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Author : Garry Kasparov
Edition : 1st
Number of Pages : 330
Publisher : Everyman Chess
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Product Description The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of the chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chess player ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis--the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software. This volume features the play of champions Tigran Petrosian (1963-1969) and Boris Spassky (1969-1972). However, this book is more than just a compilation of play from the greats of this era. Kasparov's biographies of these champions place them in a fascinating historical, political, and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas. Customer reviews I was stunned  by .. Harvey Reed (MA, United States)
I initially bought this book because I wanted to acquire a collection of Petrosian games that were well annotated. I figured Kasparov would be a good annotator :-)
What I found out is that the section on Petrosian (181 pages) is one long story, where Kasparov shows how ideas were formed, tested adopted, refuted and so on. Throughout the weaving of the progression of chess ideas during Petrosian's time, he incrementally adds to Petrosian's life to give the reader a complete picture of him.
This is unlike any other chess book I've purchased, and I was amazed once I figured out what I was reading. I was stunned at how readable it is at one level, although you could spend hours on each game if you delve into all of the analysis.
I highly recommend it!
Excellent five-volume set by .. J. Howard ()
This is Volume Three of the five-volume set of My Great Predecessors. I had to do a lot of shopping around to find each volume at a price I could afford, but if you are serious about developing an understanding of chess strategy, this set is an excellent resource. The books cover the history of great chessmasters, detailing many of their games. I don't start at page one and read through them sequentially; rather, I look up a particular strategy and lay out the game on my chessboard to move through it. One game usually leads to another, and I can spend hours going through the volumes this way. [NOTE that this review is authored by my 19-year-old son.]
REMINISCENCE by .. O. C. Gallardo (Iligan City, Philippines)
The 60s and 70s were the golden years of chess. The best of the best are all here in this book. That was the period where one has really to burn candles to prepare and discover for yourself the nuances of a chess move in the opening. A cloak and dagger way of preparing one self. Much of the fun part, the surprise, are all gone because of an Intel or AMD processors.
The book took me back at the time when chess was really exciting, not only during actual play, but the behind the scenes as well. This book is more of a gathering of chess titans, retelling titanic struggles with a superb historical background and most important of all, Kasparov's unequalled insight. Thank you Mr. Kasparov
A Good Thing Continues  by .. T. Bronzin (Newark, DE)
Kasparov's release of MGPIII continues a fine series. The annotations are superb, and his opinions on the historical importance of former world champions Petrosian and Spassky (as well as other important players such as Portisch, Stein, Gligoric, and Polugaevsky) make the book (and the MGP series) relevant. A slight quibble is the chapter on Spassky-you never get a true sense of what made him so admired away from the chessboard. Still, a fine work.
A good book but the other volumes are better by .. Hal Gordon (Morris, NJ USA)
I found this book interesting and well-written but lacking the insight of the other three. For example, Kasparov gives insufficient attention to Spassky as a tremendous sportsman. Spassky bent over backwards to accomodate Fischer and allow the match to be held, in contrast to Karpov three years later who seized on Fischer's mental instability to take the crown and avoid the match. Chess owes a great deal to Spassky's sporting character but discussion of his inate decency is mysteriously missing. (Compare Alekhine avoiding Capablanca, etc).
The discussion of Petrosian's game with Kasparov is good and the book is worth buying though not as good as the two before and the one aferwards, both in lenght and insight.
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Author : Eleanor Harz Jorden
Number of Pages : 416
Publisher : Yale University Press
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Product Description This three-volume textbook stresses Japanese as it is spoken today in Japan. Jorden has introduced the language in a totally systematic fashion and in manageable segments, so that students who have mastered the material in the book can handle the spoken language with considerable facility. Supplementary material provides outlines for the utilization of what has been introduced, check-ups on structure, and comprehension checks based on accompanying audiotapes. Customer reviews Pros and Cons  by .. Truc Nguyen (California)
Pros: Good grammatical structure, and just enough vocabulary necessary for a beginner to learn japanese. The book starts with a conversation in Romaji, then the translations, including vocabularies that must be memorized. The onversation is thouroughly explained later. Sentence structures and grammar lessons, and drills comes afterwards.
Cons: Too much unecessary information about the conversations sometimes, and... the vacbularies and book itself could be more organized. Overall, I give it a 3, or a four.
