I originally bought this book without even looking through it. Days later, I decided to look through it. Wow! I read the whole book cover to cover and then I went to my fly tying station and began tying. This is a very well written book. The pictures are not in color, but instead are drawn in exceptional detail. I like the fact that the pictures are not in color, because it allows the tyer to be more creative. This book provides a "diary" section for each fly, so the tyer can make notes. I have fished these flies in the Northwest and elsewhere and had great success. The author covers Nymphs, Caddis Pupa and Larva, Chironomids, Dry Flies and Terrestrials and Streamers. Don't pass this up, The price is great!

For all of us who know a little about American Christianity, pretend to know a lot, but wish to know much more, this book is a wise addition to any personal library and an invaluable resource in general. The articles are rich and informative, the cross-references helpful (and addicting!), and the topics comprehensive. As was once said, we are not a people without a history, nor should we become so. Historical books such as this ensure that our history as American Christians will not be forgotton, for although America was created for the purpose of liberty (including religion), I am afraid we have forgotten God in the process of growing up--to our shame. I recommend this book to Christians everywhere, from laypersons to scholars--all will find it useful.

this book helped me to understand the meaning of avant-garde, and help push towards improving my knowledge of cultures which are unknown to many. if you want to spend that much money on a book then go ahead and get it, ASAP!

I am a graduate student in statistical physics with a primary interest in diffusion-limited reactions. I have found the above book to be invaluable, so much so that I'm disappointed that I didn't know about it earlier, as I'm sure it would have accelerated my understanding. It is, in my opinion, the best introduction to the field of diffusion-limited reactions that I'm aware of and certainly makes the research literature in this area much more accessible. I have also found the other sections of the book to be particularly illuminating and essential background reading, with Part I covering many of the principles of statistical physics. Each chapter contains a list of exercises to enhance understanding of the material and a list of "Open Challenges" which provoke new avenues of research. I personally think that the book references the research literature extremely well (indeed the authors have themselves made substantial contributions to the field) which makes it easy to pursue further details on areas of interest. I regard the book as essential for anyone wishing to develop an understanding of anomalous diffusion in disordered media and to be particularly accessible to graduate students and young researchers. It has certainly made it easier for me to make the transition from student to researcher in this area of statistical physics.

Daniel Keegan's book, Digital Imaging: Volume 1, is a great resource for anyone within the sign industry wanting to learn about the world of digital imaging. It provides a great reference for the print shop owner and is a good study guide for the student. From the home computer user to the artist and anyone interested in having all there is to know in one convenient resource, needs to own this book!

Some of the subjects covered in this easy-to-use electronic book include:

A look into what digital printing really is How to create artwork Simple color calibrations How to purchase printers, Raster Image Processors, media, and digital cameras How to sell Digital Printing, just to name a few topics. The book also provides definitions for the terminology used in digital imaging and the sign industry, which will make even the novice sound like a pro.

Digital Imaging: Volume 1 finishes with some hot tips including flow charts that illustrate the work flow of photography, off-set printing, silk-screen printing, digital printing and much more.

This is a "must-have" for the student of digital imaging and for the library of the sign professional.

A customer wait list and the high life are there with DIGITAL IMAGING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS. Computer programs, filmless cameras and scanners chart pioneer creative paths, save time and turn what used to be a sharply defined chain of creative responsibilities into a one-stop digital design and service bureau. The digital visual professional chooses brush types and reactions between media and surface; combines media unmixable in the real world; and controls brush strokes like never before. They come up with all the good images by doing everything from concept to development, execution, layout, color separation, and final ad, catalog, display, whatever. Wife and husband Sally Weiner and Daniel Grotta leave nothing out of digital imaging equipment and methods, covering all that is needed for input to and output from the computer and for storage. One of the most convincing pages in their masterpiece is Sally's composite with penguins: I wish I had the original. The book works as a one-of-a-kind clearinghouse with Joe Farace's THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S DIGITAL STUDIO, Adele Droblas Greenberg's DIGITAL IMAGES, Aaron Marcus' GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND USER INTERFACES, and Carl Sesto's THE MACINTOSH DESIGNER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL IMAGING.

Entertaining short chapters of everyday life. The final paragraph summarizes the story with a profound statement about life. Thought provoking! Inspiring!

The most famous Roman Catholics in America in the 1960's were two priests who were (still are) brothers: Philip and Daniel Berrigan, the former a priest member of the Society Of St. Joseph (commonly known as the "Josephites," an order dedicated to serving the Black community), the latter a Jesuit. SSJ and SJ respectively.

Starting in the 1960's, these two priests broke a lot of laws, and served a lot of time in various jails and prisons. They became famous as objectors to the War In Vietnam, and later expanded their respective "ministries of protest" to other situations of social injustice, as they perceived it.

