This fourth edition, like the previous editions, covers every aspect of satellite communications including the key principles, modulation techniques, earth station, transponders, and, the space segment. Last chapter is a good summary of the reliability concepts. Must be in the bookshelf of any professional telecommunications engineer and graduate/post-graduate students majoring in satellite communications techniques.

If you are really interested to understant the satellite systems, and this is the best of the books for you. The book give you a lot of in deep infomation of the satellite system and have a lot of calculation. The calculation is not easy to understand at all, so this book is not good for the beginner.

Looking for a detailed but straight forward way to learn about satellite communication systems? Maybe your a student looking for study support material on this subject? Well you just found the ultimate book!

Maral et al have put together an excellent step by step approach to understanding this complex subject. The space and ground segments get equal detailed treatment with system design methods and analysis of all the components. This leads to a walk through of link budget calculation including examples with specific technical objectives.

If I could only have one Satellite Comms book then this is it!

I think that everyone in the whole world should read these books, it is very possible that people could come to truly know God, and what he has blessed us with through Jesus.

All 3 volumes are priceless. In all my days I have never read anything so convincing, so convicting, so loving! For anyone curious about the validity of these books I tell you, Faking the Holy Bible would be easier!

More then 5 years have passed before I was able to finish reading volume 1. Only after much grace from God have I been able to overcome, and open my heart to what is written in these books. I challange anyone to read just this first volume and not feel how they have wronged Jesus and how blind they have been.

In these books are the teachings of Jesus through his own perspective! Many times I had to sit back in awe after reading for a short time. Being in my early 20's I found myself in an array of emotions that I seldomly express. You cant help it! Dozens of questiosn I had about the teachings of Jesus are answered by his own words, and many more that I never thought of asking. Truly, if you are looking for something straight from the mouth of God himself, you have found it in these books.

I strongly urge anyone who wants to know Jesus better, to come closer to God, or to help someone else come to Jesus, buy these books! All of them! I just finished the 3rd and final book and I truly wish I had one for each week of my life! I consider the truth in these books worth more then anything money can buy. After you read them you will understand why I said the Bible would be easier to fake. Simply, nothing from God can be Faked!

Seeing Jesus' life through His eyes and getting to know His disciples as real people has helped me grow closer to Jesus. This book is written in easy to understand language and once your start you will not want to put it down. You will get to know Jesus and His thoughts and feelings and you will find yourself thinking of Him in all areas of your life.

The quality of the prints is very good and they are a good size. The price is good enough to buy 2, one to use to frame and the other for the coffee table. Great photos!!

This book offers 27 beautiful, botanical prints in a variety of colors that are ideal for framing. (Between my sister, best friend and myself we're framing 20 of the 27). However, if you are looking for a nice coffee table book keep in mind that this is paper-backed. Also, if you are interested in reading about botanical prints this book has little narrative.

In the 1600s, the Prince-Bishop of Eichsttt, Germany created a stunning garden filled with flowers, fruit, vegetables, trees and pleasure-houses, at the center of which was his palace. His intention was to recreate the Garden of Eden here on earth, and he searched everywhere for the rarest and most lovely of plants to include. His endeavor was documented by some of the best artists of the time, who drew these beautiful botanical images, which then were printed on the largest paper then made, and bound into books. Only a handful of these were hand-colored, to be offered for sale to those whose pockets were deep enough to afford them.

The 27 images selected for this book are exquisitely printed, each measuring about 10" x 13". The colors are fresh and the paper stock has a beautiful, soft sheen and a good weight. These botanical illustrations are fine enough to be framed, and are useful as resource for the artist and designer.

The first time I encountered these images was in poster form about 20 years ago. I loved them, and was so happy to see them offered again. The designs are elegant, some more graphic and modern than others, some more clearly antique. This book is worthwhile for all those who love botanical illustrations.

The prevalent themes in this ambitious first book by Chicago, Illinois native Wozek are travel and identity. For some, traveling means leaping to the unknown where we're somehow freer to embrace whatever or whomever all in the name of revelation. The result of this treatment of travel is poetry written not in the spirit of expression, but in the spirit of discovery. With lines like "until I shimmer like polished ivory,/ stir and thrash like a new god" and "your eyes give back/ my whole desire" we see the speaker's internal struggle in virtually every poem. As truth unravels for the speaker, it's revealing itself to the readers as well. It is this feeling of collectivism that makes reading and re-reading Dervish a cardinal experience. The logistical progression of these poems, though, is difficult to comment on. The readers wander through Italy and France, to India and Germany, to the USA and then back to France, then to Algeria, Poland, Italy and Mexico. On one hand, the sundry locations are jarring and scattered, but on the other hand they speak to that sense of dervish - how the soul simultaneously exists in many geographies, yet no one particular place. Thus, this structure is one of restlessness. Through this capricious physical setting, the poet twirls the readers. We whirl and whirl, unable to discern ground from sky. Wozek's consistently descriptive language, where precision is the primary concern, involves the readers. Textured diction such as "until they suffocated in their long manly moans" and "we swallow silk" shows Wozek's ability to accurately depict a moment. Not only this, but his poems evoke great writers such as Diane Ackerman ("I sing praises to my destroyer") and Jane Hirshfield (seen in his stellar use of directives in poems Spell for Changing Bodies and Ritual for Letting Go). However, at times the uses of language both push and pull the reader. Private and referential lines such as "not a jolt/ from a melange at the Hawelka" have a distancing effect. Yet, at the same time, Wozek's words (for example: "and let the damp gardenia air swell our lungs") convey a certain intimacy, like inviting a known voyeur into one's home. What's most remarkable about this collection is its adoration: love of language, man, travel, and love of self. So, for all who are unafraid to journey from the self and to the self by way of sex and beauty, then close the blinds, smash the television, pour a glass of Merlot, pull up a sofa, and indulge in Dervish. Fear not, for this won't be the last of Gerard Wozek. The book's final sentiment rightfully forecasts Wozek's position on our national poetry scene: "I persist."

