This book provides an excellent introduction to the conceptual design process (sizing and performance estimates) for the homebuilder. It's a bit wordy in places, and some examples are not entirely relevant to the average builder (who, besides the author and Burt Rutan, wants to build an asymmetrical design?). But it was the lack of any detail on load factors or structural analysis that prevented me from giving it 5 stars. If you want to understand the basics of how to size a wing, or calculate stall speed, then this book is an excellent choice.

As an amateur backyard builder attempting to design and build an airplane, I actually got much more out of "Simplified Aircraft Design For Homebuilders" than any of the other aircraft design books, including some extremely expensive volumes that are regularly advertised.

This book is well-written, covering the subject of aircraft design on a basic level that is easily grasped by the average homebuilder/non engineer. It's also gleefully sprinkled with a dash of humor, much like a "design book for Dummies". Dan Raymer goes to great lengths to include the finer details of aircraft design that are so illusive and so very time-consuming and difficult for the amateur to research. This book will actually save you months of frustration and research. It's all here in this one little book.

Skateboard Monsters is the kind of book that appeals to the youngest of readers as well kids that think they are too old to be read to anymore! The illustrations jump off the page at you in bright vivid colors. And even though there are monsters these are not scary monsters but ones any boy or girl would love to play with. These monsters are definitely cool! The story is fast-paced with wonderful rhyming words. The lyrical quaility of the story makes any kid want to read it over and over. I know my boys do! So if you need a good book to get the kids sitting down and reading on their own, this one gets my hearty recomendation!!

Everybody checks it out
When the Skateboard Monsters book's about.
Get your card and stand in line.
Skateboard Monsters are really fine!
Read it once or read it twice,
But please to treat the pages nice.
Library copy's old and torn,
Someone treated it with scorn
But we are patrons brave and strong
And we will not complain for long.
We've checked it out ten times this year.
(It's treated well when it is here!)
Erika can't leave this book alone...
Guess it's time to buy our own!

Another excellent title in the series of "Style" books by Suzanne Slesin, et al. I purchased this book after my first trip to Spain and it was a wonderful way to remember my visit. This title also brings out the essence of Spain and is comparable to Caribbean Style also by Slesin. If you are looking to decorate in the Spanish Style or want a book to remember Spain, this is the title to have in your library. Of course Caribbean Style set the benchmark for "Style Books" and had not been topped. Spanish Style needs to come back into print.

it a good book for any one loves spanisn style it has a lot of good ideas

The author wrote this book in layman's terms. I didn't have to go to a medical dictionary on every page!! I appreciated the way the author broke down the medical problems by sport. I found the tips to parents a good reminder to me about putting sports in the proper perspective.

Dr. Boyle does a great job of providing practical guidance for children's sports injuries. Diagrams show you what happened, and text tells you how to treat it. Poked eyes, twisted ankles and broken bones are all discussed in a way that helps adults do the right thing to treat and prevent further injury. I'm keeping mine on the shelf.

This book eliminates the emotionality of the high priced players, and gets down to the basic economics of the game. It discussess all the issues that are relavant in today's game, such as revenue sharing, salary caps & collective bargaining.

In the wake of the 1994-95 labor dispute, a number of economists prepared this informative layman's guide to the issues which have come to dominate the Hot Stove League over the past quarter century. Bob Costas, among others, could learn a lot here.

For the frustrated fan who wonders why every round of labor negotiations ends up threatening the season, Dan Marburger explains that neither side has a reason to modify its negotiating position unless it believes the other will soon inflict harm through a strike or lockout. James Richard Hill points out that "skyrocketing" salaries actually demonstrate MLB's overall economic health, while John L. Fizel shows that free agency has had little or no effect on competitive balance. Sometimes the authors disagree: James Whitney endorses greater revenue sharing, while Lawrence Hadley and Elizabeth Gustafson say that small-market owners are unlikely to spend the added money on veteran players. Rodney Fort and Andrew Zimbalist discuss a consequence of baseball's antitrust exemption: the owners' ability to leverage their control over the number and location of franchises to extract enormous public subsidies for new stadia.

