In the begginning i was impressed by the title but disappointed by the quality of its material besides the font is very bad and hard to read , very small sketches hard to see , and the ideas exploration is not accomplished ,so never start with this book for this subject ....

I picked this book up for some fun reading two years ago, and wow! Did I get more than I expected! As an educated individual I knew a lot about the new directions in contemprary music, and I often dreamed of uniting my love for physics and architecture with my musical talents. This book is a fascinating and well designed introduction to the kind of developments in contemporary architectural/musical circles. These projects discussed in PA-16 are some of the first of their kind, and something I am excited to follow up on in my own lifetime. And it's dedicated to John Cage! I reccommend this book to anyone who is at all curious about architecture or contemporary music. It is always refreshing to learn about people who are pushing the boundaries of our imaginations, whatever the topic.

"New music will be answered by the new architecture- work we have not yet seen --only heard." (John Cage).

Read simultaneously Marc Trieb's 'Space Calculated in Seconds' with Liz Martin's PA16. Both books are elegantly written and designed for those willing to delve-in and consider the possibilities.

There is no end to the mediocrity in this book. The stories are half-baked, the plots badly executed. A couple stories are okay, except that they ought to have been longer. Perhaps they were forced into short stories rather than taking on their natural form. Do not waste your money on this. If you are a fan of one of the authors in this book, go read something better written by them somewhere else.

Courage comes in many forms, and the women in these wonderful short stories display every possible manifestation. This is a brilliant collection of warrior-woman/fantasy tales. Do yourself a favor women, read this book and not only be entertained, but be inspired.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this anthology. Best bet is for all Xena and Buffy fans out there(and the wonderful Annie Scarborough is one too!) to buy it.. read it..GIRL POWER!! yeah!

My five year old daughter enjoyed this book even though she found the story line hard to understand at times ...."After Paris, the two glittered at foreign film festivals." If the story had been written in a more simple, child-friendly way I'm sure it would have been more enjoyable to read.

Elizabeth Spurr and Martin Matje's A Pig Named Perrier tells of a purebred potbellied pig who lives with a movie star. Perrier is the toast of the town but feels something is still missing in his life. His search for inner meaning provides gentle food for thought.

This is undoubtably the worst text I have ever seen used at the freshman chem level. It is poorly organized, does not give the student a good grounding in the basics before moving on to more detailed areas and printed with ink and glossy paper that makes reading very difficult. The margins are cluttered with distracting diagrams, flow charts and pictures that have little relavance to what is being discussed in the text. As to organization, it is absurd to introduce thermodynamics in chapter 6, discussing only enthalpy,leaving out entropy and Gibbs free energy, placing them piecmeal in later chapters. This fragmented approach only confuses the student when they can't see the interrelationship between entropy, enthalpy and free energy. The same applies in discussing molarity at the end of chapter 3 instead of leaving it with acid-base and solution chemistry. The fragmented approach is very distracting for both student and instructor. This is my first and hopefully last semester to use this text. For a good text use McMurry-Fay or Davis, Whitten and Galey. Don't use this text if at all possible. I gave it one star because that was the lowest available.

This is a very useful chemistry textbooks for a science student who studies independently. I like this book for several reasons: (1) It is comprehensive, (2) It contains detailed explanatins of WHY and HOW things happen,(3) The book includes numerous worked-out problems, and (4) The book is written in a very readable manner, containing straight-foward language and excellent graphic explanations. I am studying biochemistry now, and I go back to this text very often for the explanation of certain topics, eg. buffer problems. The coverage of organic chemistry is very basic in Silberberg's book. For in-depth coverage refer to Organic Chemistry: Structure and reactivity by Seyhan Ege (ISBN 0395902231), a very good book that emphasizes understanding, not memorization. A note: solutions to all problems in Ege's book are in the study guide.

While I would hesitate to recommend this to someone who had never taken high school chemistry, as a second year high school book and a science majors' level college text, this book is fantastic. Comparing it to an old version of Brady & Humiston, and Zumdahl's Introductory Chemistry, Silberberg wins hands down. Fantastic layout and detailed explanations of most topics. Not good for the most basic topics (don't even think about learning oxidation-reduction reaction balancing from this text).

Vampire Slayers is one of two things, depending on the reader: an absolute, must-have for the fan of vampires and particularly vampire-hunters; or, for the less-than-pleased with Van Helsing, a curious and eclectic selection of occult stories. Those who don't like horror at all will probably be bored (many of the stories involve similar settings: vampires take over the world), but fans will be entertained, as the stories stretch over many writers and styles.

Since I'll never buy a "Let's Go" book again. When flying over to china, I was reading up on Shanghai, and found the introductory statement to a description of the city, taking a cheap pot shot at an american political party. A forgeign travel guide is no place for domestic political commentary. Not only will I never buy another book in this series again, but I'll also tell everyone I know not to.

I used this book during my recent trip to China, and although I feel that it is a solid resource and makes for enjoyable reading, it is not, in my opinion, the best book to actually bring on the trip itself.

I purchased this book for my trip because I have always relied on the "Let's Go" series as the guidebook of choice for my trips to Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia. "Let's Go" has never let me down, providing information in a concise, easy to read format that does not overwhelm the reader with "too much information" - sort of a "less is more" philosophy. The information contained in the China guidebook was no exception: current (one of the strong suits of the "Let's Go" line of guidebooks, which are updated annually), easy to read, easy to use, and with good, clear maps to follow.

But in China, I learned that "more is more". Because folks, you are not in Kansas (or Europe) anymore! Very often, I felt that I could have used more information on the cities, the sites, and the culture, and I found myself wishing more than once that I'd brought my "other" China guidebook with me.

I recommend buying this guidebook to read in your trip preparation - the information contained in it is sound, there is no doubt about that. But if I had to do it again, I'd have taken my Lonely Planet guide with me in my backpack!

I thought the book would be more helpful with training. It looked like it would be funny, it's a good idea- but I didn't realize it was only 180 pages for 25 dollars when I ordered it. I can't tell when it is making a joke or being serious, and it seems to go more into the types of people that have parrots then how to work with the birds. It explains behavior problems, but not really how to fix them. It's somewhat amusing, but I've only read half of it and haven't really gotten much from it.

I was very dissapointed in this book. It's a cute idea and I really wanted to like this book, but if you are looking for guidance and information on living with a parrot this is not the book to get. At times it was amusing, but not worth reading for the little insight I got. Will sell mine for 1/2 price if anyone wants it!

My Human, My Slave is the type of book that could cheer up a dead person. Anyone who has ever had a pet, will recognize both themselves and their pets in the birds and people inhabiting the pages of this book.

It makes us take a good look at ourselves from a bird's point of view, with extremely funny results.

I think it is a "must-read" for parrot owners and their friends.

This flimsy 60 page "booklet" is not worth buying. It covers very little related to the title, and I expected more than 60 pages....