I received a copy of this book from the publisher when I was teaching a university course on cartography. The textbook for the semester had already been selected, so I used this book originally as a second resource while preparing lectures. By the end of the semester, I found myself using this book as the primary source for topics and explanations and suggested it be used in future semesters.

This book explains concepts such as projections and coordinate systems in ways that are easy to understand, particularly for new students. The explanations are thorough without bogging down in details. The figures are large, many take up a full page. They are helpful, relevant, and excellently reproduced. The chapters on terrain representation, contours, and topographic features are exceptionally good (there are almost 40 examples of terrain representation) The remote sensing and GIS chapters are brief and introductory, but those are topics best left for other books.

I was a little skeptical when I first saw this book, since it appeared to be a somewhat thin, and we were using Robinson's book, which is basically a standard. But I would recommend this to any map student, teacher, or user. It packs a lot of information in its pages. I still use it as a reference and feel somewhat guilty that I didn't have to pay for it.

If I were stuck on a deserted Island like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, and I could only have one book, it would be this one. It would help me to get off the island and determine my global positioning! Lots of help.

When you've been working in a field for 30 years it's really difficult to drag yourself backwards and review data you already know, so when I signed up for a GPS (Global Positioning Sattelite) software course I looked at "Map Use & Analysis" by John Campbell as something I could just skip over, but since it was required reading I finally got it out. I was really pleased with the depth of material and the extremely clear explanations of all those mystifying cartography words. Anyone who has no idea about mapping or is a begining student will be able to use this book. The format is excellent with terms higligted and the index and dictionary are well coordinated. I feel that this book is such an excellent reference that I am buying a copy for myself. The only negative thing I have to say is that the illustrations, which are plentiful seem to wander several pages ahead of text, but they are carefully numbered and correspond exactly to the descriptions. Well done! Les L. Johnson

It is almost tragic that this excellent, personal, detailed and brutally honest, heroic and even quietly poetic memoir has fallen out of print. This, perhaps one of the finest histories ever written about WWII, tells the story of the front line soldier from the first person.

Long before Saving Private Ryan inspired Tom Brokaw and the rest to capitalize on the rightfully named "Greatest Generation", Cambell and Leinbaugh's book captured the harrowing narrative of combat that so many men of that era are sadly taking to the grave with them. This book personlizes the story in a voice that appears to have been culled from a combat veteran reunion. The Men of Company K willingly recountsthe horror of battle as a permanent record. A warning really as to what freedom ultimately costs. May we be damned should we ever forget.

As a historical document, it boils in as much action and tension as any Clancy novel.

Ambrose frequently has used The Men of Company K as a carefully cited reference in his longer works. This alone may be a testament to its greatest. Please search this fine work out.

I can not begin to express to you how much this book means to me. My grandfather was Clarence Jarvis. He was one of the men in Company K. We really never knew anything about his death. He died when my father was only an infant. To the writers of this book I say Thank You !! The personnal touches brought my grandfather into our lives some 50 years later. I only wish more history books were written this way.

This is a moving account of the combat experience of one rifle company as told by the commanders. What makes this book so special is all the personal recollections that are compiled. The men of company K get their first battle after D Day in Holland. They continue east through the battle of the bulge, the crossing of the Rhine, and occupation duty in the conquered Germany. The little personal touches are on every page. One man defines REMFS as "any sob behind my foxhole." A future mathematics professor uses geometry and a map to plot a German rocket launching site. The description of their Christmas Eve 1944 battle in the bulge, and how a Belgium village renamed their main street to honor this battle brings goosebumps to my arms as I recall it. One man blinded in this battle by tank gun fire was happy to know that his dreadful wound was his Christmas gift of survival and evacuation to the rear. Others recall the blinded soldier crawling over them to the rear without a guide and wishing them all "Merry Christmas" as he groped his way to the medics miles behind the battle. It was a battle in which company K fixed and held a numerically superior armored force with only rifles and grenades. In one captured German city with still working phones, a German speaking GI got a call through to German Army HQ in Berlin to tell them to "expect company K in about two weeks." This book is full of personal accounts of horror and humor, terror and triumph. This book evokes visualization by the reader like no other account of infantry combat in Europe. I only wish that the publisher would put it back in print! It should be required reading for high school U.S. History classes. Not because it is a historical text, but rather for the personal context it gives to such a critical point in history.

