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Very interesting and complete. Information appears to be very accurate. Fascinating read of information that seems to be kept as a "secret". Much of the information in the book comes from actual Japanese soldiers and officers involved in attacks and bombings of Mainland America.

Recommend this book for anyone interested in WW II information. It is used by Washington State Historical Site visitor centers.

This book covers all Japanese attacks so far discovered from Alaska to Mexico and as far east as Michigan. Includes attacks on Canada as far east as Manitoba and chapter on severe battles in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Here are the attacks on British Columbia. Unique attacks on Southern California includes details and newspaper headlines for infamous "Battle of Los Angeles" in February 1942. Shelling of the U.S. harbor defence post on the Columbia River at Fort Stevens, Oregon by the Japanese Navy on June 21, 1942. Includes Japanese submarine attacks on shipping along U.S. west coast with details of the damage and sinking of many ships.
Japanese Navy bombs Oregon forests in Septmeber 1942 starting forest fire intending on burning the Oregon timber industry out of business. (The attack started the forest fire but it failed to burn down the forest.)
The U.S. Coast Guard rides horses as well as boats and operates attack war-dog patrols, walking every inch along the beaches, to protect against an anticipated Japanese invasion.
Concise chapter tells the basic factors about the German, Italian and Japanese evacuation from the State of California, and parts of Washignton, Oregon and Arizona due to military necessity.
Only book in print with current data of over 300 of those mysterious Japanese balloon bombings that hit 28 states and Canadian provinces and in Mexico, one of the attacks killed all the kids on a picnic in Oregon on May 5, 1945. For the unbelievers, there are pictures of all the kids and of their cemetery markers. Chronological list of all discovered Japanese balloon bombing locations in the U.S.A. including the incident in downtown Cicero, Illinois (Apr. 16, 1945), and that of Farmington, outside of Detroit, Michigan (March 25, 1945), and the bombing of Medford, Oregon on January 4,1945 these and other incidents kept out of newspapers on fear of panic, and letting the enemy know he was successful. List of incident sites shows that balloon bombs and parts still being found and warns what to look for. Latest incident in this new November 1997 edition of book is incident discovered in summer 1992, therefore the warning that there are parts are still out there.
(In November 1997, author addressed a convention of bomb disposal experts at their convention in Portland, Oregon.)
Book includes some material on the Japanese building their own atomic bomb which they tested the day after the U.S. bombed Nagasaki, Japan. Also includes data on the risk of biological warfare by the Japanese against the mainland of North America.
Book has more than 450 pictures, many maps, charts, drawings, newspaper clippings, appendices, bibliography and Index.
Recommened for all school and public libraries and for those individuals who want to know about the hushed-up Japanese attacks on the U.S. mainland.
Book demonstrates nothing short of amazing, superior research skills, exciting "this is the way is was (is)" writing. Provided is full documentation in a trememdous bibliography, and has a comprehensive Index. No other book covers these subjects.

Very interesting and factual accounts of little known aspects of World War Two. Book is NOT afraid to take the unpopular view,such as "Japs" living on West Coast were a danger to U.S.

Some of material tends to be what I call "filler space" and could have been omitted.

As a retired reference librarian, and widely read on World War II in the Pacific (in which I also served) Webber's book is noted for its historical accuracy and it is easy to read.

Smart Teaching: Using Brain Research And Data To Continuously Improve Learning, by education consultant and former superintendent of schools Ronald Fitzgerald, presents theories that the author has tested for ten years. All too often, teachers today use the same methods that they used thirty or forty years ago; recognizing the need for flexibility, and the importance of taking a student's learning style into account, Smart Teaching promotes a system for improving student achievement with an emphasis on practical application. Built around fundamental principles such as "Instruction is more effective if well-planned to achieve specific purposes", "Students learn more if they are motivated first", and "Documented success encourages more success", Smart Teaching spells out methodical techniques for motivating students, preparing students, providing style choices, checking and adjusting student progress, and much more. A wealth of diagrams and figures succinctly illustrate key points, and an accompanying CD-ROM includes full-color PDF and PowerPoint slides ideal for in-service training. An excellent resource for teachers of K-12 and adult classrooms, whether used as a self-study tool or as the basis for a group workshop.

