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I've climbed a great deal and do so regularly. Through the years I have read a great many books on the topic. Some are better than others, some should never have been published, while others stand out in my memory. This is the one I suggest to new, intermediate and advanced climbers (but not to serious experts.) It is not flashy like some, no dazzling color pictures from the top of K2, but it gets to the point in an easy to understand style. It is extensive, yet small enough to bring along to practice techniques with the book THERE, not back in the tent because it is either too big or too expensive to mess up. Excellent book.

(...) This is one of the finest books available on the subject (mountaineering). And whereas equipment is ALWAYS changing in current US Military units, it is NOT always changing elsewhere. For instance, if you find yourself climbing in Asia or South America, this is "state of the art." Also, in a military or emergency situation, all that fancy gear you had yesterday, or even two minutes ago, might be gone or destroyed. (...) this book was printed to be lightwieght for those who are using it as carry-along reference. Excellent book!

Nate is a great detective and depends on his dog to help him solve cases. But Sludge is lost inside a department store, and this time Nat's on his own in solving the case of a missing best friend. Can Nate think like a dog to solve the case?

Nate the Great is a detective and a guy known for being able to find lost things or solve mysteries. However, in NATE THE GREAT AND THE BIG SNIFF, Nate experiences his most personal mystery of all when Sludge, his dog, detective partner, and best friend, ends up lost in Weinman Brothers, Nate's favorite store. Since no dogs are allowed in the store, Nate has to leave Sludge outside. Nate goes inside to buy a gift for Sludge and has to stand in a really long line. Worried about his doggy partner, Nate goes back to the entrance to check on Sludge and finds that Sludge is gone!

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat is the author of over twenty Nate the Great adventures, including NATE THE GREAT STALKS STUPIDWEED, NATE THE GREAT AND THE BORING BEACH BAG, NATE THE GREAT AND THE HALLOWEEN HUNT, and NATE THE GREAT AND THE MUSHY VALENTINE. She has written dozens of books for young readers. She named Nate the Great after her father. Her books have been named as Children's Choice books and Junior Literary Guild selections, and been picked as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress.

NATE THE GREAT AND THE BIG SNIFF is written as a chapter book, something the last few books in the series have changed to. The change is welcome because the chapters provide brief bits that can be read while on the go, and they all end up with cliffhanger endings that make the young reader want to pick the book up again or the young listener want to sit down and hear more. As always, the author presents a very real mystery with very real possible solutions before ultimately solving Nate's latest case. The usual cast of Annie and Fang and Rosamond show up in the story, and Claude puts in an appearance to round out the neighborhood. The way that all of the group bands together to help Nate find Sludge is really great and heart-warming. Over the years, Nate has been bothered by these people, or presented hard mysteries by them, and it's good to see that they help him out when he needs it, and that they actually care about Sludge. When the case is finally solved, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat reveal that Sludge is every bit the detective that Nate is. The full color illustrations by Martha Weston are detailed and expressive. This is a truly great book for young readers and parents who love to read aloud to pre-readers.

Young readers will enjoy the whole Nate the Great series because the tales are told in a familiar fashion and involve a solid cast of characters that return book after book. These books are also some of the best to choose for read-alouds to pre-readers or for the last story before bedtime because they can be read in just a few moments. The Nate the Great mysteries are fun and addictive for both parent and child.

If your looking for a book that gives you lots of information about the NYPD Emergency Service Unit, then this is the book for you. I am a fan of the NYPD and have been looking for a book like this. If your looking for more information you should look into "Anytime, Anywhere." Thank you very much Mr. Katz for this book. I wish you the best of luck with all of your projects.

NYPD is a fascinating, dramatic, high-speed ride-along with some of the best cops in the US. Katz must have spent a lot of time with the ESU team because he fills this book with the kind of personal information and adrenalin you'd get on the street, dealing with "perps." For my money, this book beats anything Ann Rule ever wrote -- much more exciting and intimate, rather than a dry narrative. If you like stories about real cops and real robbers, this one's for you.

Hans Halberstadt

I ordered the book, but your review is not for Oakland California!
Your review is for Oakland County, Michigan!
Please correct.

Thank you authors, James Conway and David Jamroz, for putting together a wonderful book on a jewel in Detroit's history. Historic Fort Wayne was built in the early 1840's and saw troops going off to fight, from the Civil War in the 1860's through VietNam in the 1960's and all the wars in between. This book highlights the very beginnings of the fort's history (even before - a bit on the founding of Detroit starts the book off) and, through hundreds of photographs, moves us right up to the 21st century where this gem is now (very slowly - much too slowly) being restored.
My favorite pictures are from the Civil War - but there are quite a few from all the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. And there is even a chapter on its restoration.
Detroit has a history of forgetting its history. I cannot tell you how many historic structures were torn down for one inane reason or another. In fact, it's still happening to this very day - plans to tear down the beautiful and classic structure of Tiger Stadium - built in 1912 - are being discussed as I write this.
But, that's the way Detroit is.
Unfortunately, Detroit has all but ignored Historic Fort Wayne (oh, the powers that be will throw a few pennies toward restoration here and there, but hardly enough to justify any acclamations). It's the Detroit Historical Society that is doing the real restoration work by having Civil War reenactors have mock battles and the such in order to raise money. Maybe some of the city fathers can give a little of their own cash (are you listening Mr. Illitch?) and bring this gem to where it should be. Folks, Historic Fort Wayne is a true ORIGINAL historical fort that just happens to be one of the few remaining structures Detroit has from the first half of the 19th century.