Do you know your legal rights? No, not what you may THINK that they are, but what they TRULY are under the law? If you answered a big 'NO' to either of my questions, then you need to pick up a copy of "More Justice More Peace" by Nedra D. Campbell (2003, Lawrence Hill Books/Independent Publishers Group, 270 pages).

While the book was released earlier in 2003, it is the subtitle that gets one's attention: "The Black Person's Guide To The American Legal System". One can sit down with a cup of coffee and finish it in one afternoon. However, it will quickly become one of those reference books that you may need down the road, as the work covers the legal rights and realities of those who are business owners, prisoners, voters, tenants, and married couples.

In this work, Campbell breaks down the complexities of the American legal system. No, this is NOT a book meant to replace the need for a good lawyer in certain situations. In fact, Campbell has a section that examines when one should secure the services of an attorney, and when one can handle a legal matter by themselves. She breaks it down for easy consumption, chapter by chapter. What I particularly liked about this work is the fact that it comes chock full of addresses, legal definitions, and some of the things that one should/should not do when stopped by the police, or faced with the prospect of opening their own business.

One of the added bonuses of the book is that it contains some of the legal decisions that have shaped African American society. It provides parents and teens some practical, realistic, and 'down home' advice on legal matters, taking the time to answer some of the more obvious questions in FAQ form at the end of each chapter. It even includes an overview of copyright, patent, and trademark law...as well as updated information as to where to find legal resources on the Internet to further help one get answers and information on some of the heavier aspects of law and justice. The diagrams and charts are easy to follow, and further illustrate the care that Campbell took in putting this work together.

"More Justice More Peace: The Black Person's Guide To The American Legal System" is going to be one of those 'word of mouth' success stories. To obtain your copy, check with your local bookstore, or go on line to your favorite bookseller's site. Once you get your copy, you may have to get an additional one to 'loan out' to family, friends, or those whom you may know who need some 'extra' ammunition to untie some legal knots.

this book is an excellent overview if you are say.. having a problem with your landlord.. to workers comp to tryin to bail out a friend or family member. We all have misconceptions and notions about the law, and Miss Campbell clears up a lot of them. Questions that you can find answers to prior to calling a lawyer and sitting down for a consultation. Its particularly important in the black community where access to lawyers and legal help are limited. As a former police officer so many citizens would ask me legal questions that they needed answered. If this book had been around I could have referred them to it to clear up their preconceptions. Well written as well.

This is a must read for every black person. Even if you already know about the law, you'll find it useful. The information in the Resource Guide alone is worth more than the cost of the book. The examples are relevant. The book is a kind of "how-to" book that addresses our issues using examples that at least I, as a black woman, could relate to. Thank you Nedra Campbell.

This book was a lovely, focused introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism, with a little Jainism and Taoism thrown in for good measure. I loved Cambpell's ability both to find the lovely, telling details in each of these traditions, and to find the overarching themes--especially the idea of Brahman, which he sees as underpinning all of them. I also particularly loved Cambpell's sense of humor--in one section he's describing the reincarnation of the soul, and says it's putting on and taking off bodies "like a shopper at Macy's trying on scarves"! That page is marked in my copy by the tea I sputtered because I laughed so loudly.
The only downside from my point of view was an emphasis in the sections on Buddhism on Mahayana as opposed to Theravada Buddhism. Though he does discuss the older branch of the Buddhist tradition, it is somewhat in passing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this book enormously.

Having devoured Campbell's work in the nineties, I'd almost given up on his unpublished essays and lectures ever seeing the light of day. Then came Thou Art That and now Myths Of Light. These books are just perfect echoes of Campbell's comparative conclusions, only more concise. After a lifetime of work, his lectures honed his thoughts into great clarity. These two books are actually great introductions to Campbell's thoughts and work. They touch here and there on historical evidence, but mainly stay in the line of clarifying what occident and orient mythology entails.
If you've been waiting a long time to read more Campbell, you'll have bought these books already. And if you haven't, you'll be very surpised.

