For all those who want to learn about the position of Max Ernst within Surrealism this is an essential book. Scholarly essays by Werner Spies (arguably the foremost authority on Max Ernst) and William Camfield, who writes in fascinating detail about the transition period when the artist moved from Dada into Surrealism. The period comes alive with rare photographs and anecdotes about the struggles of Max Ernst to survive in Germany after the first world war and his efforts to reach Paris, the promised land. Max Ernst, a true pioneer of many of the art techniques taught nowadays in artschools, such as frottage and collage, is celebrated in this book with not only almost 200 colour plates of many of his masterpieces, but also many lesser known works which show how he constructed his collages. Added to this are inumerable black and white illustrations of the sources for many of his most famous paintings. As Max Ernst never wrote an autobiography,a book such as this is a must for all those who desire to know something more about the artist who is quoted on page 28 as saying "A painter is lost when he finds himself." An artist difficult to know, but this book goes a long way in bridging that gap.

i would love to read this book it looks very exciting! i have learned alot about the holocaust and i would like learn more! i am only a student in 8th grade but i feel sorry for all the people that had to suffer and if i could afford the book i would probley buy it but i am sorry i cant! so i guess then i cant enter for this but i just wanted to tell u how i thought! ~ thank-you

Even though this book bored me to tears... I think it's really neato to see my big brother's name up on the internet. (We share the same last name you see.) Buy this book today and you'll get a cool black and white picture of him sitting behind his desk.

I have been a medical transcriptionist for many years and currently work for oncologists. However, when I wanted to study for the credentialing exams, I really did not know where to start. Fortunately, I found the Medical Transcriptionist Workbook. It showed me what my weak points were and what I needed to study. I like the way it is divided into sections. I especially like having the answers in a separate booklet instead of at the end of a chapter or the back of the book - that really helps curtail the tempation to "peek". I have recommended this book to a couple of co-workers who have expressed interest in the credentialing exams and will continue to recommend it,

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I picked up this title with the expectation of it being just another dry policy wonk-ish paper from the International Institute of Strategic Studies, but I was surprised to find it not just timely and interesting but also easy to read and understand. I sat down and finished it in one day and thoroughly enjoyed it. Mr. Thomas spells out clearly America's practical and political needs for undertaking future military operations in coalitions. Using examples of coalition operations of the past 2 decades, but particularly the examples of the Gulf War and Kosovo, he highlights the hindrances facing the US, France, Germany, and the UK--each with a unique set of circumstances--in building and contributing to future coalitions. He also proposes a realistic "division of labor" to allow each country to maximize its "competitive advantage" for effective contributions to future coaltions. Highly recommended for anyone interested in America's near-term defense and national security challenges.

I am a curent cadet of New Mexico Military Institute, and i feel that this book really shows how much the corps can impact a persons life. Throughout the years the corps has produced many great leaders, and his book really tells about them. I recomend this book to anyone interested in attending a military school or academy

A lot of loose talk circulates about various ESP phenomena with the consequence that many do not believe they even exist. But drowned in all the loose talk is a lot of serious scientific investigation that has demonstrated the reality of some of these phenomena under controlled scientific conditions, many done under double-blind protocols.

Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ, at Stanford Research Institute, probably the #2 scientific "think tank" in the U.S.A., did many of these studies beginning in the early 1970s under the sponsorship of several three-letter agencies concerned with national defense. This book is basically a reprint of many of their scientific reports, first published in the IEEE Symposia On The Nature Of Extrasensory Perception.

I found the scientific study to be much more interesting than the shallow gee-whiz stuff often found in the popular press. To give a taste of the book, I list some of the chapter titles:

2.) A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances... by Puthoff and Targ.
3.) Direct Perception of Remote Geographical Locations.
4.) Multiple Subject and Long-Distance Precognitive Remote Viewing of Geographical Locations [replicates the work of Puthoff and Targ at SRI at another institution by other investigators, validating the earlier work]
5.) EEG Correlates to Remote Light Flashes Under COnditions of Sensory Shielding

11 Chapters and a lengthy Appendix gy Robert G. Jahn who was Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University at the time he wrote it.

I highly recommend this book to those interested in these things from a scientific point of view instead of a mystical one.

This book is a must read. To fully underand the PHY (physical layer) used in cable modems you need good understanding of QAM. As a technical consultant, I need to quickly get up to speed on new technologies. I found this book to be very helpful during a recently completed cable modem consutling project. This book got me quickly up to speed and greatly helped my work in IEEE 802.14, MCNS,and SCTE-DVS.

In this must-have reference book for the economic historian, McCusker compiles an impressive amount of information on the major European currencies, units of account and relative values, and presents it a clear and straightforward fashion. Conversion tables, market values and stock exchange quotes make it extremely easy to obtain the information as needed. If a number or a series is all you want, you can go in and out of this book in seconds, taking with you everything you need. In my personal experience, I managed to convert prices in florins per Dutch pound to pence per British pound between 1690 and 1720 in a matter of minutes (and it involves six different weight, monetary and accounting conversions!). But the masterful accounts that accompany each chapter make it worth spending much more time on it.