Bennett provides an insightful and concise detailing of American history dealing with the rightist movements. From the nativist / anti-papacy movements of the 1840's to the Christian Militia movements with their stress on government conspiracies that are guided by a Jewish elite, this work provides the basis for understanding the reactionary movements which seem so vogue today.

Interviews with makers of San Francisco's "beat scene" are captured by Metzer, himself a Beat generation artist, in San Francisco Beat, a oustanding and informative collection of recent interviews which relate what happened. Ferlinghetti, Everson, Rexroth and other major literary figures of the times reflect on experiences and philosophy.

Space Gladiators is full of great short stories by Brain W. Aldiss, Ben Bova, David Drake, Keith Laumer and more. Edited by David Drake, this is one in a series. There is also SPACE DREADNOUGHTS and SPACE INFANTRY (also edited by David Drake).

"Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home," by Harry Kemelman, is a fascinating crime story featuring a ... rabbi as its hero. David Small is the rabbi of the synagogue in the "Yankee town" of Barnard's Crossing. As the book opens the rabbi is caught up in a political power struggle within his own congregation. But the situation gets even stickier when a crime is committed and the rabbi is drawn into the investigation. Illegal [substance] trade and racial prejudice complicate the matter.

This is a really fun read. Kemelman has a very engaging writing style, and the smart, stubborn Rabbi Small is a marvelous character. There is occasional dated language ...but overall the book really holds up.

The story offers a really intriguing look at a Jewish community and specifically at life within the synagogue. A number of interesting issues are raised--the role of the synagogue in society, the role of the rabbi, etc. A good book not only for lovers of crime fiction but also for those interested in Jewish-American studies.

I'm finishing up a video course in analog IC design. This book was recommended to me by a co-worker to help understand the course material. While it wasn't the course textbook (in my opinion it should have been) it did contain all of the course topics. It provided numerous examples and clear discussions. The book's website was invaluable for the solutions to problems and SPICE simulation examples (it also had a free SPICE simulator and a layout program for windows!).

The level of the book is at the senior/graduate level. I recommend that any student interested in custom analog or digital IC design get it. I would also say, from my colleagues input, that it is also a very good reference book.

In summary, it is one of the few books I have purchased with such a hefty price that I felt was worth it!

The best of books say something important, and say it well. CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation by Baker, Li, and Boyce is such a book. Rather than an opinion-free text, it's insight mixed with experience; when something is important, they tell you it's important.

The style is very clear, the copious graphics help explain and cement the ideas, and the numerous worked exercises, which apply the theory just developed, allow the exposition to flow -- it makes sense, the transitions are smooth and well motivated, and there are a lot of very good ideas and clever circuits in the book.

In addition to design, layout, and simulation of digital, analog, and mixed signal circuits (including memory circuits, Schmitt Triggers, PLLs, A2Ds, D2As, and VCOs), there is enough background in device physics to justify the equations underlying the theory.

The exposition is exceptional. The figures are usually on the same or facing page so you can look at what's being described. Derivations are worked out with a wealth of schematics and small signal models. The book is centered on CMOS, so there's no need to translate bipolar designs from earlier classic texts like Gray and Meyer. The treatment is up to date, with recent research results included and explained.

The book is comprehensive, complete, self-contained, and practical; it's anchored in a real process, works with (but does not require) the LASI CAD software, and provides ready access to design information, from the inside front cover summaries to a chapter on extracting parameters from BSIM models for hand calculation through the process and design rules in the appendices.

The only significant omission is a description of metastability, and how to reduce its impact.

This book is a creation of care and craft. It is a joy to read and to review.

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This is a great deal for learning about CMOS for the first time. The book is very well written and explains everything well. Also, you have access to great (and free) software to use in the aid of learning the material.

Besides a excellent historical and scientifical synthesis of the Venusian system, this book does a good job at comparing the three main terrestrial planets, from the astronomical, physical, geological, atmospheric, etc. point of views. This is very refreshing because Venus is often overlooked in most books, that usually focus more on the binary comparison of Mars vs the Earth, and, in many ways, Terra is actually closer to Venus than Mars.

The text itself is clear, accurate and very entertaining to read (especially the footnotes!). Everything is based on scientific facts, except the last chapter, that digresses a little too much from the main subject, but it's ok.

Anyone that wonders why humans should continue to invest in space exploration--especially important at this time of tragedy with the Columbia mission--will find many answers in this excellent book. Grinspoon is one of those rare writers that enthralls us with the mystery and wonder of science, while at the same time not shying away from, or diminishing the complexities of scientific discovery. He describes with clarity why studies of other planets are important endeavors in their own right, as well as for our continued understanding of our own planet Earth.

