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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1921Original Publisher: Priv. print.Subjects: Reference / GenealogyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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"TheSky Student Edition" CD-ROM turns any computer into a personal planetarium. Loaded with data and images on 118,000 stars and 13,000 deep-sky objects, this program allows students to view the sky from anywhere on earth, at any given date and time from 4,000 years ago to 8,000 years in the future. Students will see the sky in motion, view constellations, see planets move, watch orbiting moons, locate distant galaxy clusters, display lunar and solar eclipses, print star charts, and much more.The accompanying workbook includes detailed instructions for using the powerful software. The workbook includes examples, exercises, and in-depth explanations of astronomical topics such as the different types of sky coordinates; the motions of Earth and planetary objects; the naming conventions and locations of astronomical bodies; lunar phases and solar and lunar eclipses; and sidereal time. Using the workbook and "TheSky", students are guided through fascinating explorations of their universe and encouraged to achieve a greater comprehension and appreciation of the cosmos. Students develop a hands-on understanding of the basics of celestrial mechanics and the motions of the night sky. Perfect for either computer-based learning or as preparation for direct observation, the combination of the CD-ROM and workbook promotes an easy, interactive approach to viewing the sky-the possibilities are limitless. ... Read more

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The best way to get sky simulation software
There are a number of sky simulation softwares--The Sky, Starry Night Pro and a host of others. Each of the programs runs from about [money amount] This is a student version of The Sky with all the features functioning for only [money].I use it for high school classes, college classes and for myself. In addition, it comes with a workbook / instruction guide that will help you understand how to use all the features of the program. If you eventually find that you need the computer control for your telescope or you need the detailed databases down to 30th magnitude, you can then upgrade to the spendy versions. ... Read more

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All Stings Considered
Absolutely the best book about treating marine injuries with up to date and professional information. This should be a must for anyone spending much time in the water--professionally or recreationally. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Presbyterian Board of Publication in 1841 in 383 pages; Subjects: History / General; History / Europe / Western; Religion / Ecumenism; Religion / Christian Theology / General; Religion / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology; Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic; Religion / Christianity / General; Religion / Christianity / Calvinist; Religion / Theology; ... Read more

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In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Tackling such wide-ranging subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this text is a valuable addition to business ethics courses. ... Read more

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was an artist of extraordinary literary talent who tried to synthesize the ideas and events around him and give them personal expression. And, he was more than that. He and Zelda were personal participants who defined and helped to shape much of what is American. Their lives and American life are so intertwined that they seem impervious to an unwinding. They defined the Jazz Age through self-advertisements; then, Scott gave the epoch its name. Americans generally were obsessed with clever advertising and easy money in a booming stock market. But there is more, much more.

Fitzgerald's life and novels continue to personify the great contradictions in American culture and in American capitalism. Fitzgerald's novels-especially The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night- can tell us about our past but just as much about the present and our future. Notably, Scott had originally set Gatsby in the Gilded Age, an age of excesses similar to those of the 1920s. Today the Casino Economy-beginning in the early 1980s and becoming global-has remarkable parallels to these earlier epochs.

Then, the inevitable; the crashes came. A banking panic in 1907 ended the Gilded Age though not the gild, the Crash of 1929 ended the Jazz Age though not "all that jazz," and the collapse of the technology-driven Nasdaq in 2001 brought an end to the most notorious players in the Casino Economy though not its legacy. Zelda, on the precipice at an earlier age than most supposed then or since, crashed shortly after the stock market. Although the public was unaware of Zelda's plunge, only the Great Depression upstaged Scott's "crack-up." As he dispassionately acknowledged, his literary reputation had gone the way of the economy, as had his earnings from the Saturday Evening Post that sustained his little family.

Though Scott's novels have long been on required reading lists around the world, Fitzgerald and Zelda's cultural presence ebbs and flows. There nonetheless was, of course, a "first" Fitzgerald Revival. It came during the early 1950s-being first literary, but inevitably leading to a renewal of his cultural significance. The Fitzgerald Revival now underway is, if anything, even more confounding because it follows some serious academic studies, yet derives its inert velocity from the vibrant personalities of Zelda and Scott, while its deeper significance once again is properly attributed to Scott. ... Read more

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An Welcome Addition to Libraries ofFitzgerald Fans
While F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: UNDER THE INFLUENCE does not ignore Fitzgerald's life, the authors use it to in part explain why Fitzgerald had such a good grasp of the competing economic theories of his time.What makes this book significant, however, is that the authors' primary purpose is to establish that Fitzgerald's works reveal that he "possessed a boldness of intellectual grasp that extends into the economic realm."

