No hay otro libro donde uno puede entender la mentalidad de Weiss, un dramaturgo que a través de sus obras nos muestra documentos de guerras. El teatro documento, es una forma de mostrar esa realidad que muchos vivieron y otros no, denunciando los horrores de la guerra, moviendo la conciencia social mundial para que se conozcan estos crimenes, que hasta el día de hoy siguen y seguirán sucediendo.

Now here is a beautifully written and true book about the tribes of shorebirds (plovers, sandpipers, and their kin). In a series of essays on the different aspects of bird structure and behavior (e.g., migration, flight, feeding, courtship), the author draws a complete picture of these wondrous birds. If you've ever stood on a beach and watched flocks of Sanderlings wheeling in unison, flashing alternately white and gray, and wondered about how they live their lives, then this is the book for you. Matthiessen is almost the only writer I know who can combine accurate science with a consistently interesting and limpid style.

ZAPPED is a phenomenally successful exercise in experimental text. Effectively a comic book without pictures, Peters' masterful use of imagery and language conveys images with the clarity and audacity of popular lowbrow artists Robert Crumb and Robert Williams. Highly influenced by the underground comics of Crumb's generation, Peters - like Crumb - revels in such concepts as scatology, sexuality, blasphemy, and vulgarity; also like Crumb, though, he does so with such honesty and a keenly critical eye that he in fact brings dignity to the page. He cuts through the limpness and hollowness of the American zeitgeist as swiftly and violently as Williams Burroughs...

This is not conventional prose... But well worth the effort! Peters should be regarded as highly as Burroughs, Gysin, etc. but is perhaps even too esoteric for them...

The Kodak's book give a lot of basic knowledge, it's good designed and the photographs are better, but...
The NG book is useful for intermediate people because of esses it contains. I found in this book some things that I never thought about and I'm not hte beginner at all :)

The National Geographic Photography field guide is intended for beginner to intermediate level photographers. And it does a good job of giving those photographers an overview of all the choices they have, but not a great job of providing a solid basis in exposure technique for the inexperienced or moderately experienced photographer. There are instructional chapters on composition, cameras, lenses, light, flash, film, exposure and gear. I am a fairly experienced photographer at this point, but I remember when I wasn't. And I can say that this book does not provide enough detailed instruction about exposure to answer all of the questions an inexperienced photographer would have, and make him or her comfortable with his camera's "manual" mode, and with a wide variety of lighting situations. The book does explain the differences between SLR, rangefinder, and various formats of cameras, which is unusual in an intro to photography book. I am sure that many novice photographers will find that information interesting. But I think that the publishers sacrificed more comprehensive instruction on exposure in order to include more of an overview of photography.

The second section of the book, entitled "A World of Subjects", comprises half of the book. Included are chapters on various types of photography: weather, landscapes, people, architecture, sports, close-up, motion, night. Interspersed among these subjects is a series of essays by National Geographic photographers giving tips and explanations of the sorts of photography they do. These essays are a nice addition to the book and provide some insight which might be useful to any level of photographer.

The printing and paper are the high quality that you might expect from a National Geographic publication.

For beginner and intermediate photographers looking for the most how-to info they can get, I would recommend Kodak's Guide to 35 mm Photography. I don't think that the National Geographic Field Guide is quite as helpful in that regard. However, it has some additional content which you might also find interesting, such as the essays by accomplished pros and the chapter on different types of cameras.

The National Geographic Photography Field Guide is a well written, easily accessible guide that is a great beginners guide and reference for experienced photographers. The first half of the book covers the basics of photography including cameras, film, lenses and light. Each of the chapters is concise and contains handy tables and charts. For example, the chapter on filters has handy charts to help you determine when to use certain filter types.

The second half of the book contains chapters devoted to various subjects. Some examples are landscapes, weather and people. In between some of the chapters are small sections on National Geographic photographers that give a short bio and their options on photographing the subject being discussed. While these sections don't provide much in the way of additional information, they make for interesting reading and add character to the book.

Beyond the written content, the book itself is a work of art. It is filled with beautiful pictures that are great examples of the topic being discussed. Also, it is printed on glossy paper that adds that extra touch of professionalism. All in all, a highly recommended guide.

