This is a mostly interesting summary presentation of the basics of merchant power plants (which are plants whose electricity production is not tied to long-term sales agreements). Not as carefully written or well organized as her book Natural Gas and Electric Power in Non-Technical Language, the sloppy editing here (e.g., multiple repeated sections, an inability to distinguish dashes from hyphens) will by itself make you resent how much you paid for this book. Pennwell and Chambers, an editor of some respected industry rags, can put out far better than this. Not to say you won't learn something new if this is your first look at the subject. Basic issues (e.g., deregulation, convergence of natural gas and electric power industries, stranded cost, the NERC regions) are covered, occasionally with the flair that Chambers is entirely capable of. The chapter (4) covering financing issues seemed particularly complete and well written -- as was the first part of the chapter (5) on California's certification and permitting process. There are lengthy sections devoted to specific project descriptions and specifications. These would have been much more helpful if they had been offered as specific illustrations of broader development principles or industry trends. A reader desiring a quick introduction to the merchant power phenomenon will absolutely find this (expensive) book useful, but it appears to have been too hastily thrown together to be an outstanding effort.

These often reprinted stories put out in trade size - another chance to get more money out of these tired old romance series written in the early 1980's.

The stories are dated and just really do not hold interest.

Blackmail! Talia Haywood could hardly believe she was so desperate. But something about Kane Sebastion drove her to it:ANYTHING to get the information that only he could provide. She thought she knew his type: an arrogant industrial tycoon, the kind of man eho had ruined her career and reputation once before-and wouldn't get the better of her again! But she hadn't reckoned on Kane, who took the situation-and her-in hand, giving Talia a taste of real danger and raging desire. Suddenly she was vunerable to a man she couldn't trust, a man who had driven her off the track into a trap of passion and revenge!

I bought this book in hopes of getting an overview of Kohlberg's Moral Development theory. While there is a brief discussion about his initial work and theoretical basis, this book lacks content in this area. The majoity of the text explores the ways in which Kohlberg and his collegues designed a Moral Education program in a school. If this information is of interest to you than I will assume you will have a different experience with this book than me.