This little book starts off by actually teaching you HOW to read a CXR. Not many books do that ... they just assume that you can. Then it goes into the four broad categories of abnormalities: 1) too white, 2) too black, 3) too large and 4) in the wrong place which helps you to categorise abnormalities. Then all the major conditions (e.g. pneumonia, COPD, malignancies etc.) are reviewed under each category. Read this before you start you clinical years and keep it in your coat pocket along with 'The ECG made easy'. Look at heaps of CXRs and ECGs from the beginning of the year along with the help of these books. Practice makes perfect! Good luck! I wish someone had told me these things at the beginning of the year! ;)

This book teaches the basics such as pneumonia, pneumothorax, and other abnormal thoracic conditions through the use of x-rays. It explains the abnormal findings of each x-ray in a clear and easily understandable manner. Best book I've seen so far on chest x-rays.

I love this book. It first teaches the reader how to look at a chest x-ray in a simple, step-by-step approach. Then it is organized quite effectively into chapters based on the appearance of the x-ray (white lung field, widened mediastinum, etc.). A must read for medical students starting their rotations.

I was so grateful when I learned that Anne Carroll Decker had published a second book, because I gained so much from her first. Her messages bring the word of God alive in our lives today. I highly recommend her books for an uplifting view of our sometimes-dark world.

... Anne Carroll Decker's Circle Of Souls emphasizes that we are fundamentally one. Our heartfelt concern for others, no matter how despicably they may behave, turns out to be very important to each of us personally. For the central point of the book is that ultimately no-one can be set free if any one remains chained. Freedom, as used herein, may be taken to represent and include all good desires, all hopes - in fact those lists of spiritual gifts the Scriptures discuss. Chained is
used herein to represent the state of those who behave horrendously: the murderers, the liars, the rapists, those who would use fear to coerce others and those who harbour fear and unbelief themselves. The startling thesis is that no-one (no matter their sanctity) will be set free until each and every one of us (the worst offenders included) comes to salvation

Other authors have written emphasizing the thesis of all-encompassing unconditional love. Authors as diverse as Betty Edie and William Brugh Joy MD emphasize that love must be unconditional. Jesus himself pointed out that even the heathen love those who reciprocate goodness and He recommended that we love those who harm us (and presumably, those who harm society at large.)

While Anne Carroll's book emphasizes the great importance of unconditional love, it goes much farther. It states that our unconditional love and our prayers for those who are chained by their sins can help misled offenders to be set free. And until each and every one of these are set free, no-one will be set free. For humanity will be regarded as a single holistic entity.

Anne Carroll contests with an Angel verbally even as Jacob once wrestled the angel at Penuel. She has trouble accepting the angelic ideas outlined above but he persists and overwhelms her contradictions time and again.. Sometimes angels of varying religious persuasions or ethnic derivations invite Anne Carroll to witness God-respecting "foreigners" whose approach is other than standard American Christianity. Some angelic tour guides are difficult for Anne Carroll to bear. As one who has achieved all the signatures of the idealized modern American woman, the author must find angelic messages somewhat counterpunctal. Yet she knows somewhere down deep within herself that the values they are pressing upon her are worthwhile on a level that material success can never approach And much of the charm of this book lies in the honest presentation of this conflict. A dedicated and devoted woman, she has worked very hard to meet the criteria of a materialistic culture. But Anne Carroll Decker's angelic friends will not let her rest on sterling laurels. Goals set for her (and incidentally, for all of us) include more than the honest, satisfying life. Working, tithing, helping others, and maintaining the suburban marriage and mansion are not enough.

The new goal superimposed is the eventual Freedom of all mankind!!! That is the responsibility of each and every one of us. Our tools are unconditional love and the power of prayer.

We must not rest until every one of our others is set Free. We will not be Home until all are welcomed Home.

Such is the message of this interesting and well-written book.

I highly recommend reading Circle of the Soul by Anne Carroll Decker. It is uplifting, readable- a gem of a book. It provides answers, actions, solace for living in today's confusing times. Don't miss it.