I have been in education for the last 34 yrs. as a teacher, a middle manager, and an industry trainer/consultant; I must say that I have seen a plethora of materials intended for teachers and trainers. None has been as comprehensive, informative, practical and useful as "Smart Teaching: Brain Research and Data to Continuously Improve Learning" by Ron Fitzgerald. Most books on assisting teachers that I have encountered are very theoretical, and in some cases not very pragmatic. What sets this book ahead of the rest is the fact that it offers a practical and comprehensive system for classroom teaching utilizing the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle used by world-class companies as a tool for continuous improvement. This system really works!
As a high school teacher, a college professor, and an industry trainer, I have used the eight components outlined in this book and they have yield amazing quality results in the student learning. The system is divided into suggestion areas that can be worked on individually. SMART TEACHING provides concrete guidance in each area. It also contains useful hand-outs and a list of resources.
This manual outlines processes that represent a very powerful tool for boosting student learning, and it is a manual that any K-12 teacher, college professor, and industry trainer can use with great ease to move from "good teaching" to "great teaching" in keeping with the theme of Quality in Education.

Wow! You should definitely purchase this book if you are interested in:
brain-based Teaching (a teaching style that caters to the brain's natural, preferred tendency for learning), TQM-total quality management (a methodology that promotes team work and continuous improvement), visual data displays that facilitate data analysis (that shows achievement and non-achievement or strength & weaknesses, that in turn, forms a documented basis for improvement-oriented decisions).

This book is unique; it bridges total quality management with brain-friendly teaching in a very user-friendly manner. I love the brain-friendly format of creating summary/graphics on the left page and the full explanation on the right side. The information-packed book highlights an eight-component brain-friendly teaching system; Ten essential elements in TQM education; and a CD-ROM that includes hand-outs & color slides. Also, for more detail, I highly recommend going to Dr. Fitzgerald's web site http://www.smartteaching.org. This book promises to be a classic!

Dr. Richard P. Lawrence
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Smart Teaching: Using Brain Research and Data to Continuously Improve Learning

Young people today are the intellectual equal to the generation before them - often even surpassing their predecessors in ability. Why then do so many learners, especially those in the higher grades, have such trouble mastering and retaining new information? The answer is easy. The youth of today has known a world of "fast-impulse learning," ie: computers, MTV, and rapid multi-messaged music. That pace is natural and comfortable to this new generation, and it has evolved that "solid learning" can only be done along new guidelines.

How do we get schools to understand this dilemma? How do we help new teachers and uninformed teachers to help our future adults/parents? Mastering brain principle-based education takes substantial time, much effort, and considerable expense. These "costs" are so steep that by the very nature, overwhelmed teachers are repelled.

Dr. Ron Fitzgerald has provided the world with a logical, effective, and critically important "first step." To insure solid learning, "Smart Teaching," written in a brain-compatible method, is the ideal vehicle for ANY teacher to redirect his/her methods to reach all learners with "no child left behind."

As an English teacher who has studied with Dr. Fitzgerald, researched brain-based learning/teaching, applied these strategies to business, literature, and basic English classes, I can state unequivocally that this system is THE MOST EFFECTIVE and brain-appropriate vehicle for learning that we have.

Having mastered the lessons of "Smart Teaching," ANY educator can
successfully accomplish the following:
*Reach ALL learners
*Address the Multiple Intelligences in a class
*Address diverse Learning Modalities
*Incorporate a repertoire of charts, graphs, and other visual tools to complement traditional vehicles
*Build student self-esteem
*Increase student reading abilities in document and quantitative styles as well as prose
*Build solid writing skills in students who traditionally fear this art
*Motivate students to use Statistical Analysis as a measuring tool
*Model for learners the process of consistent self-improvement
*Teach students to self-assess, self-adjust, and improve finished work
*Develop an awareness of the "magic of literature"
*Build an understanding in young people of their brain functions and how such activities affect their decisions
*Prepare the youth of today for the unknown world of work of which they will soon be a part

"Smart Teaching: Using Brain Research and Data to Continually Improve Learning" - the road to success!

Sebastian R. Paquette
English Teacher
Lexington, MA

This is awesome book about snakes. If you are interested in snakes is it a must read. Did you know that a Boa can swollow something bigger than it's head? That is amazing plus the fact that there can be up to 18,000 snakes in one place. The book is filled with pictures and facts that will give you a new attitude when it comes to the way you look at snakes. This is the best but shortest book I've read. I would recommend it to anyone.

This book about the adventures of Bob Mason, an Oregon State University scientist who studies snakes all over the world, is a must-read for any child (grades four to seven would be great) who loves science or nature - and a good gift idea for any parent who would like to steer their kids in that direction. Easy to read, great photography, compelling stories about snakes, science, the growth of a young boy who just started out watching nature shows on TV and turned that interest into a career as a world-class zoologist. Excellent choice!

Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop have managed to bring this awesome display of nature and the man who studies it to life! This book would be a wonderful addition to any household, library or school, as it describes the work of a dedicated scientist who has committed his life to understanding what we as humans can gain from the lives of garter snakes. Dr. Mason obviously loves his work and loves passing along his knowledge to others, young and old. "The Snake Scientist" is an accurate picture of an almost undescribable phenomenom.

A fabulous book, replete with color photographs of the snakes. Kids will gravitate to the pictures first, and then the text will engage them in Dr. Mason's research. His comments are child-oriented, yet will not insult the older readers in the audience. Bob's stories of his childhood and career path are an added bonus to this book....and may even encourage more budding "Snake Scientists"! Well done!

It's an easy reference book for the understanding of development theory. It contains the three main currents of development theory including modernization theory, dependency theory and world-system theory. The book is well structured in ideas and eash to read. For those who are interested in the development theory, this book is a good choice.

Alvin So's book is the only time I ever read a book about theory and on the first time through the sentence I said "Oh! That's what that's all about!" It's sad but true that most theory books are so full of garbage-- unneeded words, grammatically convoluted sentences that go nowhere-- that you end up more confused than enlightened.

Twenty or so years of teaching at the University of Hawaii if I am not mistaken allowed So to practice again and again explaining theory to students until he'd figured out how to do it right, I only wish he'd written a book on all the other theories as well!

Dr. So's comparison of the three major schools of thought in Development Studies, namely Modernization, Dependency, and World Systems, is the best book of its kind currently available. While it lacks the breadth of _Society, State, and Market_ by John Martinussen, it makes up for it in the depth of its analysis. Using A limited numer of theorists, Dr. So presents a comprehensive picture of each of the schools of thought in a historical perspective. He outlines the historical and intellectual origins of each, then discusses the theory itself, follows with an examination of the classical studies in each school, and concludes with the modern studies from that intellectual tradition. If supplemented with another, broader work, this book is a perfect introduction into a daunting field that often defies understanding.

This is clearly a textbook, as the publisher's writeup notes, so don't go looking for a ripping insider tell-all. That said, it's a good, solid textbook in true academic fashion: clearly laid out, systematic in structure and specific in definitions. Absolutely a dream to take notes from.
It's also a needed change that, instead of hopping around references to different theories based on politics or country, the author breaks the text into three blocks - one per major theoretical school - and lines them up chronologically by era of popularity. This of course gets a bit muddy by the end as the field in general starts to look like a free-for-all to find what works, but overall the text is blessedly clear after so much rhetoric.

Excellent review of statistics and their uses in social science research methods. Excellent examples to understand the different statistical concepts. Would recommend this book for masters and doctoral students.

Well it is only for my course called fundamnetals of socýal research but its very expensive indeed. Just wanted the first to make a comment thats all.

This is a fabulous book for the novice researcher and an excellent resource/refresher for the experienced. Everything is laid out so clearly it is a pleasure to read--a no nonsense approach. I highly recommend it!

This text is well-written in easy to understand English. It gives the background behind the different kinds of research and then gives practical guidelines for carrying out the research.
I can see that this book will not be too far away as I reflect, research and write up my current project.

Das Werk "Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century (Dumbarton Oaks Studies)" enthält die bisher einzig verfügbare englische Übersetzung der Precepta Militaria. Aufgrund seiner Bedeutung für die byzantinische Militärgeschichte ist diese Ausgabe somit ein absolutes Muß für jeden Byzanz-Fan.
Im Textteil wird dem griechischen Originaltext dabei jeweils auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite die englische Übersetzung gegenüber gestellt. Für Leser, die - wie ich - dem Alt-Griechische nicht mächtig sind, ist dies meist nur bei Fachausdrücken von Vorteil, die sich nicht immer 100%-ig übersetzen lassen. Zumal Begriffe im Laufe der Zeit durchaus die Bedeutung ändern können.
Darüberhinaus enthält das Buch analoge Textpassagen des späteren Taktika des Nikephoros Ouranos, die in gleicher Weise Griechisch/Englisch präsentiert werden.
Auch werden ausgesuchte Textpassagen mit ähnlich lautenden Passagen früherer Werke verglichen und Unterschiede in der Nomenklatura aufgezeigt.

Der zweite Teil des Buches enthält umfangreiche Informationen zum geschichtlichen Kontext und die Interpretationen des Autors zu den Traktaten.

