El Curriculum Perfecto: LaGuia de Vida

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As the nation's most prominent labor lawyer during a period of ascending labor power, Lee Pressman served as General Counsel of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1933 to 1948. Working among the movers and shapers of American politics, he was also one of the most high-placed, though covert, adherents of communism in public life during the New Deal-Fair Deal years. This book chronicles Pressman's fascinating public life and examines his contributions to the rebirth of the American labor movement, to the development of U.S. labor law, and to the history of the New Deal-Fair Deal era.

Pressman served as John L. Lewis's legal strategist during the CIO's succesful campaign to unionize the mass production industries in the United States in the 1930s. Performing a similar role for Philip Murray, Lewis's successor, Pressman guided the new labor federation through the perils of wartime labor policy and the turbulent post-war economic reconversion. After he left the CIO in 1948 to support the independent Progressive Party campaign of Henry Wallace, he found his public career dissipating as he became embroiled in the Alger Hiss case and the rising anticommunist tide of the early Cold War years.

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"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."

The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.

Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"

In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche

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George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of "Negative Utopia" is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful.

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Chilling, Yet Moving In Places.......2007-09-26

This book relates the experiences of one Winston Smith in a world where all people belong to one of three totalitarian superpowers. In this dystopian novel, the state requires nothing less than the complete submission of individuals' inner thoughts. "The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about." There is no escape ("Nobody ever escaped detection, and nobody ever failed to confess.") and no practical hope for a free future where human rights would exist once more.

The story is beautiful in parts--such as in the places where it deals with a forbidden love and an individual's struggle to maintain his identity--and incredibly hopeless in others. Orwell is an amazing writer and I spent a lot of time underlining different phrases and sentences. This book is frightening. As Erich Fromm writes in the afterword, "...it would be most unfortunate if the reader smugly interpreted 1984 as another description of Stalinist barbarism, and if he does not see that it means us, too." I recommend this book to all.

A must for any library..........2007-09-15

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."

My definition of a truly classic novel is one that is so talked about and referenced that you can know all about the book and it's message without having ever actually read it. 1984 is one of the most glaring examples of this, as terms such as "Big Brother" and "Doublespeak" are now mainstream concepts that no longer require explanation.

The book itself gained its popularity, however, by successfully reaching a broad audience by exaggerating and reducing the complicated debate of the illusion of free will and freedom of thought in any kind of government structure that strives to control and manipulate the populace for its own benefit in an almost unbelievable science fiction setting. The extremes that are reached in 1984's may seem only possible in a work of fiction, yet there is a truth beneath the pulp novel trappings that most readers can not avoid recognizing.

Note: For those who have already read this, I have a suggestion. Read 1984 again, only assume that the book actually takes place in our modern times, and that the narrator is a paranoid schizophrenic.

In a time of accelerating technology, are we prepared for the inevitable?.......2007-09-14

George Orwell's 1984 is no longer a thing of the future.

The Internet is everywhere--including your wireless cameraphone.

Digital technology makes surveillance push-button easy. Those in power cannot resist. And we even do it to ourselves using social networks like Facebook and Myspace. Soon, every phone will incorporate GPS location technology.

Are we prepared for the inevitable?

In a time when the pace of technology continues to accelerate, Orwell's classic has never been more relevant.

One of the classics.......2007-09-13

This book is one of my all time favorites. Classic in every respect of the word. George Orwell's vision should be taken with a grain of salt, but look at all the striking similarities there are to the world that we live in. With all the recent and upcoming advances in science and technology we would do well to remember the world in 1984.

One of my favorites..........2007-09-11

This is one of my favorite books of all time, right up there with Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. This book is a must-read for everyone!

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classic for a reason
Like this book!
Timeless Perfection For Young And Old
Another good James Thurber book.
An enchanting fairy tale for all ages

The Thirteen Clocks
James Thurber
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classic for a reason.......2007-09-29

read it, lest you end up being slit from your guzzle to your zatch! a book for all ages, and any age. Fairy stories with a twist of Thurber.

Like this book!.......2006-11-18

I really do like this book. I like fairy tales, especially the kind like Ella Enchanted and Fairest by Gail Carson Levine. In the pictures the wicked duke looks so hilarilously silly! The prince is handsome and the princess pretty, of course! The Golux's hat is indeed indescribable and the woman Hagga cries jewels instead of tears. He! He! He!