The definitive motorsport engineer's handbook. It is an absolute must for anyone who considers themselves a professional in this industry. Buy this book through Amazon, or if you want a signed copy, try doing a google search on Carroll Smith to find other useful Carroll Smith links. He is one smart man!

Engineering is the crux of it all, no question about it. I bought Carroll's whole set of books begrudgingly, but they helped me improve my game BIG TIME. I am much more able to discuss with my engineer now. My mechanic gave me his copy (it was obviously used once or twice!) and ordered me to get a copy of my own. The pole positions that came quickly after it proved this book's worth.

This one is a little technical, but if you can get through it with a dictionary at your side and really understand what's being said, you'll find yourself a happy person.

This book is packed with all the nerd one could ever use.
I would rate this book very high for someone looking to increase their techinical knowledge of racing. It covers different types of materials and their ability to hold up during a race. Very good book.

Jeremy

This book can look a little daunting as you flick through the pages, however, once you begin to read it, you realise just how good it is! Starting with a basic metallurgy and physics course that most school text books should look to copy, Mr. Smith keeps interest in what could be a somewhat tedious subject using witty comments and practical observations. He then leads us through steel making, alloy processes and finally on to the application of all of the above in the racing car. A brilliant book from start to finish. The only criticism that I would make is that it needs an update to include more on composite techniques and finite element analysis.

Carroll Dorsey emerges as an investigator who likes to do his job and do it right! It was such fun to open the pages of this book and climb inside Carroll Dorsey's Buick. From the very first chapter, we were busy travelling along the well described streets of Pittsburgh trying to unravel this mystery.Thomas Lipinski will take you into the dark alleys and bars of Pittsburgh and then reveal the corruption of high powered people. Lipinski will take you places and excite you as you see the city through a different but realistic lens. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next!I sipped coffee with Carroll Dorsey as he read through his office files and would later find myself "sloshing" down a Rolling Rock beer with him as I anticipated what was to come!Realizing the full involvement of his close family member left me yelling out and throwing this book against the wall; what an ending!

Carrol Dorsey is an investigator who likes to do his job and doit right! It was such fun to open the pages of this book and climbinside Carroll Dorsey's Buick; from the very first chapter, we were busy travelling along the weel described streets of Pittsburgh trying to unravel this mystery. Thomas Lipinski will take you into the dark alleys and bars of Pittsburgh and then reveal the corruption of high powered people. Lipinski will take you places and excite you as you see the city through a different but realistic lens. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next!I sipped coffee with Carrol Dorsey as he read through his office files and would later find myself sloshing down Rolling Rock beer with him as I anticipated what was to come!

You'll probably not hear anything about Lipinski on Oprah's show, or see full page adverts for his writing...more's the pity.

This guy writes solid, intelligent stories populated by believable people.

If you want a book that will entertain and demonstrate the mystery genre, get this or one of Lipinski's other Carroll Dorsey stories.

I havn't read the book all the way through, but from what I've seen, its an excellent book, good illustrations, straightforward info. This particular area of biology - using developmental genetics to elucidate evolutionary processes and relationships, is in my opinion one of the most exciting areas of biology today. I've had some advanced level classes in developmental and evolutionary biology myself, and I would probably have to say that for the lay person, the book may be somewhat out of grasp.

In regards to the mouse/fly eye develompent experiment, it is simply showing that the genes that regulate the most fundamental levels of development in the eye (or any part of the organism) are the same for fly and mouse... over the years, the end results have evolved to be much different, but at the deepest levels, the the genes that regulate the most fundamental develpment are still the same. ie. eye gene in mouse = mouse eye, eye gene in fly = fly eye. eye gene does the same thing in fly our mouse.

This is a beautiful book with an attractive
illustration on almost every page.
A book review in Nature writes this intriguing statement,

"Despite more than 600 million years
of separate evolution of flies and mice,
the introduction of the [Pax6] mouse gene into flies
can induce new eye tissue -- not of the
camera-like eyes of mammals, but of the
insect compound eye!"

I wanted to understand this better.
I'm a nonbio major who spent all my spare
time in the past year reading biology books.
So I went to the bookstore and spent three hours
with this book. I found that I didn't have enough background
be able to gain a deeper understanding on the intriguing quotation.
Hopefully I'll be able to handle it after another year of preparation.

