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The story of how Ida Red got her star-a tale as tall as Texas is wide. The sleepy town of Mutant, Texas, has had its share of disasters, some of which have caused them to... well, mutate. When their special features catch the eye of a traveling freak show, it's down to Ida Red to find out who is attempting to harm the people of her town. From BATMAN's Paul Dini and GOTHAM GIRLS' J. Bone.

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Fun book.......2005-07-25

I like Ida because she is fun and is a good role model for girls. I am tired of wonder woman. It was good to read about someone who is around my age and could maybe be my friend someday. It makes me also think I am a hero too.

Yee-haw! Ida Red rules!.......2005-05-25

This is the first compilation of Paul Dini's MUTANT, TEXAS comic stories. The star is Ida Red, a winsome yet spunky orphaned Texas gal who discovers amazing powers lurking just beneath her supposedly "normal" exterior. J. Bone's artwork has the timeless look of classic cartoons and the amusing supporting cast of talking armadillos, comical Texas politicians and villainous coyotes make this series a winner. I can't wait for more!

Paul Dini does it again!.......2005-04-14

The creative genius behind BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES, JINGLE BELLE and writer of the current hit ABC series LOST delivers his most imaginative work to date. Set in a marvelous, mystical corner of the southwest, MUTANT, TEXAS chronicles the adventures of Ida Red, a young cowgirl blessed with amazing powers. When her humanlike animal and plant friends are kidnapped and sold as freaks, it's up to Ida to assume the role of Sheriff and track down the villain varmints. Think Buck Rogers meets Roy Rogers with a big helping of Dale Evans thrown in, too. J. Bone's illustrations perfectly match the wit and whimsy in Dini's script. Bone's Ida Red is the consumate cowgirl, brave and strong of course, but playful and prone to the occassional moments of doubt that every young heroine must (and does) overcome. The chapter where Ida faces down an angry jaguar and tames it like a bucking bronco is a tall tales scene that would do old Pecos Bill proud. MUTANT, TEXAS is a delight for all ages. Kids will love Ida and her talking animal friends (Rolly the armadillo in particular is a hoot) and adults will enjoy the sly humor found in Dini and Bone's western wonderland.

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Love is not the only thing that blossoms with a smile. Your entire life can be transformed by the simple act of turning up the corners of your mouth. And psychologists have proven that you benefit by smiling-even when you're convinced you have nothing to smile about!Now the power of the smile gets a boost from three grinning fools: Lisa Birnbach, Ann Hodgman, and Patty Marx, the threesome who thought up the deceptively simple yet highly effective 1,003 Great Things to Smile About. This latest volume in the 1,003 Great Things humor series takes the effort out of smiling by providing just the thoughts needed to produce that all-enhancing smile.Consider the following examples:o Your son remembers your birthday . . . and doesn't reverse the charges!o Luggage-on-wheelso Your extra-large, threadbare sweatpantso Snow day!o Your sister will do Thanksgiving this year.o Spellchecko The way Play-doh smellso Sunless tanning creamsSmiles can indeed work magic, and these witty writers have concocted enough ideas to keep readers grinning day after day. This is the perfect make-somebody-feel-good book, a semiserious way to bring perspective to your own life and a great tool to help readers smile more at themselves and those around them. A book that offers a warm perspective on feeling right with the world . . . now that's something to smile about!

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It's hard to imagine that anyone writing for High Times magazine could provide incisive and cutting commentary on contemporary culture, but pessimistic smart-ass Chris Simunek doesn't let the herb go to his head when he sits down in front of the keyboard. This book is a biography of Simunek's years with High Times and his travels to Jamaica, a spring-break bash in Mexico, the Rainbow Gathering, and the annual motorcycle rally in Sturges, South Dakota. Cavorting with criminal bikers, angel-headed Rastas, and hug-happy hippies, Simunek maintains a sly cynicism that makes his self-pitying prose a dark and deeply funny pleasure. --James DiGiovanna

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Paradise Burning is the rocky-road story of a reporter for America's most notorious marijuana magazine, High Times. From pot plantations to live sex shows, from biker rallies in Sturgis, South Dakota, to the homes of Jamaica's reggae legends, Simunek blazes a trail of smoke through today's dope underground, narrowly escaping the wrath of customs agents, speed freaks, and New Age gurus along the way. The first book in decades to give you a detailed slice of the high life, Paradise Burning is the shocking, honest, hilarious truth about today's drug culture.

