What a neat idea to produce a paperback that relates the tales of folk who were actually passengers on the great streamliners of the past. Author Mike Schafer managed to cover a lot of miles (and consume plenty of food in the dining cars too) on these trains and his travels take up most of the text, various side-bars give others a chance to tell of their streamline rail adventures. All very interesting but what let the book down for me (apart from the bland predictable layout) was the poor picture selection and the quality of those chosen, too many are soft-focus, blurred, or not really relevant In the acknowledgement the author praises Bob Johnson for having the foresight to photograph the interiors of these trains but his photos are no better than snaps that belong in a photo album and not really good enough to appear in print. If they had to be used maybe a couple of spreads made to look like a scrapbook with hand-written comments would have solved the problem. I think the best visual items in the book are the brochure covers and ads put out by the railroads to promote their trains.

If you are interested in streamline trains the author (and Joe Welsh) have produced much better books, I would suggest 'Classic American Streamliners', 160 pages, or best of all, 'The Art of the Streamliner' a hardcover 144 page book which (amazingly) costs not much more than 'Streamliner Memories'.

What a pleasant surprise to get this book home and discover that it is written by a true lover of trains! Wonderful pictures accompany intersting stories about the author's experiences as a train fanatic. The section covering the Illinois Central and its Land o Corn reminded me of my childhood and the magic of taking the train from Rockford to Chicago for the day. I this the book is worth the price for the photographs but I also think it's worth the price for the narative. Highly recommended.

This book uses easily recognized words, but the problem is that sometimes you don't understand what the writer is actually saying especially when giving instructions, which could be very frustrating.

we found stock cert. dated 1946 with berkey and gay furniyure co. wondering if there is any value to these? Where are they now?

Although it took place in 1918, The Malbone Street Wreck stands as the worst mass transit disaster in US history. And Brian Cudahy is the person to tell the tale. He has an unusual gift: He leads you through amazing amounts of detail without burying you in minutia. The "small pictures" of the various aspects of the events leading up to this transportation disaster are always beautifully and accurately drawn. They are then framed in the context of the "big picture" of the politics, geography and tenor of the time.

A great read for lovers of history, train lovers and anybody who appreciates a well crafted recounting of the complex causes of a shattering event.

The shelves of libraries and bookstore always have at least a few books, usually humorous in tone, about the failed predictions of clever scientists and experts. The authors, even when the book takes a more serious tone, never get much beyond the gloating stage of analysis. "These guys are morons" should be said loudly and the prospective reader could move on to other titles without missing anything.

This book is NOT in that undistinguished company. Like Professor Schnaar's other works, this book begins with a systematic review of the material and then an analysis of method - how the predictors went about predicting. There are recurring themes and tendencies in most of the predictions (leaving out the "morons" thesis) -the glamour of the new technology, underrating the natural conservatism of consumers or wildly overestimating the benefits. Professor Schnaar's examples are illuminating and well-presented with NO GLOATING and little monday morning quarterbacking. The failures are shown as systematic lapses, failure of method that any intelligent person could fall victim.

The one great insight in the book is that technology will not have a solid chance of changing the society until it shows at least a tenfold increase in performance over its present competitors. It sounds like a very conservative measure, but it still would keep the investor out of any space colony company and would push the investment in semiconductors in the tardy, johnny-come-lately year of 1974.

The reader will never come across another breathless article in TIME about "the" NEW thing and not be able to think clearly about it.

I came accross this book by accident, but I enjoyed it very much. A great read for someone looking for first hand accounts of life with native Canadians in early 1900's or for those looking for stories about God's guiding hand in others lives.

A reader who wants to get a general perspective of what networking essentials is about will basically find that information here.Be warned! The book does contain a few typographical errors,however,they should not distract the reader from grasping whatever ideas the author tries to convey.Also,the information found here would probably supplement a more thorough text-book on network essentials,so,basically,if the reader wants an in-depth text on networking topics he should look in another book,but,if the reader wants something thats deals with this subject in a general sense ,then, this is the book. The CD that is packaged with this book comes with about 100 questions,but the reader can configure that number to his needs.The questions that come on the CD covers the same questions inside the book.The reader is giving a score along with a bar graph to show how he is progressing.Also,the CD will allow the reader to review any answers to questions, so he can see what topics he may need to improve on.

a very good book, easily readable, to learn all techniques of a complete physical examination. The text is concise, with all informations we need, and there are a lot of illustrations which make the physical examination easy to perform.

I want replace a transistor bjt b601 for similar ecg part

a hodgepodge of counterculture ideas and viewpoints to shake up "normal" thinking and get your mind into some pretty weird and interesting places.

Dwyer deserves much credit for compiling so many intriguing elements in one volume. There is really something for everyone inside these pages.

Well done; a nice addition to any counterculture library.