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Price Guide to Character Toys blends a price guide with small black and white photos of character toys ranging from Superman and Mr. Peanut to Gumby, Howdy Doody and more. The alphabetical arrangement by both item character and brand make it easy to look up individual items, while snippets of historical background add interest and educational value. Collectors of character items will find this engrossing.

This is the third edition guide of the popular collectible. It contains more than 10,000 photos (some in color) covering 360 unique categories in its 928 pages. Nearly 2 inches thick, this exceptional work weighs nearly 5 pounds !! The clarity of each photo is exceptional. The volume is carefully and completely indexed for ease of item location. Three prices are quoted for each item. Many one-of-a kind items are included. You name the character toy, it's in there. Toys range from A Date With Judy, Bachelor's Children, Drew Barrymore, to Flub-A-Dub, Katzenjammer Kids, Pebbles, to Tom Mix, Uncle Remus and Jack Webb. It's a wonder how so much information can be collected to provide a reference work like this. This book is amazing. Character Toy Collectors will marvel at it. It's not inexpensive, but well worth adding to your library. Would make a super gift.

As a long-time collector, I was blown away by this book. It's huge and maybe the price tag is high, but I've never seen a toy guide that actually offered a picture with every entry! Let's face it, most of these guides, which supposedly catalog some of the most colorful and deightful artifacts from our childhood, look like mimeographed phone books. This one is a true nostalgic delight, with pictures of things I never knew existed, and plenty of visual cues to spark a memory or two. If you're a fan of pop culture collectibles from any era in the last hundred years, there's something to see here. It's well worth adding to your shelf.

This guide provides a fascinating overview of Amateur (Ham) Radio from how to get a Ham Radio license to a wide range of information on Amateur Radio communications to some basic electronics projects for your Ham Shack.

"Ham Radio Operator's Guide" starts off with an overview of the Ham License Classes, including the spectrum's and modes each license is allowed to operate on. Unfortunately, despite being published only last year, the Federal Communications Commission changed the number and types of Amateur Radio licenses for the United States. Regardless, the advice about how to study for and take the examinations is still valid.

The book continues with a discussion of all of the things you can do with a Amateur Radio License. The author covers the basic characteristics of the various frequency bands and modes of transmission that Hams use. He also discusses the basic electronics equipment required to communicate and operate a radio shack, from transmitters and receivers to microphones and power supplies.

The "Ham Radio Operator's Guide" describes many of the activities that Ham Radio Clubs conduct, from swap meets and field days to fox hunts and educational efforts. In addition to discussing why all Amateur Radio operators should join their local Ham Radio Club, the author comments on Ham traditions, conventions and etiquette.

Finally, the book wraps up with eight simple electronics contruction projects for useful items from a field strength meter and radio frequency relay to four different types of antennas.

After a successful career as a photojournalist, the author, Carl Bergquist, KG4AIC, has turned to his lifelong hobby of electronics and writes articles for Popular Electronics and Electronics Now. He wrote "Ham Radio Operator's Guide" from the perspective of a new potential radio amateur. His writing style is very entertaining, keeping what could be dry, technical topics fresh and interesting.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who thinks they might be interested in becoming an Amateur Radio operator or in learning what being a Ham is like.

Review by Mike Powers, Radideo.com Guide, November 2000

This book has it all - you really need to get it if you are into ham radio like I am! There is some key information here that I haven't found in other sources. The best!

This ook has erything that you need to know about Hm Radio. It even includes field guids! This bookis great for all ages. I truely recomendit!

As the Tampa Tribune observed, "If college football is the greatest sport -- and it is -- then HEART STOPPERS AND HAIL MARYS is one of the greatest books on the subject." I found this to be an understatement; HS&HM is more than that, it's a testimonial to indomitable human spirit -- you know, "never-say-die."