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Beyond Gonzo!.......2000-09-06

If you have made it to this review, Good! These people ABOVE don't know what they are talking about (wou will notice the 0 of x readers thought this helpful) and the grumpy first lady (top review) should lighten up! Plain and simple this writer is a genius. Long before his days at HIGH TIMES or doing readings in NYC, or his first great story written for EUGENE LANG (NEW SCHOOL) you could tell Chris had talent. Even if fans caught some of these stories in HIGH TIMES they will still make you laugh out loud on repeated readings. The first night I met chris was during a long frenzied night of acid on the edge of the godforsaken California desert. (moreno valley) This is long before the kind of success any NYC student would only dream about obtaining. Take a native New Yorker and drop him in the bleak unrelenting California desert and you would expect utter panic. Still, during that night his insight and sense of humor were right on the pulse of what I wanted my genaration's best writers to express. Forget dropping names like WILLIAM or HUNTER S. or Gonzo, only his employment at a magizine, makes the feeble minded reach for such easy associations. Simunek's talent goes beyond this, this is the book readers will look back upon to over a long career and see how people's demand to pigeonhole a new writer, underestimates the sounding of a true voice for our times, once CHRIS/GENE moves out of the subculture and casts he insight gaze on new areas will people realize what a unique gem they have on their hands.

Hip but harsh.......2000-05-27

This book is written in a hip way, and its writer has had an interesting time getting stoned out of his mind.

Unfortunately he is young, cynical and arrogant, and his insights tend to be either shallow or insulting.

I think that he will one day regret having revealed how sordid and pointless a lot of the journalism is for his magazine, and how he exploited his expense accounts in a dishonest way.

Marijuana is a good plant with many uses, but this author and his magazine promote the wrong image for marijuana and its users, and they are one reason that marijuana is still illegal.

Ya gotta read this one folks..........1999-07-12

Even if you don't give a hoot about smokin' one, pick-up this book. It's not completely freaky and unsettling like a great deal of beat works of fiction from an author like Burrough's, but it still has that candid and sincere feel to it. Meet a diverse array of characters while you tag along with the cultivation editor for a magazine about the greenest thing on God's earth. Once you're done, you are going to want everyone you know to read this book!

Before Slackers there were smokers.......1998-08-21

Aint a smoker worth a dime who aint read High Times. As a cultivation editor of that esteemed publication, Simunek manifests the dreams of many a substance abuser with no real goals, no real aims, no real direction-that is, he gets paid to follow the psycho-delic brick road to where there is untold smoke at the end of the travel rainbow. Free drugs, hoping for a non-commital feel and making a hasty getaway with limbs unbroken is Simunek's Holy Grail. He gets an expense account which seems non-accountable and sometimes doesn't get the story. His editors don't seem to care too much provided he turns up with some buds (not the six pack variety) and a packet of papers. The Marx Brothers had Zeppo, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers have got Simunek.

While these kind of tales have the pot-ential to bore some people stupid, Simunek relates his adventures in a way that makes us straightos wish we'd inhaled, chuck in our jobs, sell the house and the golf clubs, pack up the family and the Bob Marley vinyl and move to California. Once there, we could live out our days worrying only about low flying choppers and nosy neighbours with an unhealthy interest in genetically confused botany.

Simunek is more than just a doper. He has an acutely sensible eye for cultural criticism and has an ascerbic wit through which he makes humorous value judgements about everyone and everything. His real talent is not so much for detail that can make these kind of yarns tedious, but for the analysis of situations from a viewpoint motivated by both a need for self preservation and lifestyle protection. I like that in an author. He is well aware that the attention span of many of us is weaker than a sparrow's ankle and moves onwards quickly to the next town, the next adventure, the next bong. His relating of a story at an LA heavy metal convention is simultaneously hilarious and sad.

I reckon Simunek has probably given one lung, one nostril and innumerable brain cells knocking out this book. Pull out the bong, light up the lava lamp and recline in the bean bag. Where there is smoke there is fire - Simunek is worth a read.

The best drug-laden gonzo tales since Fear and Loathing..........1998-03-25

Simunek's style reaches such an honesty that the bare lies shine right through his hysterical accounts of his HIGH TIMES mis-adventures that pierce the heart and soul of today's counter-culture underground. This is a book that'll be a necessary survival tool for future generations of misfits, malcontents and marijuana missionaries. Simunek's sure to leave no stoner unburned...Let the roasting begin!

