Ullmann encyclopedia of IC is an excellent chemical guide for any person interested on chemical processes including pharmaceutical and food industries. The version we own is from year 1954 and is in german. Current edition is too expensive for any individual...I wonder how many libraries own a new edition. I am open to any further discussion about this collection...I am thinking on donate it...

I own the 2nd edition (from 1933) of this work, and I still use it almost weekly. I would love to buy the latest version, but cannot afford it.

When Lancer Books reissued the original Conan stories by Robert E. Howard, they enlisted the aid of L. Sprague DeCamp and Lin Carter to polish Howard's grammar, soften his more "politically incorrect" statements, and fill out the saga with pastiches. DeCamp and Carter wrote several stories out of whole cloth, but they also reworked a number of Howard stories starring other heroes into Conan stories. There was more DeCamp than Howard in this particular volume, and I am convinced that DeCamp could write Conan better than Howard could.

Conan finds the accursed Treasure of Tranicos, the legendary treasure of the Pirate King Trani- cos, who stole it with his crew from a pyramid in Khemi, Stygia, and meets Tina and Belosa. Exiles with their lord, from Zingara, Valbroso's visited by a rival pirate and then another rival buccaneer shows up. The two rivals want Conan to lead them to the Treasure of Tranicos but Conan refuses. He tells them that it's cursed and he won't lead them to it. When they want him to do it anyway, he takes them on. He escapes to lead the rebellion against the tyrannical king of Aquilonia. Blair Colquhoun @cybertours.com

Esther Hershenhorn makes Howie Fingerhut a memorable character who will live a long life in the minds of his readers. With never failing optimism, Howie bumbles his way through various business fiascos as his 4th grade embarks on a themed year of learning: How to Run your own Business. Third fourth and fifth graders will wish they went to this school! Howie, who bills himself as the Boy for all Seasons, never loses his energy, enthusiasm or buoyant spirit, as he carefully records his experiences for his self help book which will be published when he wins the H. Marion Muckley Junior Business Person of the Year award. Even when his parents,classmates and neighbors have doubts, he knows that Howie stands for Hopeful, Original, Willing, Intelligent and Enthusiastic.
A real page turner,the hilarious Confe$$ions and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut is not to be missed!

Howie is a funny kid with a great sense of humor and lots of ambition. He thinks like a kid, so he's very believable. His class mates are real,too. It's just nice to find a children's book that is not fantasy bound or problem-centered, but one that deals with a real kid's world- probably a suburban kid. Children will identify with Howie or recognize him or one of his classmates. It will bring a smile to every reader's face- both young and old. This book proves sometimes reality can be a pleasant experience.

Quick paced story full of sex, adventure, and lots of action. This book is not for leftist [people or] radical feminist!

First in a series with Jack Novac as the main character. I liked this series better that Stuart Wood's Stone Barrington and the Micheal Connelly series. If you liked White Cargo (Stuart Woods) you can't go wrong with this series.

Well-organized, examines many angles of a character. This book will help you dig into your characters to make them stand out, to make them more interesting and believeable. This book is more useful to a story writer than many story writing books. What's more important, the character, or the story?

I discovered this book at my local library and quickly determined it to be a tool best owned, not borrrowed. It is a reference that I will access repeatedly while I interview future protagonists or minor characters for my stories and learn how each character will perceive the other, or what psychological effects they will have on each other. Author Howard Lauther takes a savvy inventory of character traits as if they were stocks in a cook's pantry. He tells us about closely related traits and suggests possible mental or physical actions which might accompany those traits we choose for our character. Lauder does not supply character recipes. He merely tells us what to expect readers or other characters within the story to perceive. For example, if we join traits akin to salt and baking soda we can expect our character to expand or rise. Each chapter title is a question about the character being created. An introductory summary expands or explains the question before an array of possible ingredients is set forth for our consideration. Lauder wants to know what our character's internal and external traits are, what he/she wants, needs, dislikes, believes, and fears (to cite a few of the questions). He asks about background, strengths, weaknesses, adversaries, and habits. And for each question there are numberous possibilities shown in a well organized, easy to access format.