Just how much of Thorsten Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class is reflected in The Great Gatsby as well as in other works, for example, is thoroughly detailed.And the significance of Gatsby "look[ing] with vacant eyes through a copy of [Henry] Clay's Economics while at Nick's house is illuminating.

Perhaps it required such authors as one who has written a book on Wall Street capitalism as well as a novel and an economics professor who teaches interdisciplinary studies to give literature lovers further insight into Fitzgerald/his works and toconvince those who see him as "merely" an intuitive wordsmith that "Fitzgerald deserves more intellectual credit than he received at the time or since." ... Read more

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Evoking the times and styles of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, this collection of original stories is set in 18th and 19th century New England--when restless spirits seemed to roam more freely. Not quite horror, not quite mystery, these dark yet spellbindingly eloquent tales hover on the edge, threatening at every page to plunge the characters into madness. ... Read more

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Masterful gothic writing
This book is among my favorites in the genre. I collect ghost stories and must stay that this one has gems that I would match up to anything M.R. James and E.F. Benson ever did.

"...a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
You won't want to read these stories at midnight, or on nights when the wind makes the trees creak and moan. What a spooky little collection! These eighteen stories are full of mystery and nightmare.

Several of the tales involve the return of the dead, to right a wrong or for nefarious purposes of their own. In "The Franklin Stove," for instance, a young girl is witness to the harsh revenge of her Aunt Hattie's dead sister. "The old woman shudders. 'Ohhh, my bones feel like icicles.'" Be careful what you wish for, Aunt Hattie!Other stories tell of madness ("Pistols And Rain" and "Joseph Warren's Invention") or inhuman evil ("A Million Dying Leaves" and "The Collector In the Mill.") Each has its own dark twist.

The final story left the most vivid impression on me: "The Second Parsonage." A New England schoolteacher in the early 19th century cultivates the art of keeping secrets, and discovers the most mysterious and earth-shattering secret of all. What does he find in the ledgers stacked floor to ceiling in the abandoned parsonage? Would you be able to keep such a secret?

Scott Thomas writes in a style that's both spare and poetic, true in tone to the 18th and 19th centuries. The tales vary in length from about 350 words to 20+ pages and each is well-paced for its length. The New England weather and landscape are integral to the stories, though the descriptive passages enhance and don't overwhelm. Several of the stories are told in the first person and each narrator has a distinct voice and personality, as do all the characters.

The subject line of this review invokes a Grand Master of the dark short story. Scott Thomas offers us his own "quaint and curious volume," and I recommend it to anyone in the mood for the quiet creepiness of a good scary book.

Linda Bulger, 2008

Delightfully Chilling...
This is the first book that I have read by author Scott Thomas.And I must say that even though this book comes from a small publisher, it is definitely deserving of wider distribution and publication.I am an avid fan of ghost stories, and without a doubt "Midnight in New England" is one of the most hauntingly beautiful books I've had the pleasure of reading. I had chills the entire time. I felt as if Thomas was an old soul living in a time where he does not belong, he himself, haunting the present as he is haunted by the past. I look very forward to reading more of Scott's stuff.

If you are reading this review, definitely give this book a try, you won't be sorry. ... Read more

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Negative stars if I could
The book would have been better if Parsons, the narrator of the story, WOULD have killed himself during any of the times he was thinking to himself "I should shot myself." Mr. Young don't take readers through a predictable read to an ending about your oh so scary (sarcasm intended) near death hydraulic emergency landing as you inspiration for this. What was Marwan up too??? What did the Mullah Know???? You trivialize and do a disservice to those who serve with everyone being super human. I am sure in the real Afghanistan everything doesn't go your way. Come on Parsons is a cripple and he fends off 3 of the 5 wolves who attack Gold and him????? The wolves were really bush league filler and was the final straw to this having any credibility as you explain this story was made up of composites of reality.I got the book from the library, I'm thankful I didn't pay for it.

A Great Read!
I found The Mullah's Storm by Thomas W. Young to be an exciting story of terrorism and adventure. Young wrote fantastic descriptions of what the heros had to go through and under what conditions. It was very well written for a first novel I didn't want to put it down! The ending was somehwat of a let down because I felt it could have used a more definate conclusion. I look forward to reading more from Young.

Good Story-- Page Turner
I liked the story and Thomas Young did a good job of making you feel like you were there.I would have given it 5 stars but there is one part of the story that I didn't find believable. I can't sya what it is without giving away to much of the story.Other than that I really enjoyed this book and read it in 3 days.