Wow! What a great plot--an ancient earthquake hides what might be Queen Helena's True Cross. Another, in our day, shakes up the rubble to reveal this holy relic once again. And there is blood on the rusty nails! Can the blood from this artifact be cloned? And if so, what theological beliefs are going to be affected? Who wants to stop the project to clone Christ? And to what lengths will they go to make sure this doesn't happen?

Peter Senese has the makings of a great thriller here, with a round-the-world deadly chase and a great premise. Alas, his writing is really, really bad. To quote from Kurt Vonnegut about his alter ego Kilgore Trout, the world's greatest (fictional) science fiction author "If only he could write!"

Any editor worth his salt would have grabbed a blue pencil and started weed-whacking this manuscript. I am not talking little things here, I am talking about things that would get a freshman English paper a handsome red "F". For example, almost every paragraph is lavishly adorned with adverbs and adjectives that not only are superfluous, they are stupid--every gun or bullet is "deadly"--well, duh. I knew that! Dependent clauses don't match up with the independent,dangling participles, you know, all the things your high school English teacher Mrs. McIlhenny told you NEVER to do. Well, she was right.

It's a shame that someone didn't give this a thorough edit job, because the novel is otherwise a real page-turner. Novelists, get thee an editor--one that has a copy of "Elements of Style" and knows how to use it.

Finally, there is a new writer focussed on Christian Fiction who brings a sophisticated, fresh, highly complex storyline to Christian Fiction readers! In Peter Senese, we may have actually found a writer who will broaden the scope of subject matter written through Senese's unending capability to weave most complex tales which the average reader will enjoy and the sophisticated reader will cheerish. In Peter Senese's novel 'Cloning Christ' what I would like to say is simple: this is the best Christian fiction book I have ever read, and I am an avid reader in this area of literature. The story of Max Train, Senese's protagonist, as he weighs what to do upon the discovery of the potential True Cross is outstanding. Most importantly, Senese does not hesitate to share his openions with respect to the cloning debates - which are actually very complex. If you are a person who values the teachings of Our Lord, I think you will find Peter Senese's Cloning Christ to simply be one of the best fiction storys you will read.

What first hooked me on this book is how effective Peter Senese challanges you to think about your own faith (I footnote this by saying I am a Christian). What better a plot than to hand someone what might be The True Cross of Christ -- one tainted with blood on it? Could this blood be the blood of Christ, and if so, are you holding The Son of God in your hand? Wow! What does this mean of His assenscion?

The challanges and conflicts Senese presents in handing the reader, and Dr. Max Train -- the story's protagonist -- this Cross are tremendous. So too is the fact there are individuals within the Christian world who believe Dr. Train -- once a devout believer, but now left without any faith in God -- has intent to clone what may be the body of Christ. And this is where the fun begins!

Anselm Mugant, a Cardinal Vicker within the Holy See is so absorbed with the issues of human cloning, that upon his discovery that the genetic scientist Train is in possession of The Cross, he calls for his immediate execution. From Jerusalem through Europe, Train is hunted by The Scorpion, an assassin symbolically created to represent The Devil. While Train is hunted, the inner journey of his reawakening begins! From The Holy Land, where Trains discovery occurs, through Europe's Italy and Scotland, the symbolic settings add great historical depth to this terrific book.

I enjoyed the writer's style and approach to the very complex issues he cleverly addresses. Most of all, Cloning Christ reminds me of The Story of Job. This is an outstanding Christian read: clean, biblically accurate, conscious of Christian faith, and highly suspensful. I also would like to point out, and applaude the author in his handling of the cloning issue as it pertains to Our Lord: Senese, and so, Dr. Train, are not high-flying individuals who support the issue of cloning. In fact, Train and the story's premise is very clear: to Clone Christ is to simply follow the great teachings of Jesus, or for this matter, any individuals who acted in thoughtfulness towards society. I loved this book!