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Pirates of the Caribbean for your RPG.......2003-08-04

Not only does this book have expanded fencing rules, a plethora of new maneuvers, and templates for historical buccanears, but it also explains pre-industrial ship to ship combat and ship generation rules. Great for any fantasy campaign setting as well as historical.

I've adapted the D&D world of Mystara (The Basic,not AD&D, campaign setting. i.e. Isle of Dread, Gazateers, etc...) for this system. The Players love it and it's nostalgic for me since I started RPGing in this setting back in '82.

You need this book!.......2000-04-17

This new edition of Gurps Swashbucklers not only gives all the information about the age of pirates and musketeers you will need, it also contains various sword-fighting styles of the era - all of course in the detailed format of Gurps Martial Arts. The new maneuvers and optional rules for fencing alone are worth the price of this book. If you are a GM or play a fighter, who uses blade weapons of any kind - from knife to vibro-katana - believe me: you want this book!

GURPS Swashbucklers: Roleplaying in the World of Pirates and Musketeers

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GURPS Swashbucklers: Roleplaying in the World of Pirates and Musketeers

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A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting, Third Edition Enhanced
Jean Andrews
Manufacturer: Course Technology
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Written by a best-selling author and instructor expressly for the classroom, the Enhanced edition of A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting, Third Edition, Enhanced now includes free video clips on CD!

A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, Third Edition, Enhanced

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Serious Deficiencies in What Should Have Been a Very Good Text
Some good, some bad, occasionally ugly
A well written technical guide

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ASIN: 1418835617

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Written by a best-selling author and instructor expressly for the classroom, the Enhanced edition of A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting, Third Edition, now includes free video clips on CD!

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Serious Deficiencies in What Should Have Been a Very Good Text.......2006-11-20

This textbook was required for my coursework at a local college. I'm sorry to say although very well done in some respects, it is marred by many careless errors.

These include: several screenshot pictures with extra characters between each word, areas where the text was not proof-read and is misplaced or otherwise not intelligable, some outright errors such as on page 245 where she misidentifies when a certain type of cable was launched (a test question), book quizzes without any answers provided let alone reasons for the answer, and class tests from the author with several mistakes and no explanations for any of the questions. A book CD that does not contain nearly what it's said to contain.

The book does have many good points. The illustrations are often very good. Some of the analogies and explanations are very clear. It covers a lot of ground. There are many good helpful exercises at chapter end and some very good appendicies at the end of the book. The book is strong on giving you a systematic approach to fixing a computer.

I'm disappointed that this could have been at least a four star and
maybe even five star book but for the careless errors and deficiencies I've mentioned above. If I was grading it a "C" would be the best I could
do.

Howard Perer

Some good, some bad, occasionally ugly.......2006-11-17

This book is probably best for those with very little technical background, as it tends to read like a rather introductory-level text at times. However, it does, for the most part, explain higher-level things that you WOULD need to know in order to become A+ certified, and doesn't do an incredibly poor job of it.

Unfortunately, this book has problems. I have some background knowledge of digital audio, and I noticed that whenever the book mentions this topic, it has information that is horribly oversimplified, misinformed, or just plain wrong, as if the author didn't even bother to check her facts. This makes me wonder what other subjects in the book are handled carelessly. Also, some things in the book seem to be updated a bit less than they should - it suffers from a probably-common problem of acting as if the most popular technology is still what it was four years ago (for instance, at one point it states that Windows 98 is still the most popular OS, which even contradicts another part of the book which claims it to be Windows 2000).

Aside from this, and some general misinformation contained within the book, it's also written somewhat unprofessionally at times - I'm sorry, but a section on DVD encoding ending with the sentence "The sound effects can be awesome!" insults my intelligence a slight bit, as this is supposed to be a book on how to become a technical professional, not how to sell the things to some computer-illiterate customer at Best Buy who wouldn't understand the technical details. She seems to prefer using very simple analogies and terribly silly diagrams in order to explain ones, which can be frustrating if you're a technically-minded person (which you probably are if you're trying to pass the A+ exam).

