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The hilarious, dopey comic strip format makes you think this is for the kids, but it isn't! This is really for parents (and may scare the heck out of you) and includes paragraphs of very serious insight. I won't be showing this to my 13 year-old son as yet, but it does help me understand him.

Wolf, Tony (1988. I'll Be Home Befor Midnign and I Won't Get Pregnant: Stories of Adolescence. Illustrations Brance Menk, New York, Vintage Books.

It is easy to take this book lightly. The cartoons in every chapter make it deceivingly simple. However, the stories are poignant and powerful. It deals with the tough issues many teens face with humar and accuracy. Everything from Anorexia to Drug use is discussed. Physical and emotional changes teens experience are also discussed. Although the text tooks like an easy read, the stories give you something to think about. For example, many young girls experience problems with body image. The books has a story about a girl who deals with this problem. When the story starts out, the girl is healthy. She is putting away the toys of childhood. A particular toy, a doll, tells the girl she needs to loose a few pounds. The girl has a normal body. In the drawings, it is depicted with two line for her body. Throughout the story, the lines for her body grow closer together. Soon, she is nothing more than a stick-figure drawing. During the story, the doll keeps telling the girl she only needs to loose a few more pounds. These are the types of images that young teen girls see and hear everyday. This story gives the reader the perspective of a young teen who faces this problem. The book holds no punches in dealing with the realities of growing-up. The illustrations which follow each chapter give the reader a better image with which to see events through the eyes of an adolescence. The book is easy to relate to and would be good for parents of teens or those who work with teens to read to help them remember what it was like to be a teenager.

I have read this book many times and I enjoy the way that the author has portrayed all of the aspect of all that is good and all that is not.

The book is simply fantastic. It gripped me totally and was read in one sitting -I couldn't put it down! The story is about a regular guy who gets well and truly caught up in something that most of us would prefer to ignore the existence of - the drug underworld. The story begins with sunshine and a living dream - sunshine, sand and sangria....unfolding step by step to reveal the harsh reality of a living nightmare. John Lightfoot tells this chilling drama with humour and real story telling ability - a winning combination!

compelled to read faster and faster with the turn of each page, the author insists you journey with him into a seedy underworld mere mortals can only imagine. gripping stuff - and to think this is a true story full of suspense, intrigue, deception and very nearly the ultimate sacrifice - one's life and family. this book leaves one asking which underworld is seedier - the drug barons' or the government agencies' ? makes one wonder.

Lightfoot perfectly captures the seamy underbelly of the Spanish Gold Coast. His "adventures" there lead him to the experiences which inform this exposure of the realities of French prison and the corruption of the English drug enforcement agency. The author's colorful descriptions take you through a heartfelt understanding of the emotional, economic, and life-changing upheavals this author's flirtations with the international drug trade caused. In the book, if not in the eyes of the British establishment, Lightfoot remains the well-intentioned insider who was grievously wronged.

This is an easy to use book, but I've checked the third and fourth editions, and except for different equations, the content is the same. My instructor said it made no difference which edition I used, so I went with the third one.

The Mentalism Companion gives a very good listing of extra spells, professions, and training packages for the Rolemaster system. The professions and training packages are pretty cool, such as an Enchanter profession and the Dreamweaver Training Package. There are also some interesting new abilities, adrenal quick draw is a favorite of mine, it allows you to ready your weapon instantly. Overall this is a nice companion to have if you are into mentalism.

this is a very informative and helpfull book

This book describes a good overview of what a cluster is and how it operates, but the installation instructions were horrible, directories on CDROM were different than stated in the text, files were located in the wrong directories, kernel had to be modified to use network card, etc. Didn't anyone try to build a cluster using this text before it went to print? I'll keep looking for another book on clustering.

The beginning of this book is a great introduction to clustering of various types but slowly declinced in usefulness the further I read.

Let me back up a step or two.. My work wanted me to build a Beowulf cluster to have on hand for a possible product down the line. At the time this book was not available so I resorted to reading all I could online in the form of FAQ's, HOW-TO's and general information sites. They were very informative and gave me a good base and reference when it came to building the cluster.

While I was building the cluster, I finally received this book and was rather disappointed. The beginning was great, but the chapters regarding software to run the cluster were terrible. Too many pages were spent talking about cluster administration using -one- software package and installation instructions were too rudimentary. I figure, if you don't know how to install RedHat, you shouldn't be building a Beowulf cluster. There was also very little info about creating applications for the cluster. The book -is- titled Building Linux Clusters, but what good is a cluster without any software to run on it.

I guess I make it sound worse than it really is but the previous reviews make it sound better than it is. It's a great introduction to Beowulf clusters but coming from someone that built one, read as much as you can about clusters online, read this book, then just build one from the ground up. Don't use the included software the first time around. It may be a pain to setup at first, but once it works and comes time to building applications or using it for something useful, you'll be glad.

Most of the O'Reilly books I have looked at don't read as well as this one does. I am at working building a super computer now. While the author is involved in stock market work I don't find him condesending or snobby or like he doesn't have time for me. He tells the straight story of how to build a super computer with all the practical details you could want. I read it from the school library first and thought I wouldn't buy it myself but I have and now am really enjoying reading it. I am learning all kinds of things in the process.