The book The Clock by James Lincoln Collier was an excellent book, although there were some not so great parts with good detail. There was a lot of talking and traveling about the late 1800s to the early 1900s that became boring and uninteresting, however Mr. Collier still did a good job with the details. The book took place in Connecticut on a farm. The main character is a girl who is forced to work in the mill because her father buys a lot of junk that puts her family in debt. Her brother is already working in the wood shop and her friend Rob is working in the mill. The mill headmaster is believed to be stealing wool and harassing the men and women working there. The ending will really surprise you if like historical fiction. The girl's friend, Robert, dies while deicing the water wheel, and the girl gets in a lot of trouble because no one is listening to her and her father wants her to stay in the mill.

the book was great even the end

I first came across this book while serving as a Park Ranger at Acadia National Park in Maine. I had befriended a family of beaver and was curious to learn more about these delightful creatures. I was discouraged by the lack of informative and interesting literature that was available. Luckily, a fellow ranger pointed me towards this book, and I quickly devoured it.

Orginially published in 1913 (and subsequently often hard to find), Enos Mills's comprehensive observations of beaver behavior and lifestyle continues to serve as an authoritative depiction of the "Original Conservationists," as beaver are sometimes called. The famed naturalist and father of Rocky Mountain National Park writes with a tender eloquence that reveals his admiration for this noble animal.

This book is not a collection of scientific facts about beaver, but rather a series poetic essay about the world of the beaver, their contributions to the opening of the western frontier, their better-than-human conservation of natural resources, and their present tenuous foothold in the shrinking wild places of North America. It is extremely informative and provides a thourough investigation of the lifestyle and habits of the beaver and the many myths that surround this curious creature. It is a book you will want to read from cover to cover. Even those who have never had the pleasure of meeting a beaver will enjoy this book.

This is a really a great collection of Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty, slavery,democratic government, social policy in a republic, education, etc. Forget all of the "interpretations" or "revisionist" histories by professional historians, instead pick up this book and read about one of the greatest philosophers of human liberty and democracy. Reading Jefferson in his original words without the personal views of the historical crowd really brings out his true vision for a great republic. A great buy.

The Seventh Power, By James Mills was the first of his i have read. Every page was filled with intense suspense and even fear sometimes. If you like books that mess with your brain, and that keep you up at night thinking about it, this book is for you. And just when you think you have all the puzzles figured out, something happens and you must keep reading. You'll love this book.

I had the pleasure of meeting the author, Ms. Draper, shortly before she was voted Teacher of the Year, and she shared her motivation for writing Ziggy: she wanted something for her African-American son to read that he'd enjoy. Well, he got it in this book. And, my second grade, white, boys and girls LOVE this book. It is a fast-moving mystery about Jamaican Ziggy and his crew of pals, their secret clubhouse, and some bones... The students get a kick out of the "Hey, mons" too! Well worth the 5 bucks. Buy it now!

I read this book many years ago, but it's impact on me was so powerful that I vividly remember it to this day. Yes it is long and the material is now dated, but the overall content is something every American citizen should read. It will open your eyes to what a farce the so called "war" on drugs really is in this country. It's understandable how our government caves into the corruption when you look at the staggering amounts of money and power plays involved. The now dissolved Centac organization (the focus of this book) is about the only U.S. government agency worth the tax dollars. Their approach was to go after the top men, unlike the DEA and police system making small/mid-level busts every now and then to get good news coverage, while they continue taking their kickbacks and ignoring the kingpins and tons of drugs coming in. This book will make you ripping mad and scare the hell out of you at the same time.

I have read this book twice. It is an amazing story of high crime. when i lend it it never comes back. The reason it is out of print is , as the book says, 'the names are not changed to protect the guilty' from the CIA to the whitehouse, politicians make conscessions with the bad guys. WAR on drugs? HA........ When the government puts its interests before the people it reads like this book. When criminals can operate with impunity, it reads like this book. Excellent......scary, and REAL

America was and is built and surviving on CRIME

Wow, this book should be required reading for an educated adult, this could be used as a university text. This book is hard hitting, realistic and well written about the illegal trade and alliances between Narco-trafficers and governments, whether willing or not. This book exposes the facades and uncovers startling and incredible truths about the impact of illegal drugs on America that the mainstream media just glosses over. I wish this book was still in print. There needs to be more investigative reporting like this to resurrect journalism.

My accounting professor was awful and it was this book that saved my grade in the class. It provides very detailed explanations and summaries of each concept it covers throughout the chapter, not just at the end of the section. The accompanying working papers and study guide were also very informative and helpful.

Best book so far for teahing accounting. This is the book for learning accounting.

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and the other writers of _Like a Family_ created a tour-de-force study of cotton mill towns in the American South. It is a very rare book that captures such a clear, complex sense of history; Hall balances a careful sense of detail with a sweeping picture of life in the cotton-mill South by using a combination of oral and written sources. This book is perfect for scholars and non-scholars alike, and richly conjures a full picture of this period in American history.

Like a Family interestingly and accurately portrays life in southern cotton mills and mill towns in the central southeast, primarily North Carolina. The book examines family, work and community life; it is a social, cultural and political history. Working in the mills was harsh, dangerous and monotonous. Most employees left farms and a rural way of life to toil in the mills; for these people living under the constant eye of mill management was humiliating at times. The mills controlled not only the worker's jobs, but their housing, churches, schools, entertainment and shopping through company stores. It is important to note that this book does not leave out women's perspectives, as many mill workers were young women and working mothers.

A great deal of the content of this book was provided by interviews done in the 1980's of people who worked in the mills and lived in mill communities. This oral history is both fascinating and priceless. Most of the mills have closed and the memory and history of them is becoming scarcer to find as most of the mill workers who lived during the era portrayed in this book have died.

