I read this a number of years ago, but the overriding sense that stays with me even after a few years is that the Van Halen brothers were just as divisive, duplicitous and objectionable as Dave Lee Roth ever was! At the time I thought that DLR was the 'bad guy' but this just didn't make sense and although I'm sure this book is written from and extremely biased viewpoint (that of Dave Lee Roth!), it makes the whole story of Van Halen much clearer and probable. The events that have befallen Van Halen over the last few years have supported the views of DLR, but with a reunion now made official and a US tour announced, we can only hope that they can suppress their egos and get on with doing what they do best-play great rock music.
This book, in places (most of them), manages to totally confound. There seems to be little logic to the order of text and items really are discussed with no introduction as to what they are (as mentioned in previous reviews) . I have found very little use for this book and have needed to look elsewhere. I recommend that you do likewise.
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This book, in places (most of them), manages to totally confound. There seems to be little logic to the order of text and items really are discussed with no introduction as to what they are (as mentioned in previous reviews) . I have found very little use for this book and have needed to look elsewhere. I recommend that you do likewise.
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I read this a number of years ago, but the overriding sense that stays with me even after a few years is that the Van Halen brothers were just as divisive, duplicitous and objectionable as Dave Lee Roth ever was! At the time I thought that DLR was the 'bad guy' but this just didn't make sense and although I'm sure this book is written from and extremely biased viewpoint (that of Dave Lee Roth!), it makes the whole story of Van Halen much clearer and probable. The events that have befallen Van Halen over the last few years have supported the views of DLR, but with a reunion now made official and a US tour announced, we can only hope that they can suppress their egos and get on with doing what they do best-play great rock music.
I read this a number of years ago, but the overriding sense that stays with me even after a few years is that the Van Halen brothers were just as divisive, duplicitous and objectionable as Dave Lee Roth ever was! At the time I thought that DLR was the 'bad guy' but this just didn't make sense and although I'm sure this book is written from and extremely biased viewpoint (that of Dave Lee Roth!), it makes the whole story of Van Halen much clearer and probable. The events that have befallen Van Halen over the last few years have supported the views of DLR, but with a reunion now made official and a US tour announced, we can only hope that they can suppress their egos and get on with doing what they do best-play great rock music.
The book by Roth and Fonagy is a comprehensive and balanced summary of research on psychotherapy. Principly it covers outcome studies and is organised according to DSMIV diagnostic groups. It also covers a bit of process research, particularly the research on therapeutic alliance. There is much to recomnd the book: it is accurate, comprehensive, well written and balanced. It also offeres excellent summaries and impications ections at the end of each chapter. I don't know of a better summary of psychotherapy outcome research.
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I bought this book as a companion volume for my recently aquired Nikon IV ED film scanner. Although the book is a little old now it is, nevertheless, highly relevant. It contains much, well explained, detail on all aspects of scanning. I was particularly interested in file formats and what the best and most efficient way to store digital images is. The book covers this in detail. It also explains how to match scanning resolution to output device. Don't be put off by the title - it covers colour scanning and output in considerable detail. Well worth the money and highly recommended to anyone who wants to produce high quality output from their scans.
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One of the shortest of Joseph Roth's books it is none the less in some ways his most complete, rounded and flawless work. Its hero recounts an improbable (but thoroughly engrossing & hypnotic) sequence of events in a life which is really an endless voyage. Although there are elements of fairy-tale like fantasy which creep into the book (limpid simplistic style, unlikely developments), the harshness of the events and the grimness of the environment prevent the reader from either smiling or patronising the author. This book weaves an unforgettable spell, evoking fantasies seemingly born of profound loneliness & melancholy.
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One of the shortest of Joseph Roth's books it is none the less in some ways his most complete, rounded and flawless work. Its hero recounts an improbable (but thoroughly engrossing & hypnotic) sequence of events in a life which is really an endless voyage. Although there are elements of fairy-tale like fantasy which creep into the book (limpid simplistic style, unlikely developments), the harshness of the events and the grimness of the environment prevent the reader from either smiling or patronising the author. This book weaves an unforgettable spell, evoking fantasies seemingly born of profound loneliness & melancholy.
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I bought this book as a companion volume for my recently aquired Nikon IV ED film scanner. Although the book is a little old now it is, nevertheless, highly relevant. It contains much, well explained, detail on all aspects of scanning. I was particularly interested in file formats and what the best and most efficient way to store digital images is. The book covers this in detail. It also explains how to match scanning resolution to output device. Don't be put off by the title - it covers colour scanning and output in considerable detail. Well worth the money and highly recommended to anyone who wants to produce high quality output from their scans.
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