Excellant photography. Simple instuctions and good tips. Addresses most paint and design techniques needed. Gives good ideas to create painted furniture with a personal touch. Well done.

Three books on our solar system appeared in the past year or so. Each has its own "flavor." I will review them in turn, but browsers should be aware of the others, so they are listed here: See also, "The New Solar System," J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, Andrew Chalkin, and "The Planetary Scientist's Companion," Katharine Lodders and Bruce Fegley, Jr.

If one of the other books, "The New Solar System" is lacking in mathematics, this volume more than makes up for it. Although my current interest, the Titius/Bode Law, is given only one page of description, it is a full and fair assessment of this astronomical curiosity. The authors immediately follow this on p. 9 by a statement that sums up the flavor of the rest of the book: "...It is Newton's laws that are at work and the subtle gravitational effect that determines the dynamical structure of our solar system is the phenomenon of 'resonance'." Planets do not circle the sun independently, they influence each other's orbits in fascinating and subtle ways, some of which may take billions of years to evolve.

The manifold aspects of "resonance" can be seen in the Chapter headings: The Two-Body Problem, The Restricted Three-Body Problem, Tides, Rotation, and Shape, Spin-Orbit Coupling, The Disturbing Function, Secular Perturbations, Resonant Perturbations, Chaos and Long-Term Evolution, and Planetary Rings.

The mathematics appears to be straightforward, but like most perturbation theory, it is not simple. Calculus is essential, of course. However, I welcome it. It will challenge my curiosity and ability for many years to come.

This is a compelling, must-have book for the advanced student of the science underlying our solar system and probably of other planetary systems as well.

This is an amazing book and I am surprised it is not better known. It tells about the life of a Polish Jew who escaped from what he considered the stifling atmosphere of Polish Hasidic life and went to Germany to become part of the German Enlightenment. He translated Kant into Yiddish for the edification of his compatriots back home. The scenes depicting Maimon's marriage at the age of 12 and of Jewish life in eighteenth century Poland are very memorable. Someone told me recently that this book might not actually have been written by Maimon at all but by the "editor," the German writer Karl Philip Moritz, who apparently had a similar life. Perhaps that is why the book has not been reprinted.

I was a student of Murray when I was doing my master's in AI. He taught us a course titled 'Learning and Cognitive Robotics', which covered a classical 'logic-based' approach to robotics, starting from the 'Shakey' days to Event Calculus.

Much of the lecture notes from the said course went into the book, which to my mind provides a comprehensive coverage to logic-based AI, its challenges and possible directions.

In classical AI, we assume that 'correct reasoning on correct representation' preceedes intelligence. The book starts from this 'first principle' and takes one through a wonderful journey, leading to an almost total solution to the Frame Problem, one of the biggest stumbling blocks for logic-based AI.

In my mind, the book is not for naive readers. One has to have a fairly good understanding of relevant Computer Science/AI concepts to comprehend the material.

For serious readers of AI, I would like to recommend another fantastic piece of work: Agent_Oriented Programming: From Prolog to Guarded Definite Clauses by Ringwood and Huntbach.

Enjoy!

a book that is very much inspiring with the whole immune aproach,and this book will explain to the readers all of the mecanisms of the disease, plus the conventional, and alternative approach, wich he tends more for the natural way.you (the reader) will understand the disease much better after you will learn that book, and also you will understand how and why this disease is happened, and in what ways each nutrients that is sugested in that book is operate in the immune system in order to win that disease.all the sections in this book are interesting in the same level, and i can guarantee that you will not be sorry for buying, and learning from that book.this book is for everyone, for proffessionals and for those who are not.i am a therapist and i kow that this book is a real scientific book on the subject.

This wonderful and important book has been reissued by the University of Tennessee Press as Pauli Murray: The Autobiography.

This is a well-written, exciting novel which accurately portrays the worldview of Native Americans of the plains. It deserves five stars. I use it as a first-book-read in a Native American Religions course. It never fails to interest students in learning more about Native Americans, as it gives their history specific, three-dimensional characters, both compelling and repelling. Since I teach students, black and white, who have little understanding of the Native American experience or point of view, I am grateful to Earl Murray for providing such an easily accessible, romantic, action-oriented novel. It makes my intellectual seduction of them much easier. When I get to explaining specific worldview assumptions of Native Americans, it is always helpful to refer back to, for instance, the visions of Fawn-that-goes-dancing or Black Robe (Father Thomas). I highly recommend this small novel.

Top-notch writing about our sonic environment by an eminent Canadian composer. Reprint (with no changes) of a 1970s hardcover with a different title.

If Langston Huges is the poet laureate of Jazz, then Albert Murray is its scribe. Murray's indelible style continues in this wonderful trip down South. Murray grew up in Mobile, Alabama, after high school he went to Tuskegee Institute then on to the military where he was the first black to become an officer in US Air Force history. After retiring from the Air Force Murray settled in New York City where he lives today. A number of years ago Murray's publisher suggested that he go home and write about the differences in Mobile before WWII and Mobile now. Murray takes the reader along with him on his trip through his own personal history with remarkable rhythm. There are any number of notable sequences including the first paragraph which is destined to join the ranks of "Call me Ishmael" and "It was the best of times it was the worst of times..." Another striking point in the novel is when Murray checks into a celebrated hotel in his hometown and his bags are carried by a young white boy who calls him sir and mister. It is contrast against Murray's memories of this same hotel that he was not allowed to enter when he was a boy because he was black. The book also includes plenty of the rhythmic writing that has made Murray one of America's most cherished authors.

Don't save your passion for a once-a-year celebration or birthday night out, relationships need to be renewed more frequently than that! Profiling over 28 locales in this popular state, Romantic Weekends Southern California provides the inspiration you need to celebrate that special person in your life. Designed for couples of all ages and lifestyles, this book offers romantic ideas to suit all budgets, too. And it's not just a listing of restaurants with candlelit tables. First, you should both complete the Compatability Quiz to make sure you know what pleases each other on a weekend away. This enables you to take a trip that is mutually satisfying, perhaps dedicating one weekend to his tastes (you can play tennis while he plays golf), followed by another trip more suited to her idea of fun (after a day's shopping she'll still enjoy a romantic soirée at the best restaurant in town). The quiz also makes you aware of any budget restrictions you might need to adhere to (that $500-a-night resort suite is lovely, but the B&B next door may serve your purposes just as well this time). Travel strategies, making reservations, climate and tips on how to find a place that's right for you are all covered in the introduction, along with a complete list of information sources (web sites, too!). Then it's time for the fun to start! Profiling Bakersfield, Kernville, Catalina/Avalon, Long Beach, Big Bear, Joshua Tree, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Huntington, Laguna, Seal and Newport beaches, Orange, San Juan Capistrano, Indio, Idyllwild, Borrego Springs, Coronado, Del Mar, Julian, Mission Bay, Temecula and the Coachella Valley, Murray offers unique ideas for fun with your partner. Walks along the beach, old-fashioned sundaes to share, bookstore browsing with café latte on the side, secluded nature preserves with backwoods paths. A select choice of places to stay are then given, with the author's personal recommendations indicated by a heart, making it easy to spot the first choices. Many of these offer fine dining, antique-filled rooms, immaculate grounds, personal service, in-room jacuzzis, privacy and even "theme" rooms, where you can act out your fantasy roles in the right setting (for once!). Restaurants are subject to the same scrutiny, and only those with a certain je ne sais quoi are included, with addresses and phone numbers for all.