I believe 'Soul' to be one of only a couple of books that give due respect to the Black female form.The images have a refreshing feel about them,well illustrated and are free from that pornographic type of discourse so dominant in the way White culture view women of colour.

Soul,though not cheap,would make a wonderful addition to any photographic collection and a pleasant change from the boring catalogue of existing imagery dipicting White women.

Perhaps Soul may even go somewhere towards changing the perceptions of the dominant culture in the fashion industry,allowing Black practitioners,like myself,an opportunity to secure more employment and utilise more Black people in the creative processes.

Browsing briefly in a bookstore across the street from NYU''s Tisch School of the Arts, I came upon this book; Its cover caught my eye, and when I retrieved it to open and see what lied WITHIN the book that old saying ''Don''t judge a book by its cover!'' came to my mind, because the cover (to me) was amazing... BUT THE BOOK''S CONTENTS WERE PHENOMENAL!! My jaw dropped as I looked at my gorgeous Black sisters (such as Naomi Campbell, Iman, Karen Alexander and Alek Wek)in images like I have NEVER seen them captured in before. Because I collect imagery of the Black male and female nude (from the late Mapplethorpe to today''s Dwight Gossett, Rundu, and Herb Ritts), I was sure to add this book of wonderful Black female art to my collection. I tell my friends all about this book, and plan to give it as a gift to some. If you love images of the Black female, this book IS for you! NO DOUBT! I am just WAITING for the enlarged prints to come out, because ANY of the images in this book would add LOADS of ''flava'' to a home''s interior.

At 120 pages (5" x 7") and approximately 20,000 words, this book is so short that it is really more like an illustrated essay.
However, it is well-written and illustrated with good color photographs on every page. Beginning with the geographical situation and early origins of the Khmer empire, successive chapters take the story through the foundation of Angkor by Jayavarman II (800 AD), the construction of Angkor Wat by Suryavarman II (1113-1150), the iconic "face temples" of Angkor's Buddhist king, Jayavarman VII (1181-1219), and the post-Angkor period (14th-15th centuries). The book concludes with twenty pages of excerpts from other works, including the diary of Zhou Daguan (Chinese envoy to Angkor in 1296-7) and several inscriptions. The emphasis throughout is on cultural developments and the building programs of the kings at Angkor.

Because the size and format of this book may mislead some readers to expect a "guidebook" to Angkor, it is worth emphasizing that this is a history rather than a site guide. However, it does include a map of Angkor that usefully identifies the most important structures and the reigns in which they were built.

Because the book is so very short, the amount of information that could be included is necessarily limited. It seems that the most likely audience for the book includes: (1) those who are unfamiliar with ancient Cambodia and wish a brief introduction, and (2) elementary and secondary education, where the book would be suitable as a learning module on SE Asia.

Wonderful small little book that contains information about the origins of Angkor that once the ancient Khmer former capital from the 9th-15 century A.D. The book contains wonderful photographs from old photo archives and some from art galleries. Those who have help to make this book have gone to extraordinary lengths to get the right details as well has translations from steles and inscriptions praising the great works the ancient powerful god kings of many centuries ago. This is rare because most books on Angkor that I have read don't usually have translations or excerpts of inscriptions whatso ever. Seeing the photos of temples and ruins buried in the jungle for centuries is enough to make me want to understand more about the Khmers and their ancient civilization of centuries ago. What has happened to their art which is still a question of who owns it since there temples are plundered for their wonderful carvings of stone etc... Yet the book is great to have small and easy to read and talks about royal powerful from the founder of Angkor right through to the classical age which was the height of it's power in the 12th century A.D. with the famous construction of Angkor Wat the symbol to the Khmer people of the past and present through to the decline and instability of Angkor during the last few decades before it was abandoned. With wonderful photographs and drawings, maps and artifacts this book is just one of the many great books published about Angkor.

The book is very nice done,with beutiful pictures and illustrations. One thing that I mised was the concentration to Cambodia, very little was mentioned about for example the big sites in Thailand.However it's worth the money just for the nice pictures.

At the start of a new millenium a concert of all concerts in history is about to take place. The scene is at an old archeological dig site and the finding of Lucy the mother of history and music, which is excavated well listening to "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Enter Eric Clapton to this historical event and experiences a journey in music's past. This archeological find transports Clapton into dreams of his proverbial ancestors from a Persian in ancient Eygpt, a Peruvian emperor, a Milan violinist to the black gospel & blues singers along the Mississippi of the Old South and the mastery of Jimi Hendrix. This story is very creative and inventive in the way it uses guitars, music and world history. It's a nice telling of how music and the birth of the guitar expanded through the ages of time. Each timeline interpets the rise of the musical instrument, that has become part of our pop culture and they way we listen to music, and how it's influenced our lives.

It is the dawn of a new millenium. Who should show up at the archeological dig that recovered Lucy - the oldest human female skeleton found? Eric Clapton. What's playing constantly at the site? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. What does Eric dream of? Old guitar masters - Egypt, Peru, Spain, France, Italy, America.

Interesting concept, acceptable writing style, no depth of character. An amusing read, nothing more.

For the historian who identifies with the harmony and melody of the past, or any reader who loves a good story whose rhythm is as pleasing as a well-played combination of chords, this book will entertain and touch the soul. Erik Orsenna and Thierry Arnoult have composed a unique historical drama that looks at the past through the eyes of its guitarists. This read is for anyone who understands the words of one--"The guitar is our most powerful friend....On this earth there are three pairings that count: a man and a woman, a man and his horse, a man and his guitar...."

A survey of common practice in TTS sytems together with major limitations as well as research directions. Generally well written, I would prefer more precise technical details though.

I have found it very much knowledge ful for those who to do something in speech technology. It is very nice step towards research towards speech techology.

This comprehensive and stunning volume introduces the world of wine through some beautiful photography and readable text. Novices and wine experts alike can learn this book to create an informative compendium of the production, character of wines. The illustrations of the vineyard and chateau producing the best wines in the world makes you want to travel there to taste the wine. The Book to be worthy recommened for you and collect it on you own bookshelf.

These days only the big guys get the credit for the technology we use every day. In Bootstrapping, Bardini looks at the life and contributions of Douglas Engelbart to the personal computing revolution. More than the story of technology, Bootstrapping is the story of a personal crusade to make interfacing with computers easier. Bardini focuses too much on the person and not enough on the context of Engelbart's innovations, hence the 4 stars.

My toddler loves to find the cookies and puppy. The underlying story of dad and daughter baking cookies together on dad's day off is sweet. (No pun intended.)

This book presents lots of interesting insights into low power software development. It will be of interest to embedded software engineers wanting to program at a higher level and develop skills related to architectures and compilers. The case study and the data layout optimization techniques are interesting. The language is a little tough to understand. Surely a good book to have for practising embedded software engineers.

This book provides an overview of the molecular mechanisms and evolution of various transposable elements. Specially, it describes the definition, the structure, and classification of various transposable elements; discusses the origin, dynamics, the fate of transposable elements, the interactions between transposable elements and their host species, their impact on the host genomes, their phylogenetic features and their structural evolution; illustrates different hypotheses and models proposed to explain the evolution of these elements both within and between species. This is very good summary book not only for the molecular biologists who study molecular mechanisms of transposable elements and evolution biologists who is interested in the genomic impact of transposable elements affect, but also for those study genetic mutations caused by transposable elements and for those would like to use transposable elements as tools to carry out mutagenesis for characterization of gene functions.

The characters in this book are too much! Collen must be a babe. And the angels remind me of Secret service agents from heaven, were they wearing sunglasses, I forget. I wish more writers could catch me off guard like these guys.