Great tool for understanding the logic behind the language, however... by .. a_motivated_learner (NY)
As a student taking Japanese in a well-known University that uses the JSL series in its Spoken Language track, this book has become my CRUCH in speaking Japanese. It uses conversations as models to learn from, drills to teach you ways to utilize your new vocabulary and grammar tools, a listening section and translation section (unfortunately without an answer key). The most helpful aspect of the book though are the in-depth grammar explanations; they really help you internalize the meanings and usages of honorifics, conjugations, special words and compounds, speech styles (careful/casual, direct/distal, gentle/blunt...) and so forth. The idea is to help you learn to create these sentences yourself, to the point where it seems natural (although this ideal cannot be achieved without an extended stay in Japan), or at least to the point where you will know the right thing to say in certain social contexts.
While the grammar explanations are stellar and offer students a chance to construct new sentences through logic (a very linguistical approach to language-learning), I have found some problems with the series:
1) It's all in romaaji. Let's face it. When you go to Japan, almost everything will be in evil but beautiful scribbles called 'kanji' -- even with JWL - the written language accompaniment - you won't even have the reading capability of a 1st grader.
2) You NEED a GOOD teacher to help you through the series. I did the entire third book myself (by far the most difficult) and I didn't learn it nearly as well as I learned the previous lessons.
3) The slow but exponential learning curve. Things won't "click" until you're more than half-way through the series. There are 30 lessons and around lesson 19 I was able to start constructing complex thoughts in a managable time-frame. However, after that I could start to have basic conversations pertaining to everyday life.
4) This series was originally written for DIPLOMATS during Japan's bubble-economy era, and it really shows. You learn American Consulate in Lesson 7 and air in Lesson 30. Subsequently, you're language will be EXTREMELY formal and stiff compared to today's standards, but it's better to be polite than rude, right? Moreover, slight problem, a few words here and there are outdated (ie Monbusho should be Monbukagakusho, or Monkasho for short).
5) Although the grammar explanations are great, you will probably need a tool to fully understand it... I suggest google-ing Tae Kim's Japanese page. Amazing.
In response to the 'huji' review: Jorden has a very good reason for changing a couple spellings for consistency's sake. It will limit the number of exceptions to the already-overloaded conjugation rules. Just deal with it. English has 37 vowel sounds and only 5 vowels!
Conclusion:
If you're learning this in a class-setting, I say go for it, but still make sure that you're getting a good bit of writing in on your own; luckily, there's a writing portion added to our class. If you're attempting to learn the language alone (um good luck!) you should use a WIDE VARIETY of sources. No single textbook will be your cure-all. Furthermore, make sure you have good listening materials: JSL can provide that. In finishing the third book of this series alone, I have found it useful to do all the drills and use other textbooks to help me. This includes Miura's 'An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese' and 'Breaking into Japanese Literature' by Giles Murray. In addition, it wouldn't hurt to have a good kanji dictionary (I suggest 'Kanji Learner's Dictionary' by Jack Halpern).
Finally, I hope I have been fair in my review of this book, and more so, I hope that this helped!
ganbatte kudasai!
doumo by .. A reader ()
Such a simple little word "doumo". Yet when I came to Japan 13 and a bit years ago it started to bug me. Why? Well becasue I knew that it meant "thank you"- everyone knows that right?
But the strange thing was that as my ears became more attuned to what people around me were saying, I realized that they were using "doumo" in sometimes very strange ways. When they greeted one another or parted for example. So I thought- well maybe they just use "thank-you" somewhat more broadly than we do in English. But then you hear things like "doumo henn" and "doumo omoshiroi". What on Earth is that all about? So I went to the bookshops and checked every Japanese text I could find and all agreed that "doumo" means thank-you. Seems everyone knew that except for the Japanese.
Some time later I chanced upon a copy of JSL and, never having seen it before, looked to see what it had to say about "doumo". Lo and behold- there it was. A simple account that explained all the seemingly disconected uses of "doumo" that I had heard.
The series provides plenty of other similarly insightful accounts of Japanese usage that assist with the process of learning to manipulate the language at a fine-grained level.
It gets four stars instead of 5 as there is a lack of practice with extended sequences and the recording quality of the tapes is poor.
