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If you are translating from an old BASIC on one system to a different system or to a modern BASIC this book will be invaluable. Its coverage is comprehensive - both of the main families (HP and Microsoft) as well as many variant forms of BASIC can be found here. This is NOT a textbook - it is intended for an experienced programmer who needs a reference for an extinct dialect. Each command and function is listed alphabeticly with the system that used it and what it does.

The book starts with the very basic equations of electromagnetic and semiconductor theory and builds up to more advanced topics such as band structure calculations for semiconductors including strained quantum wells, various optical transitions processes, optical absorption spectra, etc. In addition, the book covers the basic theory of laser cavity resonance and this includes the distributed feedback laser theory. Various waveguide, electro-optical modulators and photodetector principles are also treated in clear detail. The book brings you up to the level of which the research papers in the optoelectronic area has been written.

Mr. Lien's book is one of the most thoroughly researched works on the state of national parks in America. His experience working at Olympic National Park, and serving as a sort of intern with Mrs. Edge gives us a rare insight into many of the personalities that shaped - and continue to influence - the fate of OLYM. Mr. Lien's documentation is highly impressive. However, I'm concerned that his passion for the park - and his apparently wholesale mistrust of the National Park Service - has lead to some critical mistakes.
For example, Stephen Mather was chosen "on the personal whim" of Secretary Franklin Lane. Lane knew more about Mather than Lien claims. Mather should hardly be remembered as "Saint Stephen" as so many in the NPS are anxious to do, but to dismiss him as someone chosen so cavalierly as Lien suggests is a dangerous underestimation of the man.
Second, it is unfair of Lien to put former NPS Director Newton Drury in essentially the same category as Fred Overly. Drury's tenure was that of a caretaker, and though his legislative skills were nil and his administrative abilities only slightly better, his focus and his integrity are things for which we should all be grateful. Drury was an outsider and he fought the good ol' boys: Overly, Albright and Wirth, to bring some measure of scientific integrity and conservation ethic to a deeply troubled park service.
Lien's breadth of scholarship is impressive. Unfortunately, his passion - while inspiring and insightful at times - has clouded his interpretation of early NPS history, and of the role of Newton Drury, a devoted, if sometimes uninspiring, conservationist.

I read this book shortly after spending several months on Washington's Olympic Peninsula and hiking in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park in 1993. I own the first edition when it was published by Sierra Club Books. Olympic Battleground is one of the most important works relative to the environemntal movement, on par with Silent Spring and A Sand County Almanac, though it is relatively unknown. I do not think this statement is hyperbole.

Lien tells the story of the Olympic Peninsula and how it was systematically logged by people of European descent in the late 19th century, through the creation of ONP in 1937, and the management of ONP through the 1950s (when Lien was there as a seasonal ranger) and beyond. Tells the story of how one overzealous development minded ONP manager named Fred Overly enthusiastically allowed LOGGING in the park. And not just salvaging downed trees off trails and roads, but systemnatically cutting the largest old-growth Doulas-fir trees that could be found! Later talking to a ranger at ONP, I learned that Overly also coached the manager of Mount Rainier National Park on how to get the cut out of that park as well. There is correspondance on record of this happening.

Olympic Battleground demonstrates that we can never be complacent, that the only way we will be able to preserve our most significant natural areas is through eternal vigilance. Lien's book recounts that during WW II, "patriotic" timber barons attempted to log ONP to "aid the war effort." Thankfully that initiative was thwarted. Olympic Batleground should be read by everyone interested in preserving National Park land, National Forest land, federal Wilderness Areas, etc. We should know our history.