Some examples: the 1982 U Cal - Stanford game (where the contest came down to perhaps the craziest final four seconds in history). Some of you may remember... Down 19-17, QB John Elway led his Stanford team into field goal range and Mark Harmon booted it to give Stanford a 20-19 lead with FOUR SECONDS left. The Cardinal celebrated and the band poured onto the field. Get the book to see and hear those final, lateral-filled seconds and the Bears' winning touchdown [or was it?!]

My son-in-law ["Syracuse Forever!!"] will glory in another of Ted's Heart Stoppers: It's 1998 at the Carrier Dome. Virginia Tech and Syracuse battle for a Big East championship and major Bowl possibility. Tech leads 21-6 at the half, but the Orange battle back to within four points (22-26). There, however, Tech's great Defense holds and Syracuse is down to five seconds, 13 yards to go for a TD. QB Donovan McNabb has vomited three times, how can he overcome that and this Tech defense (No. 5 in the country)? Hey, get Ted's book and find out...

Oh, heck, McNabb found TE Stephen Brominski in the end zone and somehow completed the pass that toppled Tech, helped Syracuse to eventually win the Big East title and a date in the '98 Orange Bowl. McNabb is the only player ever to be named Big East player of the year three times.

Ok, that's just two of 116 incredible stories, what a book!

This book is a great compilation of late game heroics in college football. The writer sets the stage for each scintillating finale with a few pages then cuts to describing the play itself. The beauty of the book is the included CD which contains the radio calls from these game defining plays. I am an LSU fan and there are two LSU games (both wins thank goodness) in the book and on the CD. I was at one of the games and being able to listen and relieve the moment is a treat. Anyone who loves a fantastic finish should get this book.

Hi. I just wanted to tell you this is an awsome college football book I just got. The audio cd takes you back to the game and makes you feel like your really there. Another cool thing that I thought was so interesting about this book was how it doesn't just inclued the play but it tells the before,the aftermath, and the stats of each play. This includes things like how these teams ended up doing for that season and what the players did after college. I enjoyed a whole lot. I hope that other college football fans can get to read so that they can dont miss out on the enjoyment that I had getting caught up in the plays especailly by listening to them on the audio cd. It is also cool how the book doesn't just include division 1 teams but teams that only people from the teams area have heard of! I loved it!

I first read this book when I was a student in TV back in the mid '70's. The stories behind the birth of modern media remain fascinating. I literally could not put the book down and went on to read the other two in Barnouw's trilogy. It was an incredible insight into the sometimes crazy world I was about to enter and I have never forgotten how riveted I was to every word!

With the corporate takeovers and conglamirates flying wild, it's refreshing to be able to sit back and view what it was REALLY like in the 'pioneer' days. I was fortunate enough to get into radio while it was still fun and had a bit of a mystique to it. This book portrays how it started off as a science and caught on like wildfire. Unfortunately, today alot of the 'humanity' has been taken out and replaced by computers and satellites, but like Nickolodeon and TV Land, this book allows readers to see things as they WERE. Alot of good history for today's broadcasters and the curious.

"Tower of Babel," along with its companion volumes, "The Golden Web" and "The Image Empire," are the most thorough accounting of the evolution of broadcasting. For the layman, it may be a bit too thorough, but for anyone who has a serious interest in broadcasting, it is a must-read. (I suggest that anyone who works in the industry read it as well, to get a perspective on what radio and television were designed to be.)

I have the book and have taken the class with Dr. Malphrus. Both were extremely "Ben"eficial to my physics eduacation. This book is interesting on both the historical and scientific level. An excellent view into an evolving science.

We haven't really read the book but we're students of his and we love him. He's an awesome guy. GO DOC!

This book offers an excellent look into the history and making of the science we now know as radio astronomy. Dr. Malphrus' book is also easy to understand, you need not be a physics major to make sense of the science he discusses. A great book for a interesting look into the once invisible world of radio astronomy.

