I am a colleague of the author and have used both this and its companion volume in my own work. The following is an excerpt from the review on the back cover:

"How are scientific theories chosen? How are they used? For many years Mario Bunge's cogent and lucid work has provided me with insights into fascinating questions like these" (Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

development and desseas

From Mario Garcia, comes a wonderful new book for designers and newspaper people of all ages, "Pure Desing." This book not only covers the basics of newspapers, but illustrates new ideas and trends in North America, Europe, and the world. Other design books only value design, however, Mr. Garcia, shows that without a quality package of WED (Words, Edit, Design) greatness can not be achived. It's cleaver yet simple writing, colorful pages, and niffty ideas can and should be used by everyone. Mr. Garcia out did himself again. EVERYONE from high school, to college to the seasoned professional, will find joy in reading this book. I can't wait till the paperback version!

This book was just simply great. I'm not going to say anything about it because I'd give it away, but I will say that it was just perfectly constructed. It keeps you in suspense all the time it's just perfect. It's a keeper.

BENCASTRO OFRECE EN ESTE LIBRO UNA MIRADA A LA RECIEN PASADA GUERRA CIVIL OCURRIDA EN EL PUEBLO SALVADORENO, ACOSADO POR 12 ANOS EN EL TORMENTO DE A VIOLENCIA, MUERTE Y OPRESION . EL SUFRIMIENTO DE INOCENTES Y LA FORMA EN LA QUE AL IGUAL A UN MAJESTUOSO ARBOL ESTE PUEBLO LUCHA POR REGRESAR A LA VIDA, A LA PAZ TAN ABNEGADA DESPUES DE UN PERIODO CONFLICTIVO. ES UN LIBRO EXCELENTE QUE OFRECE UNA REGRESION AL TERROR DEL CONFLICTO ARMADO OCURRIDO EN EL SALVADOR, LAS MEMORIAS DE LOS QUE LA VIVIERON EN CARNE PROPIA Y LOS QUE RECORDAMOS ESE PERIODO TODAVIA CON ANGUSTIA EN EL CORAZON, Y LA LUCHA POR MANTENER UNA PAZ AUN EN PROCESO DE REALIZACION...

Este libro reune mas de 200 haikus de Benedetti, abordando sus temas clasicos como el pueblo, el amor, las mujeres y el humor, y deja de lado, como aclara en la introducion, los temas clasicos de haikus. Cada haiku tiene 17 silabas y Benedetti se apego a esta regla de la forma mas estricta posible, lo que logra un efecto sonoro muy particular. Cada uno de las paginas con haikus logra llegar a la mente, al fondo de la razon individual, tal como Benedetti ha sabido hacer siempre. Una verdadera joya.

This book is a thorough work on the subject of robust control. It covers as they appeared chronologically, the different methodologies for linear robust control design and analisys. From "loop shaping" to structered singular value analisys including H-infinity optimization, the book gives a complete overview with great mathematical rigour and very clear explanations. Other topics included in the book are "model order reduction" and "robust identification", a subject only treated in journal articles this far as it is a very recent area of research. Problems and a complete chapter with examples are included.

This is a book I keep coming back to for my 5 children. It makes all of us laugh, a rare thing when doing grammar. Best of all, it actually teaches the parts of speech in a fun way. It is a very simple and painless way to learn. Public schools should require this book or maybe they have a problem with allowing children to giggle while they learn.

Safari Punctuation and its companion book Safari Grammar are great! Such a fun way to teach boring subjects like grammar and punctuation to kids and adults alike. The subjects are taught in a cartoon like way with Jungle Jack and his entourage of creatures - alligators, frogs, storks, snakes, and rabbits. The books are very entertaining. My kids loved them, and I still bring them out time to time to refresh their memories in a quick, fun way.

In Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, no police officer likes working the Flats, a dangerous part of the city that can go from a quiet neighborhood into a war zone in nanoseconds. Things may seem serene for the moment, but any veteran cop knows that in the Flats a moment is all it takes to get killed.

Working the Flats this evening are the Rocksburg Police Department's only African-American William Rayford, giant Robert "BooBoo" Canoza, and Nam vet James Reseta. Each has personal problems they bring to the job, but all three dedicated men know they must not allow their troubles to interfere with the beat if they want to live another day. Quickly the three officers are going to learn first hand how the Flats is different from any other neighborhood in town because the incident seems trivial, but the aftermath explosion proves dangerous and life threatening.

Once series fans understand that Mario is not making a comeback and Rugs is not the headliner, the readers will quickly comprehend that SAVING ROOM FOR DESSERT is a gourmet feast for the police procedural crowd. The story line follows the three officers on routine patrols that turns nasty. The story line focuses more on the trio than on what they face as each has their moment of introspection involving their personal woes as much as their professional troubles. K.C. Constantine changes direction with this tale in which the crime activity is interesting, but the up front look at the three stars is fascinating and fabulous.

Harriet Klausner