A rare and wonderful animal(not extinct after all), that holds secrets to cures, anti-venoms and facts behind unsolved mysteries has reappeared! Not long ago I encountered and purchased "Olympic Battleground" at a rare book store. It was out of print. No longer. It took but the first few pages to have me swallowing bile and bouncing hard objects off walls. So inflaming was the tale that it awakened an activism in me I had not felt since the Viet Nam War days. I sought out and interviewed the author who assured me that it had taken almost thirty years to write. Battleground is destined to become the definitive source in four areas: 1) It is a complete history of Olympic National Park(and indeed the founding of all National Parks),beginning in 1895 and now updated to today. Sound dull? Uh uh, not with the kind of intrigue, fraud, scheming and plotting that underlay the movements to keep the old growth timber OUT of the Park, ventures often aided and abetted by the very public servants whose jobs were to PROTECT it. It should be mentioned that the entire book is documented with painstaking primary sources. What happened and how it happened is inarguable; the barrels are smoking. WE BEEN ROBBED! Yo, to the tune of billions and billions of dollars of assets. 2) There is a treatise here of decades of activism. But for the lifelong battling of a core of three people;fighting against power and unrelenting greed, this book convinces us that there would not be one tree left standing. It is the definitive tale, the tangible proof of just how mighty is 'the power of the pen'. No advocate person or group should have a bookshelf without this book on it. 3) Were there any congressional investigative committees with the bajoongas to take on the timber companies,local politicians and even the Park Service itself, Mr. Lein's book would be the place to start. Inditements lie there in wait! 4) Fail not to hear the warning: ye who would protect and preserve our national Parks, wilderness areas, monuments and wildlife reserves. Pass over this book at peril to their future existence. Beware by learning how boundaries shift in the night and legal wording gets shuffled and forests vanish with the turn of a phrase and promise . The very words are in place in even the newest documents of our "roadless areas" and "forest reserves". For anyone with 'green' agendas, in fact, any kind of activist intentions, this book is an absolute must.

I think it could go just a bit deeper in depth on how to get started as a rank beginner. Some of us are very new to investing on our own. It seems a bit intimidating at times. Maybe a little more "hand-holding" and explain in VERY simple to understand terms. Overall, I really enjoyed the read. I've loaned it to my brother and we hope to start investing together soon. I highly recommend the book.

The 16% Solution is an excellent book to help you get started investing in a very powerful and safe investment.

True it was written back in the 90's, but things really haven't changed all that much. And yes it is true that institutions are in on tax liens, but the real truth is that these were and are and always have been the primary players. I suspect the negative reviews are from banks and other institutions who do not want you to know about these outstanding investments.

The rate of return is not cut in stone. While you are not guaranteed 16%, in some states and in many cases you can earn 50%...even today.

I invest in tax liens and especially over the last three years, have far outperformed the stock market and other forms of investment. I have also picked up houses for pennies on the dollar via tax liens. Remember, a tax lien is superior to all other liens, even IRS liens.

As I said, I invest in tax liens and the USA is a huge market place. I don't feel that letting you know what a great investment tax liens are is going to hurt my business. And no, I do not have any courses or books to sell. Nor am I in any way associated with this author or any other author or seminar promoter. I just believe in these investments based on my own experience and hate to see potential investors scared away from a very powerful and lucrative investment because of one malcontent who is only trying to push a dead website which does have books and seminars to sell.

I guess I am old fashioned that way.

The 16% Solution is an outstanding book and I highly recommend it.

I first heard about tax liens from reading Charles Givens excellent book Wealth Without Risk (now More Wealth Without Risk)

Tax liens are a very powerful and safe investment tool. Imagine government guaranteed returns of 18%-50%!

WARNING: Many investors hope you never find out about tax liens. I attended a tax lien auction in Miami county, Fl and also one in Pennsylvania. The attitude is somewhat like a library with a hush and everyone looks on you like a outsider.

I recommend you attend a auction in your area to fully appreciate the value of tax liens. First, read this book and I also recommend More Wealth Without Risk for tax liens and other financial information.

Tax leins are a fantastic way to achieve Wealth Without Risk.