W.L. Jenkins' How To Audition For TV Commercials From The Ad Agency Point Of View tells how to land TV commercials by understanding what ad agencies are really seeking. W.L. Jenkins is a former actor turned ad agency executive, so he's in a rare position to understand both sides of the table. From how commercials are created to understanding scripts and storyboards and adding elements to a presentation which will capture ad agency attention, How To Audition For TV Commercials is a necessary reference.

This was a great find. Easy and fun to read with a lot of great behind-the-scenes insights! If you're an actor who wants to make the audition process a lot less of a mystery--read this book!

I have been buying books about auditioning for commercials for several years, as well as studying the craft. I have finally found THE book that has given me the tools to turn my auditions into jobs. The style of the book is witty, and relaxed, but very professional and hits the target of what I have been striving to accomplish. I am so thankful that someone finally got real, and shared the secrets to success in this field!!!

Do you want to become a Radio DJ? Then this is the book for you! Based on the author's experience, it provides you with what you need to know to become a successful Radio Disc Jockey.

The book starts with a description of what it takes to become a Radio DJ and what a career as a professional radio air personality is like. There's also a discussion of how a typical radio station is organized and how each element works with the others to create a successful radio station.

The author outlines the steps required to become a successful Radio DJ, paying particular attention to the need to persevere and why it's critical to have a goal to keep career development efforts on track. The advice the author offers on the importance of goal setting, persevering, and being persistent is outstanding and applies to any kind of career.

The book continues with a look at how to prepare the package that will be sent to prospective radio stations. Although there are entire books on resumes and cover letters, the information provided here is succinct and excellent. The book focuses on the demo tape as a key element of the employment package and provides outstanding information about how to develop a professional one.

In addition to the information on how to become a music station Radio DJ, there are chapters on the special requirements of Talk Radio and Sportscasting and how to break into both of these specialties. In the final section of the book, the author provides stories of the extraordinary people he's met and the special places he's been able to go due to being a Radio DJ.

The author is Mike Staff, a working Disc Jockey with 101 WRIF in Detroit. Starting as an unpaid intern, Mike quickly worked his way onto the airwaves at one of the most respected and top rated Rock n' Roll radio stations in the country.

Throughout the book, the author uses examples he's experienced while working in the Radio industry to highlight his points. In addition, there are two audiocassettes that reinforce the themes in the book: "The Mindset of Successful DJs" and "Creating a Winning Audition Tape."

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in becoming a Radio DJ.

Review by Mike Powers, Radideo.com Guide, January 2000

This book is awesome for people who want to learn how to be an effective dj

Bought this book from Amazon.com and I'm from Kuwait. It really helped know how things go in radio stations and how great radio personalities got started. The package also includes two very interesting audio cassettes which I really liked (I even started listening to them instead of listening to music!). Get this package (1 Book, 2 Audio Cassettes) if you're serious about breaking and entering the radio world.

This is a well-written memoir by Canadian wireless operator Howard Hewer, who flew more than his share of ops during WWII and contributed in both the European and North African theatres. Ironically, the title, "In for a Penny, in for a Pound" is also part of the libretto of Gilbert and Sullivan's light opera, Iolanthe, which continues: "It's love that makes the world go round." One wonders if the author intended any hidden commentary by referring to this particularly well-known couplet in such a context.

Laced with stories typical of the war, Mr. Hewer's fine recounting also provides insight into that damnable situation which existed on the Allied side: the treatment of so-called "colonials" by RAF personnel. Truly, it's a wonder the English were able to win the war at all, when one considers the tomfoolery they frequently got up to in relation to Canadian, South African, NZ, Australian and other Commonwealth troops fighting alongside. Since Mr. Hewer flew mainly as a non-com, this work also provides us with insight into the lives of the lower ranking members of the military establishment of the day.