Alryyes claims that 'child' is a term of art that needs to be taken historically. A 'child' in his view should not be conflated with our notion of the child. This is not a study of children's literature mostly, but an insightful analysis of how the suffering child plays similar roles in the European novel and in European national narratives (again, another term of art the author introduces). The chapters on Locke and Rousseau are important, even if you have no scholarly interst in literature. But I particularly enjoyed the discussion of how Walter Scott's narrator allegorizes national history (that chapter has a dood discussion of Lukacs too). His discussions of Defoe and Richardson are interesting.This is a thoughtful book.

I am a child psychologist and a lover of childrens' books and image magazines about children. I frankly loved some of the big insights by Alryes in this work, including her claim that goo goo and gaa gaa are the foundation of nation and empire. But the whole kit and kaboodle doesn't come together, and jumps around from subject to subject, grinding the works of Russeau, Wolstoncraft and Spinfrey into pablum. The great authors have no way to resist the drooling force of this toolbox approach. Alryes' method seeps insidiously over all the texts he quotes, as if they were a bed he were wetting. In her mature mishandling of the infant, ALryes throws out the original subject but keeps the turdy bathwater, which is what you get here.

Carolina Aguilera's book is a remarkable manifestation of humanity that encourages us to survey unheralded acomplishments while we reevaluate the heroic deeds which we thought we fully comprehended. With an uncanny ability to rigorously analyze the dynamics of prejudice and discrimation in a sociological context, the writer underscores the true meaning of writing: to effect social change and recognize virtues that must be maintained regardless of the anger we feel.
In a writing style that is not self-aggrandizing, the stories enveloped in tragedy and hope become as poignant as they are empowering. The messages become as idealistically inspiring as they are penetratingly real.
When the unspeakable events of 9/11 took place, some sectors of our society seemed to forget social injustices that automatically transform Latino officers and firemen into heroes as they combat the subtle and faceless enemey known as prejudice. While discrimation has an identifiable behavioral component, prejudice is a cognitive process that is not always conspicuous in its form. This book makes us realize how devastatingly tangible this degrading approach becomes to all those who are forced to experience it. Indeed, they become as psychologically paralyzed and immobile as the innocent victims of any violent act.
While the tragic events of 9/11 have catapulted pride in being an American, Ms. Aguilera's book gently reminds me of the pride that is derived in being an American of Hispanic descendancy. Indeed, we must allow oursevles to derive strength from stories of our subjective past to possess the objetive insight that prepares us to tackle future challenges as members of the commonwealth of humanity. While this book has galvanized my intellectual attention, Carolina Aguilera has also captured my heart in reminding me how culturally transcendental "carino" should best be applied in times of crises as well as moments of peace and stability.

Carolina Aguilera's book is a remarkable manifestation of humanity that encourages us to survey unrecognized acomplishments while we reevaluate the heroic deeds which we thought we fully comprehended. With an uncanny ability to rigorously analyze the dynamics of prejudice and discrimation in a sociological context, the writer underscores the true meaning of writing: to effect social change and recognize virtues that must be maintained regardless of the anger we feel.
In a writing style that is not self-aggrandizing, the stories enveloped in tragedy and hope become as poignant as they are empowering. The messages become as idealistically inspiring as they are penetratingly real.
When the unspeakable events of 9/11 took place, some sectors of our society seemed to forget social injustices that automatically transform Latino officers and firemen into heroes as they combat the subtle and faceless enemey known as prejudice. While discrimation has an identifiable behavioral component, prejudice is a cognitive process that is not always conspicuous in its form. This book makes us realize how devastingly tangible this degrading approach becomes to all those who are forced to experience it. Indeed, they become as psychologically paralyzed and immobile as the innocent victims of any violent act.
While the tragic events of 9/11 have catapulted pride in being an American, Ms. Aguilera's book gently reminds me of the pride that is derived in being an American of Hispanic descendancy. Indeed, we must allow oursevles to derive strength from stories of our subjective past to possess objetive insight that prepares us to tackle future challenges as members of the commonwealth of humanity. While this book has galvanized my intellectual attention, Carolina Aguilera has also captured my heart in reminding me how culturally transcendental "carino" should best be applied in times of crises as well as moments of peace and stability.

Very detail.... would be a great book for survival and a good look at special operations. From what you will learn from this book, you can't lose if you buy it.

This book is very good much more detail than it's description. This book is more on the lines with Special Operations.

Me too Jason. This book impressed a 17 year old student enough to have him drag it around for thirty years. I hope Colleges and Universities look to a course like this becoming a requirement and not an elective. What this book shows has allowed me, over the years, to sharpen my thinking to a fine edge.

