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The book has great pictures to demonstrates the surgical anatomy of complex congintal heart disease! Great book and very helpful

I have truly enjoyed the Jonas book. I work in cardiac Pedi surgery and have needed a detailed reference geared toward Perfusionists and the Jonas book truly hit the mark.

I found this book very intuitive, illustrations are wonderful, the author insights are exceptional. Although, I'm not a surgeon, this is still very good book for the anesthesiologist to understand the surgical perspective.
When I miss people and everything at Children Hospital-Boston. I get it all back again reading a chapter ,any chapter. It's so sentimental.

This is a well done book. Useful to get basic knowledge from young surgeons. I liked it and it satisfate my expectaions.

WOW what a story! Brian Smith could sell this as a short story by itself it is so good IMO. I just wish they sold a hard copy of these writings--not just audio! I have been reading Sci Fi for a long time. This guy is great! Reminds me of 2001, a space odyssey a bit. Worth the price just for this one folks! I noticed there are no other books by Brian Smith for sale on Amazon. What's up with that? He needs to write books, and Amazon needs to sell them--geez, do I make myself clear?

This tape is well done. The sound effects create an atmosphere that draws in the listener. The actors are dramatic, but not overly so. The short stories themselves are well written, delivering edge-of-the-chair suspense (or knee-slapping comedy, as the case may be).

As most net surfers are aware the Sci-Fi Channel's web site has included a section devoted to science fiction radio drama...Seeing Ear Theatre. One aspect of which includes originally produced productions cerated especially for the site and which has featured performances by many well-known SF actors as Micheal O'Hare,Mark Hamill,Marina Sirtis,and others. With a few exceptions, a lot of the dramas are based on recent short stories by SF writers such as Terry Bisson, Allen Steele, John Kessel and Gergory Benford. With the release of this audiobook editon(which includes introductions by SF's resident angry young{sic}man Harlan Ellison)now one can listen to these stories anytime you want. The best stories(IMO)are the Three Odd Comedies and The Death of Captain Future (which despite the pulpish-sounding title is a darkly humorous tale set in the future history of Steele's previous works such as Orbital Decay and Clarke County,Space). If you like audio drama-- especially newly produced audio drama...you'll love this collection and you may also want to check out Vol. 2 which should be on sale soon(I know I can't wait).

We found this book to be very adventurous. The author keeps you in suspense,and involves you in the lives of the children by using visual imagery. This book displays how families with different cultures and values live in the rural south. It also shows how some cultures and diverse people in past years were not excepted.
As a teacher, you could use this book in your classroom to teach students about diversity and differences among cultures. It teaches children to accept and respect cultures that are different from their own. We thank the author for giving us a glimpse of cultural diversity in the past and teaching us to accept everyone for their differences.

I originally began reading this book for my six year old daughter. When she was ready to stop, I couldn't. I read the book, almost completely, straight through. It will make you laugh; It will make your heart race with our young heros'; and most definitely, at risk of sounding cliche, it will make you cry; as I found myself doing when I reached the end. Wonderful for both its pains and its triumphs.

This 360 page book packs as much useful info in its pages as any comparable guide that I've come across. One of the wonderful elements - and something almost completely lacking in bird field guides - is the interesting natural history information under each species. Also, the book is chock full of helpful ID tips, and in cases where confusion with other species is common, ways of separating the species is discussed in detail. The maps and seasonal bar graphs allow for understanding of the bird's status and distribution at a glance. Illustrations are pretty good, too, but apparently space limitations don't allow for the complete array of plumages to be shown for every species. Rarely do I read through a field guide, but I've found myself doing just that with this one, as the species accounts are interesting and full of facts that were new to me. Also, the introduction and best birding sites guide are most helpful. I'd highly recommend this book for any interested in Ohio's birds!

This is a great book and is a must have for anyone birding in Ohio, or intending to visit Ohio to do some birding. The natural history text for each species is extremely informative and specific to Ohio. The book does a nice job of covering most of the species listed for the state (291 out of a possible 412). Especially useful are the range maps within Ohio, and the occurrence calendars. The only downfall to the book are the illustrations. The illustrations and artwork are great, but they're not as useful for identification purposes because, in many cases, they are either in awkward poses (ex: Song Sparrow) or only illustrate one plumage type for the species (ex: non-breeding plumage only for Horned Grebe)(Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have some of these illustrations hanging on my walls as art because they're that good, but wouldn't necessarily use them to illustrate identification points).

Also useful is that the birds are grouped taxomically, and there is a quick color-coded index so you can find the group you are looking for efficiently.