I was a student of Dr. Lien's this past spring at the University of Utah and I have to say she does a wonderful job with the material. She made us buy her book as one of the required texts for the class which I normally frown upon but the concise and clear, yet interesting information in the book itself combined with Dr. Lien's classes were excellent. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the field of Asian American Studies.

I have used this ethnography for 2 semesters of teaching applied cultural anthropology and have found it very useful. There are a few sections that I have my students skim - particularly on the specifics of protectionist laws and food retail in Norway. But the rest of the book is very useful for looking at organizational structure, the construction of reality through metaphor, and the similarities between "modern" marketing and traditional totemic thinking. I recommend this book!

Always on the lookout for new Asian-American/Canadian authors, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon this book. Chao's book is set within the turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution. The protagonist, Hu Nu (Tiger Girl) endures brutal changes and events over the course of about 35 years. Chao is able to capture the political repression and the nature of the outdated attitudes towards women during that time. The author's language is quite poetic at times, and skillfully integrates recent Chinese history with Hu Nu's emergence as a woman. I enjoyed this book very much, and look forward to reading more of Chao's work.

This book is a great start to give you the tools that you need to become profitable at purchasing tax deeds and liens. The glossary is extremely helpful in deciphering the "language" of this area of investments, and I have been able to utilize several of legal forms included in the book myself.
I have been able to personally work with the author learning how to purchase tax lien certificates, as well as tax deeds at various auctions in several different states.
This is an incredible opportunity, and is not like playing the stock market and hoping for the best. This is the most secure investment with the highest return rate that I'm aware of. This is a great book for someone who is looking for a high return with little risk, or for someone who is looking to make some extra money part time, or as a full time job.

For anyone who wants to get a basic understanding of how tax liens and deeds work, how to discover where to find the sales and how to research and purchase them, this is the book. A quick read without a lot of puff and fluff it gives you all the info you need to get started.

An easy to read concise look at the tax lien and deed industry with a really useful list of questions to ask when you call counties to find out about their sales. Most other books I've read deal with Lien OR deed purchase. This deals with both. I don't like to spend a lot of time reading I would rather do and this was definitely the book to get me doing. Very motivating.

Dragon Witch boasts a very intriguing plot: dragons who shapechange, a soulbond that must be denied, an evil sorcerer intend on destruction! Unfortunately, while all those elements are there, the plot itself is so uncontrolled that it is almost impossible to enjoy the story at points. The characterization is one-dimensional and the worldbuilding haphazard at best.

The book shrieks of cliche and poor plotting. For example:
The heroine is hated by her mother. (birth mother, no less!) They bicker and fight. People die and are resurrected because the "gods" don't think that the heroine needed to deal with her actions. The author consistently shies from any and all character-building conflict, changing events through blatant deus ex machina most often.

The dragons are inconsistent and close to unbelievable. There aren't too many of them, and the rules that govern their existence are never explained. The magic of the world seems to draw from wicca practices and, possibly, druidic, but hints are only mentioned in a few places. Most of the time Tempest's amazing supernatural powers are never explained besides the constant refrain of "she's a Dragon Witch!" What exactly a Dragon Witch is the reader is left to wonder -- it seemed that she was just a dragon witch simply because a dragon was fighting as she was being born!

The hero and heroine never actually fall in love, and you certainly never feel that they are *in* love -- the hero feels that he is predestined to marry her, and she clings stubbornly to an agreement her father made -- an excuse that seemed more and more flimsy as the novel moved forward. The sorcerer is vanquished with remarkable ease for someone so old and evil.

To top it all off -- it takes FOREVER to get to the meat of the book. The backstory should have been quartered -- or more, and the characters seemed to wander from room to room, spending lots of time in bed or in the forest when an evil sorcerer was haunting the castle!

It is clear that this is one of Lien's first efforts - she doesn't have a firm control over the characters or the setting. While I intend on reading another Imajinn book before giving up entirely on the imprint, I firmly believe that some major revisions and plot reworking could have made this a remarkable book. This is certainly not a good example of the excellent small press (and electronically published) fiction that is being produced nowadays.