As a professor of English at a Swedish university I devoted several years to studies of British history of ideas, leading up, eventually, to a book about the general public's reception of Darwin's evolution theory in Mid-Victorian Britain. The subject has fascinated me ever since. I have naturally followed with interest the subsequent debates on evolutionary biology, including its philosophical implications, in the pages of such journals as Science and Nature. Therefore the title of the present book appealed to me. It seemed to promise an introduction to aspects of the Darwinian theory which were certainly unknown to Darwin and his times. At the same time I realised that knowing more about genetics was a must for me, if I was to keep abreast of the debate about Darwin.

I must confess I found it hard to assimilate the text, in spite of a clear style, and excellent illustrations. The sheer weight of unfamiliar facts and concepts made the reading laborious, to the point of exhaustion. But about half-way through the book (and helped by excursions into some undergraduate biological textbooks) I found that I had after all assimilated enough of the content to see that , for instance, the geneticist's seemingly perverse interest in the banana fly, Drosophila melanogaster, was indeed a rational choice. Many of the basic genes of the banana fly, especially those responsible for the early development of the fertilized egg onwards, are the same, or nearly so, as those that build up man. Not only are individual genes similar: their interactions with each other and their functions are also similar. For instance, though the banana fly's eyes are constructed entirely differently from those of man, their development, from egg to adult, are still controlled by genes that are clearly related to each other, and interact with other genes in similar ways.

These fundamental similarities between an insect and a human implies that their common roots must lie some 500 million years back in time, presumably in tiny organisms existing in the oceans at that time. Moreover, it seems that the genes in question, to be found in the DNA of the chromosomes of both insects and humans, probably come from even tinier organisms, namely primitive bacteria, which the multicellular organisms had incorporated, at first as parasites or symbionts, in their own more advanced cells. If so, we are carried back even further back in time, perhaps to a billion years before now. We seem to be on the point of uniting the biological and physical (and chemical) evolution of our planet. Darwin surely would have loved that prospect, far beyond his own reach. This book is not an easy read. But it will yield a rich reward to the persistent reader. Incidentally, such a reader might do worse than go on to read an astronomer's view of the same wide panorama: Delsemme's 0ur Cosmic Origins.

This book has it all. It shows the bond that man has with animals. It has humor, sadness and the poetry is touching. This is a book that I will read more than once. Some books I read and give away, but this will stay with me. I always keep my favorites.

The is one of the most refreshing new storys I have read in a very long time. My grandkids just love it & wanted it read to them over & over again. Being animal lovers to , it has the true meaning of love ,either thru an animal or humans eyes. This will become a new Christmas story in my family for a long time to come.This would be a wonderful animated story at Christmas time for children of all ages .

This story has earned a place on my bookshelf. It is the meaning of Christmas revisited. I'll be reading it many times in the Christmas seasons to come.

Don't get me wronng I think this book ois great in fact I'm using it now for a report on the robotic engineering involved in Battlebots. But unless you're looking to find out all of the little insides and outs of the bots I wouldn't recomend this one. This book is written in a textbook style meaning that its great if you're actually building or doing research but it's not great for a fun read.

This is one of the best how-to books I've seen. The authors are true experts in the subject, and it shows in their selection of material. I wish the engineers at Toshiba who designed my notebook computer had read the chapter on batteries. You get theory, practice, materials engineering, mechanics and robotics all presented in one neat package. This is one of those rare books that's perfect for the beginner as well as the expert. It's jammed full of information that would take hundreds of hours to gather from other sources, and most importantly, it's a painless way to shorten the learning curve to become a robot expert yourself.

This book takes out much of the guess work in building a combat robot. For example, do you know what happens to a robot battery when you try to drain it in 6 minutes? Other areas are construction, weapons, etc. The brief coverage of the autonmous features can be a great help for building a robot that has automatic features. This is not a detailed plan set, but a collection of information needed to build the robots, many good suggestions.