I think this should be on every Ohio birder's shelf. A great book overall!

This book helps you understand goes on in Indy Car racing. I recommed this book alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you know a kid who's interested in racing, there's no better introduction to big-time motorsports than this book. It takes young readers (probably age 8 and up) inside the world of Champ Car racing, with thorough discussions of the drivers, cars, teams and events. When I was a kid, I had little concept of racing beyond the Indy 500, but a book like this would have added immensely to my understanding of the sport. The book's only shortcoming is that the information is somewhat dated now, but its young readers probably won't mind a bit.

This is a memoir with chapters written in and after the 1880's.

An interesting positivist take on the war--also interesting how politically conscious Kidd appears to have been. My general observation is that the Northern accounts seem to be more politicized, more likely to talk about politicians and political beliefs, than Southern.

Kidd started the war as captain of Troop E, 6th Michigan Cavalry, and ended up in command of the regiment. He spends a lot of time discussing recruiting and training, details fighting at Gettysburg and Williamsport, Trevilian Station, Third Winchester, et cetera. Kidd's admiration for Custer, his brigadier, is clear.

A useful account, but not an especially anecdotal or vivid one.

This reprint of the classic "Recollections of a Cavalryman" is a valuable addition to the military history of the nation. It also offers a view of Custer by someone who actually served with him in combat -- extensive combat. The view of Custer that emerges is not that penned by a fawning subordinate; Colonel Kidd simply recounts the battles and activities of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade in a straightforward manner. His later controversy notwithstanding, Custer was an exemplary cavalry commander and arguably the most successful and brilliant cavalry officer on either side in the conflict. This book opens a window on the past and is an excellently written account of the brutal battles fought by our ancestors. The book also offers an unintentional balance to Custer's historical legacy. It's unintentional because at the time it was written, Custer was still considered a national hero. This book explains why he was. Read it.

I came across this book by chance without knowing anything about it or its author. I'm glad I did. I started reading it before going to bed and when I picked it up again the next day I ended up spending the whole afternoon reading nonstop. Siegel tells a suspenseful story full of twist and the first person narrative is near perfect and really lets you know the hero. There were a few twists in the last half that I found quite unbelievable and that's what keeps me from giving it 5 stars, but as the story went on, I was quickly drawn back into it and again willing to suspend my disbelief.

Overall a very enjoyable read that I highly recommend. I will definitely be reading more of Siegel's books. 4+

This is one of those rare instances where I liked the movie more than I did the book. Probably because I have the hots for Clive Owen and he made the main character, Charles, more likeable. Because in the book I didn't really like old Charlie at all - even when he redeemed himself in the end. Here's an ordinary guy with a great family and a good job, who becomes involved with another woman and gets caught (literally) with his pants down. A ruthless blackmailer sees a prime opportunity and proceeds to exploit it - which stupid Charles goes along with - up to a point. That's when Charlie gets a new set of cujones and things really get interesting. PS - this book is pretty graphic in detail, so don't read it if you are easily offended.

Wow; if you were ever thinking of having an affair, you better read this book first. It's full of suspense and kept me guessing each chapter as to what would happen next. This could be a "How To Book" titled:"How to mess up you life." I never saw the movie, but I really enjoyed this book.

I was engaged from page one. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's intelligent, well thought-out, action-packed! I love Siegel's fresh edgy voice. Often while reading, I said to myself WOW! This guy is great! And yes, some of the action...was outlandish/over-the-top/bizarre....even so, it resonated with me: I loved it! The movie with Jennifer Aniston, however, was a major disappointment. It lacked all the nuance, complexity, and subtlety that made the novel a standout. Kudos!

Charlie's nightmare begins with his affair and from there the drama escalates.
Each chapter left me dangling, a gripping thriller indeed, with a clever narrative full of unexpected twists. A must-buy if you like suspense!

Unbelievably good read! All documented and nothing has ever been disputed. Open your eyes America and see what your Government does in secret.

The 4 Volumes of Heinrich Muller give a objective and clear view of historical moments both before,during and after the second world war.
The Winner writes History,is a frase used by Muller.
He also gives a thrue account of History at that point in time,such as te reluctance of both Britain and The United States to accept Jewish refugees
in the middle of the war after secret negotiations.
Etnical clensing did not begin in Yugoslavie,they had examples in the Polish border area.(German civillions)Documented by international press.
These volumes give a thru account what really happend during those yeaers.

