false 46878 male Reno, NV 04/2007 11/2009 13 68 66 true 5839499 read 0 true 90058 currently-reading 2 true 90057 to-read 13 false 6457193 literary-frauds 5 false 92628 favorites 3 false 4438877 history 1 false 4441230 life-in-amerika Digital Photography Special Effects (Paperback) by Michael Freeman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78567334 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G34XYSR6L._SL75_.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:50 -0800
The author assumes you bought Photoshop ($800),
but instead of telling you how to use Photoshop tools to create special effect, he tells you about 20 or more "plug in" software programs that probably cost another $1000!!!

These "pl...more...]]> Positively Fifth Street (Paperback) by James McManus]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76034965 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171679462s/113537.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:22 -0700 It didn't work.

His account of the murder of Ted Binion, he admits is fictional.
That starts the book, and you don't get the trial results till the end.

...more...]]> The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New (Hardcover) by Jeremy J. Siegel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72245452 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173591394s/306938.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:33:25 -0700
The author makes a good case for expensing stock options,
quoting warren Buffett,
If stock options are not a form of compensation, what are they?
...more...]]> Chasing Medical Miracles: The Promise and Perils of Clinical Trials (Paperback) by Alex O'Meara]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72136336 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vQd2qMtuL._SL75_.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:38:54 -0700 Insulin producing cells from a dead person are infused into his liver and for several months work well.
Eventually they die off & he has to go back on insulin.

Lots of other info about clinical trials inc...more...]]> Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Hardcover) by Sharon Moalem]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71885177 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171811453s/119837.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:24:48 -0700 Do people have diabetes today because it "may" have helped during the ice age?
Prove it.

While he tries to explain the pas...more...]]> Green Berets at War: U.S. Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-1975 (Mass Market Paperback) by Shelby L. Stanton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69849646 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HEVW78D4L._SL75_.jpg 46878 James http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1175807051p2/46878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46878-james Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:28:08 -0700
See STOLEN VALOR pp 435-443

This guy is in a class by himself, he's written about a dozen "non fiction" books and ALL ARE LIES.

He was never stationed in Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, nor did he
perform covert operations...more...]]>