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Juggler
Published in Hardcover by Wicked Pages Press (2002)
Author: Stefan R. Bourque
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JUGGLER is Refreshing different, Unique, and Raw
I heard about Stefan Bourque's novel "Juggler" just before Christmas. I was looking for something good to read over the holidays so I bought the hard cover. The book's very first pages kept me riveted to a crucible of suspense, horror, and fantasy all wrapped up in a fantastic story.

Juggler is definitely unique, fresh, and at the same time raw. It captivates and holds you right there in those pages. I agree with the other readers, you just cannot put the book down after the first few pages, it sucks you in and keep you reading to the very end.

Stefan's writing style is as different as Steven King is to Clive Barker. The only similarity that Stefan has to these other authors is the genre that Juggler belongs to. Stefan does not copy any other writer's style that I know of. He is in his own right -- unique. On the contrary, he will rise in popularity because of his unique style of writing. Whether you like the styles of Steven King or Clive Barker in their novels, Stefan had added his own style to this genre that will definitely gain many fans of his own.

Looking forward to his next novel...

Stefan Bourque is writing is Unique, Raw, and Refreshing
I heard about Stefan Bourque's novel "Juggler" just before Christmas. I was looking for something good to read over the holidays so I bought the hard cover. The book's very first pages kept me riveted to a crucible of suspense, horror, and fantasy all wrapped up in a fantastic story.

Juggler is definitely unique, fresh, and at the same time raw. It captivates and holds you right there in those pages. I agree with the other readers, you just cannot put the book down after the first few pages, it sucks you in and keep you reading to the very end.

Stefan's writing style is as different as Steven King is to Clive Barker. The only similarity that Stefan has to these other authors is the genre that Juggler belongs to. Stefan does not copy any other writer's style that I know of. He is in his own right -- unique. On the contrary, he will rise in popularity because of his unique style of writing. Whether you like the styles of Steven King or Clive Barker in their novels, Stefan had added his own style to this genre that will definitely gain many fans of his own.

Looking forward to his next novel...

Amazing New Horror Author
This is the second copy of this book I bought - I loved it so much I'm buying it as a gift for a friend; I won't give up my copy because I know I will read it over and over again! If you like Steven King or Clive Barker you will LOVE Stefan Bourque. He has an amazing ability to suck you in and keep you feverishly turning the pages. I don't want to give away the unique story line (which is in itself a breath of fresh air in a genre of overdone story lines) but I will let you know that you will care about his characters and want to find out what's going to happen to them - and it's not always what you expect! Mr. Bourque is personally responsible for several sleepless nights - both from staying up late reading his book because I was unable to put it down, and from the content of the book keeping me awake afterwards! I highly recommend buying this book - this is an author on the rise and I can't wait for his next publication!


The Children's Shakespeare
Published in Audio Cassette by Dove Books Audio (1998)
Authors: William Shakespeare, Dan Musselman, and Stefan Rudnicki
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Lorenzo Schiavo and Felipe Gravier
Romeo and Juliet

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We think that Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers whose families are in a terrible fight which prevents them from coming together. How far the couple will go to be together becomes the focus of the story. Of his richest poetry. The opening and closing choruses are some of his most outstanding work. Romeo's It is a brilliant love story but not much more. It still possesses however some wooing of Juliet is fabulously written. The Friar gets the best lines. Mercutio is one the best friends of Romeo. It is not as good as Shakespeare has written but it's still a fabulous book and up there with his best work. One part of the play we didn't like was that for the tow families get arrange there two kids had to die.
The English language wasn't finally finished so Shakespeare had the liberty to create words and play with the language, as he liked. That's why It was so difficult to understand what each character wanted to express so the teacher had to explain us each of that words and teach us all the words in that age and told us which were the words in the English of today.

Interesting Storys
This book provides lots of Shakespeare's Storys like "A Midsummer's Night Dream" and "Hamlet" with a children's fairy tale twist. The storys are the same as Shakespeare's, but easier for children to understand. My favorite story was Hamlet because I had just seen the play. A while after we read Children's Shakespeare and it helped me to understand Hamlet better.

Shakespeare is for children too!
Shakespeare is for kids and adults in E. Nesbit's creative mind. I always liked fairy tales, but I couldn't read Shakespeare very well. In Children's Shakespeare E. Nesbit turned his work into fairy tales without changing the story and morals. This book is not much like Nesbit's other books because it was written by Shakespeare, but I bet there are some simularities.

This book was a overall well writen book and I beleive E. Nesbit put a lot of hard work into her books in her life-time. I'm sure if she were alive now she would still be writing good books to this day.


Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing, Volume 2, Digital Communication Receivers
Published in Hardcover by John Wiley & Sons (20 October, 1997)
Authors: Heinrich Meyr, Marc Moeneclaey, and Stefan A. Fechtel
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Very practical and advanced textbook
This is an extremely useful book for any Digital Communication System designer or engineers who wish to develop digital transmitters and (especially) receivers for a given system. Covers all aspects, including recent developments and classic algorithms used for synchronization of digital communication systems. Phase synchronization, timing offset estimation, and frequency offset synchronization are treated in detail. A particularly interesting section about effect (degradation) due to non-synchronized receiver is given. I could not quantitative and intuitive treatment of this topic anywhere else. However, this book is recommended only to those who understand the basic communication theory very well.

