Extremely interesting look at the world of "adults only" cinema, with a great layout, plenty of photographs, interviews and behind-the-scenes details about early drug, nudist and atrocity movies that usually promised a lot more than they offered! Seems well-researched and is thankfully non-judgmental about the films in question, most of which would probably rate a PG-13 on today's modern screens.

This truly scarifying science-fiction novel is set in Zaïre, and is about a black man from America, Maynard Griggs, who is doing anthropological research in some of the native tribes in the jungle. He meets a Cuban woman terrorist named Consuela who has crashed in her helicopter after going off course from Angola, and they get lost in the jungle and get overwhelmed by hordes of small vaguely humanoid creatures who live in tunnels deep in the ground, like ants. They are the Formigans of the title, but how they originated aeons ago is not entirely clear.

They are very tall and very thin, with tiny, baby-like arms and legs and great saucer-like eyes, and a human can easily kill one with his bare hands; but hundreds of them can overwhelm you in the end, after you are exhausted from struggling. They have pale white skin that cannot stand light or water, and give off an ant-like smell of formic acid; they are the Formigans of the title, and are organized like ants with specialized castes and a hive-like social structure. They are semi-intelligent, and form a kind of group mind. The feeling seems to be that the Formigans are not very intelligent as individuals, and in fact seem rather zombie-like, but that their group mind is intelligent. They are ruled by a bloated, immobile Queen who is telepathic with other Formigans (and with humans too, provided she can look into your eyes), and her name is JEH, and whatever other Formigans do or know, she also knows about. The book is a convincing portrayal of a truly alien species with alien ways of thinking.

The two humans are not threatened in any way at first, but wonder uneasily what the Formigans want of them. Although their lives do not seem to be at risk, an appalling truth eventually becomes manifest to them. The Formigans are very interested in seeing that their two hapless captives do not escape back to ground-level again. Not only do they not want the humans to make their existence known in the world, but they also have their uses for humans.

The humans are never in any danger of dying at the hands of the Formigans, however; they are far too valuable to let die. Indeed, they are impregnated with a special fungus that, amongst other effects, makes them almost immortal; but that may not be a blessing if you are stood immobile like a pillar in a fungus farm for hundreds of years. The two humans meet others who suffered this fate many decades ago, who are still alive and conscious in one of the caves, although with fading eyesight.

This fate of unlucky humans who are captured by the Formigans is the main thing that is horrifying about this novel. Indeed, it is one of the most horrifying novels I've ever read, and is one of that rather small group of novels that persuade readers that far worse fates than death can be conceived of. (Run-of-the-mill horror stories, on the other hand, simply work variations on violent ways of dying - but that death itself would be an escape from the violence inflicted on the victims.)

The book gives chilling details about some of the ramifications of the awful fate that the Formigans condemn their human captives to. For instance, when humans stand immobile in the fungus farm for hundreds of years, it seems that the facial nerves and muscles begin to atrophy after about 150 years. The sense of touch is the first to go, probably due to lack of stimulation, and after that the senses of smell and taste go, followed by sight and hearing. But you continue to live with your own thoughts for many life-times after that, until, due to the accumulated gradual death of brain cells, the brain eventually starts to decay. But it seems that even 450 years later, a small portion of one's brain continues to function; but after that one becomes a vegetable, and one's body goes on like a living corpse, serving as a culture medium for the fungus the Formigans need to survive.

Humans are used to grow two of the most important funguses, the Royal Red, on which Queen JEH feeds, and Sea Green, which is used to feed the humans growing Royal Red. Royal Red can be grown only on a white person, much more difficult to obtain in Africa - and the Formigans now have another white and another black to add to their collection.

These awful facts about the way the Formigans live drives the greater part of the plot as humans and Formigans do battle against one another. The humans struggle desperately for their very lives; but the Formigans are also struggling for their lives too, as this particular method of living is the only one they can follow.

It's one of the scariest stories I've ever read. I've read a great many stories, and forgotten many of them; but I've never forgotten this story.

