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LabView is a comprehensive software package with an abundance of tools included and many more available as add-ons. You can use it for most any mathematical application, yet it goes beyond that...way beyond. Its programming interface allows processes to be designed and built from its library of functions. Included examples demonstrate some of its many capabilities for use in manufacturing, etc. This product is highly recommended if you are a student in an engineering program as it not only provides you with the means of designing a system, but also testing it in a software environment. If your school has the necessary hardware and drivers available you can even see your program doing real-world control. Being familiar with LabView may actually give you an edge when sending out your resume' since many industries use it. You won't be sorry for making the purchase!

Marcia Bishop Sanderson and Maureen Garcia Carpenter's LAKE COUNTY provides a lovely survey of Lake County, which holds the state's oldest lake and yet receives much less notice than Lake Tahoe (perhaps because there is no skiing!) A writer and an archaeologist have teamed up here to cull images from the county's photo archives and private collections alike, blending the two in a history of the towns and neighborhoods across Lake County.

This book is super good! Over 7,000 fresh recipes and 14,000 testers condensed to a select 900 recipes. No junk foods, vegetarians and meat-eaters will be pleased. Great for active families and seniors on a budget because all foods can be found in your cupboards; nothing too pricey. Yet everything is flavorful and has just the right amount of zest to make it special. If you are nutrion conscious and value your time this book will help you feed your family well! Push aside the rest of your cookbooks for a week, and you will see and feel the difference.

Lanfranc of Bec (1005-1089) was born and educated in Northern Italy. He left around 1030 for unknown reasons. Perhaps the revolts that swept Lombardy on the Death of Henry II contributed to his migration north. Lanfranc firmly established himself around 1039, after a period of wandering, as a teacher in Avranches (or the region) in the Loire Valley. He soon experienced a religious conversion and entered the monastery of Bec which became a very famous medieval school under his tutelage. Within three years he was the prior and during this time be became trusted by Duke William of Normandy (soon to be William the Conquerer) as an adviser on religious matters. In 1063 he departed from Bec and became the Abbot of St. Etienne. In 1070 he left St. Etienne and was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important see in England.

Margaret Gibson's seminal work on Lanfranc not only describes his career but rather uses his life as a vehicle to discuss medieval learning in Northern Europe and Northern Italy, monastic institutions, various theological discourses which he engaged in, books and bible interpretations, papal influence in England, and English religious influence on Ireland. This is a VERY scholarly work that any medievalist interested in one of the great men of the period should own or at least read. Her conclusions might sound inconclusive at times, especially regarding his influence on medieval learning, but the author is severely hampered by the minimal sources especially in the early period of his life. What I found most interesting was his role in the Eucharistic arguments with Berengar of Tours, the Archbishopric of Canterbury's influence on Ireland, and the detailed discussion of his individual texts. Gibson examines every issue in extreme detail and occasionally it is hard to see how it applies to Lanfranc but this does not reduce the importance or focus of this work. Also, I was under the impression that Lanfranc had more of a role in the implementation of the Domesday book (I might be mistaken) than Gibson tells us. What she makes very clear however, is Lanfranc's cooperation with William the Conquerer and the position of the Church in relation to the monarchy. This balance is soon disrupted by Anselm (influenced by the ideals of the 12th Century Renaissance) in the next century.

The appendixes of the volume are of vital importance to any historian of this period. Gibson lists and describes every single existent source for Lanfranc's life down to individual letters, every book attributed to Lanfranc existent and lost, and various other lists. I immediately photocopied these and stashed them away for future reference! This is a truly astounding text.

Too bad this book remains out of print. It's the best single guidebook to minerals, rocks, and fossils ever made! Though pocket-sized (4.5 inches by 7.5 inches by 320 pages), the book is chock full of superb photographs, and the text describing each sample is accurate and comprehensive. Organization of the book is excellent, with minerals first, then rocks, then fossils. Within each of the main sections there's an introduction that defines key terms and provides a brief but clear summary of important concepts. I used to use this book when teaching an introductory geology course. I also used the Audubon Society's guide and several other widely-available guidebooks. None of those is as well-illustrated, or as well organized, as this book. I sure wish Larousse would put it back in print!

I'm not a very experienced cook, but I found these recipes very easy to follow and extraordinarily delicious.

I'm a Presbyterian who consults this volume at the beginning of every Lent. Bishop Kallistos' extensive introductory material on the history, practice, and meaning of the Lenten fast and Lenten observances is inspirational.

Even though this book is out of print, if you research, read, and/or study Augustine and his thought, then you do not want to be without this text. John Leinenweber is a first rate translator.

The text includes letters from Augustine to students, the nuns of Hippo, Proba (a widow), Bishop Benenatus, Boniface (count of Africa), the Donatists Schimatics, etc. The letters include rebukes, theology, philosophical issues, concerns about movements or trends in the Christian Church, consultations, etc.

This text, if for no other reason, allows the reader to really pry into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers in the history of theology and philosophy. It allows us to see his concerns, his responses to others in crisis, in dealing with doctrinal issues and the like. The most intriguing thing, I think, about this text is the fact that these letters, even when read today still ring through with strong relevancy! I highly recommend this work!

This book was first published in the English language in 1971 as the second in a series of several books - each with it's own specific topic. Some of the photographs may look a little jaded - by today's standards, but because this book would have attracted a 5 star rating in 1971 I believe it should still attract that same rating today.

"Life & Death in a Coral Sea" may be something of an over-dramatic title for some. After all, this is not a book about Sharks or tragedy - but about conservation, pollution and, above all, the protection of our world's underwater environment.

Packed with page after page covering all aspects of the book's main theme, I found the book all the more interesting because of the long passage of time since I read it last. My over-riding conclusion is that the content is as relevant today as it ever was. So much so, I would suggest no scuba diver's bookshelf is complete without a copy - but be quick, they will not remain available forever.

As with all the books in this series, it is also a good read.

NM

Once upon a time there was a prince... So many stories start this way, and so many of them are unforgettable. This is the story that begins that way but this is a true history: life and time of one beautiful saint which fulfill his life task of bringing light to his people. All we need to do even now is too share that light. If you want that just spread the words from this book among your friends after reading first and making your life enriched by.