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I wanted to know what typical respiratory equipment are and how they work. This book does exactly what I wanted. It described in detail the background, structure and working theory for the most common respiratory devices. The text is concise and easily understood. In addition, it also refers to regulatory standards for these devices to be used, as well as showing how to setup and trouble-shoot these devices. All these are invaluable to anyone who wish to gain in depth and practical knowledge of respiratory equipment.

EQUIPPING YOUR HORSE FARM: TRACTORS, TRAILERS, TRUCKS & MORE is for any new horse farm owner who is interested in choosing the right equipment for common farm chores. An inventory of essential equipment includes desirable features, accessories, and how to make choices that avoid common maintenance problems. Also important are comparisons between models and makes which allow new farmers to consider the pros and cons of special features.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I'm glad to see Amazon.com now has access to copies of this book. I first encountered Water for the Anasazi after seeing a fascinating lecture on this topic by the author, Kenneth Wright. Although I intended to use the book as a reference, I found myself reading it cover-to-cover.

The book tells the story of a water engineer and his team of scientific experts who who were given the opportunity of exploring four prehistoric land forms at Mesa Verde National Park to determine their origin. I won't give away the team's findings, but it is amazing to me how much can be learned from very old piles of dirt.

Water for the Anasazi brings technical material to life by integrating the stories of the ancient inhabitants of Mesa Verde, the technical team and their endeavors, and the author's (and his wife, attorney Ruth Wright's) indoctrination into the mysteries of Mesa Verde. The book is like a real-life DaVinci Code.

I recommend this book to inquiring people interested in achaeology, exploration, ancient people, science or engineering.

The Essential Reference Set is a must have for any one who writes any thing from essays and term papers to training manuals and business proposals. Included in the set are Webster's Dictionary; Roget's Thesaurus and The Essential Writer's Companion. All of these are helpful to find the right combination of words and grammar to make even the most difficult assignments easy!

Beginning with "Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water" in 1986, many books have been written detailing various blood-boiling aspects of the gross mismanagement of the world's water resources. Most were written as polemics, and justifiably so.

Here in "Every Drop for Sale", author Jeffrey Rothfeder treats the subject using more temperate language. But, given the facts, the reader's reaction is still likely to be one of outrage. It is testament to the author's skill that he is able to raise the alarm while remaining objective and clear-sighted about both progress and possible solutions.

The book ranges widely over the effects of the proliferation of dams, diversions, reservoirs, irrigation projects, privatizations, and subsidizations. As Rothfeder guides us through Rapid City (Iowa), the Narmada River in India, the ill-fated village of Cochabamba in Bolivia, and many other water mismanagement sites, he proves to be an effective and moving chronicler. The power of his book lies in his ability to combine a big picture view with attention to the lives of the powerless who happen to be downstream from some megalomaniac water project.

Cochabamba proves to be both the most arresting and yet ironically one of the more promising of Rothfeder's accounts. Townspeople were first subjected to the loss of their major industry, tin mining. That loss of local revenue then led to the deterioration of their water distribution system. The Bolivian government tried to rescue the situation by privatizing the town's water management out to Bechtel, which promptly raised water fees. Something approaching civil war resulted. Instead of simply bemoaning the path taken, Rothfeder sees in the eventual outcome (after destruction, arrests, and deaths, the government cancelled its deal with Bechtel) both a salutary object lesson and a hope that, with a newly recognized need for safeguards, privatization can in fact be a critical part of addressing the world's accelerating water crisis.

Giving validity to this optimistic outlook, the author concludes that same chapter with a look at how the Blair government turned the UK's privatization efforts, begun disastrously under Margaret Thatcher, into a successful model for the rest for the world. (He characterizes that program as one "strictly overseeing the free water market, while leaving it sufficiently unrestricted that profit incentives will motivate private corporations".) This juxtaposition of stories is characteristic of the book's effective pivot around both problems and ideas for resolution.