As the first layman's guide to baseball economics written after the 1994-95 cataclysm, Stee-rike Four! deserves a larger audience than this expensive, hard-to-find hardcover edition received. An updated paperback would be most welcome.

This book is full of diffrent turns in the plot. It will catch you mind and whirl it into their imagination. This is a easy read and a great one too.

Janelle Scott has always been haunted by the fire that killed her parents and left her physically scarred six months ago. As a result, she starts sleepwalking again. Her aunt and uncle are concerned about her, worried that her midnight strolls might mean something more, maybe that Jan's a little "unstable".

Although Jan knows she's not crazy, she starts feeling like she is when a series of fires ruin her hometown, and the number one suspect is herself. After all, she had been found sleepwalking outside one burning building and had been seen trespassing at a another burned house. She's also been suffering from memory loss and blackouts. Could all of this mean she's really the one who's been setting fires in her neighborhood? Do the recent arsons have any link to her parent's death--and, if so, did she kill them? Is she capable of killing again?

Scared and confused, Jan sets out to find out what's really been happening to her at night and who's responsible for killing her parents if she's not the one who did it.

"Sweet Dreams" is a great young adult thriller for girls. Some parts are a little predictable, but it's still pretty exciting.

If you like scary stories about sleep disturbances, you might also like "Dream Date" by Sinclair Smith (nightmares).

The early portion of this chronology is fascinating and offers a unique insight into urban government over the span of some 40 years culminating in a watershed event, the death of the old Mayor and the ascension of the new. The political insights were accute and could only have come from an insider. The cultural aspects of the early portion of the book are worth exploring as yet another insight into the Irish ascendency in politics, with a rather unusual twist of the WASP frontman.

The last twenty per cent of the book is a disappointment, filled as it is with percentages of wages, expenses and other numdane matters. It is not that the book is too long, it is that the writer apparently ran out of steam or information. He failed to capture the excitement that the new way of governing created and the innovations which the late Mayor Whalen inspired. Having attended the 18th First Night celebration last week, I have a deep appreciation of the revitalization of Albany that Mayor Whalen accomplished. Albany is alive and vibrant thanks to his initiatives, many of which go unrecognized in this effort.

Three hearty cheers for author Dan Button on his 85th birthday and the unveiling of his latest creation, a scholarly, well-researched and timely book on Tom Whalen, the 73rd Mayor of Albany.
"Take City Hall: Mayor Tom Whalen and the Transformation of New York's Capital to an 'All-American City'" deals with the vision and leadership of one man, Tom Whalen. His courageous and determined quest to transform Albany, the Capital of the Empire State, from the iron-fisted ways of a late-19th-Century political machine to the progressive "All-American City" of the 21st Century is presentated in a readable and enlightening manner.
Dan Button has accurately and without bias documented for all time the living accomplishments of Tom Whalen and his administration.
"Take City Hall" is a must read for all the citizens of America's Great Democracy.

This is an good text for students such as the undergrad taking an intro course, but it is also a good text for health professionals. These issues come up daily in clinical practice whether you are a nurse, physician, or administrator.

Hi My Name is Eileen Daniel and I wrote this book. I hope you enjoy reading it because I had a lot of fun making it

Eileen

there are too few books out there for tool-crazy toddlers, and this is by far the best i've seen. the illustrations are very realistic and beautifully drawn and much space is devoted to trying to show how some tools are used. its also pretty durable. from an adult standpoint, it could be a bit more coherent, but my twin 2-year-old boys think its just great. recommended.

My 3 year old son (a fervent lover of tools!) adores this book. While it is written for young children, it doesn't "talk down" to them. The pictures are very realistic and include basic descriptions of how various tools are used. Every couple of pages a clear plastic page with pictures overlayed add interest to the book as you read. For example, you open the book to see a man using an electric drill to drill a hole in a wooden door. You have a partial view on what is behind the door. Then you flip the overlay and see the bit coming through the door and the contents of the closet. This adds an interesting dimension to reading and helps to engage your child's interest.