I enjoyed this book and think many collectors of Fast food toys would appreciate the depth of coverage of the many collectible restaurant toys out there. Has an accurate price guide which is always nice since myself as a collector and collectible store owner can't always seem to find prices for some of the more obscure toys out there. I will recommend to my customers who I sell to and buy from. Great photos and overall a worthy book to add to the collector of hard to find toys and items from the too many fast food chains. I enjoyed it and think many collectors will too.

My brother is a collector of these fast food toys, has been for years. Now that I've bought him this guide, He'll be able to look up the stuff in his collection, and see how much it is worth. This book also talks about how to look for bargains, and tells some of the backgrounds of the various fast food places. I just know that he'll get hours of fun out of this book.

I first read about Mr. Sodaro's book in my local newspaper (The Hour, Norwalk, CT), and found his concept for a book to be facinating. I later heard him speak on the topic of fast food toys and (of course), his book, at a couple of events in the area, and determined to seek out the book and purchase a copy for myself. Sure enough, it proved to be every bit as interesting as Mr. Sodaro was in person. While I am a collector of toys and such, I really had never given much thought to fast food giveaways as legitimate toy items until I heard Mr. Sodaro speak, and then read his book. Very informative. I recommend it to anyone who collects toys, or has eaten at a fast food location.

After reading The Name of the Rose with few helps, discovering this book was quite wonderful. It goes into adaquate detail with the historical background, and I found the translations to be good and very helpful. A must for those trying the novel for the first time or for those who felt the lack of endnotes frustrating. A wonderful suppplement.

The Key to "The Name of the Rose" by Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, and Robert J. White is a wonderful little book. When was the last time you used your Latin that you had in High School? You say, you never had Latin... well how do you expect to solve the clues that Brother William of Baskerville in "The Name of the Rose" gets.

Well, the answer is in this little tome as it includes translations of all of the Non-English passages making you as "smart" as Brother William. This book furthers your experience when reading "The Name of the Rose" as you now can decode the juicy clues. Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" is about crimes in a medieval abbey and the obsession of it monks with heresies, apocalyptic visions, and forbidden knowledge.

This "Key" is a delightful guide to the phrases and bizarre characters and has mirthful anecdotes that you're sure to enjoy and you'll solve the mystery of the seven deaths as fast as Brother William and enjoy the intrigue in doing so.

i am hoping to do an intricate performance art piece based on the novel "the name of the rose;" however, many of the lush details and layers were lost on me, because i am not a historian or a scholar well-versed in semiotics... the task is still daunting, but i feel more confident having this "hint book" to fill me in on the background information. it renders the novel much more accessible to a lay person, and makes the story even MORE fascinating than it already is. i suggest that anyone reading "the name of the rose" should have a copy of this to help them along... also, there is a text that does this same task for dante's "divine comedy" (dante has a large influence on the novel, so reading dante will help the reader to understand the apocolyptic attitudes of the characters). joseph gallagher wrote "a modern reader's guide to dante's 'the divine comedy'" which you may also find helpful.

Christian Mythmakers is a good overview of some of the thoughts and ideas of various Christian fantasy writers. While the chapter on John Bunyan is basically little more than a summary of Pilgrim's Progress, the rest of the book is interesting and thought provoking. The chapter on Charles Williams is a "must read" for anyone interested in or confused by Williams' work.

This book is a fascinating look at ten Christian mythmakers, that is authors who have used the power of myth to convey Christian truths in a new way. The narrative begins with John Bunyan and his seminal Pilgrim's Progress, continues through George Macdonald, G.K. Chesterton, Charles Williams, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and finishes up with Madeleine L'Engle, Walter Wangerin, Robert Siegel, and Hannah Hurnard.

Professor Hein begins with a short biography of the author, and then proceeds to explain the author's work, examining its theology and significance. I found this book to be quite fascinating, with the author giving me a look at these masterpieces of Christian literature in a way that I had never thought of before. If you are a fan of any of the authors above, then I highly recommend that you get this book!

I had the privilege of taking courses under Dr Hein in the early 90's at Wheaton. He is a very knowledgeable teacher and has great affection for the people he is writing about in this book. If you have any interest in these authors, this book is a must read. I wasn't aware that he had written this book when I came across it looking for books on George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis. As an Economics major, I somehow ended up taking four Lit. classes from Dr Hein because he is such a good instructor and passionate about his subject matter.

A book that contains most of Fischer's games,biography and nice pictures.

If you are a fan of Bobby Fischer, then there is no excuse not to buy this book.

Robert Wade lays out the most extensive collection of Fischer's games that I've seen. Many of the games are annotated, which allows the reader to grasp a better understanding of Bobby's playing style. And in my opinion, no one produced more magic on the chess board than Bobby Fischer. So playing through these games is sure to educate the reader on how chess truly can (and should!) be played.