Rothfeder argues that the commoditization of water and its corollary, the privatization of water management, are not only inevitable but also that they can be turned to advantage. This is debatable; but he puts forward a compelling case for his belief that both are so.

The standard author's blurb describes Rothfeder as an author and "consulting editor". In the course of the book, he reveals that he came to his water sensitivity while touring as a rock musician. We're fortunate that his itinerary took him to Rapid City. The book is not lengthy, but feels comprehensive, well-informed, and persuasive. We need works like "Cadillac Desert" to fire our indignation at how we got into this fix, but we need "Every Drop for Sale" to remind us that all is not yet lost.

This was the very first book I read cover to cover. This is a wonderful book if your child prefers leggos to video games. It's not for everyone, but if your child is in the second or third grade, this book could set them on a lifelong voyage of inquisitiveness and discovery.

Things up close have a totally new perspective. Up close it can look like many different things or thinks, but when you concentrate you can see the whole picture. But not really since it can be most anything. Like the first picture my mom thought it was a spiral to a notebook . The second picture she thought it was figs and it was an apple sliced showing the star. Cool book. I like it! You are a totally cool author. I love books with no words because it gives me something to think about.I love up close pictures. I can't wait until I see another one of your books.

I do like this book. Previously I had Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson and had wanted to expand more, that's the reason why I bought and keep this book.

If I could quote from Mr. Weston, photography is an art made from 2 disciplines, visual design and light management (color and exposure), and this book explained the latter part so well. However, I recommend this book to intermediate level of photographers, which has already familiar with things like aperture, shutter speed, film/sensor sensitivity, and has already been able to use or understand, manual control of their camera.

It has made me understand why to use exposure compensation, flash compensation, middle gray metering, and color temperature.

It also covers a bit of zone system from Ansel Adams, just to touch the issue that film/sensor has limited dynamic range/contrast. It also has enough good pictures to assist us to understand what Mr. Weston want to tell. Mr. Weston also gave us several tips on how to get correct exposure in several tricky situations.

I like this book, because this book has a lot of useful resource in a compact, thin book, which I can use to remind myself and to discipline myself to get more correct exposure everytime I use my camera.

Davis and Spekman have written an excellent work that that takes two critical points of departure from traditional supply chain management (SCM) literature. First, Davis and Spekman link SCM with strategy, indicating that SCM (or any form of functional excellence) must be valued for its usefulness as a source of competitive advantage - not as an end in itself.

Second, and more importantly, Davis and Spekman emphasize the importance (and challenge) of true collaboration across enterprise boundaries. While supply chain integration is usually treated as a primarily a matter of gaining visibility or improving synchronization throughout a chain (ie, linking IT systems), Davis and Spekman show that true collaboration depends the integration of business processes and the creation of trust outside traditional enterprise barriers. In short, Davis and Spekman have elevated trust to the level of an absolutely necessary condition for true collaboration in the context of SCM.

Davis's and Spekman's message comes none too soon for companies that have been been burned by ERP or CRM system implementations that have failed to produce results or recover costs, or partnerships that dissolve in frustration. Even when the IT or business process aspects of such implementations are handled flawlessly, ignoring the "softer" side - i.e, failing to build trans-enterprise trust - produces predictable results and destroys shareholder value.

As a consultant dealing with issues surrounding SCM and external coordination, I recommend this book to executives, general managers, and other consultants whose clients struggle to integrate and collaborate across enterprise boundaries.

I've used this book a lot! We've come up with great birthday party activities from this-- or rainy-day boredom busters. One 4-yr-old child who had just had a $400 chuck-e-cheese birthday asked if she could have her party in my back yard next year! The obstacle course suggestions alone are worth buying this book. This book will educate you to look at your recycables in a new way. After reading this-- my own ideas flourished as well. In fact, every item in your house will start to reveal it's play possibilities to you. Anyone who has watched a kid play with a cardboard box or tube for hours will appreciate this book. Some of the things we have made from recyclables and found objects have been played with more than most other toys in our house.