Barry Books

A BOOK ABOUT DIAGNOSTIC ULTROSOND

The best single volume diagnostic Ultrasound textbook available.

It is a 1998 book so probably time for a new edition.....but really how much has changed? The core info is still the same.

I recommend it for residents/registrars,and also for consultants wanting an approachable comprehensive text.

It is very well written and illustrated.

I really enjoyed this book, the characters were very believable and the story unfolded in a way that left me wanting to know what happened to many of the people after the book ended.

I really enjoyed the photos too, Portugal is apparently a beautiful country.

I hope another book by these authors is available soon.

This book is about women who learn to choose for themselves. In their learning the reader accompanies them from comfortable sameness to examination, Portugal and realization. It is a pleasant, reflective journey full in interesting people and places.

Two forty something sisters from the United States are lured into a transatlantic quest to find refuge for the ashes of a beloved aunt and in so doing discover and resolve a century old family mystery and the intricacies of blood lines it created. `Father" Helen and Tyner, the two sisters, combine humor, sibling rivalry, family history and personal secret keeping into a months long steady unraveling of lives and their re assembly. The reader gets to know and adore Helena and her sister, but the real "star" of the book is the dry moist, warmish cool bright shadowy air of Portugal itself. We walk winding streets, dodge dogs, perspire, and enjoy a relaxing tea among ancient buildings, reassuring grave yards and lovely suspicious and generous people. The life of the village is filled with bird song, gardens slightly weedy, brick roads and arched bridges.

Of course, Ty and Helen find their Portuguese family and of course they are as delightful and interesting as the sisters themselves. Of course, life decisions are explored: "What form is love to take? How do intellectual stimulation, creative juices, intimacy fit into a life of work, laundry, bill paying and raising children?" The authors of the book do not resolve this balancing act for all of us- more is the pity. The resolution is just for the sisters and their friends, husband, child and lover. The resolution is both tidy (handy that) and believable.

Most anyone who liked the Mitford Series will enjoy this book. It embraces the struggle of all of us who have solve life's urgencies for food, shelter and adolescence and sorts out through the perspective of the sisters at least one answer to the human need to create, to love, to laugh at ourselves and avoid large dogs. I enjoyed it and recommend it.

good seller, quick shipment, book in good condition. also recommend the book. it's a great story.

My son love's basketball. He is 18. He had to have this. Great gift for any basketball lovers in your life.

this collection of cartoons is amazingly funny. i have read it over and over and am still amused. it offers a hilarious view of childhood from four main characters. buy two- one for yourself, and one for a friend

Lynda Barry's messy, amateurish drawings evoke childhood better than just about anything else I've read. She risks overparticularity in describing the specific time and place when she grew up, but evades it consistently because she has such a great eye and ear for the things that make childhood experience universal. Anyone will find things to recognize and identify with (and laugh at, of course) in this and her other books.

Even her flaws -- the crude drawing style, her lapses of grammar and spelling -- help to get her point across. You couldn't call her stuff childlike -- it's too sophisticated for that -- but it is reminiscent of childhood, without ever being condescending or imitative.

While most of her work is clearly intended as humor (and much of it is indeed howlingly funny), there is a haunting, sweet sadness of tone about a great deal of it too. Barry's not afraid to tackle serious incidents of loss, parental indifference, failure in school, and getting in trouble, but the kids in her stories seem always to take the bad things that happen to them in stride, with aplomb -- as children so often really do.

"East of the sun" is my favorite folktale. Willard transforms the tale into something even more enchanting and the illustrations by Moser are beautiful (most of them are face and upper torso shots of the characters in the play, but the illumination on the sides of the pages and acts are a nice touch). It makes a great "story" to read aloud, and better if you get people to play the different roles. I've found myself, at nearly 32, singing parts of it aloud. It's a fleshed out rendition of the tale, adding a lot of character to the flat folktale people and beasts. I've not bought anything by Willard before and was pleased to get this; Moser is one of my favorite artists--his most recent masterpiece is adding dimension and depth in illustrating the Bible. I don't think you could be disappointed with this (unless you're a folktale purist) and if you have children, they will enjoy acting it out for you.

I got the lead role in this play that we performed for the school. I had a lot of fun. I think this is a very worthwhile performence for anyone who wanted to perform a play. This was a great play to perform and I reccomend it to anyone who wants to read or perform a play.

First read this in the 1950's when it sparked my interest in science and math. Bought it recently (2007) and read it again for nostalgia, and ended up incorporating it in a class I teach that focuses on getting engineers to look at things a bit differently.

A good gift for grandparents to give grandkids...

Originally published in 1944, The Education of T. C. Mits: What Modern Mathematics Means to You is a unique, plain-terms introduction to the amazing world of mathematics, written for readers of all backgrounds. In higher mathematics, sometimes the most fundamental of precepts can be challenged: two times two is not always four; the sum of the angles in a triangle does not always equal 180 degrees, and two parallel lines can be drawn through the same point! The free-verse poetry format does not interfere with the straightforward message, sample problems, and mathematical explanations in the least. Simple black-and-white line drawings illustrate this amazing exploration of mathematical mysteries for "T. C. Mits", or "The Common Man in the Street". A joy to read, especially recommended for public library collections to stimulate human interest in math and science. Highly recommended. "There is one very essential difference / between the behavior of T. C. and / that of a scientist. / T. C. is apt to think that / if he is good at hunches sometimes, / he may rely on them always. / But the fact is that / EACH INDIVIDUAL HUNCH MUST BE / CHECKED AND DOUBLE-CHECKED!"

