This first ever translation in English from the original Italian is accompanied plates from Serlio's first editions. Thus it brings for the first time originals of Serlio's remarkable oeuvre to attention of the modern era. Through these five books Serlio had an enormous influence on the Renaissance and Baroque architecture of Northern Europe and the translators Hart and Hicks really bring this most self-effacing of Italian renaissance architects to life. A must for all those fascinated by the Italian renaissance!

this book encouraged me to participate in more sports, gave me more ideas and information about sports, and helped me to try new and different sports. everyone should read this book :)

Are you a beginer at scales? Well if you are the is the book for you. It gives you easy to follow diagrams and gives a good explianation of thoery. It also comes with a cd so you can follow along and know your doing ok. I would recommend this book to anyone starting into scales or someone who knows a little bit about them and want to know more. This book help me out a lot and it will help you too.

I bought this book for my niece in grade 1. The two sides of the story (the adult read side and the kid read side) means that the kid reads with you but the story still moves along pretty quickly. What a great idea. I'm looking for more in this range.

In 1855, the recently-ordained young Norwegian immigrant pastor Johan Storm Munch and his wife Caja came to Wiota in southern Wisconsin to organize a rural church to serve the enclave of families who had arrived from Norway over the previous few years.

The book, by Peter Munch, grandson of the subject Munch's, consists of 1) a forward relating the very interesting story of how the material was located, 2) letters written between 1855 and 1859 by Caja Munch to her family in Norway; 3) a memoir by the pastor covering the same years as the letters; and 4) an excellent essay by Peter Munch, "Social Class and Acculturation," about the Norwegian immigrant experience, especially that of the group of Lutheran pastors who had arrived to serve the several communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota during the time of the letters.

The book provides a wonderful portrait of both the pastors' families and those of their charges, the farmers struggling to make a living on the land in a new and undeveloped area. There is no shortage of animosity on the side of the educated Munch's toward the less sophisticated farmers and, as we learn in Caja's letters especially, vice versa.

An excellent book on several counts.

Like many other books, I grew up with this one. This is a book that you can read over and over again and it will never get old. The characters are also good. Within the story, there is a little adventure. It also has a little bit of a conflict. It is an exciting book to read. I think kids everywhere would like this kind of book. The illustrations are also really good. That makes it even more interesting. I thought that this book was a great book. I would recommend to any kids that want an adventurous, but yet interesting book.

This book is actually a pleasure to read since there are no pages to turn, no bookmarks needed and no way to lose your place, I totally agree with the back cover when it says, "Bundled with a fully functioning demo version of ClarisWorks 2.1 (it does everything but save). Interactive exercises are seamlessly integrated with the book allowing the student to actually work with a fully implemented application presented in the text. This book represents a breakthrough in teaching and publishing. No longer will readers only be exposed to text about what a spreadsheet or database does...with this CD-ROM product they will experience it, interactively. This introductory level "text" is the first of its kind to be published in a multi-media format rather than on paper. It is totally interactive. Readers learn by doing and participating, rather than by passive descriptions. It is truly a case of using the technology to teach the technology!"

This is a fantastic book, and I'm absolutely amazed that it is out of print. McCormack is a lawyer-turned-businessman, who built a business from scratch that placed him on the FORBES 400. So if there's a businessman who knows legal matters enough to help the average businessman, he's it. He gives advice I don't think you'd find anywhere else, and gives it in a very readable and often entertaining form. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

There are a number of sky simulation softwares--The Sky, Starry Night Pro and a host of others. Each of the programs runs from about [money amount] This is a student version of The Sky with all the features functioning for only [money]. I use it for high school classes, college classes and for myself. In addition, it comes with a workbook / instruction guide that will help you understand how to use all the features of the program. If you eventually find that you need the computer control for your telescope or you need the detailed databases down to 30th magnitude, you can then upgrade to the spendy versions.