This book is one of a series of four volumes published to date about the former head of internal security for the Third Reich: Heinrich Müller. The writer is a nonacademic historian by reputation, possibly a journalist by profession. Mr. Douglas relies on material not generally available, some available through the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA, one of the legacies of the Watergate Scandal of the 1970s. Much of the material are translations--and the reader must rely on them. In addition, we find a man here, born in 1900 (THAT appears noncontroversial). He began his career as a policeman in Bavaria, yet rose to the highest position of authority in the Gestapo (Geheimstaatspolizei) or Internal Reich Security in the Third Reich.

Those appear to be undisputed facts. However, what happened to Heinrich Müller after the War is a matter of conjecture. Following the narrative established by Douglas, General Müller's post-war career is nothing short of remarkable, and worthy of an extremely intelligent, worldly, and clever man. Some have attempted to discredit the works as simply inconsistent for a man who previously appeared unremarkable. I would suggest to the reader, however, that a 45 year old man, sprung at the end of a lifetime of wars, uncertainty, and rise to great power, might just be on the threshold of capitalizing on a lifetime of observation and learning from the great masters of deception, megalomania, and conversion of disgrace to respectability (on their terms), public admiration, and generation of fear. These are, I suggest, the qualities upon which General Müller may have been prepared to initiate a postwar career, one born of the boredom of 3 years lived in obscurity, and the OSS-CIAs need for a crash-course in anti-communist networking, knowledge of operatives, and ability to guide those privy to the coming new world order of the last half of the 20th century. This, according to the material presented, and the brief commentaries from Mr. Douglas, is exactly the bold move that General Müller sought to commence.

While I will not claim to be an historical expert, I do find the presentation credible from a life-history perspective, and one of the development of personal identity across the life span. Heinrich Müller, above any others alive toward the end of World War II, was in a position to prepare himself for a productive post-war life. He aspired to greater power, self-presentation of worldly knowledge and character, and was in a position to work for the most congenial authority that would set him up in a protected and powerful place of influence.

That place may just have been the United States. The interviews ring authentically of a man of his origins and stealthy rise under Himmler and Heidrich. He only joined the Party quite late in his career with the SS. This book, and others in the series, should serve as an object lesson for anyone who believes that we do NOT really know what happened at the end of the War, following Eisenhower's halt at the Elbe (see Udo Pfleghar's fascinating book on that subject, "Brückenkopf Zerbst", Anhaltische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Dessau, 1998).

Under the methods of administration of the Freedom of Information Act (the exceptions should be read by every American!) and the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, we may never know in great detail the activities of Müller, who was dropped from the search for Nazi War Criminals sought internationally in 1960. Yes, 1960. Were General Müller still alive, he would be 103. Those who knew him will be protected because of that contact in perpetuity as will their confidants, informants, and families. Having myself seen official copies of many of the documents presented here, we can only hope that for the sake of history and freedom, that the trail is followed by able truth-seekers. That these books of Mr. Douglas seem unchallenged by credible sources, I suggest they should be reprinted, and thereby become more widely available as in the manner of Professor Richard J. Evans' critique of David Irving's "outside of academia" works in the book "Lying About Hitler" (Basic Books paperback, 2001). Herr Müller is as interesting a figure to come out of the Third Reich as any whose lives have been examined with penetrating questions about the limits of human motivation.

According to "Aftermath: Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich" by
Ladislas Farago - 1974 and "Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile" by Paul Manning - 1981, General Heinrich Muller escaped Berlin and wound up in South America, in charge of Martin Borman's security. He never
left South America and died there when he was 83. I have read all three
volumes by Douglas Gregory, and wonder how Muller could be in Washington, DC and South America at the same time........

Just so no one is left out of the loop, this book has been shown to be a forgery by a Holocaust denier. Even fellow Holocaust denier David Irving is pissed about this book's forgeries.

A good resource - makes you consider different things and you can easily apply them to your chosen industry

This book is helpful as a starting point in the world of entrepreneurship. You will find it provocative and thoughtful and will force you to re-think your goals for your new venture.

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... with the book. The book is a collection of several high profile academics writing on the subject of entrepreneurship. The topics are great while the book feels too academic and not hands on for real life entrepreneurship. For example, for balance sheet and cash flow issues did they take McDonadls as an example. Hardly a company that today useful for entrepreneurial comparissions. It's a Fortune 500 company now and was 20 years ago when the first edition was published. Entrepreneurs should be interested in Inc 500 companies. Better opt for 'real' entrepreneur books like 'Extraordinary Entrepreneurship'.