Cogito's Elctronic Companion to Genetics is an excellent tool for anyone involved with, or just intereseted in, the field of Genetics. The illustrations are very clear and understandable, and the sections on mitosis, meiosis, and recombination are vividly animated, facilitating understanding of these processes. And Cogito makes all of the material interesting and enjoyable to learn.

Cogito's Elctronic Companion to Genetics is an excellent tool for anyone involved with, or just intereseted in, the field of Genetics. The illustrations are very clear and understandable, and the sections on mitosis, meiosis, and recombination are vividly animated, facilitating understanding of these processes. And Cogito makes all of the material interesting and enjoyable to learn.

With Domination and Conquest Davies, one of the most prominent historians of the "British" middle ages, has put together a gem of a book. Davies' fundamental purpose here is to put an end to many of the misconceptions about the Anglicization of Britain and Ireland. Beginning with a discussion of the difference between domination and conquest, Davies helps us see that the military aspect of this episode in history is not as important as it often appears. From here Davies moves on to shatter the idea of a concerted and organized Anglo-Norman endeavor to conquer and dominate the Isles, and the myth of organized resistances in Wales and Ireland. In the end, Davies leaves us with a profoundly different understanding of Anglo-Norman expansion in the British Isles. In addition to being illuminating, Domination and Conquest is wonderfully written and a joy to read.

I should start with a disclaimer - Rees Davies was my doctoral supervisor at Oxford. That said, this is a short, well-written exposition of the trend in recent British medieval historiography, advanced by Davies and Robin Frame, in which the boundaries of "national" history are broken down. Davies examines the ideological underpinnings, going back to the Anglo-Saxons, for the overlordship of the British Isles and Ireland by the kings of England. He then proceeds to examine Anglo-Norman expansion and infiltration in Wales, Ireland and Scotland in all its myriad aspects. Military conquest was only one tool available, and was accompanied by economic exploitation (and blandishments), the imposition or denial of English law, and English domination of the ecclesiastical hierarchy in Wales and Ireland. With an eye for the telling anecdote, Davies shows how the Anglo-Normans were flexible, adapting from local societies what suited their purposes and exploiting political divisions and rivalries for their own ends. Davies is a good writer as well as one of the most prominent medieval historians in the U.K., and this book should prove accessible for the lay reader interested in what the author has called the "first English empire".

As stipulated in the UNECO-UIA Validation System for Architectural Education in 2002, Berlin Congress, Profession and Ethics in Architecture become requisite for university programs. With this background, I have examined that this book could be the best after reviewing several books for student to learn these field, although pages for profession seemed to be more expanded.

I am very pleased to find a book written with such an extreme knowledge of the true meaning and use of ethics in the architectural field. It is an excellent text book for students in this field. It will help to guide anyone on their path to what a real architect should know and practice. I recommend it highly and found that it is a slice of literature which is in a field all it's own.

This book is a real treat for kids of every age, from 1-92! It has it all -from Christmas Carols to Festive Traditions to Christmas Cookies and Holiday Recipies. There are Christmas Stories and Wishes and Treats - and anything else you could ever need to create Magical Christmas Memories! This is one of Santa's Favorites! It's sure to become one of yours too!

Filled with stories, legends, songs, and recipes, The Everything Christmas Book is a fun read, as well as an authoritative reference. The editors observe that the true spirit of Christmas is a sense of wonder and "this book is intended as a celebration of that wonder."

They begin with the history of Christmas and how it "evolved over many centuries, enduring occasional tribulation, scrutiny, and abolishment along the way." Folklore, such as why red and green are Christmas colors, complements the historical facts. They also explain how decorated trees and Santa Claus became a part of contemporary Christmas celebrations.

The chapters on stories and poems include such well-known tales as Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," in addition to other favorites. Music and complete lyrics are provided for forty Christmas carols. The list of Christmas videos contains more than fifty titles.

Do you know in what year "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was first broadcast or when "Miracle on 34th Street" was first released in movie theaters? These are two of the 106 questions included in "The Ultimate Mass-Media Christmas Trivia Quiz." (Answers are at the end of the chapter!)

If you're up to a little traveling, check out the section on local festivities. Tree-lighting ceremonies, parades, Yule log celebrations, feasts, and lighting festivals are available all across the States. The editors provide times and contact information for each event listed.

No Christmas is complete without lots of good food, and the editors have selected a tantalizing sample of holiday recipes, including wassail and "Special Green and Red Vegetable Salad." Recipes are divided into sections for breakfasts and brunches, appetizers, side dishes, main courses and accompaniments, sweets and desserts, and drinks.

The next chapter offers recipes for gift-giving. And yes, it does include fruitcakes!

The editors conclude with a section on how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the world and a discussion of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

The Everything Christmas Book is an ideal gift for people of all ages and interests. Be sure to get a copy for yourself also--it will soon become a treasured favorite.