All readers will gain an appreciation from Grinspoon for scientific discovery: how it builds with improving data from insights that at first seem remote and uncertain into solid foundations for better understanding of issues such as global warming on earth. Volcanology, plate tectonics, acid rain, and planetary climatology are all discussed in detail, as well as the more esoteric phenomena of planet formation and extra-terrestrial life. While the later topics might be argued as to their importance with regard to current problems on our planet, Grinspoon makes excellent connections for studies of the former issues on Venus, and their impact to our knowledge of our own home planet. Anything that significantly improves our understanding of global warming, plate tectonics (earthquakes), etc., is worth a significant and continuing investment. Venus Revealed is great book in many respects: lack of a bibliography is the only fault worth mentioning. (And I, for one, loved the often hilarious footnotes!) Highly recommended.

I really enjoyed this overview of our sister planet! Despite his background as a planetologist and university professor, Grinspoon writes for the layman with a freshness and spirit that is rare in non-fiction astronomy books. He first takes us through an extensive history of our discoveries and past theories on Venus, then reveals the major findings of the Magellan mission which laid bare the planet's high-level topography. Towards the end Grinspoon presents a couple bold suggestions as food for thought, e.g. the possibility that life currently exists on Venus and also ideas for terraforming the planet!

I especially enjoyed the virtual tour of Venus as well as the descriptions of what it would be like to spend a day and night on Venus, assuming you could survive the extreme heat and crushing pressure. Did you know that it never gets totally dark on the ground, because even at night the rocks are so hot that they glow red??!

The footnotes didn't bother me too much; in fact, I rather appreciated Grinspoon's sense of humor and chuckled at a few of them. One thing that did annoy me was Grinspoon's repeated pessimistic assertions that we humans are wreaking havoc on Earth through global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, pollution, blah blah. The fact is, it's kind of ludicrous to suggest that the Earth's overall "health" is being affected at all by us. There is no proof of this whatsoever. We may be making things worse for ourselves in the long run, but the Earth is so massive that there's really nothing we can do to hurt it.

Anyway, I've read a few books on the planets and this is the best so far! Just the right blend of science and non-technical discussion to appeal to the layman and the amateur astronomer both.

I've got to hand it to David Duke. He has written a book that is just about impossible to put down. And, while I don't personally agree with all of his views, as an autobiography his story makes fascinating reading. He provides a LOT of very credible documentation and evidence to support his views, and it is refreshing to at last read a different viewpoint that does not reflect the politically-correct media angle on the same issues. I have to admit I would feel a lot more comfortable reading and absorbing this information if it were written by someone other David Duke, whose personal baggage as former leader of the Ku Klux Klan probably can never be effectively overcome. But he explains why he made his choices and why he moved on, and nowhere can any suggestion be found in these pages that violence is an answer to change the status quo; rather, he proposes that white Americans take pride in their race, heritage and ethnic customs, just as black, hispanic and other minority Americans are doing. He also takes the comments of some minority groups and turns them around, substituting how racist the statements would come across if they were voiced by white Americans against those groups. It made me really stop and consider that many minorities show as much (or more) intolerance in their statements than the white Americans they assail. The book is incredible and isn't just another affirmation of the politically correct. There is nothing to fear in reading these views and considering their validity. I would recommend it.

After countless books and news stories that distort David Duke and
what he stands for, I'm glad to see a book that tells the truth about
him. David Duke is not some inbred hick. He's a well educated man who
once had liberal beliefs as a result of the liberal media. But his
real-life experience showed him that equality is just a media-enforced
myth. When he learned this, he became more and more concerned about
the future of our nation. Now, he's one of the few politicans who has
the courage to disagree with the far-left and the hypocracy it
contains. I've read newspaper reviews of this book, and many of the
reviewers didn't even bother to read the book.

This book tells us
how David Duke became who he is. Contrary to the media, David Duke was
not born into the Klan, and he did not become a racist because of
parenting. His beliefs are based entirely from his personal
experiences and what he learned himself. His ideas about integration
and the Holocaust are valid, and he deserves a chance to express his
opinions. He doesn't want to reinstate slavery. David Duke studied race and
saw that whites have created almost everything we take for granted,
even though whites have never been the majority of the world
population.
David Duke doesn't want to kill all Jews. He just
knows that the history of the Holocaust is one-sided, and there needs
to be open debate.

But, like
always in a "tolerant society" like ours, the liberals never
give David Duke a chance. Often, when he plans to give a speech,
minority activists create such a disturbance that no one can hear
him. Newspapers are happy to feature slanderous articles about David
Duke, but they're never willing to print any of his replies. There are
many examples of the liberal hypocracy in this book. If you want to
believe the media's lies about egalitarianism, then read your
newspaper. If you're happy about your rights being taken away in the
name of diversity, then watch the network news. If you want the
uncensored truth about David Duke and race, then read this book.

I read this book merely out of curiosity. I'd heard of David Duke from various media sources and based on that believed his book would be the rantings of a lunatic. A good laugh at best. I was expecting a book written by one of those toothless Klan members we see on shows like Jerry Springer. what I got was quite different.
As I started reading through Duke's book I didn't laugh. Instead I realized that Duke is an extremely honest, intelligent and ,with God's blessing, awakened individual.

