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Angel On Board - watch out for angels watching out for you!
Published in Paperback by Profitable Publishing (2000-05-24)
Author: E. J. Thornton
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Do angels leave presents for us... PLEEEEEASE!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-25
Of course they do! This book is one of them! Oh my gosh!!!

I loved this book. It took me to a whole new dimension of living. I could see the angels around me (not literally of course) just the presents they leave behind.

This is an inspired work of fiction! Everyone needs it! It's fun, it's tear jerking, it's thought provoking! It's AWESOME!!!

Read it - you'll be glad you did!

More truth than fiction in this novel!!!
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-20
Wow! As soon as you start to read this book, the characters (even the dead ones) come alive. You get introduced to a whole new dimension and it is incredible!

If you never believed in angels before, you will after this. The descriptions and the imagery make it so easy to see this happening all around you - even while you're reading the book. You wonder who might be reading it with you!

You're not kidding - watch out for angels watching out for you!

This perspective let's you tap in to your own angel power!
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-15
This book will change your life for the better - forever!

It sure helped me -
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-12
This book was amazing. I recently went through a significant loss. Jeanie had read Angel On Board before she passed, and loved it, and now I know why. It helped me hear her and gave me peace. I recommend it highly!!!

****

I'm going to submit some stories to Angel On Board, Real Life Stories because events since her passing are just too fantastic to be coincidences - it has to be the angels.

A great way to look at life - and death!!!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-21
Angel On Board, Second Edition

This is a fun fiction romp through heaven that will make you laugh at your own life more than anything. It asks some thought provoking questions and shows a new perspective. Lots of great dialogue and interesting circumstances. Vividly described. Great fiction work. You'll love it! Then, watch out for angels watching out for you...

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Big Book of Small Business, The
Published in Kindle Edition by HarperCollins e-books (2007-02-06)
Author: Tom Gegax
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Excellent wisdom and inspiration for the entrepreneur
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-31
As a new small business owner, I've devoured several books written on the topic of starting a business. Most have a few good kernels of knowledge in them somewhere, but none are as consistently helpful as this book.

The author, Tom Gegax, has a great deal of personal experience starting and growing companies, most of which seem to be in the tire industry. If you're business is not merchandise-based, but service-based, this book is still very pertinent. Topics like vision and values are discussed, as well as some interesting marketing ideas. Adapting the information into a business plan for a Web company was easy and enjoyable.

Be prepared for Mr. Gegax's very zealous approach to business. It borders on fanatical at times. If you shy away from corporate structures due to their "you must believe" mindset, you'll flinch a few times while reading, but it's still excellent counsel.

From a tactile standpoint, this book is great. The binding is well constructed, and the print is slightly large and easy to read.

I cannot recommend this book enough if you're starting your own business. Double that recommendation if you own your own business and need a shot of inspiration.

I also recommend Joe Kennedy's Small Business Owner's Manual available on Amazon.

A great "How To" Piece on Owning and Operating a Small Business
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-15
Tom Gegax has done it again with The Big Book of Small Business...an outstanding "how to" commentary on starting and running a small (or not-so-small) business. A "must read" for anyone looking for a ready resource and "kitchen helper" in owning, operating and otherwise "worrying" a closely-held business. As the previous head of the Private Company Practice Group in my law firm, I can see how this book would have been of great help to many of my clients. As a person who once taught a course in Business Planning, I wish that at the time I had had Tom's book in hand to help students learn many of the practical aspects of running a business: managing people, strategic planning, negotiating commercial relationships, compliance etc - the list goes on.
Again, congratulations to Tom Gegax.
William R. Hibbs, Retired Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, PLLP, Minneapolis

A wonderful source
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-10
Absolutely a fabulous book. Anyone who has ever run a business or plans to in the future will find this book a great asset. Tom Gegax delivers another winner.
William Cabot

The Big Book of Life
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-09
While I would love to write a review of how Tom's guidance has helped my business succeed (and it has!), the surprise beneift of his books is that they become a guide for your life, not just your business.

The first "Cliff Notes" for how to run a business.
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-17
If you could take all the best practices of business today and consolidate them into one manual, you would have an invaluable book but it would be about the size of the average American house. I believe "The Big Book for Small Business" by Tom Gegax is the "Cliff Notes" version of these best practices, I found this guide to be extremely valuable as an entrepreneur who owns four businesses and have made it required reading for all my employees.