Okay but not great by .. ()
At this level of study not having kana and kanji is an absurd blunder. The only way to get the non-romanized versions of the text is to buy a very ugly teacher's edition of the core conversations and drills, which themselves become a bit too much like brute memorization here. This book is great for polishing your knowledge and tiny grammar subtleties, but something extra is needed in order to prepare yourself for making your own sentances, not ones you memorize from a book. (This could be provided by say, a teacher) So in this sense, a book more geared towards self-learning and adaptation would be the second half of the Yookoso series, Yookoso: A Continuation of Contemporary Japanese. This book is JSL2,3 and JWL2+more combined into one.
Superior conclusion of 3-volume text series. by .. ()
J.S.L.III, like the preceding two volumes, is designed for learners seeking a thorough foundation in the culturally-appropriate use of Japanese by foreigners (i.e., non-native Japanese) in Japan. In its examples and exercises, it uses authentic "real life" Japanese rather than the artificially contrived sentences so often found in foreign language texts. This text series is definitely not for the casual language dabbler.
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Author : Maurice Balme
Edition : 2
Number of Pages : 224
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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Product Description Designed for North American students, this special version of the Oxford Latin Course combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. In this four-volume North American edition, the order of declensions corresponds to customary U.S. usage, and the spelling has been Americanized. In addition, it offers full-color illustrations and photographs throughout Parts I and II and an expanded Teacher's Book with translations for each part. Parts I-III (now available in hardcover editions) are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, now based more closely on historical sources, which helps students to get to know real Romans--with their daily activities, concerns, and habits--and to develop an understanding of Roman civilization during the time of Cicero and Augustus. Part IV (paperback) is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid. The second edition of the Oxford Latin Course has been carefully designed to maximize student interest, understanding, and competence. It features a clearer presentation of grammar, revised narrative passages, new background sections, more emphasis on daily life and on the role of women, a greater number and variety of exercises, and review chapters and tests. Each chapter opens with a set of cartoons with Latin captions that illustrate new grammar points. A Latin reading follows, with new vocabulary highlighted in the margins and follow-up exercises that focus on reading comprehension and grammatical analysis. A background essay in English concludes each chapter. Covering a variety of topics--from history to food, from slavery to travel, these engaging essays present a well-rounded picture of Augustan Rome. The Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition offers today's students and teachers an exceptionally engaging and attractive introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Rome--one that builds skills effectively and is exciting to use. Customer reviews excellent by .. ()
this textbook is as good as it gets. unusually attractive, generously illustrated, yet at the same time highly challenging, the oxford course is a major success at textbook writing. after studying this course one gets a comprehensive view of roman history and culture, in addition to a knowledge of the language. and the narrative about horace at the center of this course reads like a novel.
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Author : John Thompson
Number of Pages : 48
Publisher : Willis Music
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Product Description A comprehensive step-by-step course specifically designed to suit the needs of all children beginning the piano. Includes: characters and illustrations * writing exercises * sight reading drills * review work * accompaniments * and more. Customer reviews Good books by .. Jing Chen (Atlanta)
My 4-year old got attracted to this book right away, but too early to tell if it can keep her learning piano.
Beginning students can benefit by .. Sunny (Maryland)
The John Thompson beginning piano series has always been a good instructional tool. This is very basic and a little slower pace for young students. I personally prefer to teach with the "red" John Thompson beginning series book for interest and pacing, as well as the Lelia Fletcher beginning piano book. You can't really go wrong with John Thompson, but it helps to utilize a variety of beginning level books to keep students interest.
Not my child's favorite piano book by .. M. Kirker (Katy, TX United States)
This book is for someone with a previous knowledge of written music, since this is not my daughter's case, she thought it was too dificult for her. Maybe once she learns to read music this will be a great book, for now however, since she likes another book I bought with a much different approach to teaching piano, she doesn't even want to try this one.
After 62 years, still one of the best of the best! by .. K. Mahood (Northern Virginia, United States)
It's my business to know what works because I'm a full time professor of piano both at university level and in the private sector. The John Thompson series has always been one of the best traditional learning method books for students who wish to learn how to play piano (or keyboard). This book is part of the "easiest series" which was originally published by Willis back in 1945. This series is not the original "Teaching Little Fingers To Play"-- I call it the "red book" series simply because all the covers to each grade level are red in colour. The red book series was Thompson's first piano method published in 1931. In fact, I still have my original "Teaching Little Fingers" book from when I started at age 5. The important fact to remember about the "Easiest" series is it's purpose. It was designed for persons who have had difficulty with John Thompson's "Teaching Little Fingers to Play" (which is the primer which leads to "Grade One, Grade Two" and so on. You will find this "Easiest" series the continuation of the John Thompson Easiest Piano Course, Part One. And, like "Part One" it progresses at a slower rate . I use this series for very young students, ages 4 to perhaps 6/7.
