Este libro me impresionó, supuse que el internarme nuevamente en el mundo de DUNE sería una gran experiencia, pero "Dune. La Casa Atreides" me llevó de la mano a todo el fantástico mundo de intrigas, aventuras, filosofía, prejuicios, poder y traición creado por Frank Herbert. Para cualquier persona que hubiese leido la saga original de DUNE este libro le encantará, lo sorprenderá en reiteradas oportunidades, no podrá dejar de leerlo, para cuando se de cuenta estará deseando que el siguiente libro "Dune. La Casa Harkonnen" este en sus manos para continuar. Lo recomiendo, sufrirá y se alegrará con las aventuras y desventuras de un joven Leto Atreides, se sorprenderá con un niño Duncan Idaho y reavirá en su imaginanción las imágenes que lo hicieron soñar en la saga original de DUNE.

Ms Anderson has done a wonderful job of weaving the threads of geography, politics, economics, history, religion, etc. into a solid cloth of Durham county history.

This book was well reasearched and has extensive endnotes that add a treasure trove of information additional to the text body. (In fact, my only negative critical comment about this book is that the author used endnotes instead of footnotes, causing one to either ignore the endnotes for later or risk carpal tunnel from flipping back and forth!)

Ms. Anderson delves into the social and economic complexities behind Durham's prosperity and its poverty -- which often shared time and space -- and she manages to humanize the complicated personalities who so greatly influenced the city's growth. The Dukes, Carrs, Mangums, etc. are well known to have been the driving busienss forces behind the tobacco and mill industries that made Durham properous, but it is refreshing to learn something of their personalities and their struggles.

Anyone who grew up in Durham knows what a huge contribution black business leaders made to the economic success of the area. This is the only book where I have seen the subject treated as a integral portion of the area's history and culture, and not something set apart from all other events and influences, outside the "white" history.

There are some wonderful photographs of historical buildings and people - both influencial and "just plain folks".

Every historical account has dry patches. I found two of them (albeit small) to be at the time frame around 1920-1940. I urge the reader to work through this as the information there is important to understanding the material that follows.

Despite the fact that I was born in Durham and lived in the area for over 30 years, I only developed a curiosity in the history of the county. As a native Durhamite, I found this book to be a wonderful education into the area. I believe a non-native would find it a very readable and fascinating view into the birth and growth of a Southern city that defied a lot of stereotypes and a lot of odds. To be honest, when I left the area Durham was headed on a downhill turn of high crime, strained race relations, poor schools and a wide gap between have a have nots -- many of the same problems the county faced at its inception. It will be interesting to see if the region manages to persevere with the same success as in the turn of the century.

Among my Southern cookbooks, this is the one that's 100% dependable. I haven't made anything that's not outstanding. An old standby like Country Captain turns out a triumph. The Pecan Chess Pie is the best pie I've ever eaten. And the writing is terrific. One of the best cookbooks I've ever seen.

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This author combines his years of experience along with his faith in God to produce a book that will definately be a helpful tool for the pastor's library.

I could not locate a copy of this book at local stores. Amazon.com was able to locate a copy of this book in reasonable time. The book is in excellent condition for a pre-owned, out of publication book. It is excellent with to the point information with regards to motors and related electrical. It can be used for both electrical and mechanical design references.

Cogito's Elctronic Companion to Genetics is an excellent tool for anyone involved with, or just intereseted in, the field of Genetics. The illustrations are very clear and understandable, and the sections on mitosis, meiosis, and recombination are vividly animated, facilitating understanding of these processes. And Cogito makes all of the material interesting and enjoyable to learn.

Only made it to 2nd chapter so far, but very informative in the understanding of the field for someone just beginning the world of high speed packaging with concise explanations.

This has to be the best cookbook for kids ever written. I remember loving this book as a young girl and checking it out of the library constantly. The reason that I liked it so much is because, not only does it give you recipies, but it also follows a storyline. I also loved this book because the recipies werent too complicated and actually WORKED, which was very important for me, the perfectionist 10 year old. This is an awesome book for any kid, boy or girl, and I guarantee that they will enjoy it as much as I did. I also recommend any of the other books written by Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson.

This book is the most comprehensive book bout annelid and arthropod embryology. with detailed descriptions of morphogenetic processes it is THE evo-devo book of the year 1973. Useful to compare the descriptions with nematode development to proof the "Ecdysozoa"-Hypothesis. We will see....