I did a web search on Barbour Publishing and this was the first result page.

This book is a standard source on scales and temeraments, and their history. It compares and contrasts Pythagorean tuning, just intonation, meantone, irregular temperaments, and finally equal temperament. Barbour displays a strong predisposition towards twelve tone equal temperament in this work, and interprets the history of scales and temperaments as an inexorable march towards equal temperament.

If you are a publishing company looking for something to reprint, this is a classic.

This is a great book to keep beside your computer! There is a Christian Communities section which profiles 4 web sites, including crosswalk.com & gospelcom.net. The book is family oriented, and there is a wealth of subjects covered! You can find web sites about many different topics, including art, Bible, career, health (with sections for children's, men's, & women's health), entertainment, games, genealogy, God & theology, homeschooling, "Internet 101," music, science, shopping (yeah! LOL), travel, & women's studies, just to name a few! One neat feature is space to write in your own favorite web sites. There is also an email address included to "submit a site" for future editions of the book. There are safe surfing tips in the front of the book...important for families with children. There are some really good sites that are specifically for kids. Overall, this is a neat book for the entire family and a wonderful value too! A fun and fascinating book for seasoned surfers as well as "newbies"! I highly recommend it!

An absolutely amazing book. The theories presented are beyond interesting. A must read for anyone interested in physics, mathematics and time.

This book is thoroughly enjoyable. Make sure you have a couple of hours because you won't want to put it down. The kids quotes are VERY funny. This is a great gift book!

"You will be haunted by Three Spirits." So forewarns Jacob Marley's ghost to Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser of stingy, unfavorable traits. And so begins the enduring Christmas classic distinguished by almost everyone. Come along on an erratic journey with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, all of whom attempt to point Scrooge onto a virtuous path. Meet the most notable characters ever introduced in literature: Bob Cratchit, angelic Tiny Tim, and good-natured Fred. With vivid descriptions of Victorian England and enlightening dialogue, 'A Christmas Carol' will enrapture both the young and old throughout the year with a vital lesson on hope and benevolence for humanity. This, I find, is treasured most of all in this brief story marvelously crafted by the creative Charles Dickens. No matter how many adaptations of the book one has seen on television or as films, the real source is highly recommended and should not be missed. For if you do pass the book up, you are being just a Scrooge (metamorphically speaking, of course!).

Master storyteller and social critic, Charles Dickens, turns this social treatise on shortcomings of Victorian society into an entertaining and heartwarming Christmas ghost story which has charmed generations and become an icon of Christmas traditions. Who, in the Western world has not heard, "Bah, Humbug!" And who can forget the now almost hackneyed line of Tiny Tim, "God bless us, every one!" or his cheerfully poignant observation, that he did not mind the stares of strangers in church, for he might thus serve as a reminder of He who made the lame, walk and the blind, see. Several movie versions: musical, animated, updated, or standard; as well as stage productions (I recall the Cleveland Playhouse and McCarter Theatre`s with fondess.) have brought the wonderful characterizations to the screen, as well as to life. This story of the redemption of the bitter and spiritually poor miser, and the book itself; however, is a timeless treasure whose richness, like Mrs Cratchit`s Christmas pudding, is one that no production can hope to fully capture.

Well, I finally read it (instead of just watching it on the TV screen).

This is what you can call a simple idea, well told. A lonely, bitter old gaffer needs redemption, and thus is visited by three spirits who wish to give him a push in the right direction. You have then a ghost story, a timeslip adventure, and the slow defrosting of old Scrooge's soul. There are certain additions in the more famous filmed versions that help tweak the bare essentials as laid down by Dickens, but really, all the emotional impact and plot development necessary to make it believable that Scrooge is redeemable--and worth redeeming--is brilliantly cozied into place by the great novelist.

