Sadly, Amazon didn't post the full title of this book, so anybody who does a search for Alexander Winton won't easily find this book. The full title is: "Famous but Forgotten: The Story of Alexander Winton, Automotive Pioneer and Insustrialist."

In short, this is a biography of one of America's first automakers, Alexander Winton. Winton built his first car in 1896 after reading about the Duryea brothers win in the Chicago race of 1895. In 1897 Winton took his car on an 800 mile endurance run from Cleveland to New York to prove its durability to the public. The run was so successful that the Winton Motor Carriage Company became the leading U.S. maker of automobiles during the late 1890s (It was overtaken by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1899).

The Winton Motor Carriage Company continued making automobiles until the early 1920s. At that point the company was absorbed into the General Motors monolith, and the Winton name died. The company still exists as a division of General Motors, but today it produces only marine diesel engines.

This is a good biography of a man who deserves to be recognized alongside other early industry leaders like Henry Ford, Ransom E. Olds, and Henry Leland.

There is hardly any significant fact about viruses that missed-out in this edition of "Fields Virology". Page after page, this sound all-inclusive reference doles out authoritative information on both viruses and viral syndromes. From taxonomy to etiology, metamorphosis to replication; the analyses of this text is grand. The same applies to its attached CD-ROM. Its practical outlook was intended to benefit both microbiologists and pathologists. Bernard Fields and his colleagues made their mark with this book. It is a great effort.
However, most botanist may not be pleased to know that little attention was paid to plant viruses. Again, many potential buyers may be demoralized by the rather high price that this virology-set demands.

It covers all fields of virology. Perfect and wonderful ! Easy to understand. I really recommend this book to who is involved in biology

This is a well done book but the title is misleading. Jewish parents will especially want to take care, as this book is really written for non-Jewish children to learn about the Jewish Bible. THe book references the Jewish Bible from a Christian point of view, and references historical characters as to their distance in time to Jesus. I wish they had been more explicit about this; in fact, by prominently featuring the name of a rabbi who wrote the FOreword on the book's cover, the publishers seem to be purposely misleading potential buyers as to the nature of the book

First off, there is nothing distinctively Jewish about this book
except 1) a six-pointed star on the cover and 2) a foreword by a Rabbi.
However, in looking for bible story books for my child, it is the
best collection of Old Testament bible stories that I have come
across. The stories stick close to the actual bible stories
with little interpretation or fictionalizing. And the photos showing the landscapes and archaological finds are nice. ...

I teach fifth-grade Sunday school at my (reform) synagogue. Every week I struggle to bring these stories alive. I have a shelf of books to help, but none does a better job of providing clear and beautiful illustrations, and organizing things so I can help the kids make sense of all this.

So, the book is repackaged. Who cares? It helps me do what I need to do: present the Bible to kids in a way that keeps them interested. I think it helps me as I try to launch them into a lifelong relationship with Tanakh.

So, the book mentions Jesus. Good. This way I get to explain Jesus, the historical and cultural phenomenon, to the kids. It makes no sense to try to ignore the dominant culture of the United States, even (and maybe especially) in temple. I think Jewish kids could use some perspective, and I welcome the chance to provide it.

Can we relax a bit? I appreciate the "heads up," but prefer to take a pass on the hysteria.