The CDs that come with the book don't really seem to work very well: With Quicktime 7 the program simply crashed when run, so I had to downgrade to Quicktime 6, and I can't seem to find any of the quizzes or other things that it advertizes - and it doesn't have any documentation, so you're out of luck there (the program's "Help" button leads you to a credits page).

One important thing to note is that the A+ certification exams are getting a major overhaul as of late this year (2006), meaning that a lot of the information in this book is going to simply be obsolete very soon, such as most anything involving DOS or Windows 9x/Me, so I would personally suggest looking elsewhere, although this is hardly the book's fault.

All in all, the book would be pretty good if it weren't for some incorrect information (especially concerning audio), lack of hard technical details in some parts, and some other problems. I'd like to be able to recommend this book, but I'd suggest looking elsewhere, and not trusting what you read in this one without supplemental research, as I've seen too many things in it that even I've been able to point out as being incorrect.

A well written technical guide.......2005-09-16

I purchased this book for a class on PC Maintenance. It is a well written, articlulate book and assumes NO prior knowledge on the part of the reader regarding PC hardware. It covers both the older and newer (ex SATA) technologies. The CD's are OK, but they are encoded in Quick Time format as opposed to DVD.

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In this ambitious study, Diane Bjorklund explores the historical nature of self-narrative. Examining over 100 American autobiographers published in the last two centuries, she discusses not only well-known autobiographies such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie but also many obscure ones such as a traveling book peddler, a minstrel, a hotel proprietress, an itinerant preacher, a West Point cadet, and a hoopskirt wire manufacturer. Bjorklund draws on the colorful stories of these autobiographers to show how their historical epoch shapes their understandings of self.

"A refreshingly welcome approach to this intriguing topic. . . . [Bjorklund's] extensive and systematic approach to her source material is impressive and enriches our understanding of this essential subject."—Virginia Quarterly Review

"Bjorklund studies both famous and obscure writers, and her clear prose style and copious quotations provide insight into the many aspects of the changing American self." —Library Journal

Interpreting the Self : Two Hundred Years of American Autobiography

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INTERPRETING THE SELF: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Diane. Bjorklund
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Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, a loopy idea that became the most persistent political controversy in American history. Almost one hundred years ago, lawmakers across the country first debated, ridiculed, and then passionately embraced the possibility of saving an hour of daylight. To this day, no one can say for sure why we are required by law to change our clocks twice a year. Who first proposed the scheme?
Downing unravels the worldwide confusion occasioned by decades of clock manipulation. He sifts through a century of Congressional hearings and contemporary newspaper reporting to offer a portrait of public policy in the 20th century, a perennially boiling stew of unsubstantiated science, profiteering masked as piety, and mysteriously shifting time-zone boundaries. It is a true-to-life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, educators, sports fanatics, and farmers. This dizzyingly hilarious debate seems destined to continue for as long as we ask one another, “What time is it?”

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Downing's and Prerau's books compared.......2007-02-13

Michael Downing's Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time is one of two books about Daylight Saving Time that were published in 2005, the other being Seize the Daylight by David Prerau. Downing and Prerau cover much of the same ground in their respective volumes, both authors detailing the complex history of DST since its adoption in England and the U.S. during World War I. But there are, of course, differences between the two books. Downing's is a shade more conversational in tone than Prerau's, and Downing seems to be less sold on the benefits of DST than Prerau, his relative negativity toward the time shift perhaps signaled in the "Madness" of his subtitle. Another difference between the two books is that Prerau's approach to telling the story of DST is primarily chronological, while Downing adopts more of a thematic approach to the subject. He offers chapters on DST and sports, for example, on New York City's role in the DST debate, and on the oddities of time management--sidereal days vs. solar days, solar months vs. lunar months, and so on.

Certainly Downing provides information in Spring Forward that Prerau does not include in his book. Downing offers a fuller account of the 1966 U.S. legislation that regularized (more or less) DST, and he writes about the attempts of various Pacific island states to profit from the millennial celebrations by tinkering with their clocks. But on the whole Prerau's Seize the Daylight is the more thorough and informative of the two books. Prerau's approach to the subject is easier to follow and, frankly, his book is simply a more interesting read. If you have the time, as it were, by all means read both books. But if you're going to read just one book about DST, I recommend you make it Prerau's Seize the Daylight.