Obwohl neuere Autoren die Qualität der Übersetzungen mitlerweile in Frage stellen und zum Teil zu gänzlich anderen Schlußfolgerungen kommen, bildet doch das vorliegende Werk eine unerlässliche Quelle and Informationen aus erster Hand.

This is an outstanding book of its' type. The translations are good and the transliterations very well done. It also provides a good background on not only the texts but also the events and institutions they discuss, making the book useful not only as a primary source, but also as a historical analysis in its own right. The commentary is also eminently readable and filled with information on not only the Byzantine army itself, but also those Asiatic enemies which it faced and bested. Honestly, I have yet to find a better text on this subject.

The successful resistance of the Later Roman Empire aka the Byzantine Empire to the powerful and relentless assault of nascent Islam is not only the foundation stone of Western civilisation but also a great mystery. Why should Rome, weakened as it was by the ravages of hordes of Northern and Eastern barbarians and a series of dreadful plagues, have survived the onslaught when the its great and ancient rival, the Persian Empire was so quickly overwhelmed? The financial and military rescources of the early Caliphs were vastly greater than those at the command of the Byzantine Emperor and the military enthusiasm of his subjects was intense - witness the constant attacks by the large number of volunteer Jihad warriors from all over Islam who based themselves in what is now Syria.

Part of the answer is to be found in this excellent book which affords the reader an insight into the detail of the military adaptations the Roman Empire made to cope with its dire problem. This scholarly, authentic account is an indispensible tool for those who wish to understand why it is that, to paraphrase Edward Gibbon, the inhabitants of medieval Oxford did not answer the Muezzin's call and worship Allah in the city of dreaming spires.

The tanslation of the texts are well done, but that is not the best thing about this book. It is the commentary that follows the translations (about half the book). The author does an excellent job of describing, in modern language, the items detailed in the translations, providing examples from Byzantine warfare to illustrate. The reader finally gets a detailed impression of Byzantine warfare in the age of its greatest triumphs.

Actually the one I am working with is French through pictures but it is the same except for the language. I am trying to port it to a CD-ROM using Hyperstudio. Hyperstudio is similar to Hypercard but works on both systems. It is the next step beyond flash cards, that is it includes sound, is of course much faster and flexible....

This book looks deceptively simple, even juvenile. However, if you faithfully follow page by page, you will learn about 600 words and working grammatical knowledge more easily and quickly than any other book I have seen. Languages were my field for some years, and the "..through Pictures" series by I.A.Richards, et.al. are the first I would look for. The book - a paperback of 270 pages - is entirely in Spanish and builds in a self-explanatory procedure. You can produce basic, useful statements in a few hours, and experience a pleasant, rapid learning curve. If you are like me and want to know some more grammar along the way, "Spanish for Beginners" by Charles Duff is a good companion book. But make sure you finish Richard's.

I used this book to acquire a great deal of the Spanish I now have--I teach Spanish now. The author is phenomenally competent at sequencing and incrementing the material for the easiest, fastest, and most stress-free method for language learning I have ever seen. (I have studied several languages.) I am desperately seeking a replacement for my lost copy of it---in any condition, at any price!

This is the best way I have ever seen to learn conversational Spanish through a book. I have seen a friend with no knowledge of the language become fluent in conversing at a Cuban restaurant he liked to frequent, solely by studying this book and its sequel, Spanish Through Pictures: Book II. They build your vocabulary through a series of line drawings; never giving an English translation. This is similar to the way we all learned our primary language as a child, and helps you to actually think in the language you are learning.

Super fast shipping, and the book was in great shape. Would order from them again no problem.

I received my product right on time. The condtion of my book was in great conditon. I would definely but again online.

The english book came to my house in excellent condition and was purchased at a discounted price!

This book is an excellent study guide and reference for the home or office. The editing, spelling, and research sections are very well done. There are chapters on business letters, resumes, diction, narration, argument, making yourself clear, documenting sources, punctuation and mechanics.

This is probably the best single collection of all this material for a writer that I have ever seen in one book! I would recommend this book to both native-English writers and also ESL/EFL learners who are writing in English not as their first language. For them especially, this book would help them make a great leap to first-rate or even professional writing quality!

If I'd have any complaint, it is that the authors obviously chose mostly politically-correct ("PC") topics for their "Reader" section of the book. All the "diversity" articles over and over get old quick and I would not want to find "Women's Issues" in a book like this at all, which is not the place for pushing an author's PC agendas! Otherwise, the whole rest of the writing instruction is useful.