The scenes that choke me up the most are in the book; they may not be your favourites. I react very strongly to our very first look at the young Scrooge, sitting alone at school, emotionally abandoned by his father, waiting for his sister to come tell him there may be a happy Christmas. Then there are the various Cratchit scenes, but it is not so much Tiny Tim's appearances or absence that get to me--it's Bob Cratchit's dedication to his ailing son, and his various bits of small talk that either reveal how much he really listens to Tim, or else hide the pain Cratchit is feeling after we witness the family coming to grips with an empty place at the table. Scrooge as Tim's saviour is grandly set up, if only Scrooge can remember the little boy he once was, and start empathizing with the world once again. I especially like all Scrooge's minor epiphanies along his mystical journey; he stops a few times and realizes when he has said the wrong thing to Cratchit, having belittled Bob's low wages and position in life, and only later realizing that he is the miser with his bootheel on Cratchit's back. Plus, he must confront his opposite in business, Fezziwig, who treated his workers so wonderfully, and he watches as true love slips through his fingers again.

It all makes up the perfect Christmas tale, and if anyone can find happiness after having true love slip through his fingers many years ago, surprisingly, it's Scrooge. With the help of several supporting players borrowed from the horror arena, and put to splendid use here.

"The Lost Mind" was not one of Christopher Pikes best books. It was kind of confusing, yet kept you wanting to know what happens. It was not very suspenseful, and was'nt very clear about the ending. In the book, a girl (who lost her memory) wakes up next to her dead best friend. After that, everything in the book starts to go down hill. If you want to read a great book by Christopher Pike (my favorite author) then leave "The Lost Mind" on the book shelf and pick up "Remember Me."

This book is about a girl, Jenny, who wakes up in the woods; not knowing where she is or whoshe is and to top things off, there's a dead girl beside her. The book is from Jenny's point of view and documents her journey trying to piece out her past. She's also running away the police, since she's accused of the murder. The ending was quite surprising and is not what happens in many thrillers. My advice, read it and find out the surprising ending.

I can't say enough about this book, it's a masterpiece in my POV. I used to be a big R.L. Stine fan, but when I read this book 2 years ago, it tottally changed me, it's a story about a girl who wakes up in the woods not remebering anything, and how she goes to find the killer of her dead best friend. I must say it's somewhat Science Fiction (more so than horror) but Its amazing. I read this book in 5 hours and couldn't put it down. A must read for anyone, not just a CP fan, because I still am not that much of his books other that the remeber me trilogy, but this book is a must have (although the title is pretty pathetic).

My wife Brenda and I have used this book numerous times at our place in Kentucky and during our hikes in the Smokies. Even though the title specifies Kentucky we found the book very useful in Tennessee during our romps in the Great Smokey Mountains. A Notable feature that is very handy is the "roomy look" of the layout. There is copious amount of white space on every page. We used that to make notes and scribbles. Now when I turn to any page I recall the spring or fall at Clingman's Dome, Cumberland Gap or a dozen other places.

Some of the pictures are not quite as good. For example, on page 157, the snapshot of Prostrate Eryngo (E. yuccifolium) is misleading. In spite of minor quibbles this is a book well worth having. I must warn you that because of the glossy pages the book does weigh between two and three pounds which is significant when one is scrambling up an incline.

A real memory-maker!

This is an excellent guide to wildflowers and ferns for those of us on the Ohio side of the river. It is my most used field guide. Roger W. Barbour is definitely a talent as I have found his book "Amphibians & Reptiles of Kentucky" one of the best for identifying local snakes. This book is worth adding to your personal library.

Not only is this book an excellent source for identifying Kentucky wildflowers, it is an excellent source for identifying wildflowers, ferns, etc., for the Central Basin and Smoky Mountains in Tennessee as well.

In 1880 Union General Lew Wallace was stationed at a Western outpost when he began writing Ben Hur to dispel the boredom of his job. General Wallace who fought in some of the major campaigns of the Civil War was also questioning the meaning of his faith when the novel was written.

There are few who do not know the basic premise of this novel and fewer still who have not seen the monumental MGM film based on it. This story chronicles the life of Judah Ben Hur and his desire for revenge against the Roman Messala and all of Rome for the wrongs done him and his family.