I first used this book in my freshman electrical engineering course and have kept it next to my desk through graduate school, my tenure at Bell Labs, and in my current practice. It is an excellent and unusually clear introduction to a wide variety of topics in mathematics, computer science, and information theory. I highly recommend this book.

Kevin Dwyer's "Ireland - Our Island Home" highlights that island's heritage with a stunning collection of aerial photographs around Ireland's coastline. The images, shot from helicopters and small planes at low altitude and oblique angles, provide beautiful, detailed panoramas. The contrasting scenary ranges from the urban areas around Dublin and Cork to the wilds of West Ireland. A series of captions and miniature maps describe the subjects and the general locations where the photographs were taken.

The photographs are a reminder of how varied the Irish landscape can be, and how beautifully green it looks from the air (and from the ground). Lighthouses, farm fields, sheep pastures, and small villages mingle with old forts and modern port facilities. This book is highly recommended to those who have been to Ireland, and to those who plan to go. The book provides a unique perspective on a lovely country.

We went to Ireland and picked up this book while we were there. I was afraid that it would be cheaper in the U.S. -- we paid 30 euros -- and it was. Still, we have no buyer's regret.

This is a set of stunning aerial shots of the Irish coastline. While we took what we think are very good pictures, these are beautiful pictures that we cannot duplicate because they are aerial. They will be treasured reminders of many of the places that we visited.

If you're going to Ireland, been to Ireland, or just wish that you could go, and you love to hang out in coastal areas, this is a book for you.

As noted in the other review, this book is a reprint of War Department Technical Manual 2-220, The Horseshoer. In that regard it is almost identical to "The Cavalry Horseshoer's Technical Manual" published in 1999. For me, the latter was the better choice of the two since it actually provided the publication date of the original War Department manual, 11 March 1941. Although a small point, I found this to be an important feature since it was obviously not long before there were no more cavalry horseshoers, and this version of the later reprint provided that identification/location along the timeline.

To its credit, this book is a little more faithful to the visual style of the original in both its typeface/font and the reproduction of the images. This is not necessarily a good thing since it means the image quality is occasionally pretty poor, as you might expect from a copy of a document that old. If you are really interested in learning aspects of horseshoeing from the U.S. Cavalry, I would recommend that you buy the later publication since the images and drawings are much clearer.

This book is a reprint of a small book called `The Horseshoer," which was a reprint of the War Department Technical Manual No. 2-220. It's worth owning this book just for its historical interest and value. It's not a long book - just a little more than 200 pages, but it's full of some of the most interesting and practical information you could want.

The book begins with a short description of the basic anatomy and physiology of a horse's foot. Most of the illustrations are clear, but there are some that are difficult to read. The book not only describes how the foot is constructed, but how it works. The horse's foot has always amazed me, and I found this to be one of the most interesting parts of the book. Included in this chapter are some nice figures that show toe-in, straight, and toe-out confirmations.

The next section is really quite interesting. It describes the tools used to make the horseshoes from raw iron stock, as well as to fit them to the foot. The figures here are clear and easy to read, with descriptions of the tools and what they are used for. There are the anvil, clinch cutter, forge, rounding hammer, driving hammer, hardy, farrier's knife, creaser, cutting nippers, pincers, hoof parer, farrier's tongs, rasp, pritchel, shoeing box, fire shovel, fire rake, and box-leg vice. There is also a good discussion on machine-made shoes, describing weights and sizes. And, of course, there is a nice discussion about nails, showing different sizes and views.

Most readers probably won't use section 4, unless you are a real purist. Section 4 describes how to make horseshoes from bar iron or steel. This chapter is really interesting, and I'd like some day to try making my own shoes, but it takes some pretty specialized skill and equipment. This section has some detailed descriptions about the different parts of the shoe and gives specific detailed instructions about how to form the shoe from a straight bar of material. Section 5 continues the theme with a discussion of borium-treated horseshoes for longer life. This is an interesting piece of history, as encapsulated in the opening paragraph of the section: "Research is being made by various agencies at the disposal of the War Department to develop a method of treating horseshoes with some form of very hard material which will prevent slipping and at the same time increase the wearing qualities on hard surfaced roads."

Section 6 is where the book gets down to business, and describes the fundamentals of nailing on the shoe. You can learn a lot from this chapter, but it's best to use what you learn from the book in conjunction with an expert horseshoer. You can do serious damage to a horse by driving the nails incorrectly, or by shaping the hoof incorrectly and throwing it out of balance. This is definitely one of those subjects that can be improved by reading a book, but never learned by reading a book. There are some excellent figures in this section showing the preparation of the foot, and for those who might not actually shoe the horse, this section offers some useful information for trimming. This section also has some very useful information on corrective shoeing.

The book has some good summary information on care of feet and how to deal with horses that are shy with their feet and/or kick. The book ends with a short set of questions with answers that serve to summarize the most important points. And, it has an excellent index. If you like doing things the cowboy way, or if you just want a little bit of history on your bookshelf, I recommend this book. It's practical and jam packed full of information. I've used it extensively with my own horses. It's a lot of information in a small package.