Since one of my businesses is in an emerging market, I have done the unthinkable. I have sent my competitors CEO's copies of the book as well because I also believe in what Tom so eloquently stated, "A rising tide raises all boats". If we as industry can all utilize the advice contained in this book, our industry will grow to its incredible potential.

This is the best business book I have ever read and find myself coming back to it time and time again for strategy and execution ideas. This is 100% meat and zero fluff. My sincere congratulations to the author for delivering a business book masterpiece.

Best Regards,
Brian Brasch, President
Branick Industries Inc.

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The Black Book [Diary of a Teenage Stud], Vol. IV Faster, Faster, Faster
Published in Kindle Edition by HarperCollins e-books (2002-03-19)
Author: Jonah Black
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THIS IS AMAZING!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-22
Jonah Black's, The Black Book is a very educational, but exciting book. Everybody loves to hear about the funny teenage stories in high school, and this is just what this book is. Jonah is a junior in high school and loving it. This book goes along with the Black Book series, but it may go by itself. It is Jonah's first had experience with high school. Jonah runs into many problems and many celebrations, so be ready to ride the emotional and ego filled lifestyle of a teenage boy. I am not one to talk though, because I just explained myself.

Just One Question: Who Is "Watches Boys Dive"?
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2004-05-31
These books were some of the best book I've ever read. They're so realistic and keep you wanting more. The fourth book pretty much ties up all the loose ends the first three books made, except for one. The author never reveals who the mysterious "Watches Boys Dive" is. This was one of the mysteries throughout the book, and we never find out? Did I miss something? Jonah found the matchbook she dropped, but it leads nowhere. Anyone have any clues as to who she is?

Pretty Good book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2003-12-17
I thoroughly enjoyed all the books in the Jonah Black series, right up until the end of the fourth and final one. The author introduced several problems and never resolved them, and I personally don't like books like that. If you do, then this is an amusing and interesting series to read, it just doesn't end the way it could've.

How I spent my Christmas Break
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-01-04
Ok, so let me just say that I just finished reading Volume Four of the Black Books series and I loved it just as much as I love all the others. I received the first one as a present and had to rush and get the rest just so I could find out what happens. If you are reading this, than you are probably like me and want to know if the answers to all the questions that have been buildng up over the first three installments will ever appear and all I can say is "Yes, definitly, Yes!!!" If you have a doubt in your mind about getting this book then you should erase it immediately, because in the end you finally understand everything. I'm not saying that you won't still be wishing for a fifth volume once you are done reading, but all your big questions will be answered, and in my opinion they are answered in a good way. So in short I loved it!

Fourth and Last Book in The Black Book Series
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-05
For some reason, I always have a knack for buying books out of order, like I did with this one. But when I found "Faster, Faster, Faster" the other day in a used bookstore, I had to buy it, remembering it was one of the titles Amazon.com had recommended to me. (Amazon.com rarely lets me down.) Now, after just finishing this book, I'll certainly be looking for the other three.

Anyway, Volume IV takes place in Pompano Beach, Florida, where eleventh-grader Jonah Black currently lives with his sexually liberal mother and scary-but-genius sister, Honey. This book/series is set up to read like a diary with date logs instead of chapters, but, as I've mentioned in other reviews about teen diaries, it's obvious this book/series isn't a real one. For starters, it's too coherent. Conversations and details are written in-depth, which would be nearly impossible to do if you were really writing in a diary. But the first-person viewpoint does create a closeness to Jonah, and the use of AOL chats and e-mails are a nice touch, which most young computer-savvy readers will like.

About halfway into the book, Jonah and Honey make a road trip to Pennsylvania to visit their father and his new wife, plus check out dorm rooms at Harvard for Honey. Jonah uses the trip as the perfect opportunity to visit his old school and "save" Sophie O'Brien from herself, an institutionalized girl friend who has been plaguing his mind for a long time. It's no real surprise that he's attracted to her; he's a little out there himself, which is obvious right from the first chapter, where he's daydreaming about her while taking the SATs.

Jonah is just your typical spaced-out, horny teenage boy, which should probably appeal to the same crowd. I, however, didn't care much for Jonah, probably because 1) I'm not in this age or gender group, and 2) Jonah and his friends reminded me a lot of the guys I knew back in high school, as well as a few that I know now--and, no, they rarely mature past puberty (though Jonah does mature somewhat by the end of this book).

