As one of the contributors to this book, I would like to heartily recommend this volume to any interested in the most recent scholarship on East Germany. The book results from a conference in the spring of 1998 at the University of Birmingham at which doctoral students presented their research on topics ranging from East German literature, film, society, politics and history. My own contribution examines the role of the Protestant Church in East Germany and the interesting dynamic between this sizeable institution and the communist party and secret police which sought to destroy it.

East Germany is a remarkable area for study. Alone of the formerly communist Eastern Bloc states, it has completely disappeared from the map with no "successor state" to replace it, being absorbed (practically by Anschluss) into the Federal Republic of Germany. Also unlike the other states, its archives have been completely opened to scholars, meaning that we can now look into the state and party files -- including those of the Stasi -- while many of the main actors are still alive. The result has been that -- far from an abandonment of East German studies following that state's disappearance -- scholarship is continuing in exciting directions by young and upcoming researchers, as this volume testifies.

This book gives a very nice collection of 4 case studies on Engineering Probabilistic Design and Maintenance for Flood Protection. Each case study is reviewed in detail from an engineering point of view, a mathematical point of view, and a problem's owner point of view. Each author of the case study has added a reply to the reviews. The book will be appreciated by civil engineers who deal with flood protection issues and mathematicians who are interested in applying their probabilistic models in practice.

There's not much info available about this title elsewhere, so ... Published in 1963, this is basically "A Day in the Life of CVN-65", the currently commissioned, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise. It runs 128 pages, has about 50 black-and-white photographs -- some fairly interesting ones at that -- and a brief history of the seven previous ships named Enterprise (including the Big E, of World War II fame).

My guess is it was targeted at secondary school readers: grades 8 and up. Interesting reading, especially for insights into what the 60's Navy was like.

this childrens book is filled with some of the most wonderful sketches and art work of indians. this book is not true to fact . But it does have an easy to read interesting story line that shows the culture ,wisdom and greatness of some wonderful indians in history. It so briefly covers the indians from the east to west coast,with some very interesting information on how they lived,what they wore and thier beliefs. I liked this book.And for a book published in 1954 it is really well done.

"Humorous and evenly paced...this story's appeal is its subtle excitement. Readers will thoroughly enjoy Fast Focus." -- Gothic Journal

If all sporting events could be reviewed by Mister Cook, we would both appreciate and understand the efforts/compromises of today's athletes. Relation of sport and life.

I think that this is a great book for people and especially students that are not very familiar with the Israeli -Palestine conflict. I think that this is a great representation of the view of women, women's experience and so forth. This is a bit confuding chronologically, but that is the sybolic part,....Its a quick read

A general how-to-do-it book which offers a particularly good treatment of the initial brainstorming stage. See pages 52-54 for the author's great suggestions for making a mock-up of the arrangement of the site.

The stories and jazz history are not as indepth as other books. But, in combination with another book, you get a better view of the history of jazz from the great pictures that this book contains.

"The Lake" is a very fun read. The characters are portrayed very well. I would like to see much more from this author. Before I found "The Lake" in my grandmother's book collection, I had never heard of Mr. Jensen. I read horror (go Stephen King!) so naturally I loved it. I was surprised that is was so good. Because usually your better books are the more heard of ones. Like I said, I would like to see MUCH more from R. J. Jensen!