Dervish is an impressive and memorable compendium showcasing the poetry of Gerard Wozek. A master wordsmith, Wozek's poetry is eloquent, moving, and leaves behind an intellectual and emotional impact that hallmarks him as a truly gifted poet. A calendar from Krakow/with unpronounceable days./Printed with glos-sy photos/of floodlit church steeples/and crenellated towers./Exotica to pitch/a tou-rist's imagination elsewhere./The camera lens keeps/less affluent residents/out of the frame./Perhaps they're behind/the old cloth hall/or in the pee-rancid train depot/where the old communist songs/still raise the rafters./Wood shavings on the waiting room/floor make soft nests/at the shoeless feet of comrades,/where their carved birds/wait to fly overseas/for only two zloty.

Bravo! Gerard Wozek joins hands with mystic poets Rumi, Whitman, and Rimbaud in his celebration of the body electric. Despite his earthy references (sometimes more confessional than confidential) to carnality, there is a desire in Wozek's poems to move towards beauty and transcendence. Featured at the Lambda Literary Festival 2001, this slim volume presents lyrical snapshots of the poet divining what is most sacred at both emotional and sexual crossroads. A noteworthy debut!

A tale of human foolishness and supernatural evil in the form of a beautiful love story. What a novel idea, especially for the eighteenth century. The devil is found in an obscure but fitting role in this surprisingly entertaining book. He has many faces; all deceiving and different; all equally wretched and evil. This book captures some of his essence. Excellent, and to be read again.

A book not to be ignored, this stands as a perfect example of what a book can achieve: beauty, clarity, truth, and the ability to mirror the world we live in while creating a fantastic tale.

The story unfolds in luminous, poetic writing that is a total joy to read, and in the end leaves the reader fully satisfied, yet still longing for more. A book to be read again and again. Wonderful.

this is a master work that is very important if we are to understand ourselves as well as the world in which we live. A fascinating read for the newcomer to such fiction, as well as the seasoned pro. A book to be enjoyed as much as it is to be studyed. Poetic, sad, and often very illuminating, "the devil in love" belongs to that league of literature that works on every level. Not to be ignored.

The most comprehensive and scholarly work ever written on Turkish language etymology. One would have expected that certain Turkish scholars read this book before having published their etymological dictionaries on Turkish language.

This is the essential dictionary for early Turkic language study. Materials available in these langauges include various inscriptions, Manichaen texts, Buddhist texts, Christian texts (primarily Nestorian) and a variety of texts as you would expect in any language - legal documents, medicinal, astronomical, astrological, omen, magic etc. The lanuages include various stages of Turku, Uighur, Kirgiz, Xakani, Ogus, Kipcak, Chagatay ... The dictionary is well arranged and readable. An essential reference for the entire family of languages.

This is **the** work on the topic, the basis for all subsequent work. Very important, and should be included in every library that addresses Central Asian or Turkish studies.

This book is so beautifully written, with such humanity and humor...it'll take your breath away. A great read-aloud and a book children of all ages will enjoy, and grown-ups of all ages will admire. Deserving of all possible acclaim, a real diamond on the shelves of children's literature.

This book is an undiscovered gem. Amazing that it did not win major book awards yet. Glass gently lets us into the lives of these real Isaan folks in perfectly crafted snippets. Each chapter ending brings us up short with sudden understanding. Teachers in Seattle are reading it aloud to their classes and loving it. Adults can't put it down.

Anyone with an ounce of intelligence has to recognize the genius persent herewith. Never since Conrad has this Region's people been so well understood and so beautifully portrayed. "Maugham, eat your heart out!" Glass actually knows the language. Get it, read it, enjoy it. It's just that simple

This exhibition catalogue contains enlightening and thoughtful essays on seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Gerrit Dou. Dou, one of Rembrandt's students, was highly esteemed during his lifetime for his exquisite technique in painting, but as Arthur Wheelock explains in one of the catalogue essays, his work began to lose favor in the middle of the nineteenth century. This catalogue is a wonderful account of Dou's rise and fall from fame, as well as a study of his masterful painting technique. In addition to the informative text, the color illustrations are beautifully rich, and they do justice to Dou's incredible paintings.