Despite these character flaws I complain about, they are what make this book/series work. It's realistic, truthful, and quite refreshing from most of the other teen books out there. The ending is fairly good as well (Jonah finally discovers who Northgirl999 is), but it does leave you hanging a bit, especially since this is the last book in the series.

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CliffsTestPrep Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching (CliffsTestPrep)
Published in Paperback by Cliffs Notes (2006-03-27)
Author: Diane E. Kern
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I passed!!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-26
Easy to read and VERY INFORMATIVE. I wish I would have know about this book earlier.

Great Buy!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-20
I purchased this study guide after reading several of the reviews. I am too impressed with the overall quality of this book. It provides preview tests and practice tests for Early Childhood, K-6, 5-9 and 7-12. I began studying three months before the test and used one other reference text book; Effective Teaching Methods by Gary D. Borich. I passed both the Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment and the Content Area Exercise on the first try. Now on to student teaching--Yeah!!

Very Thorough
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-19
Very thorough overview of what will be on the PLT and excellent outlines of the information that will be tested. This book eliminates the need to go through textbooks from other classes to look up information, which saves time and effort.

Great book!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-02
This book is definitely the one to get! This book has TWO practice tests for each test, whereas the ETS book only has ONE test. This book also reviews important concepts and explains them clearly and in an organized fashion. Highly recommend!! The ETS book is not as helpful.

Wonderful Preparation Tool!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-04
This book was a very thorough study guide. The practice tests were very valuable, as was the extensive information regarding theorists and other information that was on the test. I just took my Praxis today, and I left feeling very confident, thanks to this book!

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Devil May Care
Published in Kindle Edition by HarperCollins e-books (2006-03-07)
Author: Elizabeth Peters
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ehh.. it was all right
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-11
Fun, nice dialog, nice characters. The story's conclusion just didn't carry much punch for me.

A must read!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-30
I found this book to be funny and fast paced. The characters were warm and witty. I absolutely loved Aunt Kate! There is one woman you don't want to mess with:) The whole atmosphere of the book held me spellbound. I finished the book in 1 day. If you have the time it's a worthy read.

A must read!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-30
I found this book to be funny and fast paced. The characters were warm and witty. I absolutely loved Aunt Kate! There is one woman you don't want to mess with:) The whole atmosphere of the book held me spellbound. I finished the book in 1 day. If you have the time it's a worthy read.

Atmostpheric and Fun
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-14
I've read this book several times. I love coming back to it after a couple of years and enjoying it all over again. The best thing about Elizabeth Peters/B Michaels is that she creates a cozy atmostphere, with every day occurences (such as eating lunch...sleeping...,) yet, there are not so every day occurences thrown in - ghosts, etc. It makes it feel like is business as usual to suspect that a ghost is inhabiting your house. I just love the atmostphere she creates! She doesn't write these types of books anymore, - not a dynasty - like Amelia (love those too, of course), but these single book stories, and I miss them!

Very Good
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-01-07
Ellie has agreed to house sit for her Aunt Kate. Her pompous fiance drives her down to impress the rich old lady, who dislikes him immediately. After Kate's departure with the fiance to the airport. Ellie experiences all kinds of strange manifestations involving the six founding families of the area. A rare book telling of their boring scandals seems to be the trigger. A neighbor agrees to help her solve the mystery. It seems like a practical joke, until an old friend of Kate's gets seriously injured....

This was a very quick read and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I picked it up and didn't stop reading until the last page. The characters are quirky and entertaining. The atmosphere appropriately creepy, and the story line engrossing. A very good read.

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Diseases of Swine CD-ROM (5-Minute Consult Series)
Published in Paperback by Wiley-Blackwell (2004-03-19)
Authors: Barbara E. Straw, Sylvie D'Allaire, William L. Mengeling, and K. Taylor
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Blackwell's Five-minute Veterinary Consult
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-18
Just replaced my 3rd edition, the 4th addition is a bit better has some new information, doseages for new drugs and a CD with Client education handouts.

Good... except....
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-15
I needed this item ASAP and I received it on time which was excellent since I paid for fast shipping. The cover of the book though looked a little worn. The book was supposed to be new but looking at it I wasn't 100% sure. If I had time I probably would have returned it for another copy. Besides that I was satisfied with my purchase.

must be on a vets library
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-29
very helpful in learning details about diseases and drugs we use.Easy to use the book and easy to understand.Thank you for the opportunity for me to receive this book to Turkey.