One final thought: None of the John Thompson piano courses were designed to be "self teaching" methods. And, no matter what any teacher tells you, there is NO piano course which can be used as a "stand alone" curriculum. This includes publishers like Bastien, Faber and Faber, and others. Fortunately, any of the John Thompson method books far surpass the others. One caveat: If you want to learn pop music or to play using chords, I would recommend "The Older Beginner Piano Course" by Bastien. However, if you want to learn traditional classical (so called "serious" music), than this book would be a good choice (although I would try the "Teaching Little Fingers to Play" Thompson book first. It progresses a bit faster but is just a little more difficult). Please visit my website for more information and FREE downloads like chord charts and Circle of Keys, and much more. Go to: http://kenmahood.com/ .......and don't forget to practice! :)
Cool! by .. Gabriel Fernandez (Canoga Park, CA)
The book is so cool. Please buy it. The songs are great. My favorite there is the ballet dancer it's so great. you learen new notes.
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Author : Karen Cummings
Number of Pages : 408
Publisher : Wiley
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Product Description Using an interactive learning strategy, this text provides a hands on introduction to the fundamentals of Physics. Built on the foundations of Halliday, Resnick, and Walker’s FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS 6e, this text represents the latest methods in physics instruction. Incorporating new approaches based upon Physics Education Research (PER), this book is designed for courses that use computer-based laboratory tools, and promote Activity Based Physics in lectures, labs, and recitations. Customer reviews You get what you pay for by .. WatchesCartoons ()
As a thrifty college student, I'm inclined to finding my books for the lowest price online and while I don't expect them to be new or anywhere close to perfect, a decent enough condition is expected especially when the book's status is "good". However, I found it a little disappointing when I opened my package to find my "good" book missing parts of the binding and that is was being held together with tape. While still functional for class and homework, an extra $5 might have been worth the peace of mind that it won't fall apart at any second.
When you purchase a product with a certain expectation and then you get a desilution by .. W. M. Rosado (Puerto Rico)
I have bought this item because the book does not have all the answers of the question. Everybody who studied physics know that a physics`s student needs to do a lot of exercises to understand and know what he did. I bought this solution manual thinking that it will have all or the majority of answers and explanation to those practice exercises, but first, the book was very expensive and then does not have the majority of answers, specially the even or even numbers of the exercises. I will like that the next time people who buy this product could know the real content and a good or significant rebate to the price of it.
Good but not what I expected by .. Norimarie (PR)
This student solutions manual do not have the complete answers for all the problems in the text book. I bought it because I thought it had all the solutions to the problems that the text book did not had (even ones). It really just explain how to do five or seven problems in each chapter; some of the ones that have the solution in the text book.
Not worth it by .. B. Sprague (Virginia)
I bought the book thinking it would provide answers to most of the problems in the back of the book. I was dissapointed that it only picks roughly 10 to 15 questions per chapter. The textbook usually has about 60 t0 70 problems of homework problems. This makes the book extremley useless except for the few problems it contains. I was only able to use one answer from this book for my homework.
For its credit the example was well explained and worked out. The others seemed to be of the same quality.
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Author : Chuck Dixon
Number of Pages : 320
Release Date : 1995-06-01
Publisher : DC Comics
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Customer reviews A Decent End to a Great Series by .. Phil Clark (Cape May, NJ/ Austin, TX)
Part III, which details Bruce Wayne's comeback and his efforts to take the mantle of Batman back from a renegade John Paul Valley. Unfortunately, Part III picks up at issue Batman #506, which creates a sizable hole between parts II and III, especially since in the interim J.V.P. lets two men die, driving Bruce, Time, and Dick (Batman, Robin, and Nightwing) to wage their quest against him. The story does a great job of creating a distinction between Valley's armor and weapons and Wayne's belief in Ninjisu, Gymnastics, and Martial Arts. For a comic fan, the progess of Bruce back to top form is truly enjoyable in the vein of Batman Begins. With an exceptional final battle between Bruce and J.P.V., this is a good conclusion to the story Knightsend; the only drawback is the frustration over the missing parts of the story.