This is a marvelous reference tool that I will treasure for years to come.

I have used this book fro over a decade and am about to order a fresh copy. It is a great read and a great, practical cookbook. I have used it constantly.

Creole Gumbo (makes 12 quarts = 48 servings, can be made in smaller batches)

Recipe below evolved and adapted for the beach from "Creole Gumbo and all that Jazz" by Howard Mitcham,who nails it far better than anyone in print. This book is highly recommended.

6 quarts chicken stock or water 6+ washed tomatoes 2+ lbs washed medium shrimp 12+ washed live crabs (essential, buy 18 before boarding ferry)

Bring stock to boil. All in same stock, boil tomatoes 1 minute, skin and seed. Boil shrimp 4 minutes, shell and fridge the meat. Boil live crabs 20 minutes. Eat some crab meat for lunch, return all crab parts, well crushed with shrimp shells, to same stock. Boil vigorously 15 minutes, no longer. Strain stock well e.g. through paper towels and colander.

stick butter flour bunch scallions 3+ onions 1+ heads of garlic 3+ red or green peppers 4+ sticks celery

Melt butter in heavy nonstick. Add flour bit by bit till thick slurry. Stir with spatula over med heat till deep tan or as dark as you dare, without burning. Add chopped veggies (chop garlic and onions at last minute) and saute till soft. Move to heavy gumbo pot if this wasn't it.

3 lbs okra, fresh or frozen 2+ lbs good ham 3 bay leaves bunch fresh thyme bunch parsley 2-3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1-3 tbsp tabasco sauce 1+ tbsp freshly ground black pepper 1/2 lb double smoked bacon 2+ lbs fresh Andouille sausage or similar hot sausage, or kielbasa

Add okra sliced into rounds, diced tomatoes, diced ham, thyme tied into bunch, minced parsley, bay, any meat you crave and have (chicken? beef browned in bacon fat?). Add enough stock to cover solids and keep sloppy. Add some Worcestershire, tabasco, pepper. Slice and cook bacon, crumble and add. Braise sausage in inch of water till ready to eat, poking with fork to release fat. Slice and save.

Simmer gumbo 2-4 hours, low enough and stirred often enough to never stick at bottom. Tasting over next few hours, remembering flavors will "cure" and salt gets added at end, gradually add more W,t,p to taste. Add sausage 30 minutes before serving, shrimp 10 minutes before serving, add any seafood you crave and have (oysters? lobster? crawfish tails?). Salt generously to taste, serve with ample cooked rice.

A real read! Highly recommended to those interested in oceans, and tracking the career of one of the most interesting scientists around. Opportunities like this could only come during this middle part of our century, and it takes a tremendous individual to take advantage and "ride the wave."

The book is well written, easy and entertaining to read, and remarkably understated. Recommended.