Debra Hamel -- author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece (Yale University Press, 2003)

Time mismanagement.......2005-09-20

This short and colorful book gives a condensed history of Daylight Savings Time; specifically the history behind its use, legislation, misuse, litigation, and propaganda for and against it. The book is written approximately in chronological order, though it jumps back and forth to pick up loose ends here and there.

According to the book, it was Ben Franklin who first joked about changing times in certain locales to affect the behavior, and hence economy, of certain peoples. One hundred years later state and local legislators in both the US and western Europe starting doing exactly this, with chaos resulting. Within the US, Daylight Savings and related time-changes went in and out of vogue through the 1900s as each war and presidential administration brought a new change in attitudes. What did not change was the constant opposition by farmers to daylight savings, which was contrary to public opinion.

Its continued support was led by New York City's financial district, who wanted to time their financial markets opening time to the closing time of London's markets. In turn, NYC influenced other cities to go along, often against their surrounding rural areas. Against this backdrop, the US federal government tried to stay out until it finally stepped in with a plan that systematized Daylight Savings, and gave each state the option of in or out. Only two states chose out as of the book's publication.

All in all a fast read, a comical read, but sometimes the comedy gets in the way of meaninful discussion and I lost track of what the author was trying to say.

Use your "extra" hour for something useful.......2005-07-14

Guess I never (pardon the pun) took the time to ponder the origins or latent nonsense of Daylight Saving Time until I happened to catch one of Mr. Downing's book signing talks on C-Span or the like. He seemed a natural story-teller and so I guessed his book would be as pleasurable to read as his talk was to listen to. It is, and then some. He teaches creative writing, and it shows. His brief review of good old DST is as crisp as a mid-summer dawn and as reassuring as that night's sunset, the times of both distorted by DST. Great summer read. And why not, you do have an extra hour to devote to it.

A history not just of daylight savings time's evolution, but all kinds of clock tinkering processes.......2005-07-04

Almost a hundred years ago lawmakers embraced the idea of saving an hour of daylight: their movement made law but leads to modern confusion over why clocks should change. Here's a history not just of daylight savings time's evolution, but all kinds of clock tinkering processes around the world. Spring Forward: The Annual Madness Of Daylight Saving Time uses news reports, Congressional hearings, and more to chart the origins and modern controversies of daylight savings.

As the government dithers, the sun stays on time.......2005-06-14

For those of us who have grown up at a time when we automatically spring ahead and fall back each year, Michael Downing has written a wonderfully detailed and hysterically funny book about Daylight Saving Time and the attempts to come to some justification and standardization for it. As he indicates, how does one "save" sunlight?

Downing begins with Congress's passage of a Daylight Saving bill in 1918 only to be repealed a year later. The ensuing chaos is worth the price of the book. State legislatures, local governments and citizens up in arms tried (and often succeeded) in changing the time that would suit themselves or their constituents best. The book is full of witty anecdotes. On April 24, 1932 he cites two persons who "died" of DST....the first account tells of a Chicago woman who climbed a ladder to change her clock, fell, and broke her neck. On the same day a Pennsylvania man who was so concerned about getting together a petition to repeal Daylight Saving Time died of a heart attack. Downing, however, has many serious points in his references. I couldn't quite believe it when I read that for years China, geographically as large as the United States, had only one time zone!

"Spring Forward" delves into the proponents and opponents of DST and how they've jockeyed for positions of power on the subject. It is an exposure of years of government dithering and Downing delivers a quick thrust of the knife into the heart of political cowardice. I heartily recommend this book as a quick, easy, informative and very funny read on the subject of Daylight Saving Time.

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An authoritative text/reference on the structure and development of seed plants. Presents the latest concepts in plant anatomy through experimental, histochemical, and ultrastructural approaches to the study of biological material. Includes new concepts and terms; expanded sections on flower, fruit, and seed; and a new description of characters used in keying out woods.

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The Plant Anatomy Bible by the Grandmother of the field.......2003-08-04

For hard-core botany freaks (like me) and students; Dr. Esau was an Old School (European) no-nonsense professor (I was told by *my* prof, who studied under her), researcher, and genius at the microscope. This is an advanced textbook whose *every sentence* is chock full 'o' important information (I gave up trying to highlight "important bits" after about page 6.) I love this book!

Wonderful and Complete!.......2000-03-28

This books shows the true info about all the seeds there are! It shows what they bare used for when they grow, etc.

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