The Comic book equivelent of a Summer Blockbuster! by .. Parker (At Large)
At the end of the two volume Knightfall story, Batman is left in a wheel chair and Jean Paul Valley is left in the role of Batman. At the beginning of Knightsend, the final chapter of this long saga, Bruce Wayne is fully recovered from his severe spinal injuries and now has to re-train himself to reclaim the mantle of Batman from the now mentally unhinged Jean Paul. If you are confused, that's because DC never bothered to reprint the second story arc, Knightsquest, which put Bruce Wayne on the road to recovery (in a very convaluted and unconvincing way) and sent Jean paul Valley into a mental breakdown.
This book reprints the 10 part storyline which ran in the monthly Batman, Detective Comics, Shadow of the Bat, Legends of the Dark knight and Catwoman comics. The writing on this one is fairly consistant and simple; Batman runs a gaunlet set up by Lady Shiva to ensure his retraining is complete so he can tackle his imposter, and after proving his abilities, Batman, along with Nightwing, Robin and Catwoman face down the rampaging faux Batman all over Gotham City. Not very profound, but this is the comic book equivelent of a summer action movie.
The art is where the book may be where readers will feel let down. Although Graham Nolan and Barry Kitson do their usual great job, Ron Wagner and Brett Blevins are irritatingly bad. Mike Manley's work is competent, but that's it. Overall, there are more well drawn chapters than badly drawin ones, but the book still suffers from "Crossover Syndrome", where each chapter doesn't quite fit with the one before due to the severe change in style between artists.
The climax, or anticlimax, is outstanding. Dennis O'Neil proves he is one of the best Batman writers in the character's history with Batman using his brains rather than fist to defeat his far stronger foe, but as then Group Editor of the Batman books at DC Comics, he really should have paid more attention to the artwork.
Great Story! by .. Michael C. Cahalane (Boston)
This is one of my favourite Batman G/N
The Batman has returned. Stronger then ever!
A must!
Maybe I missed something.. by .. Malcolm D. Campbell ()
Firstly, I should say that the Knightfall collections are great. Watching Bane wear down Bruce Wayne systematically in the first volume or seeing Bruce Wayne's slow return to recovery in the second were well done. Then we come to volume 3. My biggest gripe with the third volume is how disjointed it is from the second. Plot lines started in the second volume are never picked up again. The transition from the first volume to the second is very clean. It's almost as though you're turning a page. The end of the second volume sees Bruce Wayne in South America attempting to rescue two people close to him who have been kidnapped. Jean Paul Valley is spiraling out of control but volume 2 still ends on a high note wherein he refuses to kill Bane. One opens volume 3 to discover that Bruce is walking again, training with lady Shiva, and Jean Paul Valley has gone completely insane and has, at some point, become murderous. It seems like the series would have been better served by having a volume 2.5.
Now, none of this is to say that this volume is a poor book. As it is, it satisfyingly completes the storyline as Bruce attempts to reclaim the mantle of the bat.
Excellent Story by .. Dan ()
Other reviewers are correct: you do need to purchase some of the original comics of Knightquest to find out what happens in between the end of Knightfall and this story. Alternatively, there are novelizations by Dennis O'Neill and Alan Grant you could read. In short, Bruce's back heals and intends to retire to his civilian life, but Robin informs him of Azrael's violence as Batman. Bruce then vows to reclaim the mantle of the Bat, apparently scaring Alfred (his longtime butler) away because he fears Bruce will be seriously injured again. In our real-time, Alfred doesn't return for over a year. Azrael 'shoves' Bruce away when he returns to the Batcave, and Bruce realizes that he must go into training if he is to have any chance of defeating Azrael.
The story itself picks up at the beginning of Bruce's training to restore his physical strength and instincts. The writing is psychologically intense, and the fight scenes are mostly fun entertainment that would not be out of place on the 1960s TV series.
In the end, we see all that makes the Batman great and everlasting. A fitting close to arguably the biggest Bat-story ever done to that point.