I have owned this book for about 6 years. And it is timeless. I find myself returning to it year after year for some enjoyable reading and chess insight. I have spent dozens of hours including my own notes and thoughts in the margins of this book. I definately consider it one of my favorite pieces in my chess book collection.

Roberts did an excellent retelling China's past 200 years--and did so quite efficiently in 280 pages. Excellent for those who want to get a general overview of how China got to where it is today. Don't let all the names of people get in the way. While very straight-forward in its telling, the numerous critiques of historical situations may get in the way of the overall content. Easy to read and understand. A great survey of China's recent past that will make you want to read more about the specific aspects referred to in this book. Great for students and those who want some background before a trip to China.

Modern China provides readers with a new history of modern China from the year 1800 forward, revealing China's growth and responses to international pressures. From revolutions and popular parties to the growth of the Chinese republic and movements among its peoples, Modern China provides a fine survey for the non-specialist or student seeking a fine introduction to recent Chinese history and culture.

This book is destined to become a classic of Civil War fiction. The characters, particularly Jamie and Katherine, are so vividly brought to life that one wishes they had truly lived. The minor characters are as quirky and memorable as you will find in the best Dickens' novels. The author transports you back to a time that is so dramatic and exciting that you don't want to return to the present. I hope a sequel is on the way.

I've seen reviews of this book comparing it to Cold Mountain. It is nothing like Cold Mountain, which has very little to do with the Civil War. Cold Mountain could just as easily be about the Russian front in WWII. It's also very lyrical, a true poet's book. Stonewall's Gold truly brings alive the Civil War as I believe it must have been at that time and place. Its writing style is very spare with a wonderful sense of mood, weather, and evocative cinematic imagery. Personally, I can't think of a better Civil War novel since The Killer Angels. The writer also doesn't take sides. This could be a classic American movie if it is done well.

The comparisons to Michael Shaara will be as inevitable as they are deserved. A gripping page-turner of Civil War intrigue that reflects Mrazek's meticulous attention to the historical details of both sides' manueverings in the Shenandoah Valley, animated with telling detail, punchy dialogue, and one hell of a good story line. (A word to the wise, you want 18 year old heroine Katherine Dandridge on your side of the war...trust me.) A final confession: I finished this book on the train, sitting in the station, after my ride to work. A half hour after we arrived, as I turned the last page, the conductor finally kicked me off. If this is Mrazek's fiction debut, I can't wait for his sophomore effort.

Cooper is the guy if you are into development - from idea to delivery of the goods - be it a product (widget), software or services. He is a portfolio management guy that will help you wrap your thinking around making investments into ideas that are yearning to make a debut in reality.

This is a very good book for managers of new service development processes. It offers a framework for designing and implementing a new service development process and there are many good advice and techniques in the book that I believe will prove invaluable to these managers. I expect this is the result of the 1,500 case studies that the authors have conducted.

I especially liked the sections that the authors have entitled "Points for Management to Ponder". These short bits, interspersed throughout the book, forces a reader to link the theories to actual situations in a company. I found such exercises beneficial to the learning process.

However, I found that the authors tend to repeat themselves throughout the book. For example, Chapter 4 and 5 are essentially the same. Chapter 4 walks through the framework fairly quickly with a real case example while Chapter 5 examines the general framework in detail. I believe the 2 chapters could have been combined without much loss to content.

I recommend this book to practitioners, as this is a very practical book. For readers who just want to know more about service development but are currently not involved in any development work, this book is not for you. Like me, you may find some of the framework difficult to understand without a real case to relate to.

Well written and full of understandings... Bob, as with all his books, has made many key points. An excellent read for anyone who's business is dependent on new services and believes that luck is not a sustainable advantage. If you believe that the event or experience marketing is the key to most sales, then becoming excellent in launching new services is a must.

I agree that the material is well presented and comprehensive but be aware that much of the derivation is first for bipolar circuits and only secondarily for CMOS, often with reference back to the development of the bipolar counterparts. So unless your interested in delving into bipolar circuits as well as CMOS you may prefer a text devoted to CMOS-only analog IC design.

This book goes into a lot of depth in the analysis and design of modern devices in Analog IC's. It does not assume anything and gives the reader insight on how all the models are derived (SPICE, HYBRID-PI etc). It goes into excellent detail for dealing with hand calculations which will give you a first order analysis of the circuit in question (with reasonable accuracy).

I got my original recommendation from other Amazon reviews (5-Star rating) and I whole-heartedly agree with them. If you are serious about Analog IC design, then this book is a MUST for you. It will not remain on your shelf, I promise!

If you are already familiar with the previous edition of this text, you'll love this edition. Paul Hurst and Steve Lewis have made significant contributions to the 4th Edition to expand the coverage of CMOS analog circuits with coverage of modern circuits used for bias reference circuits and op amps in this technology. An additional chapter was added that also covers the design of fully-differential op amps. The level of detail in intuitive explanation of circuit performance continues to make this book top-notch literature for this field of study. Another superb job by the Authors!

