For a clearly written, concise, reliable summary of Western military history with an operational-level focus, this is the book to buy. I use it to teach military history, and my students (cadets) rate it highly.

This is a terrific book. My dad bought it for me after I finished my first year in college. It is filled with wonderful essays geared toward the general public on a wide range of interesting topics

We have been using this software for past three years. It is one of the best software we used so far. It is very simple and easy to use. It is extremely useful for designing experiments for screening the variables (both process and product variable) and for optimization. It covers several experimental designs. It gives polynomial equations and main effects that relate variables and factors. In general it is a very good software for research and applications

Siegel jump starts your journey down the path to radio sales enlightenment ... Grasshopper, heed the words of the Grand VibeMaster and you will have a very successful career. Lots of visuals that illustrate the Rules of the Game ... a must read for the new hire and a great refresher for someone stuck in the slow sales lane.

"Wireless Nation, the story of the cellular revolution in America" is well written, containing 24 chapters and 338 pages. The writing mechanics are good, but the style is bland. Murray narrates the lucrative development of the mobile phone and how it evolved into the ubiquitous cellphones people use today. For this reason, the general storyline is lackluster and generally uninteresting unless you are involved in communications research or just passing time in the coffee lounge. Murray relies totally on his essaical format, lacking both bibliographic references and cited sources. I find such writing hard to accept at face value. "Wireless Nation" can even instill a sense of regret that we were somehow left out of the millions of dollars that cellphone CEOs garnered in the 1980s. You may then ask yourself why you missed the boat, having missed your slice of profitable pie, with something as wide open as unissued FCC licenses which gave you your own territory to issue pagers and wireless telephones. It's all strictly after-the-fact; you can't really do anything with the information that will benefit your life. Therefore, this text makes a satisfactory reference book of a sort, but without references of its own it reads more like a novel. It lacks a hook to keep you reading, and because of that I don't see "Wireless Nation" becoming a bestseller.

Murray has written an immensely entertaining view of the development
of cellular telephone, the wrangling over FCC spectrum, the con artists
and hucksters, the visionary businessmen, the unprecedented methods
of haggling used to settle license ownership. My own background gives
me familiarity with the Internet revolution; it was quite interesting
to compare and contrast the cellular revolution with it. Those who
studied the cellular revolution were probably better able to understand

what was going to happen with the Internet than those who didn't.

OK, so I gave away the "big surprise", but it's true. This book does an amazing job of detailing the early days of the FCC "dispensation" of the cellular phone spectrum, the companies and individuals involved, and how everything played out.

Sure, it's like watching sausages being made. The good guys who played by the rules often got chumped. The guys who bent the rules got away with a lot of things that they shouldn't have. The real sleazeballs sometimes went to jail, but sometimes just made a lot of people angry and still got to keep a lot of money. In short, it's just like America: Under the table wheeling and dealing with lawyers smoking cigars.

If you care at all about how so many people made so much money at cellular than this book is for you. I loved it. If you are expecting a nice antiseptic chronology of cellular from beginning to today you'll have to read about the personal foibles of McCaw, Yampol, and others to get it, but it's there.

I bought this book as an aid to EM theory and Quantum Mechanics. I found little really useful stuff. The series expansion didn't have (1+u)^-3/2 for example, or the curl operator in cylindrical and spherical coordinates. The integral table is limited. The authors should look at books like Dwight, for example, and make sure their coverage is more complete. I am disapointed in it. For the money, it should be much better.

A fantastic summation of neccesary mathematics for any engineer or physicist...the only reason for 4 stars is that it's integral table is a little short.

As an undergraduate physics major, it is necessary to have some sort of mathematical handbook containing tables of integrals, trig identities, differentiation rules, vector identities, etc. As such, I cannot give this book higher praise! While does not contain as many features as the CRC Handbook of Tables and Formulae, or many of the other big famous hardcovers, it makes up for this in many ways. It is compact, lightweight and fits in most bookbags. It contains the tables and rules which will be most used in undergraduate homework problems. Most importantly, it is affordable on a student budget! I carry this with me to study groups and tutoring sessions.

