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I am a psychologist and work with parents and children. It is frequently difficult for parents and teens to understand and interact with each other. This books spells out clearly the importance of a good relationship and step by step behaviors to get there. I recommend it frequently to parents with positive reactions and results.

I am a psychologist and work with parents and children. It is frequently difficult for parents and teens to understand and interact with each other. This books spells out clearly the importance of a good relationship and step by step behaviors to get there. I recommend it frequently to parents with positive reactions and results.

This book was insightful, well written with useable information. A great reference tool for seasoned trainers as well as a wonderful learning tool for new trainers.

This is a great start for those interested in pursuing a career in computer training and a solid refresher for those of us who have been training for awhile. Has everything from adult learning theory and conceptual learning to a few pages of computer training analogies.

This book is one of my favorites. It goes into the spiritual as well as the physical sides of travel. It was recommended to me by the Whole Earth Catalog and it set me off on 6 years of joyous travel with the Vagabonding mindset.

On the ideas presented here, both intellectual and practical, I have travelled the globe. It was the first book on travel I read, and it remains the best.

An excellent book on the History of the White House and the people that have lived and worked there. Great pictures, past and present, and an easy to read narrative. The White House furnishings themselves could be a museum and they key ones are detailed. In addition it gives an overview of many of the well and lesser known events that have taken place. Also interesting to read about family life of the President's during the past 200+ years.

this book took you back through the times the each president lived there

As a young curator in a different field than these curators, I have found these brief pieces to be really helpful and fascinating in the diversity of opinions they offer on the curator's role in creating exhibitions. It is really interesting seeing the differing degree to which ego drives various curators' work--each one writes very differently about the degree to which their vision, personality, and relationship to the artist and museum/gallery drive their work. All in all, a great resource. More importantly, many of the curators actually offer concrete advice, much of which i have found helpful and calming as I've worked through my own first major exhibition.

This is a great compendium of writings by some of the most prominent independent or affiliated curators working internationally today. Each was asked ten questions about curating and each responded in a different and fascinating way.

This is an interesting book for all those interested in the relationship between the artist and the display of their work. It illuminates what a modern curator does and fascinates us by showing us that curators today have a broad variety of perspectives on what their job really is. Some of the curators see themselves as auteurs, while others merely feel they are an instrument for the artist. Highly recommended.

'Zack in the Middle' is a delightful book about a seven year old boy who is surrounded by an older sister and a younger sister. Told from a middle child point of view, the book examines the good and not so good points of being the one in the middle. The story leaves you with positive feelings of Zack being surrounded by love. Written as an easy reader, this book is a good addition to beginner reader collections for libraries and classrooms. Colorful drawings, a limited vocabulary, and no more than two sentences on a page, make this an excellent choice for an emerging reader who also happens to be a middle child.

This is a true story about a boy in our school. We love having him celebrated in print. We new him first as the baby brother
then as the big brother and now as the proud fourth grader with his own biograhy in our easy reader section. Boys love this true story. Thank you, Dia.

This book was the best well it wasnt really a book but u can get tested on books you've read so then you can see if u really understood the book you read, if you are smart and want to get tested on a book read this is one of the books for you so buy it if you want good luck

I am gay and I found in this guide very valuable tips for gays who wants to meet nice people and visit the best gay places : restaurants, beaches, clothes, etc. and also it suggested me the best diving places in Acapulco and It was alot of fun. I had another guide but only in this one I learnt a lot about Acapulco history and arquelogical sites (I love arqueology too). The recommendations of typical restaurants are also great: good, clean and cheap. Well, enjoy it!

Many people might find the Adam-God Doctrine to be a "thing that we don't talk about" but, as you read this book many things start to clear up at the Beauty of the Doctrine starts to make sense... If You buy it, make sure you don't cast the beautiful Pearl Before Swine... you can also look up the Internet Version of the Book. The only complain is that is kind of Expensive, but i have the Internet version...

This book is part of ISA's (formerly "The Instrument Society of America", later "The International Society for Measurement and Control" and now known as "The Instrument, Systems and Automation Society") Independent Learning Modules on Control Principles and Techniques.

This Independent Learning Module Book is designed to introduce the reader to the techniques of adaptive control that are applicable to industrial process control problems. Although it is written from a practical rather than a theoretical point of view, the material is organized in each unit in a logical sequence so that you can easily see the reasons for the techniques that are presented.

Since adaptive control is an advanced control topic, it is assumed in the book that the reader has basic knowledge of automatic control. Mathematical treatment is minimized whenever possible since this is meant to be an introductory text for an industrial audience and the emphasis is on the principles, properties, merits, and limitations of the various practical adaptive control techniques.

The bok is organized as follows:
- Introduction and overview.
- What is adaptive control?
- Strcture of a self-tuning controller.
- Relay feedback auto-tuning for PID controllers.
- Techniques for self-tuning PID controllers.
- Adaptive Smith Predictor Control.
- On-line discrete process parameter estimation.
- Adaptive advanced control.
- Adaptive multivariable control.
- Towards intelligent control.
APPENDICES:
- Sugested readings and study materials.
- Solutions to all exercises.
- Detals of the implementation of the recursive least-square estimator.

I am an Industrial Practitioner of Process Control. I have been working for more than 16 years as an Instrumentation, Automation, and Process Safety and Control Engineer for the Oil & Gas Industry. I have found this book to be a great self learning tool and a good refresher.