Stations Books

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a great book helpful to architects, engineers, and interior designers. the book has many precedents, photographs, drawings, as well as guidelines and dimensions to help railway designers.

As a federal law enforcement officer I travel throughout five states and deal with all different levels of law enforcement jurisdictions. This book has proven itself invaluable to me on my various assignments. I have been able to have my radio set up for the various jurisdictions before I ever leave. This has saved many hours in setting up communications with the various jurisdictions I will be working in. I hope and encourage you to revise this publication and bring it up to date with the current frequency changes. I wish to commend the staff responsible for publishing this outstanding national communications guide. I would be at a loss without it as I am sure others feel the same way.

I served at the Moscow Embassy during the time period that the book covers. I have read the book twice. In my opinion the book gives an accurate portrayal of the events that occurred between the Marine Security Guard and the Soviet attempts at comprimising the security of the embassy. Some shocking truths that are revealed are the unbelievable access that the Soviets had to the embassy and the relatively harsh living conditions under which embassy personnel lived. The other fascinating revelations of the book are some of the hazards and techniques that the Soviets used against US Embassy personnel including bombarding the embassy with radiation and the use of so-called 'Spy-Dust' (NPPD) - a suggested neurotoxin used to track embassy personal. All in all - a good read.

Moscow Stations is on of the most fascinating literary works of late Soviet literature. Sub-titled 'a poem', this novella is indeed poetic and dense, mixing autobiography, fantasy and hallucination in the tragic life of the narrator, a homeless and occasionally-employed alchoholic, who wanders the Moscow streets and subway system forever in search of the next drink, and haunted by the dream of a beautiful woman he has apparently promised to meet at one particular station which he never seems to be able to find.

Woven around this hopeless quest, this slim volume contains so much: from alchohol-addled discussions of philiosophy on half-empty subway carriages rattling on throught the impenetrable Moscow darness, to pin-sharp satire at the absurdity of totalitarian bureaucracy; from passages of the most heart-rending tenderness, particularly in the description of a brief visit to the narrator's sick son, to the most laugh-out-loud humour.

The writing gathers momentum and increases in insane intensity as the inevitable tragic demise of the narrator approaches, stabbed in the neck by unknown assailants in an echo of the pointless death of Josef K in Kafka's 'The Trial', and in a bizarre prefiguration of Erofeev's own death of throat cancer. The author's life was as ribald, riotous and ultimately tragic as his character in this book - the stories of cocktails made from vodka, meths and pesticides; the loss of family, the lazy drunken work-crew antics - these are all apparently drawn from his own mazey, mashed-up existance.

The only slightly disappointing thing about the English edition of Moscow Stations is some slightly stilted and over-literal translation in the early chapters. However this problem soon disappears as the fierce vital spirit of Erofeev's tale triumphs over any such imposed shortcomings. Some have pointed out the obvious echoes of Gogol (which Erofeev himself acknowledges through his narrator), but the portrayal of absurdity, madness and decay has perhaps more in common with the writers of early C2Oth Prague, such as Kafka (already mentioned) and particularly Gustav Meyrinck.

I found this remarkable little book in the bargain bin of a local bookshop, and having read it straight through in utter amazement several times, I am astounded to have found such a fabulous piece of work so cheaply. It seems almost an insult to the memory of Erofeev that this book is so undervalued, though I am sure he, above all people, would see the bitter humour in such a situation: after all - the bottom of the pile under all the dross of the feeblest erotica and thrillers - where else would he expect to be remembered?

This book contains excellent photography of old cars and gas stations. Although most of the pictures were taken around the Pacific Northwest, specifically Grays Harbor County, Washington, the quality of the photographs is terrific. Great for antique car buffs. And by the way, it isn't out of print. Just contact the author.

This book is an excellent introduction to the movement work of Dr. Milton Trager M.D. It contains both theory and practical movements. It also has very interesting photos of Dr. Trager both as a young man, and as a very active old man. It is easy to read, as it was not actually written, but was spoken by Dr. Trager, and written down by his students over a number of years.

It would be hard to imagine a more unlikely international spy and detective than the Emily Pollifax, garden club habitue, geranium raiser, suburban grandmother, and brown belt karate expert. But there you have it--and it all works just beautifully.

I've read about all of the Pollifax books, and so far this is the best. Mrs. Pollifax is contacted by her CIA superior and given the dangerous assignment of going to the Peoples Republic of China (during the Cold War) and rescuing a Chinese engineer who is in a remote-area labor camp/prison. In the tourist group with Mrs. Pollifax is another CIA agent, but Mrs. Pollifax is not told who he is. This secret is kept for about half the book.

The tour of China alone is quite good all by itself, especially when the tour group arrives at the Taklamakan Desert in western China. The other operative makes himself known to Mrs. Pollifax, and together they work to rescue the Chinese engineer--but not without great danger, a Soviet spy who intervenes because the USSR wants the engineer as well, and heroics on the part of the heroine. Miss Marple she is not, unless that spinster has learned to perform karate under extreme duress.

This book is satisfying on all counts: interesting plot, atmosphere, fine characterizations, and realistic dialogue. It is to be hoped that this book will remain in print for a long time.

My daughter LOVED IT!!!! She listens to it all the time and it has helped her so much.

If you think that this book is too expensive, don't. Until this book gets you all knowledge of designing multiple signal processing. You understanably might think it a bit pricey. It is actally a bargain. No other book in this field on the market offers as much for engineer to know in one publication.