Mr. Murray does an excellent job of proving that "mental equipment" is helpful and beneficial to your game. I truly believe that you can't operate to your fullest physically without aid from the mental side of the game. The only thing that I was less than satisfied with is that he dedicates majority of his book to illustrate how mental equipment is important, but offers little assistance in improving your mental equipment. He uses excellent examples and truly illustrates his point clearly and directly. As for tips on how to improve your mental equipment, he has only offered about 1-2 pages worth of advice. For example, he spends 32 out of 34 pages of the chapter on attentional control, explaining the different types of attentional control, the problems with attention (such as:excessive stress, choking, etc.), and also explains how having selective attention and concentration is highly useful. He goes on to tell you the optimal effects of stress on attention. The only problem with all this is that after illustrating all the problems, and explaining where you need to be in terms of attention control, he offeres little advice to explain how to achieve the optimal attention control. In fact, only 2 pages out of 34 were actual advice on how to improve attention control and find that state of effortless effort commonly called the "zone" by tennis players. But, one must give Mr. Murray credit for writing a book on the mental game as very few books are written on this subject effectively. Afterall, isn't the human mind very complex? My suggestion is to buy the book if you want to learn about his philosophy on the mental game of tennis, but if you want advice on how to improve the mental game, then you might be slightly disappointed unless your satisfied with the 2 pages of every chapter dedicated to specific tips for improving.

Whether you be a beginner, a recreational player, of any age, or a professional tennis player this is a book people at all levels of ability will want to read. It is a great book for anyone who likes to play tennis. Dr. Murray writes very well and his insights on the mental aspects of the game, which are so important, will help all of us play better tennis.

Dear John,

Your book Smart Tennis is very smart. Congratulations ! It was a pleasure for me to read it, to learn many new tips about mental tennis and to understand more about psychology.

I would like to give you my personal comments :

1. I am a tennis player and a management consultant. And I found many similarities between those two worlds : what is good for the tennis player is also appropriate for the management consultant. And it guides me in both sectors. 2. I appreciate the structure of the book and its positive philosophy. It's easy to read and to remember. Your book is my new « livre de chevet ». 3. I completed the test (TMBC) in Chapter 1. My first surprise is that my strength is Imagery and, for me, the most impressive chapter is Imagery. You have focused on new dimensions and it is very practical for me. 4. Your book seems to be complete from the beginner to the professional. But, you know, life curve for any professional is like an Inverted U : growth, top, and decline. What about the time when a professional realizes that he is at the beginning of his decline or really declining ? It's an important question and a painful period for a professional during which he needs psychological support. A question that can be answered, maybe, in your monthly column Mental Equipment ! Or in Smart Tennis II ! 5. I would have a suggestion : your Tennis Mind-Body Checklist (TMBC) could be answered on your Web Site (Dr. John's Smart Tennis Site) with the results and their interpretations. By doing so, it would be both a marketing tool for your book and an easy interactive tool for the tennis player or any other professional ! 6. Your book is so interesting that my wife, Suzanne, who has a degree in translation, thinks it would be a good idea to translate it in French. The market is so big !

I want to thank you for your smart book and for having taken time to read me. I would appreciate your comments.

A fan of your Mental Equipment column and a believer in your philosophy,

Jean-Paul Laberge, M.B.A. Québec, Canada jplaberge@sympatico.ca

Every Christian needs to read and understand this book! This is not JUST for the theologian or the student of reformed theology - it is a superbly written Biblical exposition of the tremendous and unfathomable work of the Lord Jesus Christ in redeeming His people. This is orthodox doctrine at its best.

Murray is clear, deep, and precise. However, this is not just another systematic theology. You will be spiritually and emotionally challenged as you read, because the author obviously knows the Lord of whom he writes, and the import of His sufficient work. It is wonderfully organized and well written. Some might say that the language is a bit scholastic - I say it is how I wish I could write and others should. While deeply intellectual, it cuts to the heart and soul. NO contemporary author does this as well.

It is a REAL shame that people are out buying up the latest Christian 'self help' "book", and not buying up every copy of this riveting work on God's beautiful and sufficient work to redeem sinners.

IF you THINK you understand the Gospel, the Atonement, etc. and have not read this book, you do yourself a disservice.

Murray's treatment of definite atonement, and perseverence are superb. The whole book is a wonderful display of Biblical exegesis. READ THIS OVER AND OVER!

Professor Murray's study of soteriology is the best of its kind. He masterfully unfolds the various aspects of the atonement with careful exegesis of Scripture. He Biblically defends the doctrine of particular redemption and explains with clarity such difficult concepts as propitiation, reconciliation, and redemption. Part two deals with the application of redemption. Again, the arguments are developed exegetically with precision and clarity. The chapters on justification and perseverance are particularly insightful, and I think his understanding of the ordo salutis is both logical and Biblical. This is one of the ten most impactful, thought-shaping books that I have read. I heartilly commend it to all pastors, theologians, and students of the Word.

