of Israelis to Babylon, and Zedekiah's revolt is better told than all other the other reference books in my bookcase combined (and I have a lot of books). This is the overview history that I wish I had twenty years ago.

Israel and the nations,: From the Exodus to the fall of the Second Temple,

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Israel and the nations,: From the Exodus to the fall of the Second Temple,
F. F Bruce
Manufacturer: Paternoster P
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that define the true health of our planet.

This annual volume distills the "vital signs" of our times, which often escape the attention of the media, world leaders, and economic experts, from thousands of government, industrial, and scientific documents. It tracks the major indicators that show social, economic, and environmental progress, or the lack thereof.

Vital Signs 2005 presents up-to-the-minute information on environmental and sustainable development topics, such as climate change, world population, energy, transgenic crops, HIV/AIDS, trade, and Internet use. Each trend is presented in text and graphics, providing a thorough, well-documented, and accessible overview. Vital Signs is an excellent companion to Worldwatch's acclaimed State of the World series.

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a compelling look into the future.......2005-08-22

Lester Brown and the World Watch Institure have revisited Vital SIgns in 2005 (they skipped 2004) and with it, again capture the key trends shaping our quality of life and economy.

This book is a requirement for anyone planning and hoping to benefit, rather than be in conflict with, worldwide trends. Specifically, business folk, insurance, and those investing in the future would clearly benefit. I also refer to it when planning my career, advising others or if Im presenting and it has information I can draw from.

HUD-code help: the federal government calls for aid from manufactured housing companies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.(VITAL SIGNS): An article from: Builder

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HUD-code help: the federal government calls for aid from manufactured housing companies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.(VITAL SIGNS): An article from: Builder
Michele Mariani
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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Price adjustments: Signs point to decreasing costs and increasing availability of building materials in 2005.(Vital Signs): An article from: Builder

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Price adjustments: Signs point to decreasing costs and increasing availability of building materials in 2005.(Vital Signs): An article from: Builder

Manufacturer: Hanley-Wood, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00081XSB4
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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Here is the layperson's complete guide to the New Forest Economy, in which small- and medium-sized logging companies and mills thrive' in which we nurture our value-added industries instead of selling off our raw materials at too high a volume and too low a price, in which old forests are protected and new ones are planned and cultivated intelligently, in which the company town gives way to the integrated community, in which there are enough jobs and enough trees, in which the Clayoquot crisis and cries of "Brazil of the North" are history.

Best of all, say the authors, the resources for a major change are already in place, from the trees to the mills to the bargaining table. And everyone - even big business and big government - knows it's time for a new approach. At the heart of Forestopia is how we get from here to there: how we can stop the momentum of current high-volume raw lumber sales and make room for smaller, labour-intensive outfits, how the new economy works in the context of the world marketplace, and how we're going to pay for it.

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