This is an excellent review book. Overall, it can help you find areas that you may need to review. There are also good explanations of the answers along with page numbers for the Brady's Emergency Care, versions 7&8. I recommend this book for anyone preparing for the EMT-Basic exam.

This is an excellent review to help you realize where you stand in regards to the NREMT. (And how much you need to cram)

I bought a few EMT reviews and this by far was my favorite. I highly recommend it.

This book is an excellent review guide for the EMT-Basic. Mr. Cherry explains each and every question, and explains rationale. I recommend this book to any EMT taking the course or preparing for a state exam.

This book is a thoughtful and highly readable text about two thoughtful and deliberative members of the U.S. Senate. It would be very useful for any government class interested in learning how the system really works and interested in learning how two honorable men conduct their work.

This book is an excellent comparison of two very important men in American politics, a definite buy.

Mr. Lamb's elegant expose of the sordid social and political lives of two U.S. senators deserves high praise. Who would've known that two of our country's most distinguished luminaries are afflicted by a neurotic obsession with cheese? Who would've suspected that two of the hottest stars on the contemporary political scene exhaust valuable office time smearing each other with various dips and sauces. Between you and me, they're partial to Hollandaise sauce, but that's all I'll say. I don't want to let any more cats out of the bag. There is, though, a final kitten that I will set free. Buy this book. Next to my collection of Charo biographies, it's about the neatest batch of words I could hope to come across. Ciao. Foofy McDougall

This is the book to buy if you want to build and run the Cellular Automata pioneered by Stephen Wolfram (inventor of "Mathematica" the absolute best math software and more). Like most of us who have been waiting for more than a decade for Wolfram to finish his opus magnum "A New Kind of Science" (available for pre-ordering here on Amazon.com), one can get a little tired of waiting and want to run some of the sterling images sneak pre-viewed on his WEB site to gain some of the same insights he has been gathering since first discovering this phenomenon in the early '80's. I first bought Gaylord's later book; "Modeling Nature",(also available here on Amazon.com)thinking that would be the definitive guide to actually programming and running the simulations on "Mathematica." It's a great book and has many good examples of other kinds of modeling software but not the kind we are interested in, his "ElementaryRules" for these [very] particular 1-Dimensional Cellular Automata. Buy it, program them, run them, view them, and forever have the way you view the world change!

How does the algorithmic approach work diffently from the equational approach? Gaylord/Wellin's neat book demostrates that. In cases of the presence of technical difficulties and the absence of the representability in terms of equations, the algorithmic approach is gainning more and more significance and enjoys a promising future. The book covers both the probabilistic systems and cellular automata. Wide-reaching 14 physical and biological systems are presented to suit various readers' tastes. [It would be a plus if in 2nd edition, the economic systems are EXPLICITLY included, although the authors did put some, say, the random walk model, in the book.] Each chapter is short [thus, time-saving for self-study], nonsense-free,systematic, and self-contained. It starts from step-by-step code fragments, to the integration of parts into a elegant program. Then, it was wrapped up with the numerical analysis and visualization both to give a feel of the performance of the model and to blow in a strand of breeze in our sometimes dry computer programming work. [Hopefully in next edition the sample solutions to the end-of-chapter computer projects will be added.] Appendix A and B on MATHEMATICA programming and random number generators concentrate on a few essential points [rather than on everything] and the authors delivered them effectively. In a nutshell, if you're interested in simulation and if you'd like to use MATHEMATICA, I recommend this superb book by Gaylord/Wellin.

This book clearly and succinctly discusses what went wrong with the US Army leading to the debacles of Viet Nam. It is good reading for those interested in the military, but the lessons are just as true for industry. I highly recommend this book.

I first read this book as a student in ROTC in the mid-1980's. The author shows how thousands of years of military philosophy and practice were thrown away by the Pentagon in exchange for modern corporate practices. Soldiers must be lead; not "managed" to their deaths. Manamara and crew subverted lessons learned by commanders in battle through the ages, and substituted corporate methods which were the detriment of the US military; especially in Vietnam. An army can fight anywhere, anytime, so long as it is properly trained and led by skilled military leaders who innovate on the lessons of the past. Corporate practices should be left to those in Admin and Supply. The author cites examples of the military successes that were due to adherence to historical military truisms. This book will describe the REAL cause for our failure in Vietnam- to the surprise of most University intellectuals. This book causes an epiphany of ones sense of military history.

Well written and with occasional engaging flashes of humor, Five Miles High gives a well-drawn picture of the large Himalayan expeditions of the past. At the same time as expedition members are having their food cooked for them and having their gear carried by numerous "coolies", they are walking a much greater distance, and in some ways subsisting in harsher conditions, than climbers do today. The contrasts with the present day are perhaps the most interesting thing about this book. "Boy's First Adventure Book"-ish illustrations at the chapter headings add a charming retro touch.

