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Where Mr. Wingrove deals with the more generic aspects of the craft of building model cars in the first volume, the second volume deals indepth with creating a Bugatti Royale masterpiece, the book contains scale drawings, numerous tips and tricks and covers basically all aspects of such a build. In addition Mr. Wingrove explains many special techniques and the use of a large variety of tools used to make these extraordinary models. I consider it a must have for evryone aspiring to become a master modeller or trying to improve their skills. I wish I had purchased both volumes years ago. Highly recommended. Even if one were only to learn 1 or 2 extra skills from these books, they will be well worth the money!

Mr. Wingrove has some amazing talent! I am just getting started in brass modelmaking and I bought this book and his The Complete Car Modeller 1. Both book are indespensible for the wealth of information in them. I could not recommend one book over the other as both of them have unique information in them. However, I was really looking forward to the release of the second book because it covered scratchbuilding car panels in copper plate. This is covered more indepth in the second book.

Yes, it was quite a while ago when we wrote it, but the official credit is Robert McGarvey and Elise Caitlin, just for the record.

I first stumbled on a copy of this book back in 1983, the year it was published, quite by accident. A local indie bookstore had ordered it by mistake because it had the same title as the collection of Mad Magazine "Spy vs. Spy" comics and had placed it in the humor section.

This bizarre error on their part was quite fortuitous as it gave me a fascinating breakdown on skills educators and equipment providers, all the while, presenting the skills and equipment in a humorous way that established contexts for their application.

My only regret is that many of the companies listed in 1983 as providers have changed their names, their addresses, or even their business models such that as a simple sourcing guide, this book has lost some of its utility. Nonetheless, it is a very entertaining and informative read for the novice or hobbyist interested in the rudimentary aspects of tradecraft.

I've used this book or versions of it for a couple of years now...I've often been asked in regular science education classes or in neuroscience or biology situations, "How do we make this stuff accessible to those with disabilities?" Thank heavens for all the tremendous work done by this group and other innovative inventors who strive to put Deaf people like me and those with learning, visual, and orthopedic disabilities on an equal footing with everyone else. This book has more than served its purpose and paid back its price many times over. Teachers and professors are always amazed at the amount of work that is ongoing in this area, as well as the amount of money out there for developing computer technology for the disabled through the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, and the National Institute of Health, as well as individual companies.

We will never make this country totally computer literate if we exclude specific populations. As the push for inclusion of students with disabilities in regular schools and acceptance of these students becomes stronger, it is absolutely critical that teachers be aware of both hardware and software that can make their curriula more accessible to both disabled and 'normal' students.

I fully endorse and encourage teaching universities and educators and librarians to make sure an updated version of this book is made available so that all students have an opportunity to achieve their highest abilities. Karen Sadler Science Education, University of Pittsburgh

The Alliance for Technology Access is a network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities. Toward the furtherance of their mission that have produced Computer And Web Resources For People With Disabilities, now an expanded and thoroughly updated third edition. Computer hardware and software provide children and adults with an unprecedented opportunity to interact with the broader world of work, education, recreation, and socialization. Featured in this superb instructional reference are recommendations for making use of conventional, assistive and information technologies; illustrative personal stories of people using technology in their daily lives; details about state-of-the-art computer technology (including screen enhancements, speech synthesizers and customized keyboards); new and extensively updated listings of Internet resources, publications, support organizations, and vendors. Computer And Web Resources For People With Disabilities is an absolutely essential, core acquisition for personal, professional, academic, community library, health center, and community center disability resources library reference collections.

This is a most worthy men-at-arms series; like the book's description says, it shows the much more colorful side to the uniforms of the Confederate Army. One man depicted in the color plates for Volume One that I found particularly interesting was a soldier in the Union Light Infantry, a SC unit based on the British Black Watch (42nd Royal Highlanders).
The plates are pretty much the highlight of this series, and show realistic looking soldiers surrounded by beautiful women and scenery, and baring all their various weapons. The text, nonetheless, reveals numerous interesting details. This is an excellent source on the uniforms and appearances of the soldiers of the Confederacy.

Osprey Publishing has issued Volume 5 of their popular book, The Confederate Army 1861-65. A part of their sprawling Men-at-Arms series (this is book #441 in that series), this one covers the uniforms and arms of troops from Tennessee and North Carolina. Written by Ron Field and lavishly illustrated with Richard Hook's watercolors, this book is a worthy addition to the Osprey family. Retailing for $15.95 here in the USA ($21 in Canada), the book has 48 pages, nearly all of them with period photographs or full color drawings.