The most used book on my shelf
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-17
Whenever I encounter a new disease, or need to refresh my memory about one I haven't seen lately, I reach for this book first. I find it to be concise, informative, and useful. While other medical texts make for good fireside or bedtime reading, this one cuts to the chase, and is useful in the midst of a busy veterinary schedule.
I use this book as my "nerd book", jotting notes in the margins when I learn something new about a disease from reading journals. Overall I am quite impressed at how up-to-date and complete the information is vis-a-vis JAVMA, the Compendium for Continuing Education, etc. I also appreciate that this book comes out in new additions often enough to keep up with the rapid changes in veterinary medicine.

Great Resource
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2004-01-27
I got this book a couple of years ago on the advice of my mentor. This book has really helped me out in school(esp. in my Problem-Based Learning classes). It is pretty easy to understand, is very concise, and it includes many commmon and uncommon diseases of small animals. However, not all information about specific diseases is included. This resource should just be used as a starting point. The formulary is useful, as is the section about diagnostic test results. I just wish they would come out with a 5-Minute Consult-Exotics Edition

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The Elements of Playwriting
Published in Hardcover by Macmillan Pub Co (1993-06)
Author: Louis E. Catron
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Excellent advice and information for the price!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-22
I have just started to write plays and bought this book based on customer reviews. The reviews were right on, for this author gets his points across in a clear and concise manner. All of his suggestions are so valuable and useful not only for playwrining but fiction writing also. Mr. Catron has a passion that he realtes to the reader, giving them the incentive to start up and keep going to completion. Great book!

The best playwriting guide I've read so far
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-28
I only have one negative thing to say about Louis E. Catron's "The Elements of Playwriting," so I'll get it out of the way right off.

In various spots in the book, he makes critical remarks about both soap operas and the "Perry Mason" TV series that make me wonder if he's ever actually watched them. The writing cautions he connects with the remarks (respectively, always make sure your characters' emotions are motivated, and avoid a "deux ex machina" ending) are absolutely legitimate, but using these as illustrations are simply untrue.

In most other books such false reporting would seriously damage the writer's credibility in my view, and indeed it's the one thing that keeps me from awarding a full 5 stars. The one saving grace in Catron's case is that every other piece of advice is illustrated accurately, if not explicitly in the text. He shows quite well how to make your story appeal to directors, actors, and audiences, not only explaining what they look for but illustrating how to achieve it.

As with any book on writing, this is meant to be a book of ideas, suggestions, and recommendations to empower us as writers rather than restrain us. Where an accepted "rule" goes against the story we want to tell, we're expected to be true to the story rather than the rule. Every other book on this topic has taken this attitude, but Catron consistently takes the next step and cites plays that illustrate how nearly every rule has been broken by a successful play, and why that play succeeded in spite of breaking that rule.

Catron is a completist in other ways as well, taking the reader from the conception of a story all the way to a list of playwright's resources (such as directories of literary agents).

Whether your playwriting is a hobby, a sideline, or a prospective career - or even an established one - I highly recommend this book.

A Great Book for Understanding the Playwriting Process
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2004-08-02
The Elements of Playwriting is a great book for anyone who wants to understand what it takes to write a play. Catron goes over everything a person needs to know including creating characters, building a plot, and constructing dialogue. I really liked the chapter on What Makes a Play.

Even if you are not a Playwright, but you are involved in the theatre in another capacity, such as an actor or stage manager - you would still benefit greatly by reading this book. It will give you a great understanding of what a Playwright must accomplish in order to get his play to the stage.

Catron helped get my play on stage
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2003-10-23
I completed the first draft of my play "American Brass" back in 1999. It was pretty awful. Then, I found this wonderful book by Prof. Catron. Following the guidelines and inspiration contained in his book I eventually transformed the draft into a stageworthy script.

Before reading his up front advice "Don't show anyone your first draft", I had given a reader a look at the play. The reader, an experienced theater person, tried to be helpful with constructive comments, which I came to understand after reading Catron's book meant - I had no plot, my characters were flat and I was writing narrratives rather than dialogue.

This book provides a clear understandable guide to the structure and dynamics of a successful play and how to write one. Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.. and before each rewrite review Caron's book for insight and inspiration.

There's also practical advice - look to get your play on stage not necessarily on Broadway. So I had a high school do a reading and then a church group and now I have the area community theater interested in a full production.