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Author : Kristen Brustad
Edition : Pap/MP3/Dv
Number of Pages : 448
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
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Product Description The final and most advanced volume of the Al-Kitaab Arabic textbook program, Part Three is intended to help learners reach a superior level of proficiency by expanding vocabulary and providing paragraph-level activities in reading, writing, and speaking. More than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world address a range of political, social, religious, and literary themes and represent a range of genres, styles, and periods. Although the book focuses primarily on modern Arabic, classical Arabic texts have been incorporated into some of the lessons to introduce students to the continuity of the language throughout its history. Like previous books in the series, Part Three presents vocabulary-building drills and contextualized explanations of grammar, with exercises designed to push students toward independent learning. The original text and audio are now bound together in one volume along with new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid in Egyptian Arabic, making Part Three an invaluable textbook and reader. This book: guides learners to the superior level of proficiency; strengthens reading skills; increases vocabulary acquisition; refines and expands knowledge of sentence structure and the Arabic verb system; provides extensive writing activities; widens cultural background; and includes more than thirty authentic texts by writers from across the Arab world. Audio tracks have been remastered as MP3 files, recorded on one CD, and bound into the book. It includes all new video material on DVD that continues the story of Maha and Khalid. New video material continues instruction in the Egyptian dialect. Customer reviews Not for self study by .. Khalid Ikram (Potomac, Maryland USA)
Perhaps if you are studying with a teacher this book would merit another star. However, it does not help much with learning vocabulary. I also agree with a previous reviewer that the Michigan text, although dated, offers clearer explanations of the grammar and with its accompanying tapes is much more helpful for self-study.
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Author : David Halliday
Edition : 8
Number of Pages : 384
Publisher : Wiley
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Product Description About the cover: The front cover is an image by Eric J. Heller depicting electron flow over a microscopically bumpy surface. The paths of the 100,000 electrons begin at the upper right but branch and fold back on one another in a surprising pattern as they spread toward the lower left. Electron flow is the subject of several chapters in this book and is especially important in the discussion of electric sparks. Some sparks are amusing, such as those generated when someone chomps down on a wintergreen LifeSaver - the brief blue glow that illuminates the mouth can be seen in a dark room (Chapter 21). Other sparks are quite dangerous, such as those in electrostatic discharges that can accidentally cause airborne dust to explode (Chapter 25). Take your seat the show's about to begin! This 8th edition of "Fundamentals of Physics" includes hundreds of items about curious effects in the everyday world, written in the spirit of Jearl Walker's The Flying Circus of Physics. The original edition of "The Flying Circus of Physics" in print for over 30 years in 10 languages is a cult classic among physics students, physics instructors, and the general public. Electronic links to the new 2nd Edition of "The Flying Circus of Physics" are available in the electronic version of 8th edition of "Fundamentals of Physics" that is part of WileyPLUS, one of the online homework systems available with this book. WileyPLUS also includes electronic versions of all the end-of-chapter problems in "Fundamentals of Physics" and the interactive tutorials (several hundred) and hints (several thousand)written by author Jearl Walker. Get a better grade in physics! "Introductory Physics With Calculus As a Second Language" by Thomas E. Barrett (0-471-73910-3) helps you understand the basic concepts, break down problems into simple steps, and improve your problem-solving skills! Customer reviews Final part of Fundamentals of Physics by .. Michael Beacham ()
The book is much better written than earlier portions of book. Practically the same as the first 4 sections aside from the detail of explanation.
Still alive and well by .. Ronaldo S. de Biasi (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil)
More than thirty years ago, when I was an engineering student, my physics "Bible" was Halliday & Resnick, Physics for Students of Science and Engineering, 1st Edition. This is a book that has aged gracefully. While the basic physics concepts were retained, the examples have been updated in each revision to keep up with the technology advances. Now in its eighth edition since Walker started to collaborate with the previous authors, it is still one of the most enjoyable readings in elementary physics. I recommend it without reservation.
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Author : R. A. Salvatore
Number of Pages : 160
Publisher : Devil's Due Publishing
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Product Description Collecting the adaptation of R.A. Salvatore's New York Times-bestselling novel! Drizzt DoUrden has forsaken his subterranean home for the harsh unknown of the surface. The young warrior begins a sojourn through a world utterly unlike his own - and finds that acceptance among the surface-dwellers will only come at a great price... Customer reviews Drizzt's courageous decision to abandon homeland by .. Sunny Naasiri ()
Sojourn is a dramatic sequel of Exile that follows our hero Drizzt as he finally makes a courageous decision to abandon his home and find a new life above the surface. The most challenging and even depressing factor in the beginning was Drizzt's ability to adapt his new home. The transition from staying underground to the surface was memorable and inspirational due to the risk of losing everything in a world so unfamiliar. Reading this novel taught me that no matter what turn one makes in life, sorrow is inevitable but how one copes with it is the key factor.
