Brooks Books

This book helped me a lot. It reviews the spelling and pronunciation of medical terminology based on latin and greek roots, making easy to understand most of words and expressions used by doctors.

I bought this book to study for my med.term. exam without having to take an extra class. I found the book to be extremely helpful and well written. La Fleur-Brooks does a good job of working through all the bodily system in a very comprehensive way. There is alot of repetition throughout the book so come ch. 16 you can still remember what went on in ch. 2. Also, the addition of the flashcards was an extra bonus. While there are alot, they make it easier to retain what was learned. The book was also good for a review of the human anatomy and made it possible to visualize the words I was learning. The hard part was learning the words not built from word roots...there were no flashcards for them so that required a little more effort.

This book on 'sensation and perception' goes very well complemented with the other textbook on Goldstein (1996) Sensation & Perception. Ryan, C. 'exploring perception' is also complements well with Gazzaniga et al(1998) Cognitive Neuroscience - The Biology of the Mind = topics related to cognition, perception & encoding & higher perception functions.

Written by a James Cook Uni (Aust) Professor, 'exploring perception' comes with a interactive CD-ROM that is user friendly, the textbook serves as a reference to the CD-Rom. But when I purchase the package, I prefer to view the CD-Rom first, and I really learn much more as compared to the textbook as I am rather tired of reading books sometimes.... The CD-Rom has interactive modules related to 'physiological bases of perception', 'form, pattern & movement', 'perceiving colour', 'depth, size, brightness & contrast', 'phychophysics' - the modules are seggregated into eight units related to respective modules. It comes with tutorial questions as well, and the most interactive and attractive of all ----- there are sound commentary description of each experimental illustration as well as 'do-it-yourself' illustration from each individual unit experimentations.

'Exploring Perception' & 'Sensation & Perception' are specialised fields which are valuable tools to contributing to understanding and development of visual aid equipments related to 'Engineering Psychology' or 'Human Ergonomics', esp for the development of V-R equipments such as for people with visual difficulties etc., An interactive CD-Rom in 'Sensation & Perception' - I call it ! -worth keeping as a learning foundation for S/P & a reference !

I have studied Family Science for several years and have many times become frustrated with the complexities involved in abstract ideas such as the theories and vocabulary used by family scientists. Wesley Burr's book is a wonderful text for both the advanced family researcher and those who simply want to better understand their own family, why they are the way they are, and what they can do to help overcome problems or unhealthy traditions that have been passed on for generations. Burr uses simplistic language to describe in detail complex ideas. He uses tons of examples and illustrations and gives the reader a feel of "oh, that reminds me of my family!" I felt it was an excellent book, and after having read it, I felt like I had come away with vast amounts of useful new knowledge.

Having read a number of text on family therapy, I found this to be a concise and well written review of many of the popular modalities of today.

Great authors have always left their mark on their landscapes, and Victoria Brooks' Famous Faces, Famous Paces, Famous Food surveys the diverse lives, travels and culinary pleasures of a select, notable group, ranging from Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Ernest Hemingway, to Bob Marley and Robert James Waller. The deft blending of armchair travel, literary insights and 98 recipes from the kitchens of landmark hotels associated with the famous figures herein make Famous Faces, Famous Places, & Famous Food stand out from the crowd and very highly recommended.

I read this book without many preconceptions about Rachel Carson and found the book engaging and enlightening. She had an interesting life and her affect on the environmental movement is profound.

How many bits of precious history have been forgotten or lost. Fredericksburg,Virginia author Anne Brooks Brauer, whose family has been part of Virginia history for three centuries, has made certain the information they carefully saved throught the generations will be preserved. Stories of The American Navy in the War of the American Revolution. State owned ships and battles. The famed "Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862" as told by a Confederate Veteran who fought there. Original manuscript of the Confederates tale. Many other family stories that go back to 1710 in Falmouth, Va. when it was a sea port. A real potpourri of memories to entice the reader. This book is nominated for State Award at Virginia State Library in Sept.1999

We use this book for our school at home program when discussing what people ate a long time ago. It is very clear, easy to understand and the pictures only enhance the subject of discussion on each page. This is much better for younger children rather than older children.

This book deals with the broad range of PDE problems with wonderful numerical algorithms.
I was crushed on the 1st edition because it was really well-balanced (i.e.,just necessary math but full coverage of real world interests) and well-organized book.
This book (the 2nd edition) includes more pictures and examples which help the reader to undersand the important concepts with ease.
Sometimes, the brief sentences seem to be too concise to the fist reader, but that is not true.
Once the reader understand the previous stuff, he or she does not need to look other books to understand the next stuff.
(Of cousre, this claim might not be applied to undergrads, because this book is inteneded to the first year grads. See preface.)
This book can be used as a text book in math or computer science class, but to engineers like me, this book is amzing even to the researchers who are closely got involved with physical modeling or simulation.

It is very difficult to meet good people, and it seems to be lucky if we meet those kinds of people.
This is also true for us to meet well-written books.
I feel I am very lucky to find this book.