While most of the mills have closed, central North Carolina is dotted with the communities that are remains of old mill towns. I am from this region and my mother lives in Bynum, NC, a mill town dating from the mid-19th century. Several of her neighbors were interviewed for and written about in Like a Family. The old company store still serves as a post office and the mill community's church has regular worshipers. Unfortunately the rest of the community from the mill days, including the mill itself (which closed in the early 1980's and has burned down recently), have succumbed to time and aging from the elements.

This book is well written and includes a parts pack with all the hardware to make a working "Stiquito", a simple 6-legged walking robot. And it's not just for robotics folks -- Stiquito is also excellent for students or hobbyists interested in electronics, or even just model building.

The first 65 pages focus on the "how's" of the project - how electricity works, how engineers tackle the design process, and how the robotic "muscle" technology works.

The next 60 pages handle construction of the robot itself. While the construction isn't complex enough to require this much text, the authors have done an excellent job of ensuring that each step is covered in great detail with photos.

The last 40 pages are dedicated to experimentation with Stiquito. One project is a PC-based controller for the Stiquito, complete with diagrams, instructions, and a program for a parallel port interface to your PC. Another project adds the logic so the Stiquito can walk on its own. (Hardware is not included for these add-on projects.)

The heart of the project is a recent dicovery called nitinol - it's a special alloy wire that contracts when heated. This special property allows very simple robots to be built - thus the Stiquito.

I hope Amazon will post the cover photo soon, because a picture speaks a thousand words - meanwhile, check out the cover of the advanced Stiquito book. Imagine an ant-looking creature with a 4" plastic body and 6 wire legs - that's how simple it is. There's not much more to it except the thin nitinol wires that actuate the legs and the power leads that feed them.

One of the appealing things about Stiquito is how much creativity can be added to the project. Before the base project is even complete, you'll be thinking of ways to enhance it. The advanced companion to this book seems more geared toward these interests.

Separate kits are available for making extra Stiquitos (e.g., for educational courses), as well as for some of the enhancements (e.g., the PC controller interface and the autonomous walking). Parts lists and supplier lists are also included for sourcing materials separately.

If you expect the kind of academic style text-book , this one is not the one. Instead you should read another one on the same subject. This however does not meant that this is not a good book. Instead a better one to learn robotic for everyone regardless of their technical background (some enthusiasm, some thinking, patience, preserverance are needed needless to say). What makes this book as an excellent introductory reading, is that it comes with kit. Once you've read about stiquito, you can go ahead and build one for yourself. What kind of stiquito personality you want to build will depend on your creativity and willingness to experiment. If you like this book you should read the other one with advance treatment on the subject.

A good book to learn robotics for everyone especially those with computer and engineering background. Nonetheless others with enthusiasm, and willingness to experiment would find that this book is unique and excellent in its approach . What makes this book as an excellent introductory reading, is that it comes with kit. Once you've read about stiquito, you can go ahead and build one for yourself. What kind of stiquito personality you want to build will depend on your creativity and willingness to experiment. It also teaches you how to write program to control simple robot using easy to get resources. Robotics is fun indeed.

I would never recommend to anyone not to read a book, but I must agree with the reviewer from New York that this novel has a lot to be desired. As a novel, it lacks imagination, and as history, it lacks authenticity. And Mr. Mills isn't quite sure what he wants his book to be, for he adds Editor's Notes to the end of chapters, something you don't see in novels. There was promise here, but it falls terribly short.

Pilate simply is not believable. Here he is a gentle man, loving husband, and not the ruthless and cruel governor Philo tells us he was. He knows more about Judaism that most Jews, and at one point in Chapter 8 he even begins to interpret Jewish Law!

I would suggest that the best audience for this book would be anyone under the age of 12 in Bible School. It is short, only 224 pages and small (the size of two cigarette packs side by side, but not as thick). It is easy to read (two nights at most)and may add some knowledge of Judaism to a Christian Bible study. But taken as a whole, it was very disappointing.

Although it is a work of fiction, "Memoirs of Pontius Pilate" comes close to deserving a place in the history section. Much of this well-researched book is devoted to Pilate's own biography of Jesus; nevertheless, there is enough supplementary material here to leave the reader a bit more knowledgeable on the history of Roman Palestine.

Mills' Pilate begins with an introductory discussion about the Jewish people (written from a perspective that feels authentically Roman). The rest of the book traces the life of Jesus from the Nativity to the Crucifixion, after which the exiled former procurator adds his own views on the events that he had just described. Throughout the work Pilate remains sufficiently sceptical of the miracles and odd "coincidences" that his spies report to him, but the reader soon realises that this Roman is at least open to the possibility that the "strange carpenter" may actually be who he says he is.

A word of caution, though: readers who insist on seeing a cruel, heartless tyrant of a governor in this book will be sorely disappointed. Though the historical Pontius Pilatus may have been a man who truly deserves the wicked reputation he is cursed with today, would he have written about himself that way? In all certainty he would have described actions we now see as barbaric within the context of his own culture and upbringing; that is, he would have said that he was simply "doing his job" when he mowed down the Samartians on Mount Gerizim and threatened to hack a crown of Jews to death in Caesarea. Out of his love for Rome, his loyalty to Caesar and perhaps even his own strange form of concern for the well-being of the Jewish people, he did what he felt he had to do.

I am no relativist. From the very little that we know about Pilate, there is no doubt that he was -- to put it bluntly -- a very bad man. But it would be ridiculous to assume that he would have seen himself as anything other than a devoted public servant who tried to do his duty well.

I found this book to be very enjoyable. It told a very well known story from a diffenent prospective. It was easy reading and followed events in a chronological order which made the story flow much better than reading disjointed gospels. It made me see those historic events in a differnt light.