Kleppner is the one name I think when I'm in a doubt regarding any stage of the advertising procedure. The book is not extremely intensive, but explains in a precise way each stage. It might be too USA oriented, but works fine for international students. Surely a must in every student's library.

Kleppner's Advertising Procedur

Any lover of the Adirondacks,especially of the Northville/Lake Placid trail will have many fond memories re-opened of days spent in beutiful country. In addition, the real Noah is revealed thru the words of a real friend and fellow trapper. You will put this book down with the thought that Noah was not a buffoon to be paraded by the Env. Conservation office. He showed that one could survive in the wild if he had a reverance for life and a love of nature. Richard Smith does honor to Noah . Thanks to Jay for the intimate glimpse of the Hermit of Cold River. Hope to go back there again someday. If I do, I will say a thank you to Noah, Richard and Jay.

Noah John Rondeau was a special man in a special place at a special time in history. His life and lifestyle were, at the very least, iconoclastic, although he welcomed visitors, as the Mayor of Cold River City, population 1.

Think of it: He never earned a college degree or a patent; never held political or corporate office; never had a telephone or paid any utility bills; never had a credit card or an automobile; never owned any real estate or made any contributions to the arts. Yet here we are, 33 years after his death and nearly 50 years after his departure from the wilderness as a hermit, writing and reading books about him.

Recently, there was a program given at the Adirondack Museum, by Jay O'Hern, in March of 1999. The place was packed and spanned multiple generations, to witness a one hour plus, slide presentation and talk on The Hermit of Cold River, Noah John Rondeau.

In August of 1999, this reviewer took a 40 mile hike into the Cold River Country of the High Peaks Wilderness in the Adirondaks, to meet the spirit of Noah John head-on, along the Northville-Placid Trail. I walked in his footfalls, slept in his woods and fished in his beloved Cold River for the native brook trout.

The trip was a watershed experience and a rite of passage for any hiker or backpacker. His spirit remains in the High Peaks Wilderness to all who have the inclination to venture there.

Jay O'Hern has, with this book, kept Rondeau "alive" for those who would read these pages. More than that, he has helped keep a special time in history fresh and relavent.

Highly recommended.

When you buy a computer, you get an operating system with it. When you buy a Macintosh, you get an operating system and an impressive set of most useful applications with it. You should have a book about using the Mac OS X operating system. You also need a guide for using the applications that came with it.

The Little Mac iApps Book is about the separate applications that come with Mac OS X that were not covered in Robin Williams' The Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition. In this one book you will find a helpful guide to:
• iLife applications -iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, and iDVD
• OS X apps - Mail, Address Book, iCal, iChat and Rendezvous, and Safari
• .Mac apps - iDisk, HomePage, WebMail, Backup, iSync, Slides Publisher, and Virex
• More Cool apps - AppleWorks Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet, Painting, Drawing, and Presentation, plus OmiGraffle, FAXstf, and Inkwell.

More complete coverage of the iLife applications is available elsewhere, but this first section is enough to get you using these applications. If you want more information or to see a demonstration you might consider The Macintosh iLife with a DVD by Jim Heid.

The section on Mac OS X apps is, I believe, the only source that covers all of these applications and it does so with enough information to really use them. It is presented so that it is easy reading and the beginner can understand it.

Safari is still in Beta but is quite stable and has already become the favorite Internet browser for many of us. This is the only book I know of with Safari information like these two examples: To save or e-mail a link, drag the icon that is immediately to the left of the URL. To open a link in a new window behind the current window shift-Command click on it. "I can go to a search results page and open a dozen windows in five seconds."

The section on .Mac apps may be enough to get you to sign up to become a .Mac user.

The section on AppleWorks applications is presented as a tutorial. For example the chapter on the AppleWorks database compares records to recipe cards and tells you how to construct an address book which you can easily modify to fit other collections. There is a minor error where it advises you to use a character field for a telephone number and a number field for a ZIP code. The ZIP code should also be in a character field so that leading zeros display.

This is a well written and clearly presented book which should appeal to most Mac OS X users because you really should have a guide to all of the applications that come with Mac OS X.

This book is 'hot off the presses,' having been published on April 10, 2003. I guess I was thinking about iLife, because I expected it to cover only iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto and iDVD. But to my surprise, it covers them and much more.

