I am currently looking for a software programme that will allow our company to produce images similar to those shown in the book. These images are for a shipbuilding company. If anyone out there can help and offer a site to have a look at, I would be most grateful.

Buy it if you want to see the most amazement images in your life. It has minimum text. But consists of 14 very big and high resolutin 3D images. Very colorful. But you have to have much time to learn to see it.

Pasternak's poetry is better than his prose. Why he is still often better known for the latter baffles me. I suggest this or any of his collected poems to the reader looking for creative, quality poetry. Pasternak certainly ranks as one of the greatest amongst the group of very talented Russian poets that emerged during the first quarter of the 20th centuary. His poems deserve just as much (if not more) recognition as his novels.

While Pasternak is known in the United States mainly for his novel "Dr. Zhivago" - or, more to the point, the film based on "Dr. Zhivago" - he was quite an accomplished poet. A better poet, I think, than he was a novelist. Although I've never read Mr. Rudman's translation - or, for that matter, any translation at all - "Sister of Mine-Life" keeps to its bosom a host of beautiful poems.

Rather than try to explain Pasternak's incredible gift for metaphor and detail, his absolute love of words - he was a decent translator of Shakespeare and others - I'll roughly approximate my favorite poem, from it's original Russian. It is untitled.

***

My friend, you ask, who ordered
That the holy idiot's speech should blaze?

***

Let us trickle words
As the garden drips amber and lemon
Absently and generous,
Gently, gently, gently.

And there's no need to explain
Why there is such ceremony
Of madder and of lemon
Scattering on leaves.

Who made pine needles rush
On a long stick, like music
Through the locks of Venetian blinds,
To the bookcase.

Who reddened the rug of mountain ash
Rippling beyond the door,
Written through with beautiful,
Quivering cursives.

You ask, who orders
That August be great
To whom nothing is small
Who lives in the finishing

Of maple leaves;
Who, since the days of the Ecclesiastes,
Hasn't left his post
And is hewing alabaster?

You ask, who orders,
That the September lips of asters and dahlias
Shall suffer?
That leaves
Should fall from stone caryatids
To the damp gravestones
Of autumn hospitals?

You ask, who orders?
--Omnipotent God of details,
Omnipotent God of love,
Of Yaigails and Yaidvigas.

I don't know, was it decided,
The riddle of the road to the afterlife,
But life, like the stillness
Of autumn -- is details.

I can't quite transmit the pine needles rushing through the Venetian blinds as boats through a sluice, but I'm sure Mr. Rudman could. Even through my approximate translation, it's possible to see what a man of detail Pasternak was. In my edition, the introduction begins: "With Pasternak, you must hurt" -- as great ideas are, the editor notes, painful.

Pasternak certainly took painful care of his words, his thoughts, his beauty. And "Sister of Mine-Life," one of his earlier collections - (the summer of 1917) - is beautiful, detailed and pained.

***

As a post script, I prefer "Sister of Mine-Life," to "My Sister-Life" because the construction "sistra maya" - rather than "maya sistra" stresses that she's my sister.

Also, because life and sister are both female in gender, "my sister" and "my life" are dually coupled in Pasternak's title. "My" could refer solely to sister, or it could be my life, as well.

A great introduction to control theory.However, it would help if you know something about differential equations. I read Ogata's book on control (over 900 pages) from cover to cover twice and still could not figure out exactly what state variables are. This book explains things very well but you do need to do the problems at the end of each chapter. The use of "free-body" diagrams is a great idea.Ogata's book is great for explaining a lot of the details but this book explains the important things in a concise but easy to understand manner. I now finally understand how to draw a system diagram by starting from the inputs for each separate system. Everything is brought together -- system diagrams,transfer functions,state variables,the purpose for LaPlace transforms,and input-output models. This is not a book about control theory and it is covered in only the last two chapters but if you are taking, or going to take, a course in control theory,read this book first. It will save you a lot of frustration and bewilderment.