Across the bridge and beyond
This book is an excellent learning tool for those who are already familiar with communication theory and are interested in communication over fading channels. This book also contains very recent work that has not been covered anywhere else, for example, relating estimation theory and information theory. This is highly recommended, but only for those with a strong background in communication theory.

Comprehesive treatment of digital receiver design
Floyd Gardner has written a comprehensive review in the IEEE Communications Magazine, September 1998, Vol.36 No.)on two recent books on the subject. (one being the book discussed here)

Excerpts "These books are massive, authoritative expositions of synchronization;their authors are long-time researchers in the field. Heretofore there has been no book, to my knowledge that provides a comprehensive up-to-date account of sync.of data signals-until now"

"Both books are directed at advanced graduate students, seasoned practicioners, or active researchers"

(About the book' Digital Communication receiver') "(But) this book is without peer for someone who wants to probe into the underlying foundations of data signal reception, or to cope with difficult fading channels" "


Color Atlas of Pathophysiology
Published in Paperback by Thieme Medical Pub (2000)
Authors: Florian Lang and Stefan Silbernagl
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Medical Student
Great book to accompany study of pathophys. Although not complete, its atlas format with charts, pictures and diagrams is great for recall of pathophys of disease and clinical manifestations. Taking notes on it while studying completes most of what you need. Great for the wards.

Pathophysiology
every image has text for explanation, it is so simply written(20-30 words) that it is not easy for me, a beginner at Pathophysiology, to understand well. it is a book of incomparable utility I recommend 100%,

excellent
every image has text for explanation, it is so simply written(20-30 words) that it is not easy for me, a beginner at Pathophysiology, to understand well. it is a book of incomparable utility I recommend 100%,


Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
Published in Hardcover by Harvard Business School Press (12 June, 2003)
Author: Stefan H. Thomke
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The very best book about Innovation and CAE Management
I am a CAE (computer-aided engineering) manager at a major automotive company. This book really opened my eyes! It not only captures the daily challenges we have in managing our technology but also provides a blueprint for getting CAE/CAD systems integrated into R&D processes. I believe if we followed Thomke's advise we could get a lot more out of the hundreds of millions of dollars that we invested in our systems. This book should be required reading for all (R&D) managers and engineers!

A clear roadmap to improved development for any company
A clear writing style that opens up the ways with which companies and managers can improve the development of new processes and products. Stefan Thomke shows not only what great companies do to promote new technologies, he also shows the mistakes many companies make in stifling innovation. Especially interesting to me was the detailed analysis of the semiconductor industry. Yet the book covers a wide scope of innovation from experimentation in service sectors such as banking to the industrial sector. This book is not only a handy reference book but is so well written it also makes great reading for all levels of managers, engineers and academics. Prof. Thomke shows that lack of innovation is usually due to a fear of failure and organizational barriers rather than a dearth of ideas. A must for any organization interested in improving the speed and level of process and product innovation.

A great read!! I thoroughly enjoyed it.


Information Hiding Techniques for Steganography and Digital Watermarking
Published in Hardcover by Artech House Publishers (2000)
Author: Stefan Katzenbeisser
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Steganography
Great introduction for tech or non-tech readers into the field.

Excellent introduction and reference
Excellent introduction and reference on information hiding. Covers very well the various aspects of the subject. With this book and the procedeeings of the information hiding conferences, the subject is pretty much covered. This research area is relatively young, and no other serious text is available.

This book is a very helpful for those who are interested in
This is a very good introduction to steganography and watermarking. The book is well organized. Moreover, many researchers who have been studied in this field contribute to this book. I think this book gives a comprehensive understanding to people who want to study on watermarking.


The Last Empire : De Beers, Diamonds, and the World
Published in Hardcover by DIANE Publishing Company (01 March, 1998)
Author: Stefan Kanfer
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*A Big Thanks to Mr. Stefan Kanfer*
Thank you Mr. Stefan Kanfer for tackling the project on the diamond empire. The subject matter is not easy to write, but Mr. Kanfer managed to tell a story in a way that portrays a business biography in an academic yet exciting tone. "The Last Empire" is a very thoroughly researched and extremely well written book. I've learnt so much about the history of the most powerful diamond organization in the world (The DeBeers), its operation, structures, system, human interaction and the people behind the industry. Lots of great pictures and the stories of old Africa is filled with romantic images it makes reading a pleasure. Truly inspiring!

Outstanding.
Kanfer has done an outstanding job of making the past come to life. The book is an excellent study of a country, a company and the uneasy relationship between government and the people. A wonderful combination of history, biography, and business.

Excellent History - Captivating Story
I thought this book was very informative and one of the easiest reading non-fiction books out there. I was surprised to find out just how many different people were involved with the diamond trade in South Africa: Cecil Rhodes (the only person to have a country named directly after him), Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill...the list goes on. This book is one I had to add to my own shelf.