This book is really a compilation of Harvard Business Review articles on the subject of entrepreneurship. As with all HBR articles, these are quite informative. That being said, different chapters will appeal to different readers, depending if you are a practicing entrepreneur, business school student, or academic observer of entrepreneurship.

Since I am primarily a practicing entrepreneur, my favorite chapters are those written by Amir Bhide: The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer, How Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies That Work, and Bootstrap Finance: The Art of Start-Ups. All of these chapters are especially well-written and convey practical information that will enhance the likelihood of success for any start-up entrepreneur. The legendary venture capitalist Arthur Rock also contributes a chapter that contains valuable information. While this book may not be a primary reference or source of inspiration for practicing entrepreneurs, it makes for some excellent complementary reading.

Steven K. Gold
Author, Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

This book is so informative and gets right to the point! It is enjoyable and easy to read. I thoroughly recommend this book. Buy it today from Kels1720 at a steal of a price and you will be so happy that you did!

I was very happy with the book. I was however disappointed with the shipping time. I paid for 2-day delivery, but didn't know that processing the book would take so long. It ended up coming one day before my first test. Luckily I did very well without the book, but next time I will know.

Over the past year I have had the opportunity to compare this book with Roark's The American Promise, and I would highly recommend Roark over this book.

The most serious flaw of the Henretta text is its cavalier attitude toward the facts. This is worst in its section on World War II. For example, on pages 800-801, we read "In July 1943 after Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime fell and Mussolini was executed, Italy's new government joined the Allies." Of course, in reality, Mussolini was promptly restored to power by German occupation and did not die until 1945; nor was he executed, but rather murdered by partisans without benefit of trial. On page 805, we read that "The capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa put bombers in position to attack Japan itself," when in fact it was the previous year's capture of the Marianas that put the Japanese islands in U.S. bomber range. In the very same paragraph, we read that "Before the Soviets could act, the Japanese offered to surrender on August 10," but in reality the USSR had declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945 and had invaded Japanese-held Manchuria on August 9. This oversight is particularly important, in that some historians argue that it was the Soviet declaration of war as much as the atomic bombs that convinced Japan to surrender.

That the book frequently lapses into tendentious left-wing ideology hardly needs mentioning; the vast majority of academic history textbooks today have the same problem, and non-academic right-wing "correctives," like Thomas Woods, are usually even worse. Still, left-wing writing need not be bad writing, nor as distorting to the historical record as this text's often is. For example, on page 519 we find this passage: "In Europe job-seeking peasants commonly tried seasonal agricultural labor or temporary work in nearby cities. America represented merely a larger leap." This is a feeble attempt to pretend that late-19th and early 20th century Europe offered opportunities similar to America's, and, if accepted, renders America's massively larger immigration rate inexplicable.

As might be expected in a book co-authored by three people, the quality varies considerably from chapter to chapter. Chapter 18, "The Rise of the City," stands out as particularly well written. One good technique the authors use is to place U.S. history in its international context, as when comparing the urban history of Chicago to Berlin or pointing out the origin of Chinese immigration to America in a general flood of Chinese immigration throughout the Pacific in the 19th century. It is only in this respect that this text is superior to Roark, which often skimps on the world-historical setting of U.S. history.

While the authors deserve commendation for trying to address the history of American racial minorities, their efforts usually devolve into a mere listing of grievances, especially as regards Native Americans and Latinos; African American achievements and resistance to prejudice are somewhat better described. Women's history comes off best; the authors are generally, though not always, successful in describing women's experience as an integrated whole in which men's oppressive behavior is only one part.

The book's overwhelming drawback compared to Roark is the poverty of illustrations, which are few, ill-chosen, and exclusively black-and-white. In contrast, the maps are excellent.

I can understand that cash-strapped colleges may prefer this book to Roark because it is cheaper. Still, it should have been possible to create a budget college textbook that was more accurate and less biased.

James A. Henretta and his colleagues have successfully written a concise history book that is not boring or tedious. It offers smooth transitions from topic to topic. It's concise and not boring, not like a tranqualizer like some history texts.

The authors had a difficult task. To further shorten their other text, "America's History", by almost 50%. Yet they seem to have succeeded. The book has a logical narrative flow. That does not feel like a standard text. Quite expertly done. When you consider that very disparate topics are covered. Like reform in the Progressive Era, or the emergence of the US as a world power. But somehow, each chapter segues gracefully into its successor.

The book also starts each chapter with a human interest anecdote. To try and bring the chapter's theme down to an easily comprehensible scale. And thus to motivate the reader into absorbing the broader mass of the chapter. The book is well suited for a general audience.