Bomber Command was perhaps the most effective force fighting against Nazism prior to D-Day, but there was a very high cost paid in lost aircrews on each mission. Mr. Hewer reflects on the obvious: why was it he somehow always came back. This tension is woven throughout the text, making the book successful at yet another level, since who would really want to write or read a war memoir and come away smiling. It is not a pretty story, yet the author has presented it to us in a lively and balanced manner, making the book eminently readable while allowing a strongly-voiced message about war to come through as well. Highly recommended.

Howard Hewer has done a wonderful job in bringing us his life in Bomber Command as a wireless operator flying in the belly of Wellington bombers. From his nights flying over Berlin to the bombing of North Africa to his time spent convalescing after a crash (when he went on some of his most dangerous missions), Hewer spares few details in providing a colorful first-hand account. Anyone with even a passing interest in war memoirs, or who truly enjoys the view of the world from 10,000 feet, should read this book. Without a doubt the best memoir I've read in a long time.

"In For A Penny, In For A Pound" by Howard Hewer, sub-titled: "The Adventures And Misadventures Of A Wireless Operator In bomber Command". Stoddard Publishing, Toronto, Canada, 2000.

This book recounts the experiences of T. W. H. Hewer as a young man and a wireless operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force. As a young teenager, Howard Hewer had dreams of flying Spitfires, so he enlisted in the Canadian Air Force, which decided, at that moment, they had a greater need for radio operators than for pilots. He was shipped to Calgary for training in radio operations. Hewer then tells the story of his training as an enlisted radio operator, and his experience during bombing raids on Nazi held Europe. He retired as Wing Commander.

Young Hewer was well aware of the cultural differences between the British and the Canadians. He devotes an entire chapter (Chapter 6, "Yatesbury Wireless School - Collision of Cultures) to describe the class-conscious Brits and the young Canadians being trained in England. Throughout the book, these cultural differences will pop up, and, in some instances, be of major importance. In Chapter 19, (A Fine Line To Mutiny), it would appear that the British wanted a level of discipline that neither the Australians nor the Canadians wanted to accept. Admittedly, it as an Australian who first threw down his rifle and refused to drill, but Hewer appears to have approved of the group's refusal to exercise and drill. He later implies that this "mutiny" was responsible for the delay of his commissioning as an officer.

This book is not just the usual recounting of the terrors of flying bombers into German held Europe. There is that, of course, but Hewer narrates a story that involves the European Theatre, flying to Malta, on to Egypt and then a trip, in a ship, around Africa. In South Africa, when warned to avoid certain down town areas because the Boers still remembered the Boer war and therefore were "hostile" to the British, Hewer relies on his "Canada" shoulder flash. He and a Canadian compatriot slip into a down town hotel and are feted by the old Boers with free beer and lunch.

An interesting anecdote related by Hewer deals with the dance halls. He was on a balcony and looked down at the dancers, who reminded him of a field of moving daisies. . It seems that the ladies had all used peroxide to become blondes and their roots were slowly growing out in their darker colors. As Hewer glanced down, the whirling locks appeared as daisies in the wind. This remembrance, alone, makes the book worth reading.

what i like about this book firstly, is that its not an intellectual exercise of analyzing tons of theses, etc., but shaped by personal experiences in india over many years, meeting people from different walks of life from all over india. to me, a book about india should be grounded in its earth and in humility, because the real india is several things at once and full of apparent contradictions - for me, thats a key differentiator between this book and say, amartya sen's Arg.Ind essays/diatribes thats twice as long, but i fell asleep after the first few pages.

i dont agree with some of tully's ideas, but i used to firmly disagree with some of those ideas before i read this book; now i know, i cant be "sure for sure". thats why this book is so important. it humbly asks for balance and the need to avoid extremes, be in far-left pseudo-secularism, or far-right fundamentalism. these ideas are valid not just for india, but for the entire world.

