Ron Flesch's Redwood Delta is a well-written account of his and his compatriots' experiences in Vietnam in 1965 and early 1966. The attention to detail is reminiscent of Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried", and the matter-of-fact writing style in Flesch's first book seems to bare his soul, but in the words of an almost dispassionate observer. A non-fiction account of their experiences, it is a refreshing and terrifying tale of the Marine platoon's daily life and death in the early years of America's combat troops' involvement in the Viet Nam conflict. I recommend it for students of the Viet Nam era, and for veterans who care to understand the early development of America's role in the war.

This is a good book on the regional development of Shanghai and the Yangtze river basin. It looks at the historical development of the region from the viewpoint of literature and culture, politics, regional geography, human resources, and economic development. But as a geographer by training, I find the part on geography not insightful enough.

This true-crime book is about 18 year-old Darren Huenemann, and his struggles to come to grips with reality. It explains his diabolical scheme to off his mother and his wealthy grandmother to get his inheritance early. It gives insight into Darren's thought pattern and his deepening interest in Albert Camus's brilliant play Caligula, and how he tries to emulate the tyrannical Roman Emperor in his day to day life. Darren's irresistable and manipulative personality lures in two outcasts, Derik Lord and David Muir, who Darren manipulates to commit the grizzly murders. The book gives extensive information on the backgrounds of Doris Leatherbarrow and Sharon Huenemann, the two victims. Overall "Such a Good Boy" is a thrilling and flawlessly written book and I highly recommend it and its movie counterpart, Scorn.

This is an interesting concept. Only in america, for two cents plain. And other cliches. But seriously, its a good book with more than the average number of recipes you can use. They look nice, aside from the alligator, and they're well explained. They taste good, and I want to go to the restaurant when I am in NY. Enjoy !

I first bought this book a year ago, seeing it laying on a table of "recommended books" at [a store] and thinking to myself that it sounded intriguing. I got home, opened it up and....put it down w/in ten minutes. Being somewhat widely read, this does not often happen to me, but I admit I found this book at first utterly boring.

However, a few days ago, I decided to try again and this time I opened up the book-and kept reading. The story draws you in slowly, until you feel you are present in shellmound, sitting in the settee in the corner watching this all take place. The setting description was vividly realistic, the characters believable. The characters ARE the plot line: the novel unfolds through the eyes of both outsiders (ellen and laura) and also through the eyes of the fairchilds themselves [in the forms of shelley and dabney].

This thought provoking narrative of a large and intricately woven Southern family is brought to life through the evocative words of eudora welty, and stays in the heart long after the last page is turned.

Reading "Delta Wedding" is like attending a family wedding and meeting all your distant relatives for the first time. You have a sense of belonging and, at the same time, a sense of being an outsider. Everyone seems to know everyone so much better than you do and you're rushing to catch up on everyone's story and sort out who is who. This is a relatively short book, but perhaps because she is primarily a short-story writer, Eudora Welty has packed this book so densely with character and detail, you will feel as though you have read a family saga of many hundred pages. The delta is recreated in such detail that you can feel the humid, misty breezes and hear the crickets chirping. The young girls through whose perspective you watch the proceedings are enchanting. Struggling to keep track of the characters forced me to go back and re-read parts of the book at times, which was, in fact, helpful in discovering important overlooked details. This is a book you can re-read many times always discovering something or someone new. Eudora Welty ranks at the very top of Southern writers and American writers in general.

I had to read this for a Lit of the American South class I'm taking for my M.A. I read it in two days with a study guide close at hand as well as several background articles on Welty. I'm grateful for the additional materials, but even without them I know I would have found much to praise in this book.

When I first started to read, my professor suggested compiling a list of characters and their relationships in order to assist in keeping everyone straight. This was excellent advice and allowed me to read without getting too bogged down in character names and trying to figure out who was allied with whom, etc etc.

The novel is ostensibly a portrait of one Southern family. On a broader perspective, one can view it as a deconstruction of the American South with its age-old social structures and isolationism. But it can also be taken on a much more universal level. Anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in any milieu will relate to Ellen Fairchild, Laura McEvern, and Robbie Reid. Families across the world aren't so different. Robbie's statement in the novel's climax: "I didn't marry into them, I married George!" is, I thought, particularly insightful.

I honestly can't praise this book enough. It has inspired me to want to read more of Welty's work as well as other great Southern writers. An excellent introduction...

In some ways, perhaps in structure and narrative tone, it reminded me of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.

Again, this is one of the greatest books I have ever read!

Enjoy!

I am willing to give anyone a break or benefit of the doubt. When I saw the poor quality of this book, my first impression was that it took no imagination and less talent to put this book together. The craftmanship of this book makes small press released books look like the high-end publishers.

It is that bad.