Politically Correct Military Thriller
Predictable military thriller about a male USAF navigator and a female army interpreter who make their way across wartime Afghanistan. It's well written and I compliment the author in keeping the sexual attraction between the protagonists implied rather than explicit.

The books two problems are: (1) the predictable plot (well, after all it is a thriller) and (2) the misguided motives of the protagonists who blame 9/11 on Islamic insurgents thus ignoring the US false flag operation that entrapped and controlled them. It sure makes the two protagonists look stupid.

A decent military thriller; didn't quite close the deal...
Disclaimers:
(1) Going back to the days of "Hunt for Red October", I've not been a big of the military thriller genre
(2) Like the author, I've accumulated an alarmingly high number of flight hours in multi-engine military aircraft (maritime patrol, not transport).
(3) I'm writing this while working in Kabul.

So I may be a little harsher than the average reviewer.

I loved the concept of this book, and looked forward to diving in to it. Unfortunately, turns of the plot turned a little to convenient to advancing the story line early on, and stayed that way throughout.

If the protagonist had not conveniently grown up in hunting and hiking in the Rockies, then his short course of Air Force survival school would have made his adventure in the Hindu Kush much more challenging, he would have had far fewer chances to pick off bad guys at long range later in the story.There is an encounter with a wolf late in the story that may be metaphoric, but left me wondering: plane crash...blinding winter storm...insurgents...did he really need a wolf attack too?

Little is revealed about the mullah prisoner's interpreter, Sergeant Gold, and we learn little about navigator Major Parson other than his immediate personal struggle with those who have died around him during this mission.

I wanted to know more about the people in the story, and less about the weather.

In the end, I couldn't suspend enough disbelief about the events of this book. Thomas Young's writing is crisp and almost spare, but I needed less narrative about the terrain and more insight into the characters.


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An oldy but a goody
This book is a classic and I found it to be very informative.A significant portion of the data is obsolete and therefore should be taken in that perspective.If you work in this field you will find this book of worth.It also offers a perspective into the pioneering attitude of CSIs and latent print examiners from 'back in the day'.If you have read the FBI science of fingerprints and survived, you will love this textbook.Untill 2005 this was required reading for the IAIs Crime Scene Analyst certification exam.I assume they pulled it in favor of more up to date material.

In 1978 it would be 5 stars for sure!
This book is an awesome text for anyone who conducts crime scene investigation.The reason for the 3 star rating is the sad truth that this book is simply out-dated.Originally written in 1978 it was ahead of its time.Unfortunately it has not kept up with the advances in technology.The book is full of references to film and and cameras that are no longer available as well as suppliers that no longer exist.The book is written from a practical use viewpoint that is rare under any circumstances.I read this book as a requirement for the International Association for Identification Crime Scene Analyst certification exam and enjoyed it very much.Anyone who investigates crime scenes or conducts processing or comparisons will find this book of value.The book is comprehensive in that it discusses comparison, lifting prints, taking inked prints, fingerprint kits and equipment, chemical processes and case studies.The IAI has phased this book from its required list due in part, most likely to the fact that there is simply too much information that is out of date.Some things are still right on though.Fingerprints are unique and persistent!If you are interested in the science of fingerprints this one should be in your library. ... Read more

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Visually beautiful and historically important, the Spanish missions of the United States are a unique legacy of two very different cultures.Conceived as an expression of the Catholic faith of the European conquerors, they were built and maintained by native Americans, who incorporated their own traditions.A Sense of Mission presents 29 of these fascinating and popular churches in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Southern California. More than 150 color photographs feature dramatic exteriors and grounds, altarpieces, statues, carvings, frescoes, and other folk details. The text explores the history of the missions, how they were built, and the meaning behind their symbols, while an introduction by N. Scott Momaday lends insight from the Native American perspective. Visitor information, maps, and an annotated reading list round out this handsome, authoritative guide of more than a decade. ... Read more

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A Gorgeous Picture Book
A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest, is a beautiful book. Its pages are filled with lovely color photographs of Spanish Missions all over the Southwest territories and plenty of information behind each church. Fascinating!I used it to learn a lot fro the book I am writing.

Museum of Mission Photography
This book features superb photography of the historic Catholic missions built in the southwest states and California.The beautiful photographs, many of them full-page, are of exterior and interior views of the missions, as well as closeups of architectural and artistic details.A short written history accompanies each featured mission, and although there are some mentions of the historical personages and events connected with the missions, most of the histories refer to the physical aspects of the missions such as their construction, remodeling, etc.This is a great coffee-table or armchair traveler book, but one will need to look elsewhere for a serious study about mission history.