This is an excellent book by Mark Tully and represents the net result of a lifetime of reporting in the subcontinent. The author does a very fine job of contrasting the fundamental differences between the Indian and the western tradition. Being a Britisher born and having spent most of his life in India, Mr.Tully is the perfect person to write about East vs West. He touches all aspects of human life and culture in a succinct manner giving the reader a wonderful perspective on the Indian way. Though a little simplistic at times, I came out with a better appreciation for the role of tradition and uncertainty after reading this book as well as a fresh view point about Indian civilization. Right in the foot steps of 'The Argumentative Indian' by Amartya Sen, I think this book is a very fine contribution of to the ongoing debate about the idea of India.

Most Indians and Indophiles are familiar with Mark Tully, who worked for long out of Delhi as BBC's correspondent. In the process, he fell in love with the country, and ended up settling down in India permanently.

This book is a kind of personal journey for him. The narrative is rather tentative, and covers a lot of ground. He weaves back and forth between UK and India, and offers quite a few valuable insights about religion, politics and culture of the two countries. UK is not treated independently, but more as a kind of foil to India. The book's 11 chapters are placed in various towns that he visited, which also serve as a kind of cultural emblem for what he is going to talk about in a particular chapter.

He also shares a lot of personal details, his trials, tribulations, anecdotes and triumphs. Being a journalist with a highly respected Channel, he had access to almost everyone in India. It goes without saying that his narrative is very sympathetic to Indian culture and the 'Indian way of dong things'. However, it is also reasonably balanced, so that it does not become a gushing, sentimental kind of nonsense about how great everything about India is.

Some of his comments are quite perceptive - for instance, about how India always tries to find a balance between extremes, a middle (middling?) way of doing things. He believes this is one of India's keys to longevity as a civilization.

Well, he is certainly right that this search for a balance, of avoiding the extremes, is almost an unwritten, unbreakable law in India. My late father often used to say 'ati sarvatha varjayet' - excess is to be avoided always / everywhere. And this philosophy gradually worked its way into my conscience, so that now the extreme option is always automatically renounced in favor of the moderate one.

In fact, in India, the term 'extremist' is often used as a political pejorative and is more popular than fundamentalist or terrorist, though it includes both these categories as well. Similarly, 'atyachar' which literally means 'extreme behaviour' is used to signify inhuman behaviour.

This is a book you can soak into. However, it will not make a conscious, discernible impact on you. The book is too wispy for that, too much like a mild fragrance, one of those extremely expensive perfumes, which only leave behind a tantalizing suggestion. I read it only last month, and already I have forgotten what were the key points that Tully made. Perhaps he didn't make any at all. May be he made many. He doesn't try to convince you or sell you his viewpoint - he merely shares his views. And that does really mean that he has become more Indian than many of us (see for example, Amartya Sen's The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity).

The hardcover edition issued by Rider (Random House group) has been printed and bound in India. The book is fairly easy to carry, and easier to read, because of good paper and printing. Of course, Tully's light, conversational style adds to the ease of reading.

All in all, an enjoyable, readable book - much more perceptive and interesting than his previous India in Slow Motion (India in Slow Motion), which was more task-oriented.

This book tells the stories of jungle pilots who have seen the Glory of God. There is so much to learn and so much to be inspired by. If you're interested in aviation, adventure, evangelism, or just to know about great things that God has done amongst His people, this is a great book to buy and pass around.

This is an exceptional book for anyone interested in overseas missionary work to read. Well-written and interesting, informative to all. If you've come across this review, buy the book and give it a read!

An uplifting story of the Jungle Aviation And Radio Service. Jaars for short. A story about people who expect and recive miracles every day. Soar over dense jungles, land in impossable places with the men and women of Jaars. Experiance the thrill of seeing God work in todays world just as He did thousands of years ago. Meet people who have no doubt about the power of God. Listen as they tell of their failings and His faithfulness. This is a book that can build ones faith and bring hope for the future. And it just might instill in you a deep desire to join these men and women as it did for me. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate this book, a ten. And a must for anyone who wants a closer walk with Jesus.