Drizzt also finds racism and becomes a black sheep out of the flock, even though that black sheep had performed several heroic deeds. This scenario here really much resembles the real world where most people are judged by their reputation, not character or deeds. Eventually, Drizzt stoically accepts that doing good for the community was more important than making people love him. People will learn to follow many new ideals once they read Sojourn. One of them is giving mercy even to the enemies he hated most, which some people might not do so.
Apart from that, Drizzt was not the only solid character in the novel. Montolio De'Brouchee (Mooshie) was a highly charismatic individual. Mooshie was dynamic and philosophical in a way that I was extremely saddened at what happened to him. Salvatore again continues to impress readers with a solid plot and character development by introducing another mentor to Drizzt Do'Urden. Definitely a must read as well!
Roddy McGristle... RODDY MCGRISTLE?! by .. Michael Meyerhofer (USA)
I've been reading sci-fi/fantasy books ever since my parents gave me LOTR for my ninth birthday. After that, I read most of the Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms books, plus countless others--including the FANTASTIC "Chronicles of Prydain" series by Lloyd Alexander. I'm always on the lookout for a new read, so I came to this series hoping it would live up to the hype. Sadly, in my opinion, it just doesn't.
All too often, fantasy novels--ESPECIALLY Forgotten Realms books, it seems--contain a lot of action and creativity mired in stilted prose and, frankly, near-plagiarized imagery. I'm all for authors borrowing from past authors' styles, story lines, races, etc., SO LONG AS as they make those elements their own. One obvious example would be George R. R. Martin. His stories contain dragons, giants, and obvious allusions to British history, to say nothing of betrayal, incest and political intrigue motifs (things that could be considered cliche) but he makes his stories unique by giving us complex characters that we can care about.
That's exactly what I liked about "Homeland", the first book in this trilogy. Reading it, I felt like Salvatore actually cared (at least a little) about Drizzt and Zaknafein, not to mention the book's villains. He had a story he wanted to write, a story that mattered to him--even if it was "just fantasy".
Moving on, I enjoyed "Exile" somewhat, but I got this sinking feeling when I saw Salvatore's rampant exposition--not to mention his amateurish habit of repeating adjectives, often in the very same sentence! "The horrible monster cried out, filling Drizzt with horror as...."
And please, let's address R.A. Salvatore's absolutely tone-deaf names! C'mon... Clacker?! A jewel-loving city called BLINGdenstone?! The gnomes whose racial name sounds a lot like "Fierce Neblee"?! Belwar's oft-repeated curse that basically translates to "BIG CAMERA!!"?! Then there's Drizzt himself, whose name should actually be spelled "Drist" to avoid giving us the impression that Salvatore accidentally coughed up some letters on a page and decided its unpronounceable nature could be explained away as "foreign".
Also, I'll bet every cent in my bank account that R.A. Salvatore has NO IDEA what the term "POV violation" means. Well, I'll tell ya. It means that when you begin your chapter in Third Person Restricted point of view, i.e. telling the story from one specific character's perspective, you CAN'T suddenly jump into another character's head! The only way you can show multiple characters' inner monologue is through Third Person Omniscient, which Salvatore clearly doesn't use. Now, that may seem technical to some, but in terms of unprofessional mistakes, it's basically the equivalent of a doctor going to remove your appendix by sawing into your shoulder. An 18 year old who's taken a creative writing class would know better!
"Sojourn" unfortunately continues these trends and takes them up a notch. Never mind the repetitive sentences and cliches; Drizzt's main antagonist is actually named Roddy McGristle!!! Haa haa haa! What?! RODDY MCGRISTLE?! That sounds like a name from an Adam Sandler routine!! But at least in a Sandler routine, it's SUPPOSED to be a dumb name! How could any reader actually give five stars to a book that contains such an unintentionally funny, bastardized Irish name as RODDY MCGRISTLE?!
And don't even get me started on the fact that Salvatore named a magical panther after the Celtic spelling of "Gwenevere". Why not call somebody Arthyr or Lancylot while you're at it?
*sigh* OK, then there's the story itself. Yes, there are a few interesting scenes from time to time, but I can't help thinking--as with "Exile"--that what we're reading is just Salvatore's ROUGH DRAFT. He's clearly a writer who can do better, but he got sloppy. Sadly, we've seen this with so many other established fantasy authors. After so many books written and copies sold, they stop caring and the editors stop editing, because everyone knows that a book filled with typos and grammar errors will still sell if it's written by a popular author.
