Chambers Books

Great drill book, has almost every drill you could ever want. It is good for any age group. Very easy to use, and understand. I was a big help for me to create my coaching drill planner.

this drill book is excellent. dave chambers does a great job of diagraming
various drills that are easy to understand. A coach from any level can benefit from this book.Also, Amazon.com is very prompt in sending anything
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This book gives the reader some wonderful stories (Steven Grant, John G. Betancourt, Karen Haber) and fantastic graphics by Pablo Marcos, Mark Jackson, & Rags Morales. Beautifully presented. But what I found so interesting is the "Note to the Reader" by one of the founders of the SciFi Channel and the involvement in that venture by Asimov and Gene Roddenberry. This is a 5-star book for sure.

I bought this book on a whim, and man was I glad I did, it is superb! The book is split up into four different stories which all focus on I-Bots, the first examples of artificial intelligence. The first story begins by chronicling the life of an American spy in WW2 Germany then rockets to the near future, and leap frogs again to many points in bettwen. The book is fully illustrated with wonderfull artwork, that trully matches Asimov's genius. If you are at all interensted in robotics, or are just looking for a good book to read, buy The History of I-Botics, you won't be dissapointed. Peace.

"JUMBO"The Greatest Elephant In the World; by Paul Chambers is truly a JUMBO piece of literature in a small book.

This is the true and sad biography of the world's most publicized elephant and those individuals who shared in his life. Mr. Chambers' has gvien the reader a superb history of a unique elephant, a unique time, and the unique men who shared in that long forgotten drama.

This story somewhat parallels "Modoc" and yet, differs greatly. None the less, man's cruelty ceases to amaze me. In the interim, the reader not only learns a great deal about elephants and suffering but...him/herself as well. Despite the fact, JUMBO has been dead now for 123 years (at this writing), I could not help but become emotional as I read his life's story and his sad end.

JUMBO's skeletal remains have been perserved but gone the way of Gargantua the gorilla...lost in the dark and dusty confines of a musem. A testament to times long since forgotten.

A truly intersting and informative book and a real JUMBO of a story!

If, you appreciate wildlife, zoos, animals and or...history then you MUST READ THIS BOOK!

Perhaps you have flown on a jumbo jet, and certainly you have seen jumbo sized bags of corn chips. "Jumbo" is even an official designation for a particular size of olive, among other things. Of course, these are big olives, and "jumbo" means big, but you might not realize that it is an eponym, a word taken from a name. It comes from Jumbo the elephant, but how Jumbo got that name isn't recorded; other elephants at the London Zoo were called, say, Tommy or Jack. Jumbo did not get his name because he was big (he got it long before he grew big), but "jumbo" came to mean big because Jumbo became big. In _Jumbo: This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World_ (Steerforth Press), Paul Chambers has produced a delightful biography of what really was, for many reasons, the greatest elephant in the world. It is in many ways a sad story, with human greed and folly taking their toll on the poor pachyderm, who lost his life directly because of his fame. Jumbo's is, however, a unique story, in which are remarkable, flawed men, only some of whom had his best interest at heart.

Jumbo was far from jumbo when his mother was killed and he was captured; he was a scrawny runt, and it would have surprised no one if he had died on his caravan of rhinos, giraffes, antelopes, and more heading to the Red Sea. After a sea voyage and transfer within Europe, the little elephant was bought by the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. The French never appreciated their acquisition, and the Superintendent of the London Zoo, Abraham Bartlett was eager to get Jumbo when the French zoo was selling off extra animals. Bartlett also hand picked a handler for the elephant, the keeper Matthew Scott, because although Scott had worked wonders with parrots and elands, he had no experience with elephants and Bartlett was sure that Scott could thus be made to take charge of Jumbo in just the manner Bartlett wanted. Bartlett's thinking on the issue was completely wrong. Scott was to become inseparable from Jumbo, and was to use his connection with the elephant to become more influential and rich than the London Zoo ever intended any zookeeper to be. He was continually to annoy Bartlett who could not transfer him or dismiss him because he had such close control of Jumbo. The increasing influence of Scott, and the difficulty of maintaining such a huge and sometimes unrestrained beast at the zoo, bothered Bartlett, who was glad to get rid of the pair when P. T. Barnum offered to buy Jumbo. The elephant was a sensation, attracting huge crowds when he landed and went on procession to the site of Barnum's circus at Madison Square Garden. Barnum forbade any measurements to be made of Jumbo, aware that the press and public would happily exaggerate his size. Jumbo was well worth any expense or trouble Barnum had undertaken; attendance at the circus was never better, and Jumbo took to circus life well. He was, however, to be with the circus only four years; a collision with an unscheduled train in Ontario killed him. Barnum not only arranged for his body to be mounted and put on display (where it was still a draw), but started the story that brave Jumbo had lost his life while heroically protecting the circus's dwarf elephant from that oncoming train.