The new book focuses on each state's antebellum militia and the hastily organized volunteer regiments that were pressed into Confederate service in the initial stages of the war. Using contemporary newspaper accounts, letters, state and local records, and early photographs, Ron Field presents an extensive array of early war military units, their uniforms and accoutrements, drawing heavily upon primary descriptions. He also takes a cursory, but interesting look at how the transition occurred from locally supplied clothing and equipment (which often varied widely from company to company) to state-issued regulation Confederate uniforms, particularly in North Carolina, where, by the end of the war, the term "ragged Rebel" would be made obsolete from the vast stores of supplies held by the state.



Field starts with Tennessee, looking at the outfitting of the militia and early volunteers in 1861, and examines the role various ladies aid societies played in clothing the soldiers of the Volunteer State. He then discusses the role of the state's Military and Financial Board in taking over the administration and logistics of supplying the troops. Field then shifts his focus to North Carolina, again discussing and characterizing the antebellum militia and contrasting them to how the state later took charge and made its forces appear more uniform in appearance. He also briefly compares winter clothing to summer issue for troops from both states.



The book includes a select bibliography for readers wanting to dive a little deeper into the outfitting of Confederate troops from Tennessee and North Carolina. The index is comprehensive, as is the discussion that accompanies the Richard Hook's illustrations. All in all, The Confederate Army 1861-85 (5) Tennessee and North Carolina (ISBN: 9781846031878) maintains the tradition of excellence we have come to expect from Osprey, and is well worth the modest investment.

After using this book with my geometry students for three years, I can honestly say it encourages student reasoning better than any text I have ever used. It engages students and focuses on the important ideas of geometry rather than becoming bogged down in the trivial. It really does help students develop logical "habits of mind" and isn't that why we insist that everyone learns geometry in high school?

This is an amazing book. Readable, going from basic to very deep mathematics. Geometry as it should be and almost never is taught. Elegantly written. I had the pleasure of being one of the reviewers when it was being written. While I was reading it on a plane, the woman next to me leaned over and asked if she could look at it. After reading for about 15 minutes, she enthusiastically asked where she could buy it for herself and for Christmas gifts. How many math texts do you know that would elicit such a response from a random person sitting on an airplane who has no particular mathematics background? In short, an amazing book. Every school should use it. But the publisher makes it highly inaccessible. Complain about this! And buy this book!

For my business was very useful because we work with cooling towers and boilers, gave us some guidelines for our enterprise. We highly recommended it.

This text is an excellent resource on the subject of cooling water treatment. It is one of the few books that covers only that subject and not other water-management problems (such as those related to boiler systems and wastewater treatment).

Here, the author incorporates both theory and practical information. The book is highly recommended for use by both the novice needing fundamental information for managing cooling water systems, and for seasoned professionals. It is written for professionals worldwide and it is not specific to the US cooling water market.

The ten chapters in the book cover the essentials of cooling water, which include types of cooling systems, water sources, corrosion, fouling and deposits, chemical-treatment building blocks, and microbiologicl control. Taken together, these chapters cover the fundamental technical aspects of cooling water systems. In addition, there are chapters on buying and selling cooling water programs, surveys and inspections, and managing the cooling water system. The chapter on buying and selling cooling water programs discusses the sale sequence, and interaction with the purchasing agents.

A good discussion on the needs of the customer and the technical approach required to conduct a thorough survey, including a section on selection of the appropriate chemical treatment, is provided in the chapter on surveys, inspections, and cooling water program selection. The chapter on managing cooling water programs discusses Legionella, housekeeping practices, cleaning and passivation of cooling water systems. It also contains a section on chemical-feed systems. The final chapter on monitoring and control discusses the various monitoring techniques for corrosion and deposits, plus biomonitoring.

This text is up-to-date, in that it covers recent consolidation in the water treatment industry, including the purchase of Calgon Corp. and Nalco Chemical by Suez Lyonnaise Des Eaux, in early 2000.

Frayne presents clearly the required calculations for cooling water system with examples. There is a good discussion on the various building blocks used in cooling water treatments, including corrosion and scale inhibitors besides the various polymers used for dispersion. Trade names anad suppliers are also listed. Total chemical treatment formulations are provided. In particular, the chapters on oxidizing and non-oxidizing biocides are excellent.