It turned out that I accidentally bought one of the most important books written this century.
There are a few things I disagree with. For example, I'm not too fond of the word "Aryan" because the word has been perverted to the narrow definition of "German".
People hear the word "Aryan" and they think of wacko neo nazi's who worship Hilter. Now although I am fervently against this anti Hitlerism that is so very popular today, I think it is equally destructive to worship this far from perfect man. But apart from this disagreement on semantics, the truth is reading this book can easily alter the way you see the world-forever.
Other books I would suggest reading are"The Races of Europe" by Carleton S. Coon(Written for for and by an antrhopolgist but worth it if you can crawl through this work), "Race" by John Baker(the name says it all), "Domestic Tranquility" by Graglia(an explaination of why feminism is helping to destroy our civilization) and Leftism by Erik von Keuhnelt-Leddihn(a systematic study of Leftism in its various forms)...

And for anyone who can speak and read Polish read ANYTHING Lysak.

Of course, at the top of the list is My Awakening by David Duke.
It's really that good. Read it. Digest it. Spread the word.

This book makes a couple of good points...........but that is all this book has. The authors repeat themselves time and again. A book that is 149 pages could easily be 30. Although it is funny,I would say it is worth around.... [$]

Every once in a while - every once in a LONG while - you come across a book that has an original take on things, and really tells it like it is. I was totally won over by "Savvy Student"'s unsentimental and eye-opening perspective on the academic grading system, and I really believe that Heft's and Kinahan's practical advice on everything from where to sit in class to how to deal with an unexpected meeting with a professor off campus will help me escape from "wallpaper" status, and give me a real advantage as far as grades are concerned. That's why I took my copy with me when it was time to go back to college. If you want to give yourself the best possible chance of getting good grades, and are interested in doing it the smart way rather than the hard way, I seriously suggest you get your own copy of this book.

These guys are hilarious -- and they give readers a totally original picture of why profs give the grades they do. This book is one of a kind.

The book is good for anyone who wants a quick understanding of certain possibilities of why the North won. However, some of the essays(this is no reflection of the actual book) are not that well justified in my opinion.

Reissue of a classic collection of essays from the 60's...Currents's "God and the Strongest Battalions" is alone worth the price!...Economic, political, social, etc., aspects are all considering by the "big-gun" historians of 40 years past...Scholarly enough for the serious student, yet very reader-friendly for the novitiate...recommended in the strongest possible terms!

This is an excellent book which contains six essays on the various economic, miliary, diplomatic, social, and politiical reasons why the Confederacy lost and the Union won the Civil War. This book saved my butt

This little book is a great resource for us Harry Potter fans. (Yes, I'll admit it, I'm hooked.) The book is a wonderfully eclectic collection of little articles, each dealing with something different from the many J.K. Rowling books. The first four Harry Potter books are touched on, as is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Quidditch Through the Ages. A lot is covered in this book, including (but not limited to) the history/mythology behind various magical creatures and creatures, the meanings of various names and words, and much more. A fun read, I recommend it wholeheartedly.

I am an adult Harry Potter fan, and I found this to be an excellent guide to the historical events and figures behind the characters in the books. I learned about the real Nicolas Flamel, for instance, and about many mythological creatures similar to those in the Potter books. Surprisingly, it is a much better guide than the 500-plus page volume, "Beacham's Sourcebook...Exploring Harry Potter" by Elizabeth Schafer. Schafer's book seems at first glance to be a well-researched guide to the ideas and figures behind the series, but I found her analysis and conclusions to be somewhat forced. It strikes the reader as more of an adult reference book than "The Magical Worlds..." does--this one can definitely be enjoyed by young readers-- but Colbert's guide is much more grounded in fact, sticking to explaining who the historical figures were and what events are related to the Potter books. Each chapter is short, explaining one name, creature, or idea. This made it very easy to explore in short stretches, without having to start from the beginning. It doesn't pretend to offer a deep analysis of Rowling's motives or thought process, but does give us the background to further appreciate her work. Think of it as a quick course in mythology and history as related to the Harry Potter books. I find myself referring to it repeatedly, while Schafer's book sits on my shelf. A must-read for any Potter fan interested in learning more about his magical world!

First of all, DON'T READ THIS BOOK UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED ALL FOUR HARRY POTTER BOOKS! I was surprised there wasn't a warning that the book contains "spoilers".

Before reading Colbert's book, I was in awe of Rowling's mastery of storytelling and truly impressed by her craftsmanship. Now, after reading Colbert, I am... well, I don't even think there's a word to describe how magnificently astonished I am.

It boils down to this: I thought I was clever. I saw a lot of references to mythology, Latin, etc. I DIDN'T EVEN CATCH A TENTH OF THE REFERENCES. The fact that they are so seamlessly hidden is striking proof of great writing.

Colbert is one of those people who reads too much and is much too smart for his own good. In other words, I envy him terribly! Here he has compiled a fascinating collection of historical & mythological tidbits into a very easy-to-read, easy-to-comprehend book. Interesting to adults, understandable for kids.

On the downside, this means he only teases the reader with enough knowledge to make them want to go out and research some more. Some may find this annoying, but I think that was the point--to inspire young and old alike to do a bit of research. I think Rowling would probably prefer it this way.