In plot the story is simple enough. Ben Hur has been wrongly convicted of an attempt to kill the Roman Governor of Judea and sentenced to death on the Roman galleys. His fortune has been stolen and his family locked away in a dungeon. Ben Hur survives the galleys and defeats his enemy in the now famous chariot race at the Circus at Antioch.

If this were the end of Wallace's story we would have been left with a decent story of revenge and nothing more. However, Wallace incorporates into his story (bookends it really) with the story of the Passion of Jesus.

Wallace uses the coming of Jesus to examine the issues of his own faith. To analyze the dual nature of Jesus as King and Redeemer. To Ben Hur and the fiercely nationalist Jews of his time the world was waiting for a King to come to overthrow the power of Rome. Ben Hur sees this king as an element of his revenge against Rome and uses his restored fortune to build an army in support of the king.

By the end of the novel Ben Hur realizes that the King was not to come to overthrow Rome but to be a Redeemer of souls. That the kingdom to be created was not to be one of this world.

Wallace's narrative takes some time to get used to. It is sluggish and detail oriented. Literally everything is described. If you are looking for a fast read this book is not for you. If you are looking for a novel in the grand scale which also works as a powerful religous meditation give this one a try. The book was a great best seller when it was written and it can still be powerful 120 years later.

When this book was first publised in 1880 and up to the late 1920's, Ben-Hur was one of America's favorite books--many many households had a copy. This book is as relevant, accessible and awe-inspiring today as it ever was. If you want to read a life-changing book, pick this one up. You won't be able to put it down.

Ben-Hur is a story of a young Jewish prince who is sent as a to the galleys of the Romans. Saving the captian's life he gets adopted by the captian. Even then his troubles are not over. This book is to the very end. Even then you want to read more!

If I judge this book on whether it gets me praying the rosary again, then I have to give this book high marks. Otherwise, it is simply a short book of pious reading illustrated by several stories that St. Louis offers to serve his purpose of getting people to return to the devotion. St. Louis wants people to understand the importance of this devotion to the soul and worship of Our Lord.

Of course, St. Louis builds off the premise that this devotion is centered on Christ and contemplation of the whole of the Gospel. The fifteen mysteries of the rosary take us from Christ's birth through his resurrection. As a Christ centered devotion framed upon the intercessory prayer of his mother, you will find an exemplary explanation of the Lord's Prayer tucked away within its sheets. Probably the best short explanation I've read.

Also, St. Louis proposes what the editor believes is a new prayer now very familiar to Catholic and protestant alike; the Glory Be. I enjoyed seeing this prayer put in print as written for the first time.

Make no mistake that this work is of the genre of "pious reading." It is neither complex or theologically difficult to understand. It is shot through with examples of conversion stories wrought by this devotion.

To that end, it was quite entertaining, and I'm glad that the good saint has convinced me to return to this worthwhile devotion and reflection upon the mysteries of Our Lord.

I sneered or smiled at many of the anecdotes in this book when I first read it, thinking that only a... medieval peasant might believe them, However strangely enough, the book still persuaded me to start saying the rosary every day, and I hope I will continue doing so. The rosary has changed my life. Bad habits that I thought impossible to control have vanished like a bad dream, etc.

St. Louis wrote with a simple faith and fervor which is unfortunately rare in modern Catholic writing. The result is not a masterpiece of literature, but it can change your life.

One warning: St. Louis was writing long before ecumenism, and often portrays "heretics" as the epitome of evil. The rare Protestant reader of this book may therefore need lots of charity and some historical perspective. But I think everybody can benefit from this book. At the very least, it provides insight on why the rosary is by far the most widespread personal devotion in Christianity today.

If you have ever doubted the power of the rosary or the importance it has in our Catholic Faith as a priest, innocent child, grave sinner, Church suffering or militant, and everyone who has lived or ever will live on God's good earth, the "Secret of the Rosary" will be instrumental in opening the eye and heart to this treasure on earth....the Rosary it is truly a gift from God...as is His loving Mother present with us encouraging us to pray, pray, pray.....interceding with us for the world....everlasting....