It also covers Mail, Address Book, iCal, iChat and Rendezvous, Safari, Appleworks, Omnigraffle, FaxSTF, Inkwell and all of the .Mac features, including iDisk, iCards, HomePage, WebMail, Backup, iSync, Slides Publisher and Virex. Phew! I'm glad I don't have to say that - I'd run out of breath.

I get a lot of questions from people who are converting from other e-mail apps to Mail, so I looked through Chapter 5 (Mail and Address Book) to see if the most common questions were covered. They were. The AppleWorks Chapter (17) is divided into six sections: Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet, Painting, Drawing, and Presentation. They cover all the basics you need to get started with these tools.

Tollett and Williams tell us how to rip CDs, import and edit movies, work with iPhoto, create a chat room in iChat, edit, publish and subscribe to calendars using iCal, make a web location from any link in Safari, publish a slide show on your .Mac account, customize the button bar in AppleWorks, and so much more. the information is presented in simple, logical, straight-forward steps.

This book ought to come in the box with every new iMac, eMac and iBook. It covers everything the beginning user of these apps needs to know.

This is a wonderful collection of patterns that can be completed by scroll sawyers of all skill levels. Each basket is made by cutting a single layer of wood and then stacking and gluing the layers on top of each other. The end product is a basket, candydish, or napkin holder that appears to be woven in the style of those expensive Longerberger baskets now popular on the "Tupperware Party Circut". I have now completed three of these baskets. The amazing thing is no one has yet been able to figure out how they were made. Even my woodworking friends were amazed by this new technique. Patterns for 10 wooden baskets are provided in this 60 page full sized pattern book. Each pattern is accompanied by a photograph of the finished basket and the book opens with a chapter explaining the entire process through text and photos . The patterns call for wood between 1/4 and 1/2 inch in depth, but I have successfully made baskets with 1/4 inch plywood and 3/4 inch pine. The patterns can be enlarged or shrunk on a coppier and wood types and thicknesses can be varied to create a wide variety of objects. A scroll saw or fret saw is needed to complete these projects.

This book has idea very good about you use your scroll saw, the patterns are easy to follow, they are simple idea but very very ingenious, excellent, buy it, you won't waste your money

This volume is one of the best reference materials available for the MEP or Architectural Engineer. I found the descriptive detail and illustration that aided me in the learning process. I reccomend it highly.

My part of this book (mechanical and plumbing) is designed to first show how to minimize the need for mechanical equipment by designing with the climate and site firmly in mind. First configure a building to optimize daylighting, solar heating, and various climate-appropriate passive cooling methods. Also, to store rainwater when appropriate. Then, proceed to choose and size the back-up equipment. In this way, designers conserve non-renewable energy, utilize natural (on-site) energy sources, and also help building occupants stay in touch with the outdoors. I believe that we'll tend to care more about a clean outdoor environment if we are kept aware of its condition.
For a summary of this approach, read Chapter One. I hope you enjoy this book, even when it is your textbook! That was my object. Suggestions? I'm at jreyn@darkwing.uoregon.edu

The Paradox of Power has actually transformed the ideas about a leader. Pat has mentioned of seven paradoxes, most important of which are certainly absolute love for your followers as Jesus had for his twelve non-schooled disciples, a vision and preparedness to 'accept inaction as the best form of action' and 'silence as the most powerful speech' at the appropriate time.His examples selected from the life of John F. Kennedy (talking to a mines worker), Robert Lee make his musings on desirable traits of a true leader as given in the book, more acceptable and laudable,

At a time when America can use it most comes a perspective on leadership delivered by someone who has lived his own words and succeeded. While many influential leaders throughout the ages are cited as examples and role models in this book's 230+ pages, the central figure is a man who would not be seen as power figure by today's definition. Yet his methods, when sought with sincerity and applied as though part of our reasonable responsibility, always work. The author has spent his professional life in the world of professional sports, but this book is not just for sports fans or corporate leaders (although that latter can and will certainly benefit from the wisdom of Mr. Williams). Anyone in a position of influence over others (who doesn't qualify there?) will find life-changing advice from time well spent in this book. Read slowly for more effective processing!

