I have read this book, and it rocked my world, literally! In addition, the author is impossibly sexy. If you can get a hold of a copy, I guarantee you will go to bed with it under your pillow every night.

I must admit that when I first received this book, I thought it would be just about the restoration of images from the original Baird Phonovision recordings. Well, it is much more than that. It reads more like a television history book, all connected by Baird and his recordings. If you read this book, you will have a much better appreciation for Baird's contributions to television as well as for the work it took for Don Mclean to bring back these images to us in real time. This is a fascinating book, once you start, you won't want to put it down. The book contains a large number of photos and illustrations, many of them the first time in print and all of them of the very best quality. I recommend this book to you highly.

This book is intended as a education and training tool for a professional jewelry repair technician. In my opinion the book makes a successful attempt to capture all aspects of executing a successful ring repair and addresses all the challenges: To identify metal and stones correctly, and how to assess what other jewelers have done to the piece prior to you . If you are interested in achieving a JA Bench certification and / or know every variation associated with ring repair, this book will be valuable to you.

Total length 122 pages, divided into two parts. Part I. : 31 pages of narrow columns and huge drawings on beautiful glossy paper covers introduction, safety, procedures and tools Part II.: 15 different alterations presented in a story book fashion, with detailed step by step photos. The visuals are excellent and the accompanying text is extremely detailed. ( to the point that one is instructed to remove the polishing compound , before returning the ring to the customer) The anecdotal stories explaining the history of the ring before and after the much needed repairs add a humorous element.

".....the ring, sitting on a ledge next to the soap dish, swiped off a safe place by the hand of it's owner. As she removes spaghetti sauce with a serving spoon, it gets knocked into the sink and then - OH NO -, the switch for the garbage disposal accidentally is flipped on. She dives for the switch to undo the upcoming misfortune, but

it is too late. The ring gets sucked in. TRAGEDY! Sharp blades do what they are designed to do, mangle! .........you, the repair expert, are sought out and with loving attention repair the priced possession. The customer adores you and trust you with all her valuables. She invite you for dinner! You accept the invitation, but make her promise that she will let you do the dishes. The End." .

This biography, by an expert writer, details the story of Governor of NC, Angus W. McLean, during a difficult period, 1925-1929. He was instrumental in organizing several textile mills and offered encouragement to industry and agriculture in the railroad enterprises which proved to be important between the Virginia and Carolinas. The story of McLean is just beginning at this point as he takes on accomplisheshisÐgoals for school systems and communities. His foresights and incentives place him among the greatest of NC leadership among the southern states. He is perhaps not one of the best known southern leaders by name, but his talents and thoughts are such that audiences will admire him and marvel at his leadership. Underwood offers a true look at his persona and gives library archives an intimate portryal of a man who contributed to society

If you want to cover shells in the region, this is the book for you. Nice range info and lots of photos although most are in B&W. Highly recommended in your shell book library.

If you have any pre-conceptions about this genre, the often dull, introverted and prosaic accounts of a private disease, this astonishing volume will make you think again. The blazing honesty, and fresh comment on such a misunderstood life is like nothing I have ever seen before.

From the first paragraph I started to feel that I had connected with the author on a very human level. Teresa McLean makes no attempt to appear pretentious or attract your sympathy, only her simple and endearing perspective is provided.

The experiences of this woman, shed not only a wonderful light on a special human being, but all those who know her and are close to her. the mind boggles at the solidarity of the bonds between this family, the intensity of feeling that is needed to cope with the affliction

This book has given me a new perspective, on not only those with dehabilitating illness, but on my soul.

This sixteenth century books is often cited. It contains many pictures and the commentary by the accomplished modern alchemist Adam McLean is interesting. This book is a must. It is wonderful that one can have these famous medieval works in ones own bookshelf.

Mats Winther

The Stone of Pithan is the story of the next phase of human evolution. A mysterious shaman miraculously cures a young girl in a run down hospital. A physicist discovers an ancient book that contains a drawing of a double helix and a form of mathematics that surpasses current scientific knowledge. A geneticist is exiled to a remote island when fanatical right wing extremists open fire on a crowd of demonstrators. The stock market takes a dramatic slump when a mysterious malaise begins to spread throughout the world. All these events become woven together by bizarre coincidences, and a new religion emerges that is based on Chaos Theory. This religion embraces current scientific knowledge but rejects the concepts of free will and chance as illusions.

Many people have given up on todays youth but Too young To Die paints a picture of hope and persistance by the author who dedicated his life and ministry to helping Chicago ruthless gangbangers find christ.

Weavers Of Song: Polynesian Music & Dance is an informative and engaging exploration of the musical traditions of twenty specific south sea areas including the Society Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Uvea and Futuna, the Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Weavers Of Song describes the musical instruments and their uses, performance, teaching and structure of music across the entire region. Merveyn McLean is an ethnomusicologist who draws upon his many years as an authority on Polynesian music to present a meticulously researched and superbly presented text that is enhanced with 165 photographs, 80 musical examples, and an accompanying CD sampler of songs, dance-songs, and instrumental music from the areas featured in this outstanding contribution to music history in general, and the musical cultures and legacies of the Polynesian south seas in particular.