George H. Leonard's work definitely changed my life. Better, it changed my way of considering humour. I still can't remember the innumerable times I've spent the entire evening rolling on the floor with my brother, laughing, both desperately trying for hours to identificate the "T-structures" and "bridges" Mr.Leonard was writing about. And, well, pretending to see them, at last.
A book that can't be missed. But prepare a good amount of towels to wipe your eyes from tears.
Cheers

This book is great, I was in need of inspiration, direction, and education, I got it. And more. I saw photos that clearly show that the moon is indeed a place of mind boggling interpretations. Discover in this work, the mind and spirit of the author as well as his unique and heartfelt dedication to his friend, Dr. Samuel Wittcomb, whom he said, "helped me feel cocksure while I wrote it".

This book is still ahead of its time in analysis of pictures taken of the moon's surface. The more widely publicized digital blurs make no sense and are open to visual speculation. I still have my copy, but I'd like another one to wrap and keep.

Because Mr. Kohl will blow you away!!!! This is a fine book. The research is impeccable. The photos are sublime. Kudos to the author!!! I saw Mr. Kohl give the commencement address at the University of Chicago and the crowd was mesmerized. Most likely, because he hadn't been invited by the school to give it.

Leonard Kohl's first book is a fine effort, a splendid purchase for any fan of the big three horror icons who made serials. It is loaded with interesting facts. Where else could you discover that silent comedy star Harry Langdon almost co-starred with Lugosi in THE WHISPERING SHADOW. The book is chock full of rare photos, and they are a genuine treat. Fans of Charle Chan would be happy to find rare photos of Warner Oland from silent serials. This volume is a recommended purchase. As an author myself, I can see the hard work and dedication that went ito this volume.

Kudos to Kohl, who has done a fine job in presenting an informative, and always fair-handed, look at a fascinating period in movie-making. This is clearly the product of pains-taking research, resulting in a heaping-helping of historical data, elucidating testimonials, with a rich array of pictures to boot. No true fan of "the screamsome threesome"--Karloff, Lugosi, and Chaney--and the too-often overlooked serials gentre, should miss this.

This book is very good for practitioners who need to look up something they have forgotten. It can be useful for beginning students, but as far as understanding concepts is concerned, MacGregor's is the best. For a beginner, Nilson's book sometimes gets too cluttered. MacGregor's book covers almost everything in Nilson's book, but with greater emphasis on conceptual understanding.

The USA is 5% of the world population. That market statistical condition should dictate that the metric system is to dominate and move (drag) the USA into the metric system. Yet, the dinosaur lives on.

i,would like to thank DR. NILSON for his great effort to submit
concrete design in a very simple and professional way.
i like this book and i have last four editions .
i am waiting mor from our great DR NILSON .

The unusual part of this book, for me, was the Selection 73, "Jaspers on his Illness." (pp. 528-535). The surprising ending to the selection is:

The description of my illness must not give a wrong impression. I am not forgetting that all my suffering was truly alleviated. All the complaining and desperate phrases that I have reported here must be understood against the background of the fundamental situation: the certainty of being loved and of love itself. (pp. 534-5).

Jaspers was born in 1883, so the diary entries from 1903 and 1904 were his state of mind at the age of 20, and even later, he must have still been feeling like an invalid for the entry of February 15, 1907, when he was at least 24 and wrote "The future confronts me like a mountain which I cannot climb over." (p. 533). The greatest thing about his condition was, "I could do no military service." (p. 534). Being isolated from that might have actually helped him reach the aforesaid conclusion.