This third edition of Design and Performance of Road Pavements intends to serve as a comprehensive reference guide on all aspects of pavement design. Its six parts consist of a general introduction, basic pavement design data, specification and properties of pavement materials, pavement performance studies, pavement design procedures, and surface characteristics of pavements. Some useful features are current standards and specifications from AASHTO, ASTM, and PSA; life cycle forecasting for both flexible and concrete pavements, and comparisons of U.S. and European standards and specifications. Discussions on the latest developments in pavement design and materials are included. Even though bibliographic references are provided for each chapter, the three and a half page indexing at the end of the book is not well done. Not only the technical jargons such as thermal warping stress, rut depth, and subgrade strength are nowhere to be found, the frequently quoted ASTM and PSA are also not available. As a result this book is hardly a user-friendly reference guide. Despite the incomplete indexing, Design and Performance of Road Pavements is recommended for purchase.

All books by Paul Mallery stress accuracy, reliability, long-term enjoyment, and avoiding shortcuts that cause maintenance problems. He explains the key problem causers to avoid, the various factors to consider in designing a layout to be fun to operate for decades without having to spend a lot of time fixing problems. If you want to build a home layout that will be a interesting to operate, read all this author's books, especially this one. He exposes a lot of myths about what makes a good layout and tells how how to design one that will never become boring. I learned scenery making first, then track laying, then design. I should have reversed that order, and read this as my first book.

The book is devoted to the design aspect of Advertsing.

A very informative book, which contains sections on layout, art, production, broadcast advertising, et cetera.

One of the first advertising books I ever read and I still return to it from time to time.

Yea man, this book is hot. Man, James McLachlan is one hip cat. Its like deep dady-o. When I'm playing my kongas I have my wife read me this book and its like jiving, man. Well I'm out man. Peace Daddy-o

These are stories that explain background about things or people you thought you knew. They are tales from the "Rest of the Story" radio show. All are amazing and I have enjoyed trying to figure out the ending before I get there. Sometimes I'm even right! Great for a minute's read.

This book, as usual by the excellent Springer publishers, continues the trend launched by the Clifford algebra people (Lounesto, Chisholm, Baylis, Pezzaglia, Okubo, Benn, etc. - see reviews of some of them), namely, to SIMPLIFY the mathematics of physics by using appropriate ALGEBRAIC techniques rather than geometry or calculus or other techniques. Both this book by Vein and Dale and the Clifford algebra books and papers use algebra in physics largely to replace hard to manipulate geometry and unwieldly matrices. A matrix is an algebraic quantity, but it is very hard to handle: it is essentially a table of numbers, for example a table of people's heights, or people's heights by weights. You add tables by adding corresponding positions in each table, and likewise for subtracting, while multiplication is much more complicated. However, as Vein and Dale show, you can replace many results in physics which involve matrices by DETERMINANTS. A determinant is a single number, typically, which is gotten by combining the numbers of the matrix table in a certain way given by a formula. Thus, replacing a matrix by a determinant means replacing a table by a single number. It turns out that the Einstein Equation(s) of general relativity can be solved in this way (for the axially symmetric field), and likewise for equations involving solitary waves (Kadomtsev-Petashvili equation), waves in a rotating fluid (Benjamin-Ono equation), etc. An important tool in this process is Backlund transformations, which are described in the appendix but are more thoroughly described in the 1989 book of Bluman and Kumei which (together with their journal publications) initiated much of the simplification of differential equations of the modern era. That book, as you may guess, was also published by Springer/Springer-Verlag.

the book shows the political and economical situation after the second world war in europe. the foundation of "gesellschaften" and treatys like the ( German - French ) I needed it for a social studies report and it helped me a lot

The book, "Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen", is the catalog for an exhibition that has just opened. The first two reviews provide perspectives and understanding that are quite different from those offered in the preceding review from Publishers Weekly.

Leah Ollman (LA Times, 11/18/01) comments that, "We want to know the world and have experiences beyond the ordinary. We want to extend our vision beyond its familiar capacity. These are timeless desires, born with the species. They thrive on wonder, ... 'Devices of Wonder' traces those impulses and the technologies designed to act on them during the past 400 years. Full of serious toys, marvelous instruments and art resonant with the theme of discovery, the show [and catalog] track a history of visual thinking, 'from the world in a box to images on a screen,'..."

Speaking of both the exhibition and the catalog, the hard-nosed and insightful reviewer, Christopher Knight (Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2001) remarks that, "The Wunderkabinett is back, their show asserts--bigger, now nearly ubiquitous and considerably more far-reaching than any Baroque prince could ever have dreamed. Today's Wunderkabinett is sitting on your desk at home or in the office, or perhaps it's resting in your briefcase or on your lap." "Looking at wondrous things in a Wunderkabinett becomes the launch pad for the wonders of looking. Sight connects with insight. Mirrors facilitate reflection. Images are themselves ideas. ... Playful and unexpected connections get drawn. ... The show [and the catalog] is filled with these sorts of surprising delights, which can send your mind off in unexpected directions." (...)

The recent US reprints of Huson's 'How to Test and Develop your ESP' and 'Mastering Herbalism' came as somewhat of a surprise to me given the recent trend in occult publishing. It seems that while the likes of Silver Ravenwolf and Scott Cunnigham have been heavily promoted, (the former being more than slightly responsible for the now-commonplace 'Wicca-lite' movement), there has been a sharp decline in the number of books published for the more experienced witch or magician. 'The Devil's Picturebook' would, however, most certainly fall into this latter category.

Published and reprinted during the seventies, this book does not follow the usual pattern found in guides to tarot reading. While there is an excellent discussion of each of the cards in the Major Arcana, the Minor is only mentioned quite briefly- making this book less useful for the beginner. This said, there is a plethora of information about different spreads and there is no reason why, should the desire to work closely with the Minors be present, one could not read the text along with something like Pollock's 'Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom II' or a similar book which focuses on the Minor Arcana.

The Picturebook is more suited, perhaps, to the reader who wishes to study the history of the tarot. Huson gives a quite in-depth history of not only the tarot but also of occultism, which stretches back to the Renaissance and before. A chapter entitled 'The Old Religion' also provides a wealth of information about Witchcraft and shamanism, with explanations of the symbolism of various tools and other accoutrements used by shamans and witches over the centuries.

It is this information, this lore, which really does make the Picturebook stand out from other books in the same genre. Huson's writing is accessible while his content is both detailed and interesting. The tone of the book is quite high at times, and it seems that some knowledge of certain subjects is presupposed, or at least that the reader will be willing to study referenced texts further to glean more meaning from Huson's writing. This is aided greatly, however, by an excellent bibliography which is split into several categories covering not only tarot, but also kaballah, parapsychology and more.

All in all, this book is fabulous. From his digressions into traditional spells to his own artwork, (think Leland with a touch of Jackson thrown in for good measure), Huson has managed to write one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. This title, along with 'Mastering Herbalism' and 'Mastering Witchcraft' really does belong on the bookshelf of any Witch worth their salt. It truly is a shame that there has been no recent re-print of this classic, but it is not particularly difficult to find second-hand copies. I heartily recommend that anyone with even a passing interest in tarot, magic or even history attempts to do so.

I like the book because it is fun. I like it because the child made a joke on the mother.I like it so much because you can laugh yourself sick.The drawings and pictures are funny too.