This account of the first south-north crossing in Victorian times is incredible. A film of this story several years ago did little to change that situation. The story recounts the key attempts and the elaborate expeditions involved. The crux of the story really revolves around a series of many mishaps and oh so near misses. Tragedy was almost avoided numerous times but ultimately...well read the book. The fact that the story is known and accurately recorded is in itself an incredible sub-plot. It is hard to believe sometimes that this is a true story -- yet this is a case of real life being more amazing than one would dare write as fiction! The story is quite detailed but hang in there, the threads all come together in an incredible finale.

The author, Dr. Cooper, works in the Chemistry department at my university, so it comes as little surprise that it is used for general chemistry labs there. The labs are much better than ones in high school chemistry. In high school chemistry labs, we were given a value that we had to achieve. If we did not, we lost points depending on how far off we were. This is a problem since error is inevitable in a lab setting, even under the most controlled conditions. The labs in this lab manual focus on how you carry out the experiment. You are not given target results. Instead, you derive a method of solving the given problem (separating a mixture, synthesizing a compound, etc). This method is more similar to what scientists do, and it makes the lab experience more rewarding.

From what I gathered from this very fine research into a very mysterious person of history, who was a born Count Ragoczy of Siebenbuergen=Transylvania, approx. 1712, who suffered much intrigue by the Austrian Royal Court. He was in Russia when Catarina the Great, a German Princess, ascended the Russian Throne in St. Petersburg. He was in Paris closely associating with Madame de Pompadour in Versailles, later warning the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, daughter of the Austrian Emperess Maria Theresia, of the approaching danger of the revolution. It is astounding how careless and fete-loving this Royal, Marie Antoinette was. After the French Revolution of 1789, she and Louis XIV were executed at the scaffold 1792. There appear to be eye witnesses, who saw the Count still alive and looking well in 1822. The book deals with so many details, historically founded, that it is a jewel when it comes to a big part of European history during this era and the mysterious involvement of Count Saint Germain. Gerborg
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Cubism was a phase in the development of perhaps every major artist contemporary to the periods immediately preceding and immediately following World War I. Picasso and Braque, working closely together in Paris between 1906 and 1908, are credited as the creators of this style. Cubism was the major step toward Abstractionist painting that came to dominate twentieth-century art, preceded only by Cezanne, whom Picasso credited as its inspiration. Cooper credits the Cubists with the invention of collage, examples of which are included in this beautifully illustrated volume. With 48 full-page color reproductions of important Cubist paintings with accompanying discussion, and an additional 36 illustrations in black and white, this book offers a useful history and summary of Cubism and the artists who practiced it. A better-than-average addition to the library of new low-cost paperback art books that too frequently are plagued with an indifferent text.

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Pithy prose with an interesting scoop on the historical development of chemical principles. Hoary for a science text (last published >20 years ago) but the general matter holds true. Well-written and approachable, it makes a good supplement to the dry, long-winded presentations of many a modern introductory chemistry text.

One may approach this book from the viewpoint that it is merely a cash in on the popular TV series. It is an original and fascinating read. The author constructs an exceptionally authentic history of Agent Dale Cooper. The book is funny, sad, original and will change your life.

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