this book is full of standard values ,practical procedures and testing methods. also give gaidance for engineers how to specify, operate and maintain power transformers.this book is highly necessary for all engineers working at electrical utilities companies

I have searched for quite some time for a good thourough text on transformers that would take me past the 2 chapter simplified presentation in most machines textbooks. This book covers all aspects of transformer design (with lots of great photos) and operation in detail. ;--)

Another well written, well documented and footnoted book by the Bobgans. They do not attack Dr. Dobson personally but they do quote extensively from his work and then show where he has moved away from biblical truth. It is a very eye opening book and is a must read for anyone who is wanting to hone their discernment skills. Don't take what the Bobgans say at face value, get your Bible out and see for yourself. Be a "Berean!"

"James Dobson's Gospel of Self-Esteem and Psychology" is an even-handed, fair, fully documented commentary on Dobson's "Christian" psychology. Authors Martin and Deidre Bobgan have followed "psycho-heresy" for many years and watched it swallow up counseling that is relies firmly on the Bible. They point out the origin of Dobson's self-esteem teaching, which is in the writings of atheistic psychologists like Maslow and Freud. They document of study that shows that American suffer from high self-esteem, not low, and that there is very low correlation between low self-esteem and behaviors such as drug use and violence, although that is one of Dobson's primary hypotheses.

They disagree with the premise that psychology is a treatment of the mind like medicine when they state that medicine is proveable and truly scientific while psychology is neither.

It seems that Dobson places his confidence in psychology primarily while tacking on a Bible verse here and there, claiming he is not a theologian, but aren't we all theologians when we espouse a view of the nature of man and of God? Does Dobson even think we need a Savior if we have psychology and a functional family to give us a good life? Dobson makes no differentiation between the treatment of Christians and nonChristians, but the Bible declares that one is in light and the other in darkness. Christians have the "Hope of Glory" in their Savior Jesus Christ.

Because psychology has so permeated the American church, I recommend this book to help bring us back to the Bible, the greatest book of all. After all, Christianity faired very well all these years without the diversion and detriment of psychology.

This is a very good, highly readable history of James J. Hill, his family and his numerous successful business adventures, and the Great Northern Railway in particular.

Of the four major biographies of James J. Hill, this one is the best and most detailed. If it has a fault, it is that it is too detailed for many readers. But for those interested in the financial history of the Great Northern Railway and the personal history of its builder, this is the classic.

Martin had full access to the James J. Hill papers, now open to the public. Pyle's 1917 biography was also based on those papers, but Pyle was an employee of Hill's and tried to whitewash the truth, which actually made Hill look worse than he was. Holbrook's brief bio was based mainly on Pyle and rumor. Malone's 1996 book on Hill is to Martin's what Holbrook's was to Pyle's--a good intro but not as detailed as Martin's.

My 'almost' six-year-old daughter fell in love with the character Jane Martin. She loved trying to figure out the case before Jane did. Eve Bunting moves the story along so she didn't get bored. The variety of animals and characters is just enough. A great book for thinkers and budding detectives.

Jane Martin, Dog Detective, has totally captured the imagination of my six-year-old son. The book consists of three stories with titles like "The Kitten Case." The character, Jane Martin, sets up a detective agency in her backyard treehouse, charging 25 cents a day to solve various dog mysteries. Needless to say, she always solves the mystery - and, in Eve Bunting's wonderful style, the ending is a complete surprise. My son loves this book, and I truly enjoy reading it to him. Children who love dogs will adore this book.

This is a "must-have" for any lover of contemporary theatre. My copy was stolen from my backpack! They left everything else, but took my Jane Martin!

All of her(?) works are finely crafted and shaped. Through this volume, I was exposed to her popular "Keely & Du" (breathtaking), while at the same time discovering a new favorite in "Vital Signs."

I've successfully used several monologues from "Vital Signs" and they continue to provide me with one of the most lethal weapons in an audition setting: fresh pieces.