The summary on the back of the book makes it sound really great, right? That's what I thought too. Basically a romance novel with a little less romance, it combines fantasy and dragons in a world which she hints at the layout of, but never tells you about.

The plot, after reading, folds out to be as cliche' as any other classical fantasy novel. Girl and guy fall in love at first sight (literally), evil wizard tries to kill the protagonist for his girl, the protagonists kill the wizard and all lived happily ever after.

The writing lacks in detail, first off, leaving you outside the world -- wherein a good author wraps you in it. It has a rushed undertone, as may be why there is so little detail in the writing, making it seem so base. The author refers to other cities, the gods, religious ceremonies and other people in the book, but never expands on them at all, leaving you as more of an outsider -- like hearing an inside joke.

Basically a trashy romance novel complete with bad writing and an unknown publisher. There is more "plot" than porn, but even the plot is left lacking. I'll be selling my copy.

The witch: Tempest, born during a storm and a dragon fight, her birth saved the life of the golden dragon which forever bonds the two. As the daughter to the Lord of the keep she has promised to marry another when she meets the man of her dreams - seriously injured, and unable to remember his own name, she names him Adrian and takes home to heal.
The Dragon: Seriously injured, Adrian doesn't remember anything about himself. The only thing he is certain of is that the red headed witch caring for him is his mate.
The Sorcerer: In human form masquerading as a priest to Tempest's betrothed, Sardon is surprised when he discovers the man in her care is none other than the last of the Golden Dragons, whom he thought he had destroyed.

I think Ms Lein has done a wonderful job with this thoroughly engaging story. I was hooked from the beginning and by the end of the book there was no way I could put it down (and expect to sleep) without finishing it. I thought the secondary characters were well written and added a layered effect with the different plots. You fall in love with her half-brother, love her nurse, hate her mother (harsh I know) and are shocked with the trickery Sardon performs to get what he wants. (He is a bad guy you will love to boo!) My only real complaint is that this book has excessive punctuation errors that became confusing at times. There is also narration during the story that at points seems forced and choppy. However this is an awesome dragon tale and I would recommend it in a heartbeat.

I found it to be more of a sales hype of what you could do, or what has been done, and not much of anything that could be used with any particular direction. Most of the bulk of the book is a phone and address directory of about 3,000 counties.

If you are new to the world of tax liens, this book will get you started.With tax liens you can earn 16% on average and up to 50% in some states, government guaranteed.Although banks are in the act (that should tell you how safe this investment really is) there NOT really that much competition for tax liens.Many people have heard about them, few are actually working the liens.This book is great as a primer, but you will need more information.

Despite all the reviews to the contrary, I found this book to be an excellent introduction to tax lien certificates. I think the mistake that other reviewers have made is that they expect a book on tax liens to guide you by the hand to tell you step by step how to buy a tax lien in a particular county or state you're interested in. Well, sorry to burst your bubble but any book that would include all the possible variations in the procedures followed would probably be too big to fit on your book shelf! This is a point that Jim stresses several times throughout the book - call the county you're interested in and FIND OUT how that county does it. If you're expecting to be spoon fed on how to buy certificates you'll be sadly dissappointed...Anything you could write about how to do it will probably be out of date by the time the book is published because laws change practically every day. What's needed is a general guide with some examples and the necessary information on where to get the latest on how to go about buying a tax lien. Jim has done just that. Having read several other courses, books, etc. on tax liens myself (some of which left me wondering which way was up) I can honestly say that Jim's book has done the best job of explaining tax liens - a topic that varies so much from state to state and county to county. If you want an easy, no-thought-required, way to invest your money, look elsewhere - this method requires you to actually do some work, take time to read state and county policy, thoroughly investigate....all BEFORE you spend your first dime! But it can be highly lucrative if you do your homework. This book is the way to get started...