Thank you Prof. Catron

CORE TEXTBOOK FOR THE SERIOUS PLAYWRIGHT
Helpful Votes: 18 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-24
I am a Midwestern physician by day and fledgling playwright by night. One year ago I decided to take an idea to paper and wrote my first play. The story was clear in my mind so the writing went easy. Within six weeks I had completed a rough first draft. At this point I ventured over to the local bookstore to see what books they had on playwriting. There were several, but Louis Catron's The Elements of Playwriting caught my immediate attention. Standing there, I skimmed the contents then read a few pages. The book was full of pearls gleaned obviously from a lifetime of experience in the theater. I bought the book and ordered a coffee to read more, (isn't that the way it always happens?)

Catron goads our left and right brains into action in ten chapters that range from how to get the play started, formatting the text and incorporating Aristotle's six elements of live theater into the work, to suggestions on getting your work published and performed. Various exercises to get the point across are used along the way. The book is a joy to read; a superb "nuts and bolts" treatise for the novice and veteran writer alike. I pick up something new each time I read it. I particularly enjoyed the discussion on how to be a playwright, involving as much with how one "thinks" as what ones "does."

In my opinion, Louis Catron's The Elements of Playwriting is the best book on the subject out there. It helped me complete my play and make it a more polished work. The book would be perfect as the main textbook in any college playwriting class. Louis Catron's "Elements" certainly "plays in the heartland!"

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Fast Fourier Transform and Its Applications (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series)
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall (1988-04-08)
Author: E. Brigham
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One of the best technical monographs.
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2001-07-12
I'm delighted to see that Brigham's book is in print. (I bought my first copy 20 years ago!) I'm planning to use as part of a course on signal processing. I've read several books on FT's and this is the best. It is one of the few technical books whose presentation is genuinely complete and clear. For example, the relationships between the discrete and the continuous FT, the role of the convolution integral, and the Nyquist theorem are presented logically with both algebraic proofs and graphical explanations. I'm always on the look out for monographs that focus on one subject and make you feel like you've become an expert on it when you're through. This fits the bill.

Outstanding classic
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2002-12-03
I am mainly a neurobiologist by training, but transform theory is very useful in visual neurobiology and visual psychophysics, and I've looked at and read dozens of books on various aspects of signal processing and transform theory. Much of this is surprisingly applicable to the brain science area, as the revolutionary work of David Marr and other scientists showed a quarter of a century ago.

But getting back to the present book, this is one of the best books I've read in the signal analysis area. Brigham's presentation of various aspects of the FT, including the continuous FT, digital FT, convolution integrals, and so on, is clear and concise, whether he's discussing theory or applications. Also, his disussion of the Nyquist sampling theorem is the best and easiest to understand I've read.

Interestingly, this theorem has quite practical applications, not just in digital sample theory, but in real life. According to the Nyquist theorem, no information is lost in converting from analog to digital form if the sampling frequency is twice that of the highest frequency in the signal. Well, have you ever used those audio headphones they have on commercial jetliners? The Nyquist theorem means they can switch the audio outputs at high frequency using well-known time-domain switching techniques rather than run copper to each passenger's seat. I've read that this saves 300 pounds of copper wire in a typical plane, the weight savings of which can of course be more profitably used for transporting other things. If you consider that 300 pounds is about the weight of your average couple, you can see how the savings would add up after even a few flights.

But getting back to the book, I first encountered this work 20 years ago, and I'm delighted to see it's still around. My neurobiology student friends and I all got turned on to this book early in grad school, and it was a great help. I still fondly recall the many enjoyable hours we spent talking about how Fourier analysis and other techniques such as the Laplace transform, temporal modulation transfer fuction, two-dimensional convolution integrals, two-dimensional point-spread functons, filter techniques such as the finite and infinite response filters, Kalman filter, Hammond filter, and so on, could be applied to our area. And it all started with this book. It's a true classic that has never been exceeded for it's clear and concise exposition of a very important mathematical tool in both engineering and neurophysiology.