I highly recommend this book -- especially to actresses!

Theater for people who thought they did'nt like theater. Jane Martin is a rare non-pretentious (Her identity is unknown) yet artistically challenging playwright. This collection is a mix of short and long pieces of theater with a common thread for you to ponder. The dialogue is quick, smart, crude and fall over funny. Feminine issues are explored with refreshing honesty and inclusiveness. I recomend this to all lovers of theater and playwrights who wish to examine the subleties of timing and audience reaction. Most important perhaps is the fact that these plays engage an audience to the extent that previous "theater haters" start to loose their prejudices. If Jane Martin plays were played next to movie theaters people might actually begin to reverse the affects of the "Titanic" plague. "Criminal Heart" "Vital Signs" and "Cementville" are must reads. When you're done you'll be seeking out live performances and in for a whole new experience.

This is the second book by Martin du Gard that I have read. I enjoyed the first one, "The Thibaults", but I was uncertain of its' message. I do not have such doubts about "Jean Barois". There are actually two topics of note in this novel. The primary one is the on-going debate between Christianity and what we have come to call "secular humanism". The novel begins and ends with this theme. In the middle half of the book, however, is another subject; The Dreyfus Affair.

Persons interested in the debate between religion vs. atheism will find this a fascinating book. The author really does justice to both sides of the issue and brings out the best artillery that each side had to offer. The main character is a person who has gone out of his way to denounce all faith as meaningless. He losses his wife and other loved ones in his adamant refusal to just show up for any Christian rites. It's not enough to decline, he must also ridicule.

The middle portion of the novel is a terrific insight to the affair of Captain Dreyfus. In case you aren't aware of this notorious event in French History, it has to do with a French officer (Dreyfus) being found guilty of treason and exiled to Devil's Island. It so happens that Captain Dreyfus is a Jew which many believe to be the reason that he was charged and convicted. Some years after his conviction evidence came to light that exonerated the Captain and created a scandal for the whole French military. (For some who have developed particular opinions of the French in the last 6 months, this might be reason enough to read the book). The events unfold through the eyes of Jean Barois and his compatriots who publish a political magazine. The heated discussions that these gentlemen have effectively draws out the various perspectives of the scandal and its' affect on France.

The novel then finds it way back to the subject of religious faith vs. scientific fact. This happens by the emergence of a new character and her affect on Monsiuer Barois. Again the debate is heavily engaged and the reader will probably again be impressed by how the author is able to argue both positions so well. Ultimately we see the author's preferred response to the issue but proponents of the oposite view will come away feeling that they had a fair hearing.

For those interested in the two subjects I have cited, this book is a masterpiece of literature and should not be missed! For those not interested in the about subjects, this book should still be an enjoyable and enlightening experience. I admit I was a bit confused by the dual subject matter and the almost abrupt change from one to the next. However, I think the author did so to bring out the passion that was within Jean Barois and how it was, for a time at least, able to replace the passions of faith that exist in others. This book was written 90 years ago but its' meaning and relevance is quite contemporary. It may be hard to find but it'll be worth the effort.

The story is centerd in an atheus man,Jean Barois, and the conflict,of not believing in a God and the need to do so.
The majesty in wich du Gard treats a theme of special difficulty: the religious problematic of the modern man,makes this one of the most characteristic and suggestive books in modern french literature.

Not recomended to people who have doubts in they're religious faith. ;)