What will be found in Carroll's second volume of his "History of Christendom" is a brilliant and industrious work with Christ's Church as the center and the Popes as the cementing glue of a new era in civilization. The scope of this work contains an elaborate sketch of ecclesiastical and political history from Constantine the Great to the end of the First Crusade. The battles against heresy, the Muslims, and other barbarians are tinged with stories of the great saints, monks, and war heroes who fought for the good of Christian Europe. This series is one of the most reputable in its field, and is certainly one of the most unique and valuable for its Christ-centered perspective.

Warren H. Carroll's second volume of his "History of Christendom" is an excellent general treatment of the period from Constantine to the crusades. Although it based on secondary sources, it is very accurate and detailed for an introductory work. It is nice to see a historian defend Christ's Church and the infallibility of the Roman Pontiffs. Although in one or two places the author makes some theological misstatements, the average lay Catholic will be pleased to find a history of this period that does not repeat the old canards against the Church. I also highly recommend it to non-Catholics who wish to hear the "other side" of the story.

Honest and forthright this second in a series of 6 presents clearly and accurately the history of the Christian Church post Constantine to approximately 1000ad. The weaving of secular and Christian history presents a rich tapestry to often ignored by those that focus on one side or another. Blanced, fair and honest look at the Church warts and all.

You will love this book if you've seen a few of E. Jean's advice columns, and would like a whole lot more! This is lots more of E. Jean's advice, to your heart's content, and amusing commentary as well. I was a little disappointed--but for a positive reason; I guess I'd already read many of these in Elle magazine, being a fan of E. Jean's! So if you regularly read Elle, this might be a little bit redundant. But I'm still not sorry I bought this.

I love E. Jean and her column is the first )and sometimes only) thing I read in Elle magazine. She is just so smart, and classy, and funny. When a woman feels down about her lovelife, E. Jean tells her to go volunteer at a shelter where the kids are looking for someone to love. E. Jean will tell one woman to get out of the exotic dancing business and another to go into it, based on the question, stating college costs so much she wouldn't be surprised if Hillary Clinton herself did it to put Chelsea through Harvard (this book came out in 1997.)

E. Jean just loves life and sees its possibilities, and she wants her readers to as well. Read this book and you're sure to agree.

"It's a gas, and sometimes a revelation... E. Jean's punchy wisdom shines."
--- Indianapolis Star

"There's seldom a dull moment with outrageous E. Jean."
--- New York 'Newsday'

"For all of us who are 'tormented, driven witless and whipsawed by confusion,' there is E. Jean Carroll."
--- Chicago Tribune

"A 'Dear Abby' for the 'fin de siecle' generation."
--- Columbia Dispatch (SC)

"Witty and wise... You think E. Jean is either intoxicating or just intoxicated."
--- Entertainment Weekly

"Outrageously brilliant E. Jean Carroll is the only advice columnist in America with the wisdom, the guts, and the pure rambunctious flair to give it to you straight. And if you haven't caught her act, honey, you don't know what you're missing."
--- Quote from 'A Dog in Heat is a Hot Dog' book jacket

This is a good story, with a brisk pace, authentic action, and realistic characters. As a literary work it is probably only worth 3 and 1/2 stars, at best. But I think its real importance is in how it reflects the military's view of the war through the Tet offensive. Its importance becomes clear about when you compare the overall tone of the book towards the Vietnam war with Stephen Coonts' book Flight of the Intruder. The aviators in that book hold a very different attitude towards the war.

From what I learned during the late 70's and early 80's while working with Naval Officers, both books are authentic, especially in the attitudes reflected by the military. For people who want to understand the Vietnam war and the effect of the civilian leadership on the military during this time, I strongly encourage you to read both books.

If you've ever driven airplanes, and especially if you've done so 'in country' then I know how seldom you've been able to read a novel that comes even close to 'taking you back'. I've got some good news - an I got some bad news. The good news is that this particular book is but one of a trilogy. Beginning with "no place to hide" and ending with "North SAR" this book sets itsself between the two. It is incredible in both it's authenticity as well as the character development. The bad news is that Gerry died and there will be no more.

Thank you Sir.

I first read this book when I was sixteen and it was one the big things that helped me decide to join the military. It casts a great picture of what the Marines and Seamen had to go through during Vietnam.