I have never read or known anything about the Wing Commander universe until I saw the movie which left me eagerly awaiting to learn more. After reading thso novel, I felt full again. Now to preamble this review, it is generally that the novel of the movie far exceeds it and it is true once again of the work of Peter Telep. I can understand that any fanatic finds fault with incoming authors so it's best that I am bringing a completely new point of view coming here, leaving alone Chris Robert's movie script and concentrating on the storytelling of the author. Peter Telep's, work, I find to be inspired and driving as he easily dramatizes war with the decrepit and dark events cascading onto people--along with ship hull plating. He meticulously constructs his characters with each their own sorrow past, reflections of wars long ago, and then drives in the conscious rendering of how each person copes with his or her situation in the present. Each finds their own avenue of choice. Although the book remains albeit of dynamic story telling, (seeing the enemy Kilrathi's point of view is quite refreshing and all the time gives you a bigger broad of what it was like for them) Telep continuously paints out the emotions and actions on a level most efficient with war. Feeling that both sides of the battle, Confederation and Kilrathi, both suffer the same kind of agony, pain, and vengeance, Telep drives in the heart of his version of Wing Commander. Aside from the characters, the plot moves undulating with brilliant battles and scenes alive, although the landscape of space was not as unique or detailed as some Sci-Fi authors. Telep can find interesting ways of rewording the destruction of Dralthi fighters or Rapiers so that the story doesn't feel repetitive. He highly details the fighters yaws and pitches fully to the pilot's reactions, a technique of accuracy with enhances his story as if you were there with Blair in his Rapier or Gerald on the bridge in dead still and quiet. The book is a vibrant tableau of war hell. The ending is honorable as it pulls you in to really want to experience the next chapters. After, I myself, 'enduring' the extent of the hate of Pilgrams and this total unanswered void of Confederation and Pilgrim chaos, I find myself eagerly awaiting Telep's next novel and seeing what Pilgram Stars will lay ahead.

The WC universe has finally found itself an author who respects the source material and who can also tell one hell of a story - and the fan's have never had it so good. While Baen's Wing Commander novels usually cause the more fanatical WingNuts headaches with their continuity errors, this movie adaptation does just the opposite; it actually takes time to explain such problems caused by the movie's script! (according to the movies producers they 'ignored' much of the original material - thank Sivar Peter Telep didn't). Of course, the writing also shines - anyone familiar with Peter Telep's previous books (Space: Above and Beyond, Descent) knows he can tell a great war story. I'm eagerly looking forward to the second book in the series, so we can see what the author can do without having to base everything around a movie script!

Wing Commander is a wonderfully written adaptation of the Wing Commander movie. It adds many new scenes that were not present in the film which enhance and portray the characters in a different light. Peter Telep presents enough tension throughout the story that makes it difficult to put it down until you finish reading the last page. Story is fast-paced and provides a lot of the background info that fans of the Wing Commander series will enjoy. Overall a great book! I give a hearty welcome to Peter Telep from the Wing Commander fans.

I find "THE ORION MYSTERY" an interesting book, and was quite hard to put down after reading the 1st chapter. Robert Bauval introduces new revolutionary theories that the Egyptians were not a heliocentric (solar-based) culture but an astral (star-based) one. Also included in his book are interesting details of the Upuaut 2 robotic exploration of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Khufu. His writing was very down-to-earth and not confusing or scientific - a wonderful book for anyone interested in Egypt and the pyramids.

I found this book to be absolutely stunning. A 'must read' for amateur Egyptologist. This book unlocks one of the most interesting secrets of the Pyramids at Giza and shows evidence of a long range organized master plan of the layout of the pyramids that must have been conceived many years before they were built. The relationship to the stars is uncanny and so accurate that the writer claims he is able to date the exact construction period of the pyramids within 50 years of the date they were actually built.

I was convinced without a doubt that the pyramids were built with measuring tools that have yet to be discovered. This books lays claim to one such tool although the actual physical device has proved elusive and only drawings exist to date.

The book leaves you hanging for a part II, which shows new convincing evidence that yet another hidden chamber, may exist in one of the pyramids that may contain the designs and the signature of the king who built it. As of the writing of this book, the door to this room was discovered but not yet opened. (An investigation was planned for 1994, but no details of this project have been given in this book.)

You will also see that the mathematics behind the pyramids are nothing less that electrifying. The relationship between the angles used and the rising sun and the relationship to other cities that may reference other stars, will keep you glued till the end. It doesn't take a scientist to figure out that the pyramids are a well-planned map of the stars...but you be the judge.