Scott was bereft. He was let go from the circus, but continued hanging around aimlessly for a while; no one knows what became of him. Jumbo's stuffed hide was in a museum for decades before the museum burned to the ground in 1975, and his skeleton is in storage vaults of the American Museum of Natural History, where people still ask about it. Jumbo's legacy does not just include his named used as a word, as elements of his story were included in a children's book in 1939, _Dumbo_, which had a small print run until Walt Disney got hold of it. Chambers has told Jumbo's story with affection and detail, giving us a good idea of the character of the big elephant, but also of the characters around him that turned him into a world-renowned star.

This book is very good. My science teacher loves it, and I do too. It is a very intresting book with colorful pages.
Actually, I woulg rate it a 6/5 star!

This is a wonderful book to have on your bookshelf for reference,as well as leisure reading. It has beautiful photographs and interesting facts about each animal.

My seven year old son absolutely loves this book,it is a favorite in our household. A must have for every home library!

I 've always wanted to be in broadcasting, but in the great scheme of things I was destined to get a job that was dependable and not interesting.

Growing up in the midwest radio and TV stations were copying things that "big city" stations accomplished first...but on a smaller scale.

One of those big city stations that did things on a grand scale was KTLA-TV. It was not the first experimental station in los Angeles, but it was the first commercial TV station west of the Mississippi River.

A friend of mine whetted my appetite for KTLA by sending me a copy of the station's 40th Anniversary program back in 1987. I was floored by the things they did. Starting with on the spot news coverage for events that would last several hours, which in those days meant taking a big van with several cameras and associated video equipment out to a scene and showing the viewing public what was going on.

KTLA recorded live entertainment TV programs on kinescope so that stations in other cities could have high quality programming. There was the live coverage of an atomic bomb test that was fed nationwide that would not have been coovered if not for ingenuity of the station's founder, Klause Landsberg.

The phone company wanted several months to construct the relay, but Klause only had a few weeks. By studying topographical maps he found a way to microwave the TV signal to Los Angeles and the networks then carried the signal across the country. Granted, an atomic bomb test may not be your cup of tea, but the fact that a major problem was solved in a hurry was most interesting.

The book, "KTLA's News at Ten: 60 years with Stan Chambers," covers the entire history of KTLA mainly because the author has been at the station since late 1947. It is a very good book, and a good addition to the other Stan Chambers book about KTLA printed ten years ago. The two books complement each other in that a lot of the same subjects are covered by vastly reworded.

If you are as interested in broadcasting history as I am then this book is a must for your library. It's easy and pleasant to read and impossible to put down. (You can take that two ways: you'll want to read it cover to cover in one sitting and you'll never say anything bad about it.)

I highly recommend this book and its predecessor. (DISCLAIMER: I receive no compensation to say that, nor do I have an interest in the book publisher.) The TV stations on the east coast may have similar stories and people to tell them, but my heart tells me these books are the very top. Everything else is a distant second.

Happy reading.

A well known, loved, and respected
TV Journalist here in the Los Angeles area.

Have watched Stan most of his 60 year career,

reading this book brought back a lot of memories.

The subject areas cover astronomy, chemistry, computing, the Earth sciences, electronics, engineering, the life sciences, and the physical sciences, and include common terms found in architecture, building, mathematics and medicine. There are over 49,000 entries on 1236 pages. The type is not too small. It is a handy and affordable book. 8 copies are available on the Amazon Marketplace for as low as $7.99. The cover price is $45.00.

I bought this book while I was working on my BS in Biology. It is a great quick reference. I use it while reading and find it a wonderful resource. I highly recommend this to anyone who reads scientific primary literature.

C'est le roman qui m'a fait connaître et adorer Théophile Gautier. Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un noble d'une famille ruinée qui se décide à suivre une troupe de théâtre ambulant au lieu de se morfondre dans son misérable domaine. Le noble prendra le nom du Capitaine Fracasse et donnera des représentations théâtrales de niveau amateur en France du temps de Louis XIII. Ce roman est décrit comme l'un des plus grands romans de cape et d'épée de la littérature française. Il est conforme à la période romantique, c'est-à-dire que les descriptions sont très longues dans quasiment tous les cas (parfois endormant) et l'amour parfait et impossible est en premier plan. Parfois drôle, parfois triste; les rebondissements sont nombreux, car ce roman a d'abord été publié en feuilleton en 1863. Mais, si vous ne connaissez pas Gautier, commencez par ses récits fantastiques, car Le Capitaine Fracasse est tout de même une brique de 500 pages (format paperback).

Theophile Gautier is one of the most purely entertaining of writers. He amuses and captivates with effortless verve, and typlifies that aspect of the Romantic which celebrates the senses instead of luxuriating in the misery of being set apart from all mankind by the burden of genius. His great novel is 'Mademoiselle de Maupin,' which I will someday review, but 'Le Capitaine Fracasse' is also very famed in French literature, and is for me a book of more nurturing charm.