Oceanography grew up after World War II, and its growth is the story of Willard Bascom's career. Over a span of 40 years we find him studying waves and beaches, exploring for diamonds, measuring atomic blasts, advising the U.S. Navy on amphibious operations, salvaging ships, inventing deep-sea drilling and wet suits, fighting bureaucracies, and suing the CIA. Those of us growing up reading Scientific American in the 1950's and 1960's recall him mainly as an occasional author of articles on physical oceanography and ocean technology. Bascom's technical articles were flavored them with anecdotes, characters, and impressions of the sea. Bascom's book, The Crest of the Wave {Harper and Row) approaches oceanography from the opposite direction. It is an anecdotal account of ocean exploration and science with a little hint of technical material added. The result is a science adventure complete with heros, villians, entrepeneurship, and daring do. The heros, of course, are oceanographers, who take to the hostile sea in tiny, sometimes inadequate ships fitted with ingenious, sometimes recalcitrant devices. They are "can do guys," who fight storms and sea, finagle budgets, and finesse machinery. They mortgage their houses to start businesses and make stock deals. These are 80s-style heros living in the 1950s and 60s. The villians are drawn from the usual suspects. There is Lyndon Johnson interfering with project Mohole in the interest of Brown and Root, or the CIA stealing patents, or the Government of Bahamas trying to renege on a lease, or friends and associates corrupted by the find of a treasure galleon, or a recalcitrant bureaucracy intent on protecting its prerogatives. Daring do? What sort of daring do is found in an oceanography book? There is the usual stuff. Rescuing survivors of air crashes, scientists being swept overboard and lost, the loss of the tug Collinstar with all hands in a storm on the Skeleton Coast. There is the first deep sea drilling. Bascom was commissioned by NSF to design and prove a drill ship that could drill in water 100 times deeper than any previous holes. Using only 60% of a skimpy $2.5 million budget, Bascom managed to build CUSS I, the first ship to use dynamic positioning; and a ship John Steinbeck described as having "...the clean lines of an outhouse standing on a garbage scow." Not only did dynamic positioning work perfectly in its first deep water test, it did so in 14 foot waves, force 7 winds, and strong currents. Like the early space program, it was science working in the glare of publicity. CUSS I was the forerunner of the Glomar Challenger, which by now has drilled a hundred miles of hole in every ocean and provided us with nearly all we know about history of the ocean basins. The chapter on ocean pollution is especially appropriate in view of recent renewed concern over dumping in the ocean. It provides a highly readable account on long research into the dumping of sewage and waste in the ocean. The resulting picture is very different from that portrayed by environmentalists and the media, and shows how reasonable and worthwhile goals become captive to politics and superstition. Some material is taken from his earlier books; Waves and Beaches (1964), Deep Water, Ancient Ships (1976) and A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea (1961). However, these earlier books presented but small slices of Bascom's long and varied career: Crest of the Wave provides a panorama. Even the repeated material has additional detail added. Crest of the Wave shows, in anecdotal form, what modern science is. It is very little research and solving technical problems-- very much fighting ignorance, using diplomacy, and watching one's back side.

The way the author entwines the characters in this novel are so interesting that you can't put the book down.You become part of the Doodletown resident population, feel the tradegy that faces those caught up in the draft riots of the civil war. The lives of of a young teacher, widow, boatbuilder, black man and their families are richly joined together in a story about struggle, love,respect,hope and caring.I loved the characters and the story they had to tell.

I highly recommend this quick-reading novel to all. It incorporates many aspects of life: coming of age, love and marriage, death, the turmoil of war, decision making, and tolerance of others. This captivating novel is a wonderfully written historical fiction piece. The true-to-life characters are cleverly introduced and are fully developed so that you cheer for them during triumphs and have true empathy for them during sorrowful events. The rich descriptions make this novel a pleasure to read. You actually feel that you are on a sailing vessel out on the Hudson River or walking about in the surrounding areas of the novel's many settings. Many fascinating historical facts are delivered within the story. Get hold of this novel and enjoy the adventure!

I love this book! I read at least a half dozen books to my 2 year old daughter each night before she goes to bed, and this is the one I always leave for last. The words are soothing and spark the imagination and the pictures are large and colorful. This beautifully illustrated book is a wonderful way to end the day and send your little one to dream land. I place it in the same company as "Goodnight Moon".

I bought this book for my infant who's father is Cuban. This book has enthralled him since he was 9 months old and enthralled us from the purchase. I've bought several more copies to give to my Latina friends as baby gifts, because I think all children should have this lovely book in their collection. Thank you

Between the lush illustrations and elaborate, yet fun Halloween story, this is one of the greatest children's books. I love the idea of a pumpkin who dances, makes friends and helps children defeat monsters! This is quite a novel book. A real keeper.

This little known gem is without question the best Halloween story I've ever read. My children were riveted. It's got a Wizard of Oz feeling about it; something for children and adults.