Murray Polner and Jim O'Grady have written a fascinating account of the Berrigan brothers worth buying and reading. The Berrigan brothers became famous as two ninths of the "Catonsville (Maryland, USA) Nine," a group of protesters who, on May 17, 1968, raided a suburban Baltimore (Maryland, USA) draft board office, took its files of eligible young men about to be drafted into military service and possible combat in the then on-going War In Viet-Nam, and burned the draft board's records in a nearby parking lot, using a home made form of napalm. Only some of the records were removed and burned. The records left behind were stained with blood the two priests helped to pour over those records as a symbolic protest about the work of the draft board in promoting the War.

That was only the start of the civil protest career of these two men. In the same year (1968), they traveled to Hanoi (the same year Jane Fonda did.) In succeeding years and decades, they continued their dramatic forms of protest, and were often jailed and served hard time in tough prisons.

The story of the Berrigan Brothers is one every enthusiast about the social revolution of the 1960's should read. All Roman Catholics should read it, too, especially Josephites and Jesuits. These two priests put those two Catholic religious orders in the NEW YORK TIMES and in other prominent media many times, and in some ways no doubt determined the future of those orders, the Catholic Church (especially in the USA), and the USA itself.

Much has been written both about and by the Berrigan Brothers. This 1997 book is an important addition to the important history of these important Catholic priests. Buy this book from Amazon.Com. Read it carefully. You won't be sorry.

Disarmed and Dangerous is an empowering work for all conscientious persons who find themselves alarmed by the wide range of injustices abounding in our world. The core of the book focuses on the Fathers Berrigans' courageous, faith-inspired, non-violent 'ultra-resistance' to the criminal war in/on Vietnam, and to the military-industrial-violence complex, racism and poverty in general.

Authors Polner and O'Grady vividly recreate the world of Fr. Dan and Phil (now married), especially during that turbulent period of the late 1960s. The authors do a fine job of examining the inner psyches of these 'men of moral conscience who would suffer to confront the enormous power of the state.' We also hear the reactions from their many friends (e.g., Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, et al.) and, yes, their detractors and opponents, many of whom nevertheless greatly admired the two men.

Those of us persuaded by Mahatma Gandhi that non-violent civil disobedience should never engage in destruction of property (e.g., burning draft files) will be challenged by the Berrigans' undoubtedly correct belief that 'some property had no right to exist.' The controversial issue is still with us today as certain Earth First!ers occasionally destroy logging equipment used to kill irreplaceably-precious old growth forests. Wouldn't a mother do the same for her children if they were threatened by violence?

With hindsight, it is clear that the 'domino theory' concerning Communism was a fallacy. Moreover, Sec. of Defense McNamara has admitted that American involvement in and escalation of the Vietnam War was a mistake. Surely, then, the Berrigans and their countless colleagues throughout the land who suffered immensely in rising up to protest the war stood on the side of good and justice. Vilified by many at the time for their civil obedience, these men and women deserve to be rightfully viewed by the media as great American heroes, and heroes of the Catholic Church. Authors Polner and O'Grady succeed in this task, while not shying away from pointing out the occasional quirks and flaws in the two subjects whom they have profiled.

This book will be a special inspiration for those in Phil's Plowshares movement and groups like Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) tirelessly laboring on behalf of peace against nuclear weapons and war. The book will also inspire those of us outraged by crimes against humanity like the horrors of US sanctions against the innocent people of Iraq. (Circa 1.5 million--mostly small children, women, the infirm and elderly--have died from lack of clean water, medicine, healthcare, adequate food, and poisoning from our depleted uranium [DU]-tipped bombs and tank shells.)

As Phil and his colleagues wrote in their statement of purpose to the press and public upon pouring blood on the draft files in Baltimore, 1967: 'We invite friends in the peace and freedom movements to continue moving with us from dissent to resistance. We ask God to be merciful and patient with us and all men.' (p. 177)

Most of us grew up loving the two "Bible stories" in Daniel: the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lions' den. In "Discernment From Daniel," Bernie Calaway takes us into the full press of the Bible's book of Daniel. Yes, the traditional stories are there, but the full richness of Daniel is uncovered as well. In his usual thorough style, Calaway helps us understand the historical perspective of everything Daniel
touches...from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Greeks, Persians, and Romans to the exile itself.
But don't think you're only going to get history and stories. Daniel is a rich apocolyptic writing...Calaway's specialty. (See also his book "Revealing the Revelation"). If you've read the Bible before, test yourself: do you remember Daniel's vision of the statue, the great tree, and the four beasts? (Chapter 5.) Did you understand the references to the seventy weeks? (Chapter 6.) If it's a realation to Revelation you're looking for, hold onto your hat. Calaway doesn't only discuss it, he makes sure that you understand its relevence for today, right now, on the street where you live. (Chapter 7.) Appendices, a bibliography, and index complete the work.
Students of the Bible and seekers alike (not to mention the curious) will find "Discernment from Daniel" most worthy of their time.
Jan Roadarmel Ledford
Author, "The Cloning"