Timeless Perfection For Young And Old.......2006-06-07

The Thirteen Clocks, by James Thurber, is a perfect book. The only way it could be better would be by being longer. The story is classic in its simplicity, so elemental that anyone can easily find a way inside. The big setting - a castle - the big players - a Prince, Princess, and wicked Duke (very wicked) - the big themes - courage, redemption, selfless sacrifice, and just a whiff of magic. Best of all, the big problem - time is frozen. Our enterprising Prince must do the impossible to win the hand of Princess Saralinda. This is road-tested material but Thurber breathes new life into it, making it fresh and irresistible. The musicality of his language is delightful, there is so much joy and play in the words, they giggle and dance like water gliding over stones in a stream. His rogue's gallery of secondary characters is just too good; each is slightly more improbable and splendidly cracked than the last. Most of all, this story ends exactly as it should, the resolution is not forced, it's simply correct. The Thirteen Clocks is a slice of heaven that can be enjoyed by anyone able to read. Thurber, it turns out, really was as good as he claimed. This lasting jewel proves it.

Another good James Thurber book........2005-04-14

For those of you who have read The Wonderful O by James Thurber, this book is very similar. It is a very short story of a prince who dresses up as a minstrel and an icy-hearted duke who keeps a princess locked up. Our prince gets it into his head to rescue the princess, so he goes to the duke and is told to collect a thousand gems in 99 hours and then restart all of the clocks in the castle (Time is frozen there). With a little help from a mysterious creature called the Golum, he finds his way to a lonely woman who is said to cry jewels instead of tears. However, when they arrive, she no longer cries about anything, because she has used all of her tears up. However she can make jewels by laughing but they don't last longer that 20 days. She manages to laugh enough jewels for them, and they hurry back to the Duke. It all works out happily in the end, the Duke is left with no jewels and the prince and princess ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after.
This is a great book for kids as well as adults. The book is filled with wordplay and rhymes and is short and sweet, which is refreshing.

An enchanting fairy tale for all ages.......2003-12-31

It's hard to categorize "The Thirteen Clocks" -- is it a children's fairy tale? a book for grown-ups? Who cares? Readers from 5 to 95 will enjoy this wonderful book; the kids for the story and the adults for Thurber's marvelous way with words. It's a simple little fantasy tale of an abducted princess, a murderous duke, and the prince who comes to her rescue. And it starts off as all fairy tales should, with "Once upon a time..." Thurber brings us the beautiful Princess Saralinda, the Duke of Coffin Castle who was so cold that he managed to stop time one snowy night when all thirteen clocks in the castle stopped at ten minutes to five and never started again, and Prince Zorn of Zorna, who called himself Xingu, the prince whose name begins with X and doesn't, who is the one man who can defeat the duke's evil plans and rescue Saralinda. But Thurber's best invention by far is the Golux, a spaced-out wizard whose spells have a way of backfiring from time to time, who assists Zorn in his quest to save the princess. And there is a deliciously spooky, never-seen monster called the Todal, that "smells of old, unopened rooms and sounds like rabbits screaming", who is the cold duke's infernal weapon, and, ultimately, his nemesis.

Thurber's way with words will leave you boggle-eyed. This is the quintessential read-aloud book and the kids love it. On the second or third reading they'll be chanting along with sentences like these: "The brambles and the thorns grew thick and thicker in a ticking thicket of bickering crickets..." And Thurber goes hogwild in making up all kinds of words that somehow managed to portray what he want to get across. When he tells us that the duke slits open his victims from their guggles to their zatches, you may not know exactly what is a guggle and what is a zatch, but you get the idea. And when the Todal gleeps while devouring a victim, we know just what Thurber is talking about. (Try going "gleep" way at the back of your throat and you'll see what I mean.)

"The Thirteen Clocks" is full of dark humor and the illustrations by Marc Simont are right in character -- dark, haunting and yet comical at the same time. The book is a great mix of a good story, good characters, good writing, and just plain good fun.

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Thirteen O'clock

A gem!

"A skeleton with a skeleton's key..."