Gautier's supple, engaging pen whisks the fortunate reader to a derelict chateau in the south of France, baronial estate of the Sigognacs where the last of the line is living in bleak and apparently hopeless poverty amid the decayed magnificence of his ancestors. He is young and handsome, the Baron de Sigognac; an expert swordsman and possessor of every social grace that might shine at the court of the Sun King; but misery and pride make him a recluse. When during one of his solitary rides he encounters the reigning beauty of the neighborhood leading a magnificent hunting party and is treated to universal scorn, he returns to the shambles of his ancestral home in the kind of despair that can only end in suicide. It is at this moment that the Chariot of Thespis arrives, truly a machina ex machina.

The conveyance in question is in reality a wagon belonging to a band of itinerant players who perform Commedia dell'Arte in the provinces, moving from town to town. It is (of course) a dark and stormy night and they ask the Baron for shelter, which he courteously albeit embarrassedly provides. All of the players are as engagingly picturesque as the roles they play, and several are attractive young women as well, practiced in seduction; but the Baron evinces a deep affinity for the chastely delicate graces of Isabelle, a young foundling for whom the players are a tenderly protective family. The troupe is on its way to Paris in search of fame, and thanks to Isabelle's charms the Baron is persuaded to join them and likewise seek his fortune in the capital. An irony of fate more or less forces him to become one of the actors, sharing the hardships and triumphs of his comrades and perfecting the role of the cowardly, blustering Capitaine Fracasse. The ensuing adventures blend farce and melodrama with actual tragedy and real pathos. There are duels and skirmishes, intrigues, dangers, mysteries, love affairs of every kind of intensity and success, and the perfect conclusion. For sheer escapism told vividly, elegantly, charmingly, and sincerely, this is a book to revel in. It is the kind of uncomplicatedly life-enhacing entertainment virtually impossible to find in these times of ours, and has forever been for me a 'comfort read.'

I will note that the French are particularly successful at re-creating the past in their fiction, and Gautier brings the Baroque to dashing, delightful life. Do yourself a feeling courtesy and read this, whether in the original or translation--as always, preferably the former. [NB: I observe that Amazon for some reason gives Henri as Gautier's first name, but the world of letters will always know him as Theophile.]

This is my cousin, the book is an excellent review of our family history, Others interested in maya's work will find out that she was a very interesting person

In the 1970's a four volume project was designed to re-examine the life of filmmaker and ethnographer Maya Deren. Four authors worked within the structure of a feminist collective typical of the time with revolving editorship. According to Catrina Neiman, one of the authors, an anticipated outcome was to stimulate further academic study on Deren. Volume 1, Signatures concerns Deren's early and university life, involvement in socialist youth groups and early poetry and fiction. Chambers, part 2 ilustrates her development as a filmmaker through her first four films with documents on their production and reception. What is noteworthy of this project is the illumination of parts of Deren's life beyond the four year period between 1943 and 1946 which most people know about. The 40 year old Deren who was involved with ethnography and ethnomusicology as well as the young teen involved in political movements are areas new to us. The two remaining volumes are ready and have been so for years which publisher Anthology Film Archives has yet to release. ' Legend' embraces the transformative nature of Deren's work in different creative relationships and is the most comprehensive work to date on her life.

I have to say that unfortunately while these poems are dark and a little forboding they're one sided. I'm glad the one reviewer was able to see his true light, but it is wonderful having him as an uncle. He does have his rough spots, but show me an infallible human being and them maybe I'll feel differently. Great book!

I'm stunned that this fascinating book of poems-- several of which are about prison--isn't selling better. Aberg writes in such an understated manner about the solitude of prison life and drug addiction that these poems ARE truly shocking. And, yet, like James Schuyler, he's a full blown romantic in love with the world. While the subject matter may be dark, the poems sparkle in the mind with light. Aberg has learned to paint what he knows in a few deft strokes. You want a good book of poetry to teach in your MFA classes? Order this book.

Markets in Mexico turned out to be a great source of information for me as I was looking for specific facts about different states in Mexico. The book provided me with all kinds of information regarding the conditions of the economies, infrastructure, business activities and consumer markets. As an investor it was important for me to have a clear understanding of the potential risks and benefits involved before deciding which of Mexico's states to invest in. I also appreciated the list of state government agencies that the book provided as a source of contact. Markets in Mexico was very beneficial to me and I hope others will find it as useful as I did.

This book contains an exhaustive volume of data and statistics about Mexico and its states that you simply can't find ANYWHERE else.

I use it in my law/consulting firm in Monterrey on a daily basis.

I have looked for other publications, and nothing exists like this book, put out by the American Chamber of Commerce.

My only worry is that if enough people find out about this, I might be out of a job!