That tells us something about Salvatore, though. It tells us that he doesn't take writing very seriously, and he doesn't fully appreciate the time, money, and attention given him by his faithful fans. That's really disappointing. I can afford to shell out twenty bucks or so to give one good and two mediocre books a fair shake. But what about young adults?
As a writer myself (although I'm sure I'll never sell a fraction of the books Salvatore has), I apologize for getting on the soapbox here, but ANY serious author should have a healthy respect for the craft of writing. It's not just a meal ticket; writers have a golden, almost sacred opportunity to their entertain readers, yes, but also to enrich readers' lives (and show respect for past authors) through solid, lyrical prose. Nothing infuriates me more than "successful" authors who just dash off a few stories between smug book signings, to the delight of well-meaning fans who simply haven't read anything better and don't know what they're missing.
If this sounds harsh, it's only because I sense in "Sojourn", and in Salvatore in general, the makings of a truly good author--if somebody would chain him to his computer and make him do his homework!!
An excellent conclusion to the Dark Elf trilogy by .. Luke Waygood (Jamestown, NY United States)
Salvatore brings us once more into the world of Drizzt Do'Urden, one of the heroes of the Icewind Dale trilogy. This final installment brings us, more or less, to where the Icewind Dale trilogy picks up, and helps us to more clearly understand the trials that Drizzt has gone through, which have helped shape his character.
Drizzt has emerged from the Underdark, at last free from the evil machinations of his mother, Matron Malice, the dark elven society and their twisted deity Lloth. He is, but for Guenhwyvar (a magical cat), alone. However, lonliness drives him to seek contact, yet being unfamiliar with surface races, is unsure as to who is good, and who is evil.
He defeats some gnolls who are intent on attacking a small farm, yet this attracts the attention of their leader, a barghest whelp (a magical creature from another plane of existence). While Drizzt is not around, the barghest whelp murders the inhabitants of the farm, leaving behind clues pointing to Drizzt, framing him for their murders. Even though he kills the monsters responsible in revenge for the family's death, Drizzt is unjustly chased. While most of the trackers stop, concluding that Drizzt is innocent, a mean bounty hunter continues on, seeking vengeance on Drizzt for the death of one of his dogs, and the scars he sustained in a fight with Drizzt (even though the bounty hunter was responsible for it himself).
After surviving his first winter, Drizzt is befriended by a ranger, who teaches Drizzt the ways of animals, introduces him to Mielikki (the deity of rangers) and teaches him skills to actually live, rather than just survive. The bounty hunter has not given up, though, and convinces a local orc king to attack Drizzt and his ranger friend. Unsurprised, the two friends, with the aid of Guenhwyvar and the ranger's woodland friends, repel the attack.
After the ranger passes, Drizzt sets out once more, yet this time with hope in his heart that he may truly find a home...yet the bounty hunter is not so easily deterred, and the heritage of his dark elven race proves a difficult barrier to overcome when confronted by fear, prejudice and loathing.
Salvatore does well in helping us understand the psyche of Drizzt, a character beloved by many fans, the battle he must face against prejudice, and the motivation for clinging so tightly to his ideals and beliefs in spite of it all.
My only criticism is that he spends time training Drizzt in the woodland arts and empathizing with creatures, yet Drizzt never really uses those skills thereafter.
Still, it's a difficult book to put down, and a worthy conclusion to the trilogy.
I highly recommend this book (although I would recommend reading "Homeland" and "Exile", the first two books in the trilogy, beforehand).
The Legend of Drizzt Sojourn by .. Cyle J. Timmons (New York)
This book is part of the Legend of Drizzt series, a great series. This is a story of a drow elf, underworld elf, that comes to the surface. However he faces an enemy at every corner because of the reputation of the black skinned elves. But he doesnt find enemies every where, he makes a few friends and this is their story and adventure.
Weak compared to the other books in this series by .. KatiKat ()
I would say that this is the worst installment in Salvatore's series so far. Why?
The style is too choppy. Scenes that would deserve much more attention - the impact of Kellindil's death, the death of Tephanis - are glossed over and very rushed while other scenes, like the completely nonsensical adventure in the dragon's lair, drag on and on and on.
My second complain would be that the book is too preachy. It tries to tell the reader what's right and what's wrong but it's too heavy-handed and definitely not subtle.
And the way Bruenor met Drizzt? Well, lets just say that if I read this book before the 2nd trilogy, I wouldn't like the dwarf much.
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