This sourcebook for great theology has helped me to understand the historical dynamics at work for the last two hundred years. Simple in format but not in the subjects tackled, it covers the minds that daily affect our worship. My only criticism is that too many subjects are included: a little more depth on major topics would make it even better. The sources are chosen with God in mind, and are an acomplishment in expression for the Christian faith. An excellent read, praise of Jesus Christ is throughout.

This book gives an excellent overview of reformed theological thought from its inception in the 16th century to the 18th century. I have nothing but praise for the editors' selection of works which ranges from the well known theologians such as John Calvin to the lesser known but equally important theologians such as Turretin. The selection of the works are also well balanced by not giving too much emphasis on any particular reformed theologian.

The editors are to be commended for organizing the book around the main themes of reformed thought and for the excellent introductory essay on reformed theology at the begining of the book. I believe this is a great help for those who are just begining to explore reformed theology.

Definitely a must-book for anyone who have an interest in reformed theology.

Who hosts ghosts? All of us, I would think. In a remarkable and original intertextual study, Martin Harries brings Shakespeare and modern economic analysis under his purview to argue that the hunter is forever haunted by the hunted and that any attempt to disavow the supernatural will inevitably also welcome it to the party. Highly recommended.

I found this book almost by accident--which is the way I suppose others might find it, although people should seek it out. Anyone interested in literary and social theory, in citation, in ghosts, or in just a plain good read should read this book. It is beautifully written and contains subtle interpretations of not only Shakespeare but Marx and Weber, Keynes (whom I didn't know), etc. It has a light touch, but the concept of "reenchantment" is fascinating. Really--read this book!--you will be surprised!

John Alvis' book, Shakespeare's Understanding of Honor, is not simply an in-depth study of Shakespeare's plays, it is also a comprehensive survey of the perennial issues facing political societies which claim to be committed to both justice and equality. Alvis notes that, "We seem to have good cause to distrust honor as a principle of moral and political life, yet our depreciation of the motive entails costs. The ideal of equality is our best guide to justice but perhaps not by itself sufficient to nourish other strengths of mind and heart." What does it mean, for instance, that the signatories to the Declaration of Independence pledged their "sacred honor" when founding a nation which now associates the word honor with, as Alvis suggests, designs against our liberty? This is not an antiquarian study, but instead one which is highly relevant to today's political discourse, and it is refreshing because it invites us to read Shakespeare as a guide through the complexities of politics.

Above all, however, Alvis' work is an intelligent and close examination of some of Shakespeare's principal works, including the Rape of Lucrece, the English History plays, the Roman plays, Hamlet, and the Tempest. Alvis believes that Shakespeare's dramas compel readers to test moral principles by tracing through the consequences of acting on those principles. He increases one's appreciation for the depth of Shakespeare's engagement with the major themes of western philosophic thought at the same time that he enlarges our own understanding of these topics.

His book has the added benefit of teaching us how to read Shakespeare, that is, with the greatest care and attention to detail and nuance. Reading Shakespeare as Alvis does is like sleuthing a great mystery where every utterance of the characters must be compared against the background and action of the play in order to adduce their motives and intentions, their successes and failures.

Alvis' work testifies to the worth of such study. He gives the reader a glimpse of the precious coin such care in reading repays. Readers of this book will come away with a refined education in politics and a deep understanding of Shakespeare's works.

Dr.Alvis' study is truly remarkable. Honor is the theme of politics - there are few motives that drive man to serve the common-weal. This said, Alvis is not satisfied to sift through the verities of political life, he is also interested in the life that is beyond the political stage. The true merit of this book lies in Alvis' ability to see the noble within an emaciated Denmark or a womanized England.

For those interested in the true greatness of Shakespeare, this is your only stop. What kind of knowledge do the great ones have? What is the motivation for the philosopher to engage in public life. No one understands the theoretical life, as presented by Shakespeare, as well as Alvis.