Gorgeous!
I purchased this book after a recent visit to the Santuario de Chimayo near Taos, New Mexico, which is one of the churches it features.The photos are absolutely gorgeous and provide an excellent feel for the incredible beauty of these wonderful, historical buildings.The bookcovers everything from each church's unique architecture to the fascinatingfolk art that can be found within. ... Read more

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Antipatterns are an emerging and controversial new area in the patterns community. Where design patterns identify different types of procedures, designs, or code that worked in object-oriented projects, antipatterns target those common mistakes, defects, errors, or difficult people that can sink object-oriented projects and systems. Configuration Management (CM) is managing the evolution of a software project - managing the revisions or changes to the product after it is first released. This phase is important in a product's ongoing life-cycle because CM helps to ensure that all improvements are implemented in a timely and accurate fashion. In addition, CM ensures that product testing occurs and is accurately documented so that the test findings can be incorporated into improving the design of the product with the next version. This book continues where the first book on antipatterns by this author team left off. In the first book, they focused on the areas of design, architecture, and management, in other words - people issues.With this book, they focus on the area of Configuration Management and document over 20 antipatterns and ten design patterns that exist during this stage of a product's development. ... Read more

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Provided little value for me
While I'm involved with CMM and SCM I thought the book had too much abstraction and not much meat. I didn't see much value nor takeaways to pass on to my colleagues.

Easy Read
An easy skim which serves as a decent reminder of the importance of SCM. It highlights some areas for attention, and provides some tips. Most of the scenarios should be familiar. Its usefulness is that it may reach a broader audience than a textbook, so you can pass it around for discussion.

No big shakes yet helpfull
Sometimes a book only confirms the things you already knew, either consciencly or subconsciencly. This is not necessarely bad. I you run into a customer that violates every good practice that you're aware of, you can use the book to convince your customer that he's wrong and you're right. After all, all good ideas look a lot more impresive when they are printed.

Apart from that, it's fun reading.

Not on par with their last work
Sequels are tough. The original AntiPattern book was light, funny, and right on the mark. It was a tough act to follow. This offering, that shares a couple of the same authors as the original AntiPattern books, falls short.

There is a hint from the authors themselves that this isn't a seminal work. The preface tells readers they can hunt for their particular antiPattern but "We suggest that it is better for you to read through the entire book now (it's not that thick)". Indeed it is not. At just over 300 pages, it is formatted such that about 1/3 of that space is either blank or large cartoons and pictures. So, while it might appear to have the same "heft" as the original, looks are deceiving.

The book suffers from two major problems: a lack of depth and poor editing. The original antiPatterns book is cited no less than 18 times in this work. Borrowing from past efforts and quoting yourself isn't necessarily bad--but it isn't a substitute for new material. Curiously, Steve McConnell (Code Complete, Rapid Development, etc.) is quoted almost as many times--far more often it seems than any other reference. There is an entire industry to draw from. Why such emphasis on just two sources?

Finally, the editing is dreadful. Terms and acronyms areintroduced without definition and the general flow of the text is awkward much of the time. This book needed an editor!

Because there is so little written on CM from a management perspective I'm inclined to give the work 3 stars instead of my usual 2 stars for a flawed work.While there certainly are problems with this book, they fall mostly into the category of "missed opportunity" instead of erroneous information.

More helpful than most SCM books
After reading these guys' first book (AntiPatterns - which I liked a lot) I was hoping to find this one as much fun to read, and as insightful. Ialso knew that, as a SW pro, I needed to get smarter on SCM (I'd beenavoiding the topic "successfully" and faking it for too long). SoI figured it was a no-brainer...As with the first book, I resonated withthe material and got a lot from it (I liked the Domino Effect AntiPattern,which my company could be the poster-child for).But this book isn't asentertaining/fun as the first one, and I don't think it was edited ascarefully. But it's still great for SW pros who know they aren't really asup on SCM as they should be and just can't get through massive booring"textbooks" that they bought and are still on their bookshelf (Ihave at least three). It's entertaining enough that you'll get through it,and your sure to see some SCM mistakes you're making or have made and wantto avoid. I think their last book was a tough one to follow, and theypicked a really tough subject. So my recommendation -- buy it, and readit... it'll help you.Just don't expect it to be as much fun as theirfirst AntiPatters book. ... Read more