As for minor complaints, Frayne uses the 6 symbol to indicate an approximate concentration. Once thi is realized, it is no longer a problem. However, these minor shortcomings do not detract from the wealth of information in the text. This book should be in every professional's library who has any responsibility for cooling wate systems.

Another fine effort by Bouchery in the World War II genre. This particular work focuses on the equipment, clothing and personal items borne by British, Canadian and Free French paratroopers for the Normandy Invasion. Period photographs as well as staged images with period gear and clothing give the World War II military buff a great guide. Now I would like to have a similar work for the Market Garden operations that include the Polish paratroopers.

Jwan Bouchery has done it again.
I have his previous works on the British Tommy in NW Europe and his book on the Canadian soldiers. All are elaborately illustrated with charts, individual item photos, and reconstructions of as worn combinations of equipment and clothing worn by models. In addition there are many lists, charts, and tables gathering together informatioon gleaned from many scarce and obscure publications.
Myxh of Bouchery's work has appeared in the excellent French language periodical Militaria published also by Histoire et Collections. This method of proceeding has the great virtue of first publishing in a more temporary format and inviting the readers to submit corrections and additional data which can be used to improve the final work published in book form.

The release of The Da Vinci Code novel and motion picture have initiated several debates concerning the early church, leaving many Christians confused and unsure about whether their faith can stand up in the face of adversity. In response, Michael Easley, president of Moody Bible Institute, and John Ankerberg, president of the Ankerberg Theological Research Institute, collaborated write a short, easy-to-read, and interesting book explaining and underlining the historical points The Da Vinci Code novel overlooks or ignores.

Is the Bible accurate and reliable? Was Jesus married? Do the hidden gospels reveal more truths about Jesus than Christians care to admit? In The Da Vinci Code Controversy, Easley and Ankerberg address ten assumptions Dan Brown makes in his novel and, using historical evidence, show not only why his assumptions are ungrounded, but also reveal where the evidence really seems to point. While Easley and Ankerberg are respectful of Brown and those who believe the fiction, they are quick and ruthless in pointing out what is incorrect and false.

This well-written, precise little book is packed full of documented facts and explanations for anyone looking for answers. Although there are several books out covering similar topics, this book's calm tone and clear focus should put it near the top of the list. Informative and intriguing, it could easily be read in the course of an airplane flight.

This book would be a welcome reading experience for anyone wondering if any truth is within Brown's novel. It particularly would be helpful to someone wanting to know more about extra-biblical texts, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary. Because it is backed by detailed research coupled with a courteous tone, this book could be read by Christians and non-Christians alike. - Jennifer Opperman, Christian Book Previews.com

Brief, but to the point, Michael Easley, John Ankerberg, and Dillon Burroughs have co-authored another fine contribution to the growing literature rebutting Brown's "Da Vinci Code."

Their book, "The Da Vinci Code Controversy" is an excellent addition to the literature due to its brevity. Readers wanting a clear overview understanding of the issues, and of the truth, will find their writing quite helpful. Though brief, it is not shallow.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of "Soul Physicians," "Spiritual Friends," Biblical Psychology," "Martin Luther's Pastoral Counseling," and "Beyond the Suffering: Embraciing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction."

As someone who has worked with pharmaceutical manufacturers for over 20 years, I never imagined how susceptible the drug supply chain was to counterfeiting. Ms. Eban has done an excellent job detailing the exploits of a handful of dedicated public servants who toiled unceasingly to get to the truth. It is a quick read, one that you won't want to put down. I learned something new each time I turned the page and, when I share the stories in this book to my friends and colleagues, everyone wants a copy. Well done!

Wonderful book! It's a true, well-written, and entertaining book about how counterfeit drugs enter the supply chain for consumers. It is deeply satisfying to see counterfeiters getting caught.

Bello provides a clear, concise and well evidenced argument that the structural adjustment programs of the IMF and World bank have sunk the countries of the global south into deeper and deeper debt and impovereshment. Bello sets this argument in the historical frame of the northern backlash against the rising economic power of the south. He also links the economic philosophy behind adjustment to the widening prosperity gap and falling real wages in the north.

A must read for all those curios about the World Bank and IMF and why people are against them.

This short but powerful book provides the best and most concise review of the disastrous policies that have been developed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Bello traces the origins of structural adjustment programs and then follows their effects into countries around the world.

Although originally published in 1994, the material is more relavent than ever. A MUST READ.