a must for all e-commerce student

This is simply the finest work available in the English language
on the Cossacks. It is not only encyclopedic in its treatment of
the subject,drawing on historical and ethnograhic materials in
Ukrainian,Russian,Polish,Turkish and Swedish sources but often
reads as fast moving as an adventure novel. Hrushevsky not only
recites dry facts and dates but puts forth both fascinating and
compelling analysis of the importance of the Cossacks to both the
idea and formation of the Ukrainian nation and the history of
Eastern Europe as a whole. Anyone who thrilled to Gogol's" Taras
Bulba" or the historical fiction of Harold Lamb and wants to learn of the true background of the Zaporozhian Cossacks of the
Sietch , simply cannot pass by this work. As fine as the works of
Nicholas Chirovsky, Linda Gordon,Patrick March and Phillip Long-worth are on the subject, they cannot compare to this comprehen-
sive volume.

This book is an excellent bibliography which can be used to develop your reference collection. The annotations are informative and readable; the authorities who have reviewed the books are impressive. Although there is a convenient code listing which kind of library the book is best for -- public, school, or college -- don't limit yourself to the reviewers' opinions. Some of the books recommended for public libraries may be also appropriate for school libraries. Because the book is kept current, one can find the references cited in print. It allows a librarian to drive collection development from the needs of the library rather than the whims of the publishers.

I saw the author on the weekend Today show and decided to check out his book. Although I only have minimal problems with pests and such, I still enjoyed the book a lot. Bohdan is really very funny, and often drops in a joke that sneaks up on you with a laugh. Plus, he even reviews bug movies! As far as the pest-control stuff, it sounded pretty authentic to me, but you'd have to see for yourself when you try the techniques on your household pests. He is a professional exterminator, though, so you'd think he knows what he's talking about.

Bohdan's book covers mammal pests and snakes as well as bugs. He advocates a healthy, live-and-let-live approach, where practical. He gives the reader choices of traditional chemicals, live traps, and environmentally-friendly solutions. He not only identifies pests but points out their benefits as well as detriments. The book is honest, funny and enjoyable, even if your home is not a cockroach haven.

I have been associated with Michael Bohdan, both socially and professionally, for over 15 years, and am gratified to see him share his vast pest control knowledge and experiences through this book. What's Buggin' You is not only fun to read, it is remarkably informative and technically superb. Every homeowner should have this book handy whenever pest problems appear.

Henry's gift has an excellent story line. The magic eye images and surealistic illustration only add to this book. The only thing keeping this book away from a whopping 5 stars is David Worsick writing technique. It's as if during the narration he is writing to an adult audience, but during dialouge he tries to appeal to children. His wealth of knowledge on the subject of midevil times, though, partialy make up for it.

I simply cannot believe the cost of this book. I actually fell for it, and thought, "Wow, with a price like this, it must be the holy grail of portal resources" -- WRONG. For someone fairly familiar with portals and some of the thinking behind them, you'll find the content un-informative and un-inspiring. The writing isn't that great in terms of continuity and clarity, and there isn't enough detail to make the book worthy as a reference.

If you are looking for a good introductory book on corporate/enterprise portals you will find this useful. Introduces the concept and anatomy of a portal, capabilities and features. Provides a brief overview of portal development strategies, development tools and a few interesting case studies (brief!). There are very few publication available (more available by the end of this year) on the emerging concept of corporate portals and consequently this book is a bit overpriced.

The price of this book is too high. I want to see the contents of the book. If its possible? mail me soon.

Cataloging is not for everyone and this book definetely has a small audience. The writing style and prose is so poor and bland that one keeps drifting away to more interesting library science fields such as library management or reference work.

I found this book to be an extremely useful text. The coverage is comprehensive, dealing with the principles of cataloguing, development of cataloguing codes, description and access, subject analysis and organization. It explains and simplifies the AACR2 rules. A very useful feature is the linking of the ISBD elements to the related MARC fields/subfields. In addition, I appreciate the visual clarification of the content and formatting rules that is provided by the abundant examples and figures depicting bibliographic records in card and MARC format. As a cataloguer and trainer, I keep a copy of this text along with the other tools which I consult regularly.