John Murray's work deals with The Atonement in all of its simplicity and manifold accomplishments. He rightly begins his exposition with God; the offense to His Holiness caused by the fall of man.

The book is divided into two parts; Redemption Accomplished, which deals with the necessity, nature, perfection, and the extent of the Atonement, followed by Redemption Applied. The chapter on Justification is the capstone of the book.

This book is not an easy read, nor is it a cursory treatment of biblical soteriology. The thoughtful reader will benefit from the richness of John Murray's prose, as well as the masterful way he rightly divides the word, using both Old and New Testaments.

This is a great book for students...because it's not heavy! Seriously, the chapters are short and concise,heavenly stuff when you're cramming the night before exams.The writing is clear and focused...it doesn't meander off into extreme details. The illustrations are self explanatory...and the pictures are graphic and gross...like they should be in a infectious disease textbook. Too bad there aren't more of them!

This book covers every medical microbiology topic that is needed for class exams or the USLME. The book is intensely filled with very elaborated information that any medical student needs to pass his or her exams. My study group and I also used the following for class exams and the USLME and found it extremely helpful. I also purchased this book on amazon which is the following:
Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi (ISBN: 0971999635)
The questions in this study guide were on target with my class exams and was an excellent reference for the USLME. Buy both books. Most definitely!!

The first thing to understand about this book is that it is a textbook and a difficult one. The difficulty for the beginning student or general reader is not a fault of the authors. Rather it is because medical microbiology itself is a daunting subject full of organisms that can only be seen fuzzily with an electron microscope, if at all, organisms involved in processes and behaviors that are foreign to our everyday experience. Add the fact that most of the material covered here is not part of a non-specialist curriculum either in high school or college, and effectively speaking the untrained reader is starting from scratch.

Well, why do that? First of all, because the material itself--how viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other infectious organisms enter the body, replicate, and cause disease--is fascinating and of immediate relevance to our lives. Second because (to my knowledge) there is little or nothing else available to the general reader that goes beyond a sketchy introduction to the subject. One is forced to read a text book. Fortunately this is a good one and it is thorough.

The text covers the range of infectious disease from viruses to tapeworms. The amount of technical information presented is daunting, and the sheer expanse of terminology a challenge (why is there no glossary?). The text is lavishly illustrated with photos and electron micrographs of the pathogens, as well as numerous schematic drawings showing how microorganisms cause disease, how they replicate, their chemical structure, their morphology, etc.

The instructional schematic drawings I found less valuable than the electron micrographs, but I suspect for the student of microbiology it might be the other way around.

What you'll get out of this handsome book depends on how much time and energy you are able to devote to it. I started reading this in the hope that I would, perhaps by osmosis, pick up some feel for life at the micron level, and I did. Obviously if I had been able to study the text with the help of an instructor, I would have learned a lot more.

The entire book is very short and can easily be read by anyone in just a couple of days. By the end I was thinking to myself "that's it?". In all those pages, this is all they can come up with, after all the years of experience? The book could have been a little more deep and went a little further. To be really honest, I could pretty much describe to you what the entire book tells us in just a few sentences. I guess I don't know what I was expecting. All of this to me is common sense information most everyone already knows. Like, if you want to swim, you've got to just jump in the water. I wouldn't expect anyone to agree with me, but this is just one person's opinion. I'm sure it might be very useful for some people.

This is a very good & new contribution to the American self-help tradition of 'conquering shyness' ... But there are other approaches that might be considered by shy people -- approaches which actually dare to question the anti-shy ideology of American popular culture. Three I see on Amazon currently are: "My Shyness, My Self" ... "The Gift of Shyness" ... and "The Highly Sensitive Person" ...

Shy people, and friends and family of the shy, might want to explore these books for their "shy-positive" outlook. Self-acceptance and a proper understanding of individual temperament are, after all, among the criteria for positive mental health.

This book get 5 stars from me. It is very well written and offers great advise on how to work through this crippling disorder that affect so many. As a mother of child who suffers from selective mutism, I appreciate the authors touching breifly on this issue in the book. I love the authors' sense of humor as well, throughout the book. I will recommend this book to many others.