This book not only takes apart the basic history of Egypt you learned in school, it introduces the radical concept that the Eygyptians weren't a). stupid, b). primitive, or c). superstitious twits.

Bauval shows how the pyramids were arranged so precisely because they were creating a heaven on earth--they reflect the patterns of Orion's belt on the ground. This had deep significance to a race of people who believed ''as above, so below.''

The reader who claims that Bauval now refutes his own Orion theory is sadly misinformed. Anyone who is interested can go read Bauval's letter to the BBC at www.grahamhancock.com. Apparently, the ''Horizon'' program, in its zeal to knock both Hancock (not a pseudo-scientist but a talented journalist)badly mis-represented Bauval's theories to the British viewing public.

But read it for yourself. I think the sequel, ''The Message of the Sphinx,''is even better.

Few people can lay claim to having created an industry. TomPeters can.

Tom Peters is widely credited with having created themanagement guru industry. Before him it is said that "management thinkers wrote articles in academic journals, gave the occasional seminar, and worked as consultants for a few large corporations". The biggest blockbusters sold under five hundred thousand books.

'In Search of Excellence', co-authored with Bob Waterman, is Tom Peters first book and sold over 6 million copies. Its success surprised their colleagues at McKinsey, who had laughed at the idea that Peters and Waterman would keep the royalties, "should the book sell 50 000 copies".

Two decades later, 'In Search of Excellence' is still one of the most readable management books. The eight characteristics of excellent companies, a bias for action, close to the customer, autonomy and entrepreneurship, productivity through people, hands-on values driven, stick to the knitting, simple form and lean staff, simultaneous loose-tight properties are all still relevant and still ignored today. It is written clearly, painting vivid pictures with anecdotes and examples from real companies.

Peters went on to become a megastar in the field of management entertaining, able to charge up to $80 000 for a one day show. The management guru industry is estimated to exceed a billion dollars and management books, including several by Peters himself, now regularly find their way into the best seller list. Peters'later writings have sometimes inspired and sometimes puzzled a new generation of managers.

This book is a classic. Great companies struggle to remain on top over an extended period. But the lessons learned endure. END

This is the book that launched the management guru business, as well as the popular management genre. Previous management authors such as Peter Drucker wrote academic oriented tomes for buisness executives. Tom Peters wrote for the masses.

The book starts with an introduction explaining the problems in the economy (this was the early 80s, when fear of Japan Inc was rising) and why this abstract concept of "Excellence" was needed. In many senses, the book's emphasis of "What's Right in the US" is really it's strongest selling point. In the context of a world where America seemed to be losing it's way, the book provides a rallying cry for places that America is doing things right.

The book the passionately covers general management caveats, such as "Stick to your knitting" with examples of companies providing extensive focus on their core competencies. It is important to note that Tom Peters does not claim to be a great management theorist here - his claim is to capture examples of companies who have figured out "how to be excellent". This is consistent with his academic training - an engineering background with a Phd in Organizational Behavior. He's not developing new business models here, only capturing what others already know to be true.

So how does it hold up over time?
Well, if you believe the naysayers, many of the supposedly excellent companies have gone belly up. Peoples Express airline? If you believe the Tom Peters website, his companies have still managed to beat the S&P 500 over the past 20 years.

Bottom line - The book is still valid. Closeness to customers is still as important as ever. Companies are learning they do need to stick to their knitting. This is a very entertaining and influential book. It's worth reading for the insights, as well as the chance that your customer has read it too. :-)

This is an excellent and useful book for anyone wanting to understand how to manage a company or organization well. Built to Last is similar and more rigorously researched.

I have just read Boy's Life, Gone South and Swan Song within the last weeks. McCammon is a very, very good writer and Gone South is a good book. The bounty hunters Flint and Pelvis are the comic touch. They are funny and on a desperate hunt for Dan carrying them deep into the swamps. The only weak point I would point out is the main character, Dan, who I find to be simply too uninteresting and too full of self pity to bring much sympathy, and really if it wasn't for Flint and Pelvis then it would be a bit bland. However Dan does pick up towards the end and the book has a way of putting you in the scene. I like too the way that the bounty hunters are likeable too. It's a fast read, and you keep turning the pages since the book hardly slackens down. It's not as good as Swan Song or Boy's life, but still a bit weaker book from McCammon is like a super book from most other writers.