This book is a valuable to the beginning early childhood teacher as it is to the experienced teacher. You will see new ways in which to deal with behaviors that seemed impossible before. It is very easy to read and would be an excellent addition to any early childhood library.

An essential guidebook for California marine studies, covering immediate coastal-littoral to coastal deep-water Isaac's Kid level fishes. While working on a research ship in SoCal we constantly referred to this text- it's inexpensive, so there is little concern from salt-water damage; yet it is also highly accurate and systematic in it's coverage of marine fishes. Though the lack of color can hinder identification on occasion, the key identification features make up for any confusion. The text follows a scientific dichotomous key which allows for identification and comparison of closely-related fishes- helpful when trying to identify just what species you might be holding at the moment- and if it might be poisoness or not. Extremely useful for those of a scientific bent, with it's use of teminology and scientific nomenclature, it is also usable by the layman because of th eintricate drawings and clear, concise information.

In Hack Writer, Dan Sklar's writing is the plain speaking language of Walt Whitman. It is what Henry David Thoreau would call the poetry of "healthy speech." The themes are strictly middle-class and as direct as a big old green Buick. The poems are personal because everything is personal. The stories are the sensitive stuff of American Literature in the tradition of William Saroyan. The plays are absurd--Pinteresque in the style of George S Kaufman and the Marx Brothers. Hack Writer is a bright house filled with music. It is the fact that our happiness will be dreams.

This book made me understsnd sooo much about hacking!! i would recomend it to any begging hacker....

Gasman expands our understanding of fascism by demonstrating the importance of scientific ideas for the genesis of Fascism. His analysis of the influence of the German scientist Ernst Haeckel underscores the need to consider the "scientific" origins of fascism and, specifically, the debt many Fascists owed to Haeckel. The bibliographic discussion in the introduction is extremely helpful, and the chapters are well structured for a course on comparative Fascism or the origins of Fascism.

This Haggadah is a must for those families with multilingual Seders. The Haggadah combines the original Hebrew text with beautiful illustrations and a linear translation into English, French, Spanish and Russian. This enables speakers of all five langauges to be on the same line of text simultaneously. The handsome design, thought provoking introduction and lovely pictures make this a wonderful book around which to structure a family seder or build a collection of Haggadot.

Don't let the small size of this book (328 pages in a paperback format) fool you; this book is absolutely packed with information on the healing herbs used in TCM --traditional Chinese medicine.

Author Reid has written a number of books on TCM. This herbal reference is well-written because it includes: the common Western name of the herb, the Latin name, the romanized Chinese name and the name in Chinese characters.

Packages of Chinese herbs may be labeled with any of the above, so this is really helpful. There is also a wonderful section on the principles of Chinese medicine and how the traditional herbal preparations are made. Some of the common combinations of Chinese herbs are included along with how to prepare them. There is a resource reference in the back. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to learn more about traditional Chinese medicine.

Since the first edition appeared in 1935, The Handbook of Social Psychology has been considered the standard reference work in social psychology, offering historic, integrative, and penetrating surveys of the topics that constitute the discipline. All chapters are written by the world's foremost authorities, and the list of contributors continues to read like an International Who's Who in Social Psychology. The fourth edition is not merely an update of the third, but a completely new collection of chapters written by and for a new generation of social psychologists. In its two volumes and 38 chapters, readers will find remarkably thorough and insightful coverage of social psychology's full spectrum of research topics-from mental representation to world politics. In addition to chapters on traditional topics such as attitudes, altruism, and aggression, this edition also contains numerous chapters on emerging topics never before featured in The Handbook of Social Psychology (e.g., close relationships, stigma, emotion, evolutionary psychology, the self, culture, automaticity and mental control). These substantive surveys are complemented by historical essays written by some of the field's most distinguished leaders, and by a full range of highly accessible chapters on methodology and statistics (e.g. measurement, data analysis, experimentation, survey methods). This edition of The Handbook of Social Psychology summarizes the science of social psychology in the 20th century while bringing it boldly into the 21st.