I recently read this book and found it very engaging and readable. I have been following the topic of space weather for a few years now and read other articles and books on the topic, but this one was the clearest and most memorable of them all.

It explains the technology, the science,and the politics of space weather and is filled with anecdotes. I enjoyed the color prints in it as well. For anyone who wants to learn about this cutting edge topic, this is the place to go. We are becoming more dependent on satellites and technology, but space weather can really mess things up. The book tells you why and how.

As a Registered Radiologic Technologist performing CEA's intraoperative exams, I found this text to be thorough and comprehensive in the written explanations and vivid graphics which described stitch by stitch, the proper surgical techniques.

The mass of information in the text can appplied to the procdures by such individuals as residents in surgery rotations, allied health professionals such as nurses, radiographers, and surgical technologists.

The authors skilled hand and choices in illustrations will embrace your need as the reader, to pursue the entire multi chapter text.

I would recommend this text for anyones library that would benefit by the information found between the covers of this funely written text.

Octavio Paz, another Noble Prize Winner called this poem:
" The greatest poem of this Century (20th)..."

With this novel published in 1926, Valle-Inclan inaugurated a sub-genre that has persisted to this day, with the publication in 1999 of "The Feast of the Goat" by Mario Vargas Llosa: the dicator novel, brilliantly excercised by Garcia-Marquez, Roa Bastos and Asturias.

In this great tale, the author creates a fictional Latin American country, which really sums up the basic representative traits of these lands: a dictator, the ruling elite, the revolutionaries, the foreign diplomats, etc. It's all color, fiesta, cruelty, corruption, cowardice and exploitiation.

The plot is simple: surrounded by revolutionary forces, the despotic dictator makes a big mistake whcih prompts his compadre Colonel de la Gándara to flee and join the rebels. This event unties a chain of investigations, betrayals, prosecutions and war, all in the midst of the annual festivities of the country.

Several characters are memorable: the dictator himself, Colonel de la Gándara, Nachito Veguillas and, above all, the corrupt, decadent, drug-addict, homosexual and transvestite Ambassador of Spain.

Written in an extremely baroque but nonetheless readable language, Tirano Banderas is a great Spanish novel which can be read and enjoyed today. Hint: don't miss the final two chapters, they're great.

Ruiz uses the most dense prose I have ever encountered. If you have the time and the patience, out of this dense prose emerges a detailed account of Mexican history. Ruiz has gone to great lenghts to obtain personal histories and personality profiles of hundreds of key figures in Mexican history, and uses this information to weave a tale that shows how not only political machinations but personal foibles and ambitions interact to create history. His story encompasses romance, war, and economic figures, and is told with a surprising bit of subtle irony, while striving to maintain an objective view of events. This book is for history buffs who love to read lengthy tomes, but is not meant for Cliff's notes fans.

as an attorney practicing in an area of law unrelated to immigration, I needed to learn enought immigration law to intelligently discuss the subject with an expert in the field. This book did the job and then some. I highly recommended it.

Brother Ramon takes us on a very personal yet universal lenton journey. We travel with him day by day through the lenton season, challenged to explore our faith in a deeper, more honest and committed way. The format of the book works for an individual experience, or is adaptable to a group study experience. A beautiful book.

'Who Gave Thee This Authority' is a worthy sequel to Mr. Smullin's first book, 'The Father is not the Son'. The writer masterfully blends his insights with impeccable research to show that one needs to have the proper authority from Christ to guide his church here upon the Earth. This book is a must for anyone who desires to know more about Christ and his church.

This book contains very disturbing scenes of violence between family members. Kids like books that deal with sibling problems, because most kids experience those problems themselves. They may identify with the younger brother in this book, and then be horrified by the physical torture and permanent damage his brother inflicts on him. This book gave me nightmares.

Tangerine

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. He wears glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien, and kids tell a story about how he blinded himself by staring at an eclipse of the sun. But Paul doesn't remember doing that. And he doesn't mind the glasses, because with them he can see. He can see that his parents' constant praise of his brother, Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong. But no one listens to Paul... That is until his family moves to Tangerine. Tangerine is like another planet, where weird is normal. Lightning strikes at the same time every day. Underground fires burn for years. A sinkhole swallows a local school. And Paul the geek finds himself adopted into the toughest group around--the soccer team of his middle school. Suddenly the blind can see, geeks can be cool, and--maybe--a twelve-year-old kid can finally face up to his terrifying older brother. In Tangerine anything is possible.

I have the honor that mrs. bloor is my teacher. At lakeview we try to read this book in class. It is an awesome novel by Edward Bloor who is also the author of The Crusader. If I could I would give it 100 stars. I have not yet finished the book yet but oh is it getting better! Mr. Bloor has inspired me to write.
What Is the Secret You Ask? You Will Find out

You get the impression the author really poured his heart into this one. The book is written with a lot of heart and soul, and captures the truth of life at the street level as well as Miguel Pinero or Richard Price. My only complaint is that it is terribly overwritten in places. Back off, Little Brother, let your characters breath and let the story do the work. You don't need to sweat so much showing off your prose.

An amazing book. Gets a lil confusing at times but all is made clear. The story has many twists and turns and ends in a suprise that is amazingly simple. Very intense.

During Spidertown's first printing I read it and was so moved I passed the book along, it found its way from Co-Op City to Fordham, from Harlem to Queens ... and it may have been the first and last time that those friends of mine, some of them no longer with us, saw their lives potrayed in print with the honesty and pride that they deserve ... Abraham Rodriguez Jr. gave them something precious ... the knowledge that our stories are worth telling ... worth reading .... I never did get that original copy back, it's nice to know the book has been reprinted ... it's nice to know Rodriguez' genius has been recognized ... it's nice to have our stories told with such dignity ... finally ...