Gone South has the action of Boy's Life and the depression of Usher's Passing!It was the second book i read by Robert McCammon.(Boy's Life was the first).I think anyone should read this for it's action and excitement!Gone South grabs you by the throat and keeps grabbing.A really good book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I read this book about 4 years ago and I can still remember the details. After reading some books, I have a difficult time remembering who was who or what happened in the end, but not this book. To me,"Gone South" will be remembered. I wish Robert McCammon would continue to write more novels because I miss his creative style.

Lemuel Gulliver is a surgeon/ship¨ˆs captain who embarks on several intriguing adventures. His first endeavor takes him to Lilliput, where all inhabitants are six inches tall, but resemble normal humans in every other respect. His next voyage lands him on Brobdingnag, where a grown man is sixty feet tall, and even the shortest dwarf stands thirty feet tall. On his third trip, he travels to several locations, including a floating island. During Gulliver¨ˆs final voyage, he is abandoned by his mutinous crew on the island of the Houyhnhnms, which are extremely intelligent horses. No evil or concept of lying exists among these creatures. The island is also inhabited by Yahoos, savage, irrational human-like creatures who are kept as pets by the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver wishes to spend the rest of his life on this peaceful island, but he is banished and forced to return to England.
I really enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it to people 14 or older. Since the novel was written in the 1700¡¯s, the words, grammar and usage are a little confusing. The reader also must have prior knowledge of 18th-century politics to get a full image of what Swift is trying to convey. At some points, the author goes into detail about nautical terms and happenings, and that tends to drag. Overall, the book is well-written, slightly humorous, if not a little confusing.

Swift's classic satire of English and European governments, societies, and cultures should be required reading of every college student. (Except for those who appear to be in law school as is the earlier reviewer who referred to Swift as being an "18th century Unabomber." Swift may have been conservative in his beliefs and not cared much for individuals such as Robert Boyle, who is satirized in the book, but he was not violent. Perhaps our "law student/reviewer" is offended by Swift's biting satire of lawyers and politicians in part four.) The version I read was an annotated edition by Isaac Asimov and contained many passages that had been deleted by previous publishers. Asimov's comments enable the reader to more fully appreciate Swift's satire. In part one of the novel, a ship's surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver, is shipwreaked and finds himself on the island of Lilliput, the inhabitants all being only six inches high. This section is great satire of English politics and wars. Royal ponp, feuds amongst the populace, and wars are made to look rediculous. In the second part, Gulliver finds himself in Brobdingnag in which he is only six "inches" tall (relatively speaking). This part forms another satire of European governments. In part three, Gulliver visits the flying island of Laputa where shades of ancient scholars can be called up. This section is a satire on philosophers and scientists. Scientists are portrayed as men so wrapped up intheir speculations as to be totally useless in practical affairs. Absurd experiments are described (for example, extracting sunlight from cucumbers (but, extracting energy from cucumbers and other plants is no longer so absurd Jonathan)). Also described in this third part are the Struldbergs, men and women who are immortal but who turn out to be miserable and pitiable. In part four, Gulliver travels to the Land of the Houyhnhnms, horses with intelligence but who have no passion or emotion. The word "Yahoo" originates in this part. READ IT!

Gulliver's Travels is an excellent book. In it Swift satirizes what he thought were the foibles of his time, in politics, religion, science, and society. In Part One Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked on Lilliput where the inhabitants are only 6 inches tall. The rivalry between Britain and France is there satirized. In Part Two he is marooned on the subcontinent of Brobdingnag where the inhabitants are giants. The insignificance of many of mankind's achievements are there satirized. Next in Part Three Gulliver is taken aboard the floating island of Laputa, where Swift takes the opportunity to satirize medicine and science altogether - incredibly Swift did not make up the crazy experiments he describes; all were sponsored at one time or another by the Royal Society. Finally in Part Four Gulliver is marooned by mutineers on the island of the Houyhnhynms, in which Swift takes his parting shot at human society - presenting them in degraded form as the Yahoos. Most people read no further in the book than Brobdingnag - I urge you to read the rest.