Five Miles high is an extremely interesting and very readable firsthand account of the 1938 American Expedition to climb K2, the second highest peak in the world. The book is a reissue of the original book describing the expedition and is authored by two team leaders with additional contributions by the other four team members. Of particular interest is their description of their trek through the Karakoram just to reach the mountain in the days when the primary hauling of supplies was done by ponies and porters. The contrast between the preparations and efforts involved in this expediton and the efforts described in all of the current Mt. Everest books is amazing. All in all, you'll find this a very enjoyable book to read. The same authors also wrote a second book describing their 1953 expedition - K2, The Savage Mountain. This one also has been recently reissued.

This book is really easy to understand. Its language is so simple. Anyone can read and understand it so well, even if your first language is not English. It gives nice examples with details to explain the solutions of the problems. It's about 19 chapters and they are: 0. Algebra Refresher. 1. Equations. 2. Applications of Equations and Inequalities. 3. Functions and Graphs. 4. Line, Parbolas, and Systems. 5. Exponential and Logarthimic Functions. 6. Matrix Algebra. 7. Linear Programming. 8. Mathematics of Finance. 9. Introduction of Probability and Statistics. 10. Additional Topics in Probablity. 11. Limits and Continuity. 12. Differentiation. 13. Additional Differentiation Topics 14. Curve Sketching. 15. Applications of Differentiation 16. Integration. 17. Methods of Applications of Integration. 18. Continuous Random Variables. 19. Multivariable Calculus. I recommend this book for students or readers for business because it teaches the basics of the topics (above)

The authors of this book seems to be a mathematician if you take a good look at all his other books. Great for intermediate mathematicians!

This is a good book of inspirations and instructions for mosaic vases, tables, mirrors, and pots. There are lots of illustrations and patterns. However,the title is misleading; there are only a few sources listed, none of which have web site info, toll-free numbers, or a description of what they supply.

Any one with an eye for detail & a creative bone in their body will love this. Much more contempory & fun than the more 'crafty' selection of mosaic making books on the market. Whilst retaining the traditonal format of 'introduction - gallery - techniques - projects - useful addresses, etc' the projects are far from traditional in style if not in technique. This will probably appeal to the more style conscious person because the ideas in the book are more fitting in a modern setting but the principles in making decorative mosaic objects for the home are obviously traditional & well presented. The book has a 'clean' feel to it but I hope that anyone buying it will not stay clean for long as they cover themselves in glue, grout & bits of glass & ceramic (not literally, of course!) This will appeal to anyone who wants to try out a new & rewarding craft but is afraid of that word -"CRAFT" aghhh! This is so stylish you'll be staying in on Saturday night to make a mirror ! I might buy another copy to keep one clean ! Mosaic doesn't have to be folky, religious or in the swimming pool... It is THE up & coming decorative art & these boys have made it their own. Why not have a go ?

Face to face with the Bomb is a slightly misleading title. A coffee - table treatment of the subject of nuclear weapons, this 121 page book represents the culmination of a many-year journey of the author, Paul Shambroom as he visually recorded his observances of the cult of the nuclear weapon system.

Mr. Shambroom, through his writing in the oversized tome, is apparently anti - nuclear weapons. But, through his encounters with the various military complexes ( the Department of Energy steadfastly refused his repeated requests to visit), he appears to have learned the truth; that the people that protect the United States from aggression aren't evil, that the shiniest sword in our scabbard, the nuclear weapon, isn't inherently evil, and that the price of freedom is a costly one.

Unfortunately, the title is a bit misleading. From the cover photo, and the title, I was hoping for a book of bomb photos. In the post 9-11 world, such imagery is fast disappearing. While there are a few photographs of actual nuclear weapontry, the majority of the book is filled with the supporting cast and crew; pictures of submarines, of aircraft, of command and control centers.

All of the photography is compelling. Unfortunately, it is shot through the eye of the unknowing. In several frames, through innocence or intent, things that I would liked to have seen, because they've never been publicly exhibited, trail off of the edge of the photo. His attention to detail and composition is excellent, but I would've preferred that his interest focus on the end item, the bomb, and not on the delivery systems.

In sum, if you are looking for weapons photos, I recommend the purchase of a used copy of this book. If you are curious about a basic slice of the secret life of nuclear weapons, go get a copy of this now. For the hard - core nukeheads, I vote we find the author, and see if he will exhibit the remainder of the negatives!