Not what I expected. This book is more philosophical, than literal. I like it, but it's like reading a lot of proverbs, you cannot absorb it all, only the few that strike you at that moment.

If you want a step by step, how to make film book, you're better off browsing the bookstore at your local film school.

If you are a novice filmmaker, and you want to make art with film or video, and you want a guidebook on how to THINK and FEEL about your chosen art form, this is a must.

Bresson inspired the French New Wave filmmakers, and in my opinion was one of the few directors this world has seen who actually considered the particular reality of the moving image and created a set of principles to guide his choices as a director based on the medium itself, and not on any inherited traditional technique. One of the primary divisions in film theory is whether you believe film to be an extension of theatre or something entirely different.

For Bresson theatre is a more intellectual, mind based experience, whereas film is an EXPERIENTIAL art form. Bresson was highly interest in TRUTH over the APPEARANCE of truth. For Bresson the camera and audio recorder capture the essence of a thing, and therefore he cautions against using actors, and sets, and instead suggests people being themselves and shooting on actual locations.

This book is actually a collection of notes that Bresson wrote to himself over the course of his career. It is a wonderful look into the mind of an artist. In this book I have found a kindred spirit, whose insights into the nature of film and film production are distilled down to their essential forms. What kind of Truth does the camera capture, what elements go in the mise-en-scene which add or distort that truth, how do you illicit the inner truth of the actor (model) while still maintaining the requirements of the plot and script?

There are two books which have, for me, opened up the truest possibilities of film as an artform. These books are: "Notes on the Cinematographer" by Bresson, and "Sculpting in Time" by Tarkovsky. These books are a must read for anyone interested in exploring the true potential of film as an art form.

Also, this book goes in and out of print fairly regularly, so you should buy it whenever you see it being sold. Its relatively inexpensive, but contains a wealth of knowledge. It makes a great gift for someone interested in film or video as an art form.

"Notes on the Cinematographer" is a tidy, Zen-like summation of the special aesthetic Bresson brought to film. 'Cinema' to him was simply filmed theater. He wanted movies to do something more, to create a new language of images that could express a character's inner states and moods (I think this goal, more than anything, explains why he's so often labeled a 'spiritual' director). Bresson wanted faces, not actors; events, not scenes; "BEING instead of SEEMING." To this end he insisted on amateurs over trained actors, noises over music, slowness and close-ups over speed and pans. Cinematography as Bresson explains it here is a unique form of writing. His efforts to make an essentially mechanical & visual medium parallel the inwardness of the written word has to be one of the strangest and most fascinating projects in the history of film. Not surprisingly, he writes beautifully, and these aphoristic koans, surrounded by all that empty white space, are as haunting as anything he captured on film. A tiny masterpiece.

I have just finished watching Bennis talk about his book on C-Span's book reviews and have just read the individual book reviews here--and I don't get it. Isn't this stuff just common sense? Leaders have to be resilient? Leaders have to have charisma? Leaders have to be deep and have a vision that comes from introspection? Leaders have to have a moral compass? And the one I truly don't get is why the hoopla over the "crucible". My goodness, who has gone through life without a "crucible" experience? We are all men of clay--put into the kiln of life to see what comes out--if anything is patently obvious you would think that would be. What comes out of the other end of the crucible for Bennis is the myopic focus on "leaders". So what I get out of this is that Warren Bennis is a genius in finding the center of the watermellon--an easy life in southern California writing about stuff that is just plain obvious--and getting paid wildly for it. Bennis came out of the crucible not as a leader, but as crafty. How about you?

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What I find most thought provoking is the authors' notion of the crucible (difficult event/test such as failure, imprisonment, or any personal defining moment) as an important input towards shaping the competencies of the leader as he/she extracts wisdom after having endured it.

The bulk of this book explicates the Leadership Development Model and how it applies to leaders of all ages, both geeks and geezers. In this Model, individual factors (e.g. gender, IQ, race) and the era (with a given shared history/culture/arena) determine how the leader would interpret the crucible, which in turn impacts the development of four leadership competencies:
1. adaptive capacity - hardiness & learning how to learn is key
2. engaging others by creating shared meaning
3. voice (purpose indentified after periods of self-introspection; EQ)
4. strong moral compass or integrity.

I applaud the authors for the elegance of the Model, and its usefulness in serving as a framework for self-introspection - so crucial in the development of timeless leadership.

This latest addition to the leadership category finally offers a useful, applicable model to those interested in developing their own leadership skills as well as those around them. I found the concept of "adaptive capacity" to be particularly helpful. In these times of economic uncertainty, change, and management failures, I now have a better sense of the leaders to seek out: those resilient individuals who adapt, thrive, and lead because of their ability to "confront unfamiliar situations with confidence and optimism".