Kapr's book is the result of his life's research on Gutenberg and a summary of all that was known on the subject by the late 20th century. Some readers might find the book slightly dry and scholarly, but it gives all the familiar and obscure, bizarre and quirky tales about the inventor of printing, and it patiently distinguishes which parts of the legend are speculative and apocryphal from those that deserve to be considered historical fact. Kapr's narrative paints a vivid picture of fifteenth-century southwestern Germany, its social structure and politics and the conditions that set the stage for Gutenberg's achievment. We see Gutenberg's childhood as the son of a wealthy businessman and wine producer and how this could have given him the ideas he later put into practice in his inventions. One of the more interesting and illustrative stories is Gutenberg's invention of metal stamping to manufacture mirrors for the pilgrims at Aachen, a brilliant piece of imaginative work that was blunted by his miscalculation by a year of the date of the Aachen pilgrimmage. Throughout the book we see repeated instances of Gutenberg's restless inventive powers and his benighted (or astonishingly unlucky) career as a businessperson. In the end, Kapr shows how Gutenberg fell afoul of the Pope and was driven out of his home town by the Pope's allies and left to die in obscurity. In addition, the book shows to a small degree the contribution of Peter Schoeffer to the invention and explains why the world's first printing firm was Fust und Schoeffer rather than Gutenberg und Gesellschaft. As a reader with a personal interest in printing and typography and an amateur historian's thirst for more fine details to round out my knowledge of the early Renaissance, I found this book to be unputdownable.

It gives printers a sense of pride in there fast paced sometimes unappreciated work. It helps people realize that it was a printer who single handedly raised mankind out of the dark ages.

This was one of the first Martin Waddell books that we got and we still read it over and over. It shows true to life family dynamics--and beleive me it happens that you think one or the other is watching the little one in a big family!

It was Sammy's day for minding John Joe but he got bored so he ran of down Cow Lane to his friend Willie Brennan he was meant to take John Joe but he took Splinter the dog instead.Mary was very mad as it was not her day for minding John Joe.she went down to brennan's house to find Sammy but he was down at the river.Mary couldn't go because John Joe was too small so then John Joe offered to mind himself while Mary looked for Sammy.After Mary left the brennans big hen came up to John Joe and John Joe was very frightened. He called for help but no one could hear him so he ran away from the hen. he jumped up on the wall and the hen followed etc. When Mary and Sammy returned they couldn't find John Joe so Sammy sent Splinter to look for John Joe.They eventually found him asleep in the corn. All ended well and mammy said there was no way she was ever going to loose her John Joe. The story is excellently illustrated every child I have read it to enjoyed it thoroughly

I'm going back into a Masters Program and plan to teach English for a living. Already this book has proved to be a valuable resource when surveying various schools of criticism. The cross-referenced index is a bit confusing, but this is a nice book that you may want to sit down with and read for awhile anyway. I've found some wonderful items in here, and it's fun to flip through, looking for previously unknown literary schools that may catch my interest. It's a great reference book, but also a compelling source of information and direction. I laid out the bucks for this book because I know it will be a handy reference for the next thirty years. Already it's directed me to some outside reading that has proved quite profitable. I'll keep this guide close by as long as I am a student of Literature.

Provides a consise, and yet sufficiently nuanced and complex, summary of theoretical schools, practitioners, terms, and trends. Hefty and yet readable reference material -- cross-indexed with more thorough bibliographies for each entry.

Journey To Heavenly Mountain: An American's Pilgrimage To The Heart Of Buddhism In Modern China is the personal story of Jay Martin, an American who personally journeyed through modern-day China in a dedicated search for eternal wisdom and personal enlightenment. Jay's travels took him into the heart of monastic Buddhist territory, where he learned of new ways for seeing with clarity and tranquility. Journey To Heavenly Mountain is highly recommended for Buddhist reference collections and supplemental reading lists as being an insightful, communicative, and broad-minded memoir.

This is one of those books that won't let you put it down until you've finished it. As a piece of travel writing, it's interesting enough; but it is as an account of a spiritual journey that the book especially succeeds. Author Jay Martin's aim was to live in some of the great Buddhist temples in China, and to absorb the wisdom of the spiritual masters who live there. One might expect, in his recounting of his dialogues with these spiritual figures, just more of the rather befuddling Eastern philosophical jargon that many have come to expect. What is refreshing about Martin's account is both the accessibility of the teachings, and the fact that we get to see the teachings APPLIED in the course of Martin's adventures.