Hi! I have this book and think that it is a very very good book and very atualized about architetural acoustics because it brings not only the principles of acoustics but a lot of case studies of some famous places with ilustrations, wich are a good reference of the aplication of the design for a acoustical place. And brings too a section about the recent innovations in acoustical design and research. This book and David Egan's Architectural Acoustics makes a perfect couple for architects and other people who wants a good knowledge about acoustics in architecture. I really recommend.

When I first read this book, I was a teenager, pretending to become an Architect. I was surprised by this way of entering Space, Architecture as Space. I have re-read it a few times, that because I have presented it as a gift, to a few number of people. Now I do want it for myself, and for a friend in his eighties, whom I think hasn't had the experience of enjoying it.

This book gave me the knowledge and confidence to sit for the New Hampshire Real Estate Exam. Now, I am ready to enhance my carrer with licensures in Mass. and Maine, and I am looking at this book again. A good fit for anyone who wants to get their Real Estate Salesperson License.

Without a doubt, Armageddonquest is not only one of the best comic books that I have read, but also one of the best works of fiction I have read overall.

Do not confuse this series with an average graphic novel. 6 years in the making (with some chapters taking over a year to develop), Mr. Roach's incredibly well written 900-page-epic is full of incredibly complex and well thought out characters, plot twists, action, and overall adventure.   Somehow, through all the plots twists and turns, he manages to never lose the reader, nor contradict himself, all the while linking the story back to various prophecies.

Mr. Roach is clearly a scholar, and both his research and creativity shine through on every page.

While the art is at times crude, and while on a graphical level he may not be as good as others in the industry, he makes up for it and even goes beyond it through his storytelling and incredible plot. In the armageddonquest series, the black-and-white art is there to compliment the story, not drive it, and in this way, Mr. Roach has created a story that really sucks you in.

900 pages is a lot for any man to write, and a 6 year project is enough for a lifetime, but I certainly hope this is not the last I see of Mr. Roach's work. I'm hooked.

Joseph Bermudez is the best expert on North Korea's military and missile programs. I first saw his previous book, North Korean Special Forces(NKSF), in a classified cover on the desk of south Korean intelligence analysts.

His new book goes into even greater depth and covers the makeup, motivation, and enviroment that has created and maintained arguably the largest deployed combat force in the world.

The book is well written. The graphics are excellent, as are references to supporting documents.

This book is a must for anyone interested in knowing more about the security risks and challenges facing Japan, Korea, China, Russia and the United States.

Bois was a French Canadian Jesuit priest who was forced out of the Church in the 1920's for his radical, against-doctrine views. It is interesting that while our other great writer Teilhard de Chardin did not have to leave the Catholic priesthood, his work was not fully appreciated by his superiors either. After Bois left the Church he got a degree in psychology from McGill University in Canada. As he was born in Quebec, French was his first language. In the late 1930s, he read Alfred Korzybski's 'Science and Sanity' and was shaken by it. The foundation of his primary assumptions about our humanness was rocked, so he went and studied with Korzybski and became his most adventurous student. Korzybski had started the Institute of General Semantics (IGS), first in Chicago, and later in Lakeland, Connecticut. After he died, Bois became the heir apparent, and was the chief lecturer. Bois took seriously Korzybski's statement in 'Science and Sanity': 'In the present work, each statement is merely the best the author can make in 1933. (So) we ought not to be surprised if such a pioneering enquiry proves to need many corrections and elaborations in the future'. Bois developed his own work, epistemics, as a further elaboration of what Korzybski started, and as a new development that introduced factors which warranted calling it a new discipline. There is an annual Korzybski Memorial address, and LL Whyte was the speaker one year. After a successful career as a management consultant using general semantics, Bois started his own institute called Viewpoints. Because of the influence of Bois, Philosphere Publishers []was set up after his death

This is an excellent book, written by a very knowledgable and good teacher. I was lucky enough to take a class from him, and from what I have seen of his book, it is just as a fantastic survey of art in India as the class was.

In contrast to many other reviews,this book actually merits a superlative like five stars. I was fortunate to live in the same town as Joe Bates and spoke to him on several occassions. He urged me to read as many book about the sport as possible , and to collect only hardbacks from the area I was interested in the most. I had him sign a copy of his Streamer Fly Fishing, which I later traded for the book now under consideration. As you may know ,Joe Bates cut his teeth on fishing the Rangely Lakes and the Colonel Bates streamer fly is one Helen Shaw named after him! He has about 15 books to his credit, three of which should be in a serious fly fishing library-Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing, and The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly. Some are very had to find. I have followed Joe's advice. This past year I have read nearly 350 old, rare, or antique fly fishing books from the Fredrick Lane collection at Amherst College. Many are the actual originals cited here. The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly is a scholarly tracing of the origins and pathways the craft went through, but it is not academic. Bates brings in solid information from all the greats in the field. This includes Barker, Chetham, Bainbridge, Younger, Scrope, Rogan, Blacker, Fitzgibbon, Wade, Francis, Kelson, Maxwell, Hardy, Pryce-Tannatt... The book goes back to the Treatise and starts with the Twelve Flies of 1496. It goes from the primative patterns of the 1600-1800's and then continues with the early Tweed patterns. The Irish, Welsh, English, American, Icelandic patterns are covered. There is even a lesson in tying a Classic "Baron". With twenty-four large plates of beautifully photographed groups of actual flies (some of his own antique collection too) and about seventeen drawings and photos to compliment the actual flies, you are getting a lot of information to digest plus a lot art work. There is information on Hair Wings,the Tweed, the Dee, the Victorian, and just about every major aspect of the game that I can think of. I have read this book three times so far, and keep it as a reference and cross reference to the actual originals I read. This book provides the reader with a perspective you don't find in other so-called art books. Joe was a serious fisherman, and a serious collector. Even some of his personal antiques flies, tools, and vices are pictured. He had the good sense to pick the brains of masters around him, to read deeply, and to fish throughout the world. A lot of detail and knowledge went into this book. I value it , having known the author, but there is more than sentiment here. Anyone serious about the sport, anyone who wants a wide and detailed history should grab this book.It is a piece of art itself. And by the way, it is a heck of a lot cheaper now than when I bought it. Tight Lines!

Best of its kind that I have seen. Mostly full-page full-size facsimiles of exellent work from Gutenberg (an actual-size fold-out folio of the 42-liner) to Rogers. From the Pierpont Morgan Libary, includes many "standards" and many seldom-seens. Must have. (I have two!)

Has been reprinted several times and should not be allowed to fall out of print. Are you listening, David Godine?

Mashburn writes terrific books. His Postcard Guide is the best general book out there. He also does specialized postcard books such as this one. Anyone who collects artist-signed postcards will want this book, no question about it.

It is filled with hundreds of pages and pictures of all our favorite artists, like Harrison Fisher, Philip Boileau, Earl Christy, as well as the more obscure yet fabulous artists like Lupiac and others. He covers a variety of categories, like Beautiful Ladies, Beautiful Children, Nudes, Blacks, Sports, and Comics. He includes a reference section in the front which goes over important information such as how to determine the age of a card, grade a card's condition, and so on. My only quibble with this book is that all the inside images are in black and white, and I would have loved to see some in color. Perhaps in the next edition.

If you're looking for a comprehensive reference on Artist-Signed postcards, this is the book to buy.