An accessible examination of the FFT great for self study
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-01
This book is not just another terse math or signal processing book. It tries to provide an alternative to standard DSP techniques that develop the FFT adequately enough, but show nothing about applications and have the student believing that "The Butterfly Element" is something he can buy an armful of at an electronics store and assemble. All developments in this book use graphical techniques and examples that insure clarity in the presentation. The book provides not only a readable introduction to the FFT but a thorough and unified reference for applying it to various fields of interest. It is great for self-study. The text is divided into five major subject areas:

1. The Fourier Transform and its properties
2. The Discrete Fourier Transform - It is developed from the continuous Fourier Transform both graphically and theoretically. Its properties are examined as are numerous waveform classes via illustrative examples. Discrete convolution and correlation are defined and compared with the continuous equivalents via examples.
3. The FFT - The FFT algorithm is developed along with an explanation of why the FFT is efficient. Computer programs are developed that can calculate the FFT.
4. Basic Applications of the FFT - Presents the application of the FFT to the computation of discrete and inverse discrete Fourier transforms. There is an emphasis on graphical examination of resolution and common FFT user mistakes such as aliasing, time domain truncation, noncausal time functions, and periodic functions. The applications examined include Laplace transform computation, discrete convolution and correlation, and two-dimensional Fourier transform convolution. Computer programs are provided.
5. Signal Processing and System FFT Applications - The design and application of digital filters using the FFT are explored. A novel application of the FFT to multichannel band-pass filtering is developed in a way that can readily be expanded by the reader.

I highly recommend this book to readers who want a complete explanation and investigation of the FFT and its applications that is clear enough for self-study.

Written with the reader in mind.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-10-02
I think this is one of the most understandable books in signal processing that I've ever come across. I get the feeling that Brigham had been frustrated by technical texts that were poorly written, and decided he wasn't going to commit the same sin. Plenty of carefully planned illustrations designed to help the reader start from a known place, and move step-by-step to an understanding of something new. Not just a bunch of faceless equations. I think this would be an excellent college text.

Like any in-depth text dealing with a mathematically complex topic, there appear to be a number of mistakes left in to keep the reader on his/her toes. But fewer than most. I highly recommend this book, even though I'm usually a pretty tough critic. I too have been frustrated by too many poorly written books.

Very good, but be careful, though
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-22
The book I have is ISBN 0-13-307496. It was published in 1974.

I am very happy about this book, I first read it in 1979 when I was 19, and I found it really marvellous. I agree with the other reviewers, but I must add a note of caution - the edition I have contains some errors. They are as follows;

p155, p157 - the factors w(11) and w(10) are incorrectly placed on the butterfly diagram 10.3 and 10.4 respectively,

p166, p168, p169, equations 10-26 and most equations following to the end of the chapter - the factors R(N-n) and I(N-n) should be R(N-1-n) and I(N-1-n), respectively.

I hope I'm right about this, but the convention is that the indices are from 0 to N-1, and therefore if n=0, then N-n is N - which not an allowed index.

Apart from these sort of errors (I havn't been through the whole book with a fine toothcomb), its really very good, actually extraordinarily clear.

One of its main benefits is that it doesn't veer away from the FFT to the very complicated developments such as fractional transforms and other developments which might confuse the sort of audience it's aimed at (which is definitely the graduates).

But if you want to look deeply into FFTs for a real application you will need a lot more. I must mention,for instance, that the implementation of an FFT needs fairly careful error propagation and rounding analysis, and this isn't covered at all in the book. Neither are prime factor FFTs. In fact the chapter "FFT algorithms for arbirary factors" is only a method of factoring into powers of two, and certainly not the prime factor decomposition which was developed later by Winograd, Chuo, and others.

It must also be said that while the DCT is practically a kissing cousin of the FFT, this naturally isn't covered in this text... but neither are the finite field implementations that are now taking many peoples imaginations to faster and faster FFTS.

Also, there are jolly useful things to know about, such as the FFT when you only need a subset of the output data points. There are pruning algorithms which greatly simplify the computations.

But it's very good as a starter, I wouldn't do without my copy!

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Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Published in Paperback by W.B. Saunders Company (1997-01-15)
Author:
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excellent veterinary reference
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-13
I have the previous edition of "the pink book", and knowledge has advanced in these species such that I desperately needed the new edition. An excellent text that is a must have if you see small mammal patients.

Ferret Owner ** Must Have ** YOU are responsible for providing the best care.
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Review Date: 2005-10-22
As a ferret owner, you have the responsibility to know what diseases or cancers your ferret could get, and for making sure they get the proper treatment as soon as possible. Early diagnosis is the key. This is one of the best books you will find and it's more than worth the money invested. Every ferret owner should have a personal copy. Check with your vet to see if they have a copy as well, this is an awesome Christmas present. Read! Highlight! Consult! Together, you can extend the life of your ferret.