Paul Shambroom has significantly fleshed out the visual catalogue of what, as American taxpayers, we can claim rights to as part of our national assets. Like it or not, we've got a lot of dollars tied up in the material world pictured in the ten-plus years recorded in this book. Through assiduous research, a clear-eyed view of the elements constituting nuclear culture, and a wry and occasionally awe-struck eye, Shambroom offers us a remarkable, demystifying chronicle of the growth and evolution of what now forms the foundation of our homeland's security. The images are full of humanity, too, from the personnel tenderly handling this high tech, inconceivably destructive weaponry, to the off-screen, distant launch decision makers and the similarly distant targets. For the sake of ourselves and our progeny, perhaps triangulation of the human components can help us realize the futility of ever putting these systems into play. These pictures, which certainly could not be made under current restrictions, are a kind of collective American self-portrait, the not-often-seen face of our foreign policy toward the rest of the world that would side against us.

This is a thoroughly amazing book of photographs, made possible only because of the brief moments of comparative access atomic photographers (and yes, they have a guild) had between the end of the cold war and 9/11. I've also labored in this vineyard; no one surpasses Shambroom. The book illustrates the Robert Jay Lifton remark he cites at its conclusion: "We must look into the abyss to see beyond it." That pisgah view is what Paul Shambroom gives us. Although he says he intended to neither "criticize" nor "glorify" the weapons, his book does both and neither. Many of the images of our Triadic nuclear forces (and Command and Control structures) horrify with their surreal details; but his fine art photography also beguiles us with some true glimpses of the nuclear sublime. (Plate 35's North Dakota missile silo has the same elegance as a Hudson River School landscape, for example.)
This coffee table volume from hell gets under your skin; these images have entered my dreams.... Even if you aren't interested in this subject, this book is worth a look -- and an excellent introduction to the secret world our tax dollars fund. (Every American should be issued a copy at birth.) This is what lies under the rock of the national security state. We pay for it; thanks to Paul Shambroom, you can see what you're buying into.
Many of the images will surprise you with their power. I won't give any of this away; check this one out for yourself. You won't be sorry you did.

When this story came out, it was many times better than the awful Legion stories that faithful fans had to endure in previous years. To watch Giffen's artwork get better with each issue was a treat. Levitz and Giffen understood Legion lore and knew how to entertain the old fans.

The problem: Darkseid. Prior to this story, Darkseid had made NO previous appearance in Legion stories. Because of this, when his identity is revealed, I was left confused. Not having any prior knowlegde of this character, I wondered who the heck he was and how he fit in the continuity. Its as if Lex Luthor showed up in a Sgt. Rock comic.

A great story with a lot of attention to detail, especially with regard to Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga and the Legion's 30th Century world in general. Also included is a copy of the Giffen/Mahlstadt poster which includes almost every character that appeared in Legion stories up to that point. Fun to figure out who the villains are and this story is amazingly consistant and strong regarding the Legion's multiple personalities.

All through the years, the Legion of Superheroes has been the greatest and most popular superhero group in the comics industry. For any die-hard fan, the highest point in the LSH history has been those wonderful issues written by Paul Levitz, drawn by Keith Giffen and inked by Larry Mahlstedt. A combination between science fiction and magic, this saga tells the story of Darkseid's attempt to take over the 30th. Century universe and the struggle form every legionnaire and hero known to stop him. A strong script from Levitz and the unforgettable art form Giffen/Mahlstedt make this story the most praised adventure from the heroes of the future. So, if you ever see this book, buy it. It's very difficult to find, and maybe a little expensive but it's worth its price.

If you can subtract out the venom dripping from nearly every sentence, you'll get an insight into a few of the forces that shaped the Nazi tide. If Stern hadn't been so ridiculously hateful towards these long-dead "proto-Nazis" it would have been an excellent read.

But any serious student of the NS time will have to balance this and many other works describing many other lead-up/ins to the '30s. The Nazis and their influences are a study in quantum schizophrenia, with ol' Uncle Adolf (sorta) riding herd. And of course the only thing weirder than the Nazis and all their braided streams of influence is the tangled, overgrown paths back to them through the historical literature.

Stern's book is an excellent study of German anti-semitism and Pan Germanism that ultimately concluded in Hitler and the Nazis. While it's impossible to prove that Hitler read the three authors that Stern studies in this book it's quite likely that Hitler either did read them or someone close to him read them and detailed their contents to him. Many of Hitler's ideas are either directly in the writings of the three men studied in this book or are extensions of their writings. A vastly important book that will lead a reader to the conclusion that Hitler wasn't just an "accident" of German history, he was its ultimate frightening conclusion.

Yes I may be a history student, but this book would truly appeal to anyone, especially if you are the least bit bewildered about German history or are seeking to understand it a bit more. Stern does an excellent job examining three 'average' people in Germany spanning 1871-1933 (roughly). 'Cultural despair' is an interesting concept and Stern does an excellent job showing how this was such an issue in modernising Germany and how much it meant to them. In no ways does it fully explain Nazism, but it illustrates how powerful one's 'culture' can be to a person or group of people. Howeverm it isn't just limited to Germans in any sense--it's something we should all understand and Stern's work truly anables the reader to do so.