All of the projects in this book are absolutely beautiful - no duds! There are templates included in the back, and there are complete directions for each project. Definitely worth the money!

How objective could YOU be if you wrote a review of something your father wrote?! Well, that is the position that we former Trink students are in as we read "Embryologist," the memoirs of J.P.Trinkaus. This chronicles his viewpoint of 70 years of developmental biology as seen while growing up on Long Island (New York), during summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., and during academic years as Professor of Biology at Yale University.
Trink was an enthusiastic embryologist researcher, an exciting lecturer/teacher, and a stimulating mentor. For those of us who knew him, this is a wonderful opportunity to glimpse his reasoning on issues that once were central in our education. To the extent that we all witnessed them, the events, personalities, and discussions described seem quite accurate, written in an informal, reasonably raucous manner that students may find interesting and entertaining.
Although the book is directed mainly at biologists, lay readers of high school age and older, interested in biology in particular or research in general, will find rich material here, written in an easily readable style. ALL of Trink's publications are given in full bibliographic detail in one of the appendices (PubMed won't generate that printout), as is the scientific lineage of his mentors and the students he trained. The index is particularly useful to find out whether YOU are discussed somewhere in the text!
I think the book will develop a wider readership among those who never knew Trink. I get the same sense from reading this book that I always get from re-reading Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith. It will be an interesting book for high school students and undergraduates to read if they wonder what it's really like to be a biologist, and for graduate students and postdocs to read if they wonder what the web of departmental politics and scientific competition can be like. It also ought to be instructive to students to see the importance to one's own career of stepping up to the plate and speaking out on matters of principle, sometimes at some considerable risk to one's career. Personality DOES matter in science. Great research often gets accomplished because two individuals enjoy social interactions and discover that they also bring complementary skills for answering important questions uniquely.

As a couples therapist, I am always interested in expanding my knowledge and skills as a clinician. This book has proven to be an excellent resource for me. Greenberg and Johnson have written a book that is both theoretically interesting and a useful guide for practice. Their emphasis is on helping couples learn how to acknowledge and communicate their emotions to each other, and they offer a very comprehensible outline of the steps involved in working with emotions in couples therapy. This book also has excellent clinical examples which show how these ideas look in practice. Highly recommended!

The second edition of this book is a big upgrade from the first edition, which was a huge project on its own. This edition not only contains names of virtually every existing team from the 1800's up to the present day, but also contains complete standings of all leagues, major and minor from 1884 through 1996.

The editors of this book did an amazing amount of research for this book and it shows. In addition to each league's standings, there is also a list that shows each major league team's farm system (From the 1930's on to the present). Some teams like the St. Louis Cardinals of the 1930s had as many as TWELVE minor league farm teams! With each team are listed their won-lost records, their attendance figures, and the team managers.

It's fascinating to look at how each team in a league did over a 10, 20 or even 30 year period, or how different leagues came and went. Along with each league standings are lists of league leaders in batting and pitching.

Each section of the book is divided into decades and at the beginning of each section is a summary of the period. There's a tremendous amount of reference information listed in the beginning of the book (ie teams listed by league, city, state and counties and leagues from year to year).

At the back of the book are listed all-time records for active and inactive leagues. Standings for independent leagues, (which became popular in the mid 1990s) which aren't always available in other baseball reference books are included here.

Any minor league history fan will love this updated and vastly improved book.

Also recommended are any of the Bill O'Neal minor league history books and also The Grand Minor League by Dick Dobbins.

this book will entertain the baseball fanatic for hours...it is especially useful, if you are researching your town or city's involvement with America's pastime... i highly suggest you give a copy to anyone that you know that has played professional baseball...

When I worked at a quilt shop, I kept coming across this book. I wasn't impressed by the cover or the fabrics used in making the sample blocks(probably because I like bright colors). But I was drawn to the book and purchased it one night before I left work. I am so glad I did. I LOVE THIS BOOK. It is simple, precise and fast. I immediately made several quilts using this book. Nancy does a wonderful job of laying out exact directions. Each block has instructions for making one (as a sample). In the back, listed under the name of the block, are directions for an entire quilt. This truly is a No-Fail book. No extra junk, just down to business, get this cut out and lets get a quilt made. She has some neat ideas about combining the blocks for a unique quilt. My son-in-law loves the "Stars Adrift" I did for him in his alma mater colors. I love to recommend and give this book as a gift. I don't ever loan mine out, it is too valuable.

I have used this text book to help train people on the technology and software products that drive the Mechanical Design Software Industry. The book has great real world examples with a lot of valuable information on software technology; the mechanical design process; and has very up-to-date information. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to understand or teach the basics of modern 3D mechanical design all the way through very advanced concepts. It is easy to read, is well-structured, and is a great reference book too.

This is a fine book for the more advanced guitarist with a good intoduction and history along with an interesting page about Eric's equipment. It's all here for those of you willing to pick it out. The tabs are good, but I bet they would work wonders with the recordings. Oh yea, check out Eric's "The Fine Art of Guitar" video!

A fine contemporary overview of the international language, translated from the original French by H. Tonkin, former president of the Universala Esperanto Asocio (Rotterdam) and updated for American readers.

Choosing a selection of flower essences, or flower remedies, is a very personal matter. I was drawn to the Alaskan remedies due to the fact that Alaska isn't all that far from where I live, and it has a large impact on my region. I found I loved this book as much as my other favorites on the subject of flower essences. I also really appreciate the gem essences and environmental essences. A gem essences is made from a gem the same way flower essences are made from flowers, and have different healing qualities than the flowers. I enjoyed this part because it helped me to choose gems to wear and to give to friends, as well as working with the essences themselves. I also like the environmental essences, which are made in special places in the Alaskan environment--perhaps one of the most pristine in the world. The essence of place is captured.