Adding insult to injury is the price for this piece of work.

Avoid it.

I think the author did a good job on the story line. I really liked his knowledge and the information on CAG. However, I couldn't read two or three sentences without finding some sort of grammatical error. I found myself spending more time going back and reading again sentences just to make sense of where the story was going. I would gladly pay $...for the Rouge Warrior's book as to waste my time and money on what was a decent book that severely neeeded proof reading by a 4th grade English teacher.

...I had to treat myself for powder-burns after reading this action packed novel! Let me tell you, I have no military background and found this still to be quite entertaining, I did not bother myself with possible inaccuracy of military functions or capability, hey this is fiction and good fiction. I cannot believe the fellow below gave this one star! He most have been one the candidates to have fallen by the way side in Delta selection or something, what a bitter guy, its funny he was the only one not to enjoy this title. Well I highly recommend it and cannot wait for Sawyers next title!

This seems to have been written by experts in the field, FOR experts in the field. Takes a highly mathematical approach to the subject, the supporting text seems to only describe the mathematical derivations. This book would probably be fine for academic environments where the need for practical and 'real world' implementation issues, is unnecessary. For design engineers wishing to explore this field it is unhelpful and frustrating to read, for as soon as the mathematical analysis is complete the text moves to another subject. Text descriptions (in plain English) of the concepts that underpin the principles would be helpful, this is a difficult subject at best, there seems no sense in confounding the situation further with books like this !

a good book for sigma delta modulator design. a lot of deep insight.

This is the only book I know of that gives such a thorough discussion on the state of the art in sigma delta modulation, including design tips and insight into the authors' own experiences. A necessity for anyone considering the design of a high-order modulator. It is not an introductory text, and does assume basic knowledge in signal processing and A/D conversion in general.

I have found at least two publishing errors in this manual. In section 2-10 figure 28, the sequence for the ignition coils is wrong. The index says windshield wiper section begins in section 6-23,it begins on 6-24. This is a distraction for the average do it yourselfer. In section 1-20 they start to explain about the engine drive belts, but they don't show you what's really involved in changing the serpentine belt. They say you need to support the engine and remove things that are not necessary. All you need are a few basic hand tools that I'm sure any Snap-on tool truck carries.

Tickled pink with this particular manual.This one's paid for itself many times over.Very descriptive and helpful,and I have not found many things lacking.Being an ex-mechanic who hates to pay 55$/hr at the shop unless needed,this is a good one for even the novice.

This is for those die hard do-it-yourselfers who have a desire to save money and feel like becoming one with their automobile. There is nothing quite like waking up knowing you have to change the timing chain. Fresh breeze, the smell of coffee and grease. What more could you ask for. This book will guide you step by step even though you have to provide your own creative language after you smash your knuckles once or twice while removing the cover bolts. But hey look at it this way your wife is happy her car is running perfect and you are headed to the golf course for an afternoon of relaxation. I would say this book is the way to go.

Humility Garden, the first book, was alright, so I bought and read this one hoping that things would improve. The characters of these two books take life far too lightly, and for a book with characters capable of performing all sorts of miracles, why is Humility still blind at the end of the second book, and Arity still cursed with growing thorns, and...? I didn't like alot of the society of these books- the murderous Ghostiers, for example, and never came to understand the motivations of the majority of the characters.

I waited almost a year to read the sequel, and I was expecting something special. This book is good, but Humility is very worn out in this book and only gains her spirit back during the last 5 pages. The charaters were believable (though not always likeable.) If you've read the first book, read this one, even if it is just to find out what the hell happened. Be prepared, however, to want to slowly kill Arity.

This book is fairly essential to those interested in the music of Patton and his contemporaries, as it is based on the comprehensive research on the subject by Gayle Dean Wardlow, research which is largely unavailable elsewhere. Unfortunately, Calt's presentation of this information is poor at best, and downright malicious at times. His writing is typically peppered with ad homien attacks at his subjects, and this book is no exception. The book is also in desperate need of thorough editing... one sometimes wonders how it got published at all.

Calt denigrates almost every other bluesman of that time and place--except, perhaps, Robert Johnson. Still, the book contains invaluable information about an elusive subject. Anyone who admires Patton's work and is interested in the period should be able to tolerate Calt's excesses. His bile is put to better use in his bio of Skip James--whom Calt knew personally. That very quirky (and sometimes fascinating) book becomes as much a study of the author as of his subject. And they deserved each other.

This book is the final word in the elusive character known as Charley Patton. Gayle Dean Wardlow's exhaustive research and Steven Calt's vivid presentation create a text which I have read and re-read dozens of times. Unlike biased hacks such as David Evans , the two authors give a balanced , even handed portrait of "Papa Charley" , the greatest blues artist the Mississippi delta has ever produced....and that's saying something.