Thirteen O'Clock
James Stimson
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Binding: Hardcover
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This is the story of a very normal girl on an almost normal night in a fairly normal house normal, that is, except for a not-so-normal clock whose numbers count not twelve but a spooky thirteen.

James Stimson's extraordinary book about the antics of a perky prankster in pajamas is a feast of words and pictures. Filled with sly wordplay, atmospheric illustrations, and a baker's dozen of spritely, spooky, spunky characters, it reminds readers that more fun than fright can be had from things that go bump, bong, groan, clatter, squeak, and gong in the night.

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Thirteen O'clock.......2006-07-14

A creative story with a great typesetting and a good amount of alliteration. The best part about this book, however, isn't the story, the prose, the way the type is set up, but it is in fact, the illustrations. It's set in darkly toned colours and fairly simple drawings, each of which are extremely adorable.

This book is a cute read, even if you're older than four!

A gem!.......2005-10-17

The illustrations of Thirteen O'clock are enough of a reason to buy this darling of a book. In simple white, black and a shade of green, the scene comes to life in a marvelous way. A simple story that will have your tongue rolling in fun, and plant a smile on your face. A heart worming book that will set the stage for, what I hope will be, more books by Mr. Stimson.

"A skeleton with a skeleton's key...".......2005-10-16

I love the illustrations in this book and its innovative concept: a quirky clock that actually chimes at thirteen, quite unlike the ordinary timekeeper, that only runs from one to twelve. Stimson's brilliant illustrations remind me of my favorite animated films, The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, with the eccentric faces of unusual characters that pop out at the chime of each hour: "a spiteful FRIGHT who would have seemed more at home with his name on a tombstone"; a skeleton with a skeleton's key to "unlock the odd clock's small door to free his MONSTROUS friend, the THING"; "four ghosts with frightening groans (in their stomachs)"; and "with each haunting clue there came another, more horticulturally hideous than the other".

With dense illustrations featuring lots of black, dark green and huge letters for emphasis, each page is filled with images as the clock unleashes a series of "things" and tongue-twisting alliterations, "hollow and echoey, and exceedingly eerie". This wildly imaginative book will delight anyone who appreciates oddball humor and the joy of language (even adults!), a vocabulary stretcher to trip the tongue and leave you laughing. My one criticism, and it is very minor, is that at times the type is difficult to read against the black page. But who cares? This book is a delight. Luan Gaines/ 2005.

Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds (Short Story Index Reprint Series)

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worth reading again

Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds (Short Story Index Reprint Series)
Stephen Vincent Benet
Manufacturer: Ayer Co Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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worth reading again.......1999-11-21

13 short stories including "the curfew tolls"concerning what happens when a genius is born a few years too early ortoo late - in this case, a retired French Major of Artillery by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte who claims to have military "dreams that would split the head of a Caesar" and no chance of proving it. "the king of the cats" - was this an old tale or one simply brilliantly recounted by benet? "the devil and daniel webster" was the benet that i read in school but i don't remember when or why. it still is fascinating. every tale is like a jewel.

When the Clock Struck Thirteen (Puddle Lane Reading Program/Stage 4, Book 1)

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When the Clock Struck Thirteen (Puddle Lane Reading Program/Stage 4, Book 1)
Sheila McCullagh
Manufacturer: Penguin U S A
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Jinky the Jumping Frog & Thirteen O'Clock (Enid Blyton Two-By-Two Stories)

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Jinky the Jumping Frog & Thirteen O'Clock (Enid Blyton Two-By-Two Stories)
Enid Blyton
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Charming stories about animals, fairies, toys, pixies and children, these Enid Blyton classics are sure to become a favorite in everyone's home and library. Just the right length for reading at bedtime or quiet moment, each book contains two stories in an attractive and child-friendly padded hardcover volume. The stories are filled with magic and adventure to capture the imagination of young and old alike.

And the clock Struck Thirteen: The life and Thoughts of Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien

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And the clock Struck Thirteen: The life and Thoughts of Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien
Mary-Anne (as Told to) Gale
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Clock Strikes Thirteen
Herbert Brean
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The Clock Strikes Thirteen

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The Clock Strikes Thirteen
Herbert Brean
Manufacturer: Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K0A988

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The latest edition of this comprehensive book now includes a new business model for succeeding in the virtual world. It has new contracts for an expanded role of personal management and artists releasing their own digital product. Also includes an expanded chapter on the role of business management, new artist-manager court cases, and updated industry website listings.