Magallanes
Published in Paperback by Lectorum Pubns (Juv) (1996)
Author: Stefan Zweig
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Me traslado, viajo una y otra vez viviendo nuestra historia
Este "detalle histórico" me permitió entender el valiosísimo aporte de muchos de nuestros antepasados (hombres como nosotros)quienes nos dejaron un legado inmenso e impagable. Cada relato es tan fascinante como la realidad a la que invoca Zweig cuando nos lleva con el lenguaje tan bello y profundo que lo caracteriza a los conflictos de un navegante especial. Un trabajo minucioso digno de ser leido. Fue un viaje de retorno a aquellos días donde la humanidad descubría contra viento y marea el mundo en el que nacimos.

Remarkable, and inspiring.
The untold story of the first man to circle the globe... contrary to common belief it was not Magellan. He died during the trip. It was a slave known only as Enrique.All the other people aboard the ship were far away from returning to their birthplaces in Spain or Portugal. But Enrique, a slave taken by force to Europe by the old route used by traders before the new world was discovered, returned to his island by the opposite direction... fascinating.

Breathtaking story of a real-world discovery
Discovery, human conflicts, deep psychology, all interpreted with meticulous accuracy and breathtaking storytelling. An evergreen, a real mental stuff to read and best entertainment.


Mary Queen of Scotland
Published in Audio Cassette by Literary Digest (1983)
Author: Stefan Zweig
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One of my all-time-favourites!
I read this book as a teenager and its still one of my all time favourite books!Its written very passionately and that Zweig passion leaps from page to page - I swear my cheeks were burning while reading this book and its my highest recomendation!

A captivating, superbly-written biography of Mary Stuart.
I actually read this book in a French translation (from the original German) that appeared in 1936, but it is a timeless story and can be read in 1999 with great pleasure. This is a finely-crafted biography of the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, crowned queen at the age of one week upon her father's untimely death, shipped off to France at age 5 where she was brought up and eventually married the future king Francois II, then sent back to Scotland by her mother-in-law, Catherine di Medici, when Francois II died while still a teenager. The book concentrates on the few years in Scotland during which she set up her court, married a young English nobleman, Henry Darnley, and was led down a path of plots and assassinations until her flight to England several years later. This all took place while she was in her early '20s. It is a gripping story and Zweig tells parts of it in her own words, poems and letters.

She was an accomplished horsewoman, having learned how to hunt in France, leading armies into battle, and escaping from imprisonment in Scotland by all-night rides; cultivated, having learned poetry from Ronsard in France, and continuing to write poetry in French much of her life; passionate, falling madly in love with the unworthy Darnley, then after his death, with the dark Bothwell, his assassin; religious, defending Catholicism against the extremist protestants of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England, and finding solace in her religion at the end of her life. Surrounded by Scottish lords looking out for their own clans, she was unable to play the brutal game of survival, preferring to follow her instincts and desires. Zweig's short book combines historical facts with speculation on her motives and character; this is a book that reads like a novel, written by a master of biography. I would love to see a new movie based on this book, because I find her story so intense and relevant to today's world. I put off reading the last chapter (about her execution at the hands of perfidious Elizabeth I, who then denied her responsibility in it) until I had time to start re- reading the book from the beginning, because I didn't want it to end!.

True history and deep pshycholgy - a must!
This book is dealing with the past but talks about eternal human things. The style and historical accuracy is unparalleled ! Read it!


Winning the Merger Endgame: A Playbook for Profiting From Industry Consolidation
Published in Hardcover by McGraw-Hill Trade (28 October, 2002)
Authors: Graeme K. Deans, Fritz Kroeger, and Stefan Zeisel
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Original thinking on M&A
This is the first original thinking on M&A that I've seen recently. Most of the M&A books go on and on about why mergers work or don't work. Winning the Merger Endgame talks about M&A in terms of its effect on industries and how they consolidate and change over time. The endgames model is intriguingly displayed as an S curve. I would only quibble slightly over the horizontal time axis, which makes the time span for each stage seem more specific than it probably is. But the research is solid and long-term.

Great book, compelling paradigm
In a glut of milquetoast business books, "Winning the Merger Endgame" stands out as a gem. The combination of solid research, analysis and writing style results in a credible, useful book that anyone interested in business should read. The heart of the book is a model that describes and predicts how industries consolidate. It's a compelling discovery that will undoubtedly change--and chart--business strategies for years. Bottom line: read it and use it.

Consolidation rules discovered
I read this book with great interest. Working in retail for more than 10 years now, this book matched my experience and helps me to forecast what might happen in my industry over the next couple of years. Although I - as well as many other readers - have an idea of what could happen or what is probably, this book with the underlying research of thousands of companies over more than 10 years and the expertise of a consulting powerhouse brings the findings to the point and quantifies them. The only small disadvantage is the title: as the book is not only focusing on mergers, but on consolidation trends as a whole (therefore also valid in times where consolidation trends are fought via price wars and organic growth).

I would already speculate that this book will become a real classic and I recommend it to any strategist, CEO or CFO interested in the mechanics of consolidation trends and finding long term survival strategies.


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