The best in this area
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Review Date: 2003-07-27
This is that kind of book , that helps you to increase your knowledgement.
For every veterinary and student who work with Ferrets, Rabbits, or Rodents.

THE BEST book on this subject
Helpful Votes: 19 out of 24 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-19
This book is the absolute best resource on the medicine of these species. The book is easy to follow and find specific information as necessary. Most illustrations are quite useful, although in black and white. The book is organized mostly by taxonomic groups. However, the book seems to repeat itself in some chapters as well as in different chapters, and sometimes, finding information may be indexed in more than one place only to find that they are all quite similar pieces of information. I HIGHLY reccomend this book, and its is the best amount of informtion at a very affordable price.

Very Helpful Book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-16
I got this book so I can better understand what the heck the vet was telling me about two of my ferrets. It is a reall good resouce for pet owners to learn more about the different medical conditions that will come up with owning a ferret. However, be warned!.... This book explains thing in terminology that a vet or a vet tech will understand. It is not a book for the average person per se, but it did help me ask the right questions and to be better informed. One vet I talked to uses this book as a reference quite often. I enjoyed going through this book and it was very educational.

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Flight into Danger
Published in Paperback by PublishAmerica (2004-01-19)
Author: E. K. Barber
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WOW!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-16
This book is so packed with action, and the characters are so engaging, you won't be able to put it down! The dialogue is truly laugh-out-loud funny. I loved it!

I had the pleasure of meeting E.K. in person at a booksigning. Her energy is amazing and I treasure my autographed copy. Keep up the good work, E.K., and keep these books coming. I can't wait to see what happens with Skye and Alex next. Count me among your biggest fans!

FLIGHT INTO DANGER - BEST READ OF THE SUMMER
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-14
FROM LEESBURG FLORIDA: BIG FIVE STAR RATING FOR THIS BOOK!!!Just received my autographed copy of E.K. Barber's "Flight Into Danger" and I am recommending it to all my friends. It's chuck full of action and suspense. I can't wait to get to the end...and get her other books...YES the author is a woman of great talent!! She owns her own business, writes books, and is a professor at Edgewood College in Madison Wisconsin, to mention just a few of her talents. BUY THIS BOOK! The character of Skye Madison truly is E.K. Barber's alter ego: everything that the author is and some of what she is not and what Barber imagines and probably wishes to be is strung into the development of Skye Madison and the story of "Fight Into Danger". While Skye Madison may have some of E.K. Barber's heart and mind and soul, the character is totally imaginary, just as E.K. Barber is a pen name. Writing beyond themselves is something that only a few authors can do this well. I will leave it to others to research the real name of E.K. Barber. Let me just say that people who know the real E.K. Barber are delighted that she has taken a change in her multi-facited career to pen this book. WAY TO GO!

Great Read!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-15
I couldn't put it down until it was finished! Flight Into Danger left me wanting there to be more pages in the book! I found the characters and the plot to be interesting and intelligent. In my opinion, E.K. Barber has written a truly enjoyable first book. I look forward to reading her upcoming books in this new series. I can't wait to find out more about these wonderful, sexy characters! I will continue to recommend this book to all of my friends.

Flight Into Danger
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-04-28
This book gets my recommendation to everyone who seeks a book of fun, romance, suspense and adventure.
From the turn of the first page I found myself off on an adventure that I couldn't ignore. Packed with action, details, intrigue and, oh yes, romance! What a wonderful combination of thoughts and action. E.K. truly brings the reader right into the thick of the plot. Just when you think you have it all figured out, there is another twist and someone else is the "bad guy."
A wonderful read and I am anxious to see what happens next in the land of romance, for surely that will continue; but also, what action filled assignment will Skye find herself on and can Alex keep up without falling apart worrying about this beautiful woman. Each of the characters has a uniqueness about them. They are all such interesting people. Keep the story line rolling.

a little bit of both
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-29
If you've ever thought there wasn't enough adventure in a romance novel and not enough romance in an adventure novel then you should enjoy Flight into Danger. The main character is brainy , beautiful and accomplished, but still human, and finds a match worthy of her in Alex. The plot has enough twists to maintain interest, but not so convoluted, as with some spy novels, that it's tiring to keep track of and the ending has enough surprise to be fun but still within the realm of possibility. This novel is the perfect read to have on one's bedside table, to look forward to adding a new chapter each night, or to tuck into a beach bag for a pleasant escape from reality.


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