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updated version.......2006-12-21

The updated version of this book is great! This book has taken a look at publicity, touring, contracts, branding, marketing, trademarks, merchandising, and record companies. Unlike the previous editions of this book, this book goes into music downloading and it's consequences. This book is a must have for anyone looking at music management or performance!

What a Great Resource!.......2001-06-07

This is an excellent book, and its subtitle (Artist Management: The Ultimate Responsibility) is proved throughout the book. Written by a college professor, this book gave me so many answers about the music industry that I was looking for. Topics include Personal Management, The Contract, Legal Aspects, Marketing the Artist, The Record Company, Touring, Care and Feeding of the Creative, Merchandising, Endorsments & Sponsorship, Business Management, and Case Studies on Legal Battles. Before I read this book, I was remotely considering going into music business management. Now I'm sold!! Now what does that tell you about the depth of this book?

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The Republic of China on Taiwan is the last nation in the world to be excluded from the United Nations. The world's seventeenth largest economy and Asia's most vibrant democracy, Taiwan has continually to convince the world of its historical independence from the People's Republic of China. At the same time, however, forces of history and contemporary economics make Taiwan's intimate cultural and economic ties to the mainland another crucial reality. Yet somehow under these singular conditions, the people of the island go about their daily affairs, making themselves a remarkable font of creativity and cultural innovation. The Minor Arts of Daily Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of the world as experienced by the Taiwanese themselves. What does it mean to be Taiwanese? In what way does life in Taiwan impart a different view of Chinese culture? How do Taiwanese envision and participate in global culture in the twenty-first century? What issues (cultural, social, political, economic) seem to matter most? What does "China" mean to them today?

Focusing on such broadly appealing topics as baseball, movies, gay and lesbian identity, television shows, and night markets, the contributors seek to introduce Taiwanese culture to a broad readership. In lively, non-technical prose, they approach their topics from a variety of disciplines in ways that will not only give students a comprehensive view of Taiwanese life, but also provide them with a range of theoretical perspectives with which to explore this fascinating nation.

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Fascinating

it was pretty good

Pretty good read

Overall...Good

loved it!

The Lost Chronicles : The Official Companion Book
Mark Cotta Vaz
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When Lost debuted on ABC last fall, viewers were immediately captivated. On a remote South Pacific Island, 48 plane crash survivors are forced to scavenge what they can and battle cruel weather and, at times, each other. Some panic. Others pin their hopes on rescue. And some find strength they never knew they had. But the island has many secretsand hidden dangersas more than 17 million viewers are discovering. The Lost Chronicles is the must-have guide for those fans. Filled with a detailed episode guide and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, the fully illustrated book offers plot twists and backstories that will help fans uncover the mysteries of Lost. Also included are reflections and anecdotes from cast members, writers, and executive producer/ creator J. J. Abram that readers wont find anywhere else. In addition, the book comes with an exclusive hour-long DVD containing unaired scenes from the show. Lost is known for compelling and mysterious story lines. Each episode features the backstory for one character, while new stories develop on the island. This companion serves as a resource for viewers and will take them through the trials and tribulations of the survivors on the island, as well as the histories of the characters.

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Fascinating.......2007-07-20

If you're a fan, you will love reading the "back story to the story": how the premise was created, who thought up the polar bear, how the actors were chosen and how the scenes were shot.

it was pretty good.......2007-02-13

not bad but it didnt have as much inside info in it as i would have expected.

Pretty good read.......2007-01-16

This book had lots of details and information in it about LOST. I think the book was designed mainly for Season 2 because some of the details were ones I already knew know that Season 2 is over and we're on Season 3. It had a neat DVD included with it in the back. I gave it as a gift to another die hard LOST fan and he really enjoyed it!

Overall...Good.......2007-01-02

I really did like this book overall. What was in it interested me. But not all of the information is correct. For example they say that Charlie's brother's name is Ian, but it is actually Liam. I'm probably just being a little too nit-picky, but eh...what can you do? So yeah...4 stars from me!

loved it!.......2006-10-03

this show is simply spectacular. people who say they don't like it are just the ones who don't watch it every week. true, you have to watch intently and consistantly, but it is definitly worth your time. i am telling you, it is insanely good!