Although Rembrandt and Vermeer are the two most discussed and honored of the Dutch Masters, and deservedly so, Gerrit (or Gerard) Dou had a far more dramatic influence on 17th century art in the Netherlands than either of his better known countrymen. It is Rembrandt's later work, with an individuality so far ahead of its time, and Vermeer's penetrating psychological touches that make them fascinating to us in light of modern movements in art. But the paintings of Dou, by the laborious nature of their creation if not always their actual subject matter, give a much deeper insight into the culture and times in which he lived, and the growing taste for luxury from the then newly-emerged Dutch middle class. His images were themselves like jewels, with beauty almost impossible to imagine coming from a human hand, and the artistic perfection that began with Van Eyck found a worthy successor. When such virtuosity became less appreciated in the late 19th century, however, Dou then suffered the fate that Vermeer had known all along, and his name was all but forgotten. It is to the world's benefit that recent showings at the National Gallery in Washington, as well as this flawless book, are begining to change that. As with all of the other volumes that Arthur Wheelock has compiled and edited, this book provides a thoroughly detailed examination of Dou's work, with the kind of objective insight that can re-emphasize his importance to all those just learning about this amazing painter.

This catalogue to the current Dou exhibition in Washington (NGA - 4/16-10/6,2000) is as splendid and intimate as the show itself - 35 small, exquisitely crafted paintings by the Leiden master who was Rembrandt's pupil while that master was himself still a teenager. Wheelock reviews the critical history around Dou's work - the minutely detailed paintings, with their startlingly accurate and refined light effects were highly valued and admired until Thore-Burger and the early modern critics heralded the taste for broad, expressive brushwork. They labelled his work as superficial and heartless, but more recent work has rediscovered sophisiticated and thoughtful themes in such works as the Quack (included) and the Braamcamp triptych (two closely related works are included). Baer's essay outlines the career, working method and subject matter of Dou, exploring some aspects of his extraordinary "reality effect" as well, while Boersema explores his extraordinary, painstaking technique, reviewing such technical evidence as paint samples and reflectograms from the Lady at her Toilet and the Young Mother, both part of the show. There's not a lot of new work on Dou, so this catalogue is especially welcome to those of us who love Dutch Art of the Golden Age. This NGA cabinet gallery show moves to the London National Gallery for Sept and Nov, and the Hague's Mauritshuis from Dec to next Feb. This catalogue's gorgeous reproductions and substantial bibliography make it a solid, up-to-date reference on Dou too.

This volume is my favorite, probably because it seems to be the most interesting one to read. Although the artwork is not extremely detailed, it still carries the story out quite well, and has lots of action. If you like Pokemon and manga, this book is for you. A fun read for younger audiences. (Hint: buying the graphic novel versions is actually cheaper than buying the individual comics!)

This thick comic book is a bargain. It's much cheaper than the seperate comics, and easier to carry around.
This is Part 3 of a Pokemon trainer named Red. His rival is Blue, his theif friend is Green. First, he must stop Team Rocket from taking over his home town Pallet Town, then it's off to capture Mewtwp, and then to the League to battle Blue for the championship.
This comic is a little similiar to the T.V series. Red being Ash, Blue bieng Gary. But Red doesn't have pathetic Pokemon like Ash does, there is no anoying Jessie and James interupting and then blasting off again, and Gary is is same self.
This comic is a must have for collectors.

This is great. It's one of my favorite pokemon comics! It has lots of action mixed in with adventure, and unlike the other series, which goes by the name of "Pokemon" (Very origial, isn't it?) It features a new and original adventure with new characters and isn't a tv show rip off. In this one Red (the hero) must save the world from the plans of team rocket with the help of his friends and pokepals. In the end he enters the pokemon league; will he face Blue in the finals, and does he even stand a chance? And more importantly, who is the mystery trainer green must battle against? (You'll find out.) There are two others befor this, Legendary Pokemon and Desparado Pikachu. After this comes comics which are adapted from the Yellow version of the game.

For a great pokemon experience and lots of fun, get this befor the "This item is not stocked or has been discontinued." notice appears!

Doesn't matter where you live, people are the same wherever you go.

I picked this book up while on vacation, and wanted to see what other people thought of it as well. This is an amazing portrait of a community. This reminds me so much of the community where I grew up that I can't imagine others won't find the same where ever they may live. The stories, the people and the history are so real and vivid I feel as though I lived through all this myself. Bravo !

I live in this area (the area the book comes from), but it was full of surprises. Who would imagine that simple history could be so rich. Some chapters had me laughing aloud, others -- especially the one "Citizen Abroad" -- actually made me cry. Looking back through this "people's history," it is amazing how much technology changes, and how little humans do. A great book.