This is a very entertaining collection of interviews. Duckworth takes his time to explore the issues sufficiently deeply with his interlocutors. Hence, there is substance to the book: it certainly is more than a loose collection of freewheeling conversations. And I am grateful for the fact that Bill Duckworth expanded his survey beyond the obvious collection of Minimalists and Cage. I knew nothing about Pauline Oliveros, Glen Branca or La Monte Young and came away refreshed from reading all their stories. I was generally satisfied by the way Duckworth steers the interviews. The tone is relaxed, sometimes earnest, sometimes tongue-in-cheeck. He is at his very best in the long, sometimes rambling conversations with La Monte Young and John Zorn. But in other cases - such as with the more rigorous and perhaps intellectually more intimidating personality of Steve Reich - Duckworth rigidly sticks to his agenda and fails to capture a number of potentially interesting tangents. The interview with John Cage is outright funny in the way Duckworth fails to catch on with what Cage really tries to get across. He keeps asking the wrong questions whilst Cage, with dwindling patience, is making broad excursions in conceptual hyperspace. But if Duckworth fails to capture a number of interesting opportunities to dig deeper in some of the interviews, this remains a very valuable collection, at least for those new to the whole field of American experimental music.

Willian Duckworth is marvelous at asking questions,he is so natural at it that he makes you feel you have known his guests all your life. He allows everyone to feel at home, at ease,like catching more flies with sugar quip. Like asking John Cage for instance, "I don't have a very good understanding of what your early musical training was like,". or to La Monte Young, asking if he is the "father of minimalism", I guess it doesn't matter now, since most of what is discussed has played itself out. Here Duckworth interviews creators of primary creative genres of Americana leaning toward the achievements of all the various,nefarious "isms", experimentalism, minimalism, well just intonation doesn't fit, and the ubiquitously opaque post-modernity. And progressing from who are considered the Mammas and Pappas to the younger generation.The genre of Interviews seem to be occurring with greater frequency,speaking of one of the features of post-modernity. It is the most immediate way of knowing someone's art, aesthetic, how they feel about the world,about politics, or how they don't feel. Obsessions are explored in these interviews,as with John Zorn's early buying jags of recordings,jazz etc.,and formative years as with La Monte Young and his obsessions with sound, listening to telephone generators,or machines, the inherent drone in these industrial objects,Also professional associations, and disassociations with the New York scene,Fluxus which includes,just about everyone here interviewed is probed, with nice discussions of the early years of performance art in New York City. Education away from academia was an important component of American music,sorry to say, with those of the post war-generation turning to the east, and World Music, as Steve Reich, Phil Glass,Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros and La Monte Young. Young in particular reflects on his education with Pandit Pran Nath on intonation and improvisation and learning it with Marian Zazeela.Professional associations, how to survive by being a performance artist, Duckworth pursues and explores with Meridith Monk and Laurie Anderson, finding gigs in New York City or Europe again was everyone's passion.How do you work? is also a wonderful question, Monk reflects that she has to work all the time to feel attached, whereas she knows composers who don't work for months and claim to feel they don't lose anything. How creators get into ,what they get into, as Ben Johnston reflects on his early education with instrument iconoclast Harry Partch, how Partch taught Johnston to sing fractional tones, an eleventh/sixteenth, and how Partch would devote mornings to music, and afternoons to physical work, building sheds,or home extensions,or gathering wood. Also Johnston speaks about his wonderful string quartets, the Seventh in particular which is based on an 100-tone scale, and how we come to understand it via the relationships it represents rather than hearing 100 isolated tones. With Lou Harrison we have almost a history of American music, in that his life traversed through the primary achievements, the interests in World Music, Tunings, percussion music, and extended techniques,living on both coasts. But Harrison claims he was always a melodic composer, he had to sing whatever he wrote first, to attach himself to the world of sound, no matter how complex his music became.Some interviews are boring however as the the one with Phillip Glass where he simply recounts his life, and his interests, there was not a spirit of adventure, of discovery.Whereas Milton Babbitt has wonderful reflections on his early studies in music with Roger Sessions, and how Babbitt felt he needed to start over. The interview with Christian Wolff was over before it got interesting,Wolff primarily discussed his early music, the pieces associated with the Cage School(Cage,Feldman,Brown,Wolff)(nice photo of them)instead of traversing the set of problematics of dealing with political imagery. That question came as the very last one."Are you still writing political music?". Duckworth admirably gives nice introductions to each composer, and makes you feel the center of where creativity occurs, what excites an artist,and where challenge and repose occurs within music.One good question here always was"When did you first hear of John Cage", or what was the first piece of "so and so" you heard. This makes for a marvelous discussion on what were the initial indeliable moments on one's creative life. Not everyone is gifted at interviews it is a conditioned and practiced art. This work is a great model toward that genre.