A book which is very easy to understand with many examples from physiology and social behaviour. For those who are new in the subject with the least mathematical background it is a highly recommended book. R. Warner offers a very intuitive approach to the difficult subject of spectral analysis and motivates, in a sense, the interested ones to go further with more advanced texts. For those who would like to get the idea of spectral analysis, to apply and interpret it, especially in the context of the behavioural sciences, it is the ideal book. However, for those who are more mathematically inclined (e.g. engineers, physicists or economists) and are interested in the-how-and-the-why by means of mathematical reasoning, other texts would be more appropriate.

I think this book is extremely simple. The only knowledge required to understand it is perhaps Ordinary Least Squares. A theoretical explanation of the spectral analysis is not in the book. There is only a brief comment on De moivre's theorem (the one allowing and sustaining the whole spectral analysis) in a footnote. The main purpose of the author is to deliver an empirical methodology for empirical researchers not interested in the theories. The advantage is that, once you see such empirical applications, you understand the underlying idea of spectral Analysis. The elementary examples are very illuminating. The book is well organized and the review of "de-trending" (on this particular subject, I would like to say that the scientific discussion has evolved a lot in the last 20 years and the author's presentation is a little bit old), "harmonic analysis", "periodogrammes" seems pretty coherent. Perhaps the only drawback is that the text is a little repetitive and thus, slightly boring; but this is a minor problem, if you consider that this style will make more solids the understanding of the fundamental concepts. It's a great introduction to spectral analysis. Students having standard mathematical knowledge should begin here and then start reading more technical works, such as Bloomfied's "Fourier Analysis of Time Series" and the chapter of spectral analysis of Hamilton's "Analysis of Time Series".

If you haven't got a clue about spectral analysis, this is the ideal place to start exploring the frequency domain. Although the examples are from psychological studies, it is not a reason why an economist shouldn't read it!!!

No one writes more clearly than Rebecca Warner. If you want to understand spectral analysis, she will help you. If you want to *do* spectral analysis, read this book first. It might be the only one you need.

This used to be thee text for seminarians before Vatican II. It is the best assembly of information relative to the spiritual life one can imagine. Do I wish that it was returned to the seminaries and colleges of our Catholic heritage.

There are virtually no unchartered waters in this book relative to the spiritual life. Grab it, read it and apply it and you will see for yourself the treasure you have in your hands.

This book is a compilation of saintly progress that is unmatched
in variety and summation of the spiritual life. Anyone who reads
this book with an open heart will be changed for life.

A Catholic priest recommended The Spiritual Life to me. The book is both a great guide to Christian Mysticism, and to the Catholic faith. The descriptions of the spiritual journeys of various saints described in the book are fascinating.

This book is simply a must have for the spiritual life. It is long but it is definately worth the read.

One reason this book is set above others is that it goes through all the doctrinal and dogmatic foundations of the spiritual life giving us the reasons why we should serve and love God. The author says himself that he doesn't think a work on the spiritual life should omit a review of what exactly God has done for us. Also placing himself on solid dogmatic grounds the author avoids falling into subjectivism or a undue focus on ourself. This is the first (and shortest) part of the book.

Secondly the author goes in depth to the three ways. That is, the purgative, the illuminative, and the unitive. He thoroughly treats all of them so you can get plenty of help in the one that you may happen to be in, but you will also learn to look forward to what may come. It is, of course, important to know what you are working towards in addition to knowing what to do in your present state.

The author treats just about everything imaginable in the spiritual life. He treats the gifts of the Holy Ghost, meditation, contemplation, perfection, interior graces, mystical phenomena, trials, the "dark nights", beginning the SL, advancing in virtue, Communion/confession, combatting the passions, growing in charity, and many other things.

The author bases his teaching mainly on Scripture, Saint Thomas, the so-called "french school" (Olier,Berulle,Eudes, etc,), Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, and Saint Francis de Sales. Although he does quote many others and has a very wide knowledge of spiritual authors.

The author also maintains the traditional teaching on the spiritual life: that love of God is perfection. The modern era has made achieving various "mental states" as perfection. This is of course very wrong. This book will help you to grow in love for God. Whether you acieve any extraordinary gifts is God's decision. God's free gifts cannot be attained by any "technique".

Finally I would recommend this book because it not only only inflames your will with a desire to love God and serve Him as some books do, it also give real concrete steps to achieve this. God Bless.