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In this book, Steven Feuerstein, widely recognized as one of the world's experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language, distills his many years of programming, writing, and teaching about PL/SQL into a set of PL/SQL language "best practices"--rules for writing code that is readable, maintainable, and efficient. Too often, developers focus on simply writing programs that run without errors--and ignore the impact of poorly written code upon both system performance and their ability (and their colleagues' ability) to maintain that code over time. Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices is a concise, easy-to-use reference to Feuerstein's recommendations for excellent PL/SQL coding. It answers the kinds of questions PL/SQL developers most frequently ask about their code:

How should I format my code?
What naming conventions, if any, should I use?
How can I write my packages so they can be more easily maintained?
What is the most efficient way to query information from the database?
How can I get all the developers on my team to handle errors the same way?

The book contains 120 best practices, divided by topic area. It's full of advice on the program development process, coding style, writing SQL in PL/SQL, data structures, control structures, exception handling, program and package construction, and built-in packages. It also contains a handy, pull-out quick reference card. As a helpful supplement to the text, code examples demonstrating each of the best practices are available on the O'Reilly web site. Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices is intended as a companion to O'Reilly's larger Oracle PL/SQL books. It's a compact, readable reference that you'll turn to again and again--a book that no serious developer can afford to be without.

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A Handy Reference For Intermediate PL/SQL Programmers........2003-03-16

This is not a text for learning PL/SQL programming. Feuerstein's PL/SQL Programming text is much more suited for that. What you have in this book is information that the author has distilled from his other works. In a way it could be considered a summary as the title might suggest. This book is a must have for the leader of an organization that is beginning to use PL/SQL. You will find what you need for your programming standards here.

In addition to good standards suggestions, the author also gives a lot of resources that are available to PL/SQL developers. One of the prime examples is utPLSQL, a unit testing tool for stored procedures and functions. The author gives numerous other web sites and tool suggestions throughout the book.

Anyone looking to increase their PL/SQL productivity should pick up this book.

Required Reading.......2002-10-29

Simply put, this book should be required reading for anyone who considers themselves a professional PL/SQL developer. It is full of pearls and gems, and succinctly presents many, many programming proverbs that must be followed if developing in 0racle

Well worth the price.......2002-05-14

1. I do not follow every practice in this book.
2. Only some of those I don't follow do I think I should follow.
3. All of the practices strike me as at least arguable.

It does what it sets out to do. I believe that it will help the reader use PL/SQL more effectively. In the next edition, I'd like to see a section on unit testing, using the utPLSQL system that Feuerstein is managing the development of.

Excellent resource for new or experienced PL/SQL programmers.......2002-04-02

I found this book to be an excellent (re-)introduction to good programming practices in PL/SQL. After reading the first few pages a little defensively ("I don't make those sorts of mistakes do I?") I soon realised that there was much to learn in this book as well as much that I had forgotten.

This book has lead to an instant improvement in the quality of my PL/SQL code. I particularly like the Quick Reference card in the back of the book.

2nd review.......2001-08-31

I've been feeling guilty for giving this book only one star, so here's a second try.
I was disappointed by this book because I was able to speed read most of it. In other words, it did not present much that I had not seen before.
Some parts of the book seem to be a direct (literal?) translation of OOP design methodology. It would have been interesting if the author had spent some effort examining the OOP language features which are lacking in PL/SQL, in order to adapt the methodology.

Ex.1: OOPL compilers can make small function calls `inline', meaning that they are expanded as if they were macros, to avoid the function call overhead. I do not believe this exists in PL/SQL. If it does, the author should mention it when he suggests using wrapper functions. If it doesn't, then he should make the reader aware of the performance cost, which in some cases might still be ok, anyway.
Ex.2: The methodology he proposes leads to a proliferation of methods and classes. OOPLs have language structures to make them manageable (e.g. namespaces in C++, packages in Java). PL/SQL has the further disadvantage that it does not allow you to re-group your logic inside executables, DLLs, component objects, or even inside directories.
Still, this book should be quite beneficial to someone who is new to structured programming. It also isn't very expensive.

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