Having not much more background in Asian religion than a Zen Buddhism class I took to fulfill a distribution requirement in college 20 years ago, I approached this book with some anticipation and some anxiety. My main memory of those long-ago days in that lecture class was of reading and discussing religious texts that seemed to have been written by another species--the basic assumptions were beyond me, and my professor (who had spent his adult life immersed in the study of esoteric Buddhism) had a hard time understanding why we didn't just get it. But I'd been fascinated by what little I'd understood and always wanted to find a more accessible guide to the ins and outs of Asian myth. This book is it! Campbell, who I knew from Power of Myth, lays out the basic principles that underlie Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism (and he touches on Taoism too) with the same sort of humor and wisdom that I'd expected. What a fun book to start the summer reading season with!

This book helps you organize, plan and execute a function while keeping it fun for yourself as well as your guests. It is a well thought out plan of action that encourages you to just plain have fun.

Entertaining is an art that, once learned, will make your parties a hit and the subject of your friend's conversations for weeks. An experienced hostess, Andrea Campbell knows the ins and outs of what it takes to plan a successful party. She shares all of her insider's tips and secrets in her latest book, "Perfect Party Games".

A successful party appears to come off effortlessly. Campbell shows you how to plan everything from invitations to a graceful way to bid lingering guests "Goodnight". Games create a relaxed atmosphere. Campbell offers a variety of choices from "Icebreakers" like "Who Am I Tonight" to help people relax and get to know each other to more challenging games like "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" to bring out the competitive spirit amongst teams.

This well organized party tool includes a party planner by age and a guide for choosing games by type, number of players, time requirements and age as well as a preparation and budget list. Campbell literally tutors her readers on the art of party entertaining.

Campbell's earlier book, "Great Games For Great Parties" has helped people worldwide plan their parties for years. "Perfect Party Games" continues with this tradition, offering new tips and plenty of new games.

Reading this book made me want to throw a party right away. I couldnt wait to make my list and get started. She gives excellent, fun, easy steps to make the best parties or any entertaining more successful. I have used several of her ideas and love to store them in her index file she suggests. she makes it so clear and functional on what you need, how to create the mood, games to play, ways to decorate, ways to make guest feel comfortable...& it works. I have great success following her kind & simple guidelines. THanks for a great book, my kids love it, my husband is thankful for the organization of it, and I love all of it. It is a FUN read too.

Aster her friends are on a boat when it is taken hostage. She awakens to find herself in the futuristic world and a refugee never being able to return home. Despite all that the Innerworld can offer and her attraction to Romulus, Aster longs for home and fears her plans to save the world from ecconomic disaster will be ruined.
Romulus Locke is the Chief Admistrator for the Innerworld vying for the position of Governor. No matter that his future position is at stake he finds himself falling in love with Aster Mackenzie, a lowly Terran and in his quest for her he finds himself willing to throw away a lifetime's work for her.

On a personal note: Actually a good read.. very believable the combination of romance and time travel is well put together.
It's Romulus not "Tomulus" as said in the Editorial review.
This is the start of the Dream series by Marilyn Campbell. In it we meet Aster, Romulus, Cherry (Stardust Dreams) and Falcon (Topaz Dreams).

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had a wonderful romance within a believable science fiction story. For the majority of futuristic romances the two just don't meld.

I love futuristic romance - but the combo can be unworkable unless the author makes it believable. Marilyn Campbell has brought the two together and made it a love story that would work in any time frame. The Innerworld series is fantastic and just made for a vacation on a Caribbean Island - I know because I just spent a week on the beach glued to the pages of Pyramid of Dreams and its sequels - Topaz Dreams, Stardust Dreams, and Stolen Dreams. Read ALL of them and just let yourself float away.

My daughter (4 yrs) and I first took this book out from the library. Since we kept renewing it, I decided to buy a copy for ourselves. The book sends a wonderful message about taking care of others but also taking care of yourself. This book can also teach counting as well as the days of the week. I can hear my daughter counting all the things that Queenie does for her daughters and herself when she reads it to herself and when we read it together she always wants to count everything. An excellent book for girls.

My daugther and I checked this book out of the library on a whim. What a great book. While some of it is impossible (On the day Queenie gave birth to 15 daughters...), the story is very sweet. It shows that you can do really nice things for your family but at the same time be able to do things for yourself. What is really nice is that my daugther likes to count all the things that Queenie does for her daughters from making birthday cakes, to building beds, to planning weddings for all fifteen girls. However the best is for the end since Queenie always gave her daughters everything that she could, she finally can do what she wants.

This is a wonderful book! The cadence and illustrations are fabulous!

This book tells well of a brilliant student, high in the ranks of his class at harvard Law, law clerk to Justice Frankfurter, holding responsible positions in the Government in wartime Washington, who by an unbelievably reckless and stupid act destroyed his career, then , after years of struggle redeemed himself before his death in 1984. This is a most worthwhile read for anyone interested in the law or in Kentucky politics,or in the shakers and movers in Washington in the 1940s.

In this accessible, informative biography, Campbell presents the tragic story of one of the brightest stars on the 20th century American political scene. A man of acknowledged genius, fragile ego, and an almost childlike attitude, Prichard was seen by many as the most gifted and promising of the new generation of liberal politicians that arose out of the New Deal. Though his hopes for political office were ended by J. Edgar Hoover's irrational vendetta against him, Campbell makes it clear that the person who ultimately brought about Prichard's downfall was Prichard himself. This is an excellent book about the lofty heights and tragic depths that a man could sink to, and I highly recommend it to any history buff or political wonk.

If you enjoy real stories about real people with all their human faults, you will enjoy this book written about a real man and and his experiences in the political world. It shows the strengths and weaknesses of humans that all of us can relate to. Perseverance is the name of the game in this book, as well as the art of manipulating people for personal gain. Illegitimata non tatum carborundum really shines through. It is difficult to put down once started.

This book gives specific advice for tackling major cleaning jobs around the house. The focus is not on hints and tips for tackling the details but on the approach to use and how to do it. Speed Cleaning, another book by Jeff Campbell, is for doing weekly cleaning. Spring Cleaning is for infrequent large cleaning jobs, but it also has advice for tackling the weekly cleaning the first time if you're starting out from way behind. If only I could get results just from reading the book. . .

I couldn't figure out how to clean the miniblinds effectively. Now I do. While apartment dweller won't need all the info, there is something for just about everyone who needs it. Their company sells the best and most interesting cleaning tools you've ever seen. Customer service is also five stars. They know their stuff, and this book is a good example of it. Also: Talking Dirt, the newest book.

This is a very helpful book. Not only does Jeff Campbell explain exactly what the fastest way to clean your house is, but he also gives advise on what products to use and how to use them efficiently. This was not full of unnessesary "helpful hints", but was loaded with actual technique and procedure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to spend little time cleaning house, but would still like to live in a clean home.

A little boy had a set of tin soldiers that were made from a melted spoon. One soldier was missing a leg because there was not enough metal left over from the melted spoon.

Tossed aside by the boy, the one-legged soldier sees a paper cut out figure of a ballerina. She is poised on one leg and he feels an instant bond. He has found another one-legged toy and believes this to be love.

The steadfast tin soldier has a series of mishaps. He falls off the window sill into a stream. From there, he is transported to a rat infested sewer. He is swallowed by a fish and through an unlikely stroke of luck, winds up back in the boy's playroom with the other toys and the ballerina.

The ending is what gets to me every single time. A gust of wind lifts the paper ballerina up and she flutters into the fire place, winding up a charred heap of ashes. Devastated, the tin soldier joins her. The remaining metal that was once the tin soldier is a charred piece of heart shaped metal.

I still think this is a very sad story. The photographs really emphasize the feeling this story evokes.

I taught 1st grade for 4 years and all of the teachers in my grade passed this book around at Christmas to read to our class. I cried everytime I read it. It has a wonderful message and my kids in my classroom always loved it! I have now (finally) purchased my own copy of this book to read to my little girl. It is a classic and I know she will love it as much as I do. Every home should have this book to read at Christmastime.

This is a really good book. It has all the characteristic's that made the original a cherished and remembered fairy tale. It is a great gift for any young child, and can be enjoyed by adults too. It maintains the feel of the original tale, but is more like a poem. The art work on each page is beautiful